On May 5, 10:39*am, vic20owner wrote:

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

Yes.

One way to tell: try to get your CFIG to fly it first. If he balks or
even slightly hesitates....

In general, I would only recommend a homebuilt with excellent
testimonials as to construction quality and flight characteristics by
people other than the builder/seller, at least a few hundred hours on
it, a generally good rep as to type characteristics, etc.

- T8 (former fast/cheap/scary home built glider owner)