"Mark James Boyd" wrote in message
news:3fa6166d@darkstar...
| Hmmm....
|
| I was wondering if metal gliders have an L/D disadvantage
| due to the metal, or because of the lousy rivets and
| poor wing airfoil and draggy struts (of the SGS gliders,
| for example).
|
| Is it possible to make a retract gear metal glider with
| flush rivets and a carry-through spar which would give
| 40:1 ratio, or is metal just a substance that won't
| allow the shapes or fine tolerances needed to make such
| a wing?
|
| Vans seems to do an excellent job selling very high
| quality kits with very nice wings (metal). I wonder
| if they'd consider selling a Quickbuild glider kit?

I believe there is a glider in the mind of their designer,
but there are other projects to be completed first
My memory (likely to be faulty !) tells me it was to be the
RV11.
Cheers, John G.