On May 20, 8:10 am, Colin McGinn
wrote:
At 11:25 20 May 2008, Colin McGinn wrote:



ok here goes nothing
we as a couple are close to solo and because of limitation n time due to
business commitments we will find it hard to share club gliders once
solo
so
look to buy one , however we are well aware that with time comes
experience
so we would like some advice on a good starter glider from solo on
i do like doing loops and inverted so ideally this glider will be able
to
take that
in its stride when im proficient enough to do these solo ,
we also seek info as to if there is a web site with a pic of every
glider
made
as its very hard to know what a mentioned glider even looks like ,
so i look forward to what im sure will be a multitude of suggestions and
views

kind regards
colin

i cant believe no one has any comments ??

Hi Colin,

Get an SZD-59 if you can find one! It's very docile, has 40/1 and can
accept 150 liters of water with the 15m tips on it, and when you fly
it with the 13m tips on it the G rating is +7 to -5 with a 2.6 second
roll rate (45-45 degrees @ 50knots). It can be inverted and looped
with the 15m tips, but you can really ring it out with the 13's on it.
The only problem are there are only 12 in the US, so finding one may
not be too easy. Looping is within the envelope of most gliders, but
not inverting. Get Acro training. Have fun.

Paul Hanson

PS. New 59's are available, but they are pretty spendy with a 45,000
Euro base price (no instruments/trailer/VAT/import fee/etc)

PPS. The last 59 I saw sell on WingsandWheels went for $33,000 to a
guy in Arizona for his newly soloed 14yr old daughter to fly. It is a
forgiving ship with lots of 'go'. Read the Johnson flight report on it
(go to SSA.org, sign in, and put the cursor to the "Soaring Magazine"
option and click on Johnson Reports in the tab that will pop out)

check out the link below for a few pics both with and without the 15m
tips (note-the winglets are an extra option, but available):
http://www.airliners.net/search/phot...nct_entry=true