On Mar 24, 4:24*am, Cats wrote:
On Mar 19, 3:45*pm, Gsoar wrote:





Hello,
I would like to get opinions regarding the szd 55-1. *What I have
heard so far is that it tends to drop a wing when there is a bit of a
crosswind on take off but, is this more common with this glider than
other high performance standard class gliders? The gentleman I spoke
with had 4 aborted take offs in 50 flights and he has 6X the amount of
time as I do. *Is this something that should be avoided in a 150h
pilot going from Grobs? *It has also been commented to me that it is
"a high performance glider that really demands your concentration at
all times." *While I try to pay attention most of the time, sometimes
I like to take in the view, *is this glider too hot to handle
especially on landing for a run of the mill pilot? *My goal is fun,
non contest (other than OLC), cross country. While I like vegetables,
I have no interest in picking them. * I also would like to buy
something that I won't have to worry about refinishing in the near
future and is not something that will require too much in the
maintenance area. * I don't want to be too anxious while I participate
in my recreation! *Oh, the LS4 I responded to on W&W was sold in 15
minutes.

Thanks

Have you talked to your CFI, or someone who knows your flying well?
Also, how good a pilot is the gentleman you talked to? *That's not
quite the same as how many hours he has.

Whatever you get, be prepared for getting to grips with it when you
start flying it. *I found that changing to my own glider from the club
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I'm certain that it's actually the GLIDER that gets better. My Speed
Astir was an ill handling pile of parts when I bought it. It has
improved greatly over the past 400 hours. ;-)