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Old August 15th 19, 04:48 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Eric Greenwell[_4_]
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Default Flaps/No flaps...practical difference??

JS wrote on 8/14/2019 3:27 PM:
On Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 3:03:58 PM UTC-7, wrote:
Looking like “no flap” for sure. Lots of great responses. Appreciate them all. Words like “simple”, “predictable “ and “sweet handling” are what I hoped to hear.


Are you going for the H201 Libelle, still one of the top gliders in all those categories?
Kempton did a 1000km triangle in his 201B out of Tonopah, a western US (from OP) site.
Jim

The newer gliders have far better crash protection than a Libelle. Much as I liked
my H301 Libelle in the '80s, I would not fly one now. Go for the newer ones.

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