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Originally Posted by John Cochrane[_2_]
Anyone wish to weigh in on the L-33 solo? I am in the market for a
single seater. *Metal is preferred because you can tie it down outside
without the problems associated with glass. *1-34's are hard to find,
not a lot of metal ships on the market these days it seems.
Can anyone speak to the handling of this aircraft from personal
experience? *
Walt
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Walt Connelly
Option B: Rethink the plan of buying a metal glider for personal use
and tying it down outside. Really, assembly of typical fiberglass
gliders is not that big a deal. Once you look at your toy you won't
want to tie it down outside for long periods anyway. Metal doesn't
suffer UV, but the paint does, and it gets rained on, and birds poop
on it, and so on and so forth. There's a reason just about everyone
else around you leaves them in trailers! Once you are shopping for
"normal" gliders, your options increase dramatically.
John Cochrane
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John, thank you for the input. I have spent a lot of time at the glider port
I frequent and have helped a number of people assemble their gliders. Even the easiest seem to run into major snags. Perhaps the latest, high performance and high priced glass ships can be truly assembled by one person and in short time, my experience this far has been that it is at least a two man and 30 minute or more operation. I timed one particular assembly which ran into a few snags and it seems this is the norm. I appreciate your response.
Walt