If you don't have a hangar, then you will be assembling and
disassembling each time you fly. Make sure you know the effort
involved in putting the ship together. I know two guys who
bought a Phoebus in partnership, only to sell it the next season
due to it being an absolute bear to assemble. A general rule is
that the easier a ship goes together, the more it flies. Russia's,
Libelle's and PW5's almost fall together. You can get a LAK12
with almost twice the L/D for the same price, but watch your
friends scatter when you open the box.

Brian

At 18:30 05 May 2009, Ian Burgin wrote:
At 17:55 05 May 2009, vaughn wrote:

"vic20owner" wrote in message
news:0b8eb208-90ef-4146-a7f3-
...

Lastly, are there any specific gliders one should avoid as a
first
used glider? (such as homebuilt kit planes, etc)?

Buying a series of "wrong" gliders as a way of figuring
out what
you want