At 19:47 24 September 2013, Frank Whiteley wrote:
Got a call today as a referral from the SSA office. What trainer is
suitab=
le for a 6'6" long torso man? He visited Blue Ridge Soaring Society and
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ied to fit in both a K-21 and an L-23 to no avail. I have no experience
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th a Puchacz or DG-500/1000 series. I expect he could fit in a 2-32, if
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e was available. I know one club that is operating two. Perhaps a
K-7/13,=
though it's been a long while since I tried one on, so I don't recall
how
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generous they are length wise. He seemed open to travelling to a
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l operator if that was the way to get trained and rated.

Assuming he succeeds, then which single seaters that can handle someone
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t tall. I know tall pilots that fly/flew the ASW-20, Jantar Std 2,
G-102,
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but none were 6'6". 6'7" 'Lofty' Russell flew a modified Kestrel 19 and
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asflugel 604. I thought I heard he later had a Ventus. How big is the
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esis 2? Other, newer ships?

TIA,

Frank Whiteley



Hi,
Friend of mine is 196cm, 95kg. He fits into one of our club K13, but
doesn't fit to another K13. There is similiar story with other K13s, he
doesn't fit in most of them.
He fits also in Puchacz, Bocian, ASK-21, Grob G103a Twin II and of course
DG-505 Orion.
He's got even bigger problem to fit most single seaters. He fits into Astir
CS, but not every Astir. I think G-102 is a bit too small, at leat the on
he tried. He didin't fit into Slingsby Skylark 4, but fit in another one.
Doesn't fit in Dart 17WR. He tried Std Cirrus, but no luck for him.

Let me know if your friend fits ASW-20, Jantar Std 2, LS4 or Kestrel 19.



Regards
Wolf
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