On May 23, 2:28*pm, "Wayne Paul" wrote:
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. *

Actually, I didn't complete my original thought... don't let someone
without experience in a landing flapped ship scare you off.

Just search RAS for comments by Wayne, Bob Whelan and others about the
non-issue of these ships - they just need a different approach to
landing and energy control.

-Tom