Tom,

When I ask the question about landing flaps, I was just curious and not meaning to imply that they are a problem. I know of several young pilots who have purchased Schreder designs as their first sailplane. To my knowledge none have had problems with the large span landing flaps.

At one time, about 12 years ago, I was considering a Laister LP-15 Nugget; however, ended up buying a HP-16 instead. I am currently flying a HP-14 and enjoy its' short field capability.

Even though written for Schreder sailplanes, reading the following link is highly recommended for anyone prior to taking their first flight in a "flaps only" glider.
http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder/St..._HP_flight.htm

Wayne
HP-14 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder



"5Z" wrote in message ...
On May 21, 5:44 pm, ContestID67 wrote:
I don't like Google groups as the choices for memberships does not
allow you to do what I mention for Yahoo groups.

Not true - I run a Google group and have to approve all non-member
posts (I could ignore them, if I wished). Unlike all the visual
"noise" in Yahoo messages, the Google ones are pretty much just the
content.

And getting back to the topic, I flew a Nugget when the Tucson Soaring
Club had one in the late 1970's and loved it. Don't let anyone scare
you off by the landing flaps, they are a joy to use and allow for
landing touchdown at (if I recall correctly) less than 30 mph. The
ship is light with a fairly low wingloading even with water onboard,
so won't compete some of glass ships of the same era on strong days,
but does just fine in weaker conditions.

-Tom