At 18:08 10 January 2020, Rob wrote:
I did not know that about Open Cirrus. I thought it was the same
cockpit.=
=20

It was interesting that a number of ships I tried that everyone was
certain=
I could fit in, I did fit just fine legroom-wise, but could not close
the
=
canopy.=20

I'm in the Houston area, and I have an airplane, so any excuse to
go fly
is=
very welcome. If anyone's got an Open Cirrus or Genesis 2 or
maybe Discus
=
2b or Nimbus, or prety much anything for a tall guy in area, I'd
love to
ch=
eck it out. What's for sale in the area?=20


I am 6'2" with a long torso (39" sitting height). I have had my
Discus-2b for 20 years now. I can sit in it - the rudder pedals pulled
back 2 notches with my legs still flat on the floor, a regular Strong
Paracushion-seat/back chute with the seat-back still installed and
have plenty of room. After having been crammed into various other
top line racing gliders (and at a competitive disadvantage due to
comfort factors), I have been extremely happy with my D-2b. Mike
Westbrook has one for sale in the DFW area. The only issue is that
it is way above your desired price point. V-2b has the same cockpit.
When I visited S-H to see the prototype D-2b, I told Tilo and Biggo
my concerns about my size. They just smiled and said that we
should go try it on for size. Once I sat in it and realized how much
room I had, Tilo and Biggo said that they had figured that it was
time to build a cockpit that almost anyone could fit into. That sold
me.

You may look at the SZD 55-1 too. I hear it has a large cockpit.
Gordon Boettger had a Grob Twin Astir 1 and a Kestrel at one point.
There are different STD Cirrus models. I understand that the later
Cirrus 76 (or was it 75?) models have a larger cockpit.

Good luck!

RO