On Thursday, October 24, 2013 7:50:13 AM UTC-5, son_of_flubber wrote:

One of my favorite tidbits on this topic is that the much maligned SGS 2-33 has been shown to survive a crash better than most. Part of the reason for that is that a 2-33 will probably be going slower than most when it crashes.

What do you base this conclusion on? I've seen several 2-33s that have been crashed and sure wouldn't want to be in one! I know of a passenger that broke an ankle in a stalled 2-33 crash that broke the plane in two (behind the wing trailing edge), and having spent some time giving rides in the back seat of those horrible things, would sure not want to be in one during a hard landing!

Seriously, has anyone actually looked up the statistics on 2-seat crashes/injuries and compared 2-33/Blanik/K-13/G-103/ASK-21 stats?

There is a good reason the 2-33 is much maligned - it deserves it! Saying it is a good glider is like saying the Pinto was a good car - because it was cheap and it ran, no more. But I guess if your standards are low enough, just about anything will do.

Kirk
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(waiting for the usual flurry of retorts about how wonderful the good old Gollywhomper is ;^)