wings came off
.....and none of it may bear any resemblance to the current accident.
The design of an ultralight foot-launched sailplane obviously
introduces more compromises than conventional designs. Looking at the
manufacturer's website videos shows that the rigging of the wings
seems very different from modern sailplanes, which typically use
overlapping spars. What would worry me, though, is that after one
wing separated, the second wing and tailplane rapidly followed, then
the tail boom. The glider basically disintegrated.
Mike
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