tiistai 13. helmikuuta 2018 8.18.52 UTC+2 Kirk Robertson kirjoitti:
I just read the article from Derek Piggot and am curious on staying away from Libelles' Everyone seems to love them, do the spoilers just not provide as much drag as others?

Frank Whiteley, thanks for the offer but I'm still just doing reading/research, I'll call when I get a few prospective gliders I need to narrow it down to one.

For now I'm staying away from flap-only ships, I have no misconception about my piloting ability and don't really want to make it any easier to do anything dumb and hurt myself or my glider.

Kirk.

Std.Libelle is absolute 100% joy to fly even for experienced pilots. Nimble, light on controls, surprsingly modern for it's age (Hänle invented many things we see in todays gliders), and that beautiful classic shape (think of Porsche 911 or Alfa Spider). Like most of gliders this vintage, it is not very stable and requires more accurate control coordination than modern gliders which mostly fly themselves. There is nothing difficult or dangerous, even for low time pilot. Airbrakes are weak, but you get used to them and you will learn soon to sideslip the thing. Once again, pure joy to fly (yes, I wish I had one).