On Jul 20, 11:04*pm, Steve wrote:
On Jul 20, 9:35*am, EvValentin808

wrote:
Can anyone give me a list of forgiving sailplanes out there. I know some
like the Schweizers, *Rudolf Kaiser's designs(Schleicher K-series) and
the Discus... Any other to list?

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EvValentin808

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYDdE...eature=related

This is one way a sailplane can be forgiving. *I believe the pilot
flew it the next day. *The only damage was an aileron bell crank cover
which popped off. *Kudos to the pilot, this was a sudden storm which
came up during a contest, several other gliders landed out and this
one, coming in very fast saw another glider which had skidded into a
180 in front of him. *He initiated a course correction to avoid
hitting the other glider.

Actually, I think this video illustrates one of Bill's (other) points
fairly well.

-Evan Ludeman / T8