"Mike the Strike" wrote in message ...
Several of our members have recently been surveying possible landing
strips for our contest database and Steve Koerner came across an old
crashed glider in the Arizona desert.....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/3676667...7622824263137/

Registration was N71JR.

V-tail, large flaps, no spoilers. Our best guess so far is some sort
of HP, but the glider construction seems to have been more composite
than aluminum, so this may be off-base.

Suggestions and speculation welcome!

Mike

I am quite familiar with the Schreder sailplane series. The tail cone appears to be from on of Dick's kits; however, the spars are unlike any that I have seen. The only wings I am not familiar with are the 33 to 1 aspect ratio HP-15 wing and the HP-17 wing. The '17 wing had full-span flaps (no ailerons) and used spoilers for roll control.

It is my understanding that only two HP-15s were built and they both have been re-winged. One has a HP-16 wing and the other a HP-18 wing.

It is my understanding that only one of the HP-17s was built. In 1983 Dick still had it. All Dick's stuff currently is part of the Smithsonian collection or a local Ohio air museum.

Wayne
HP-14 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder