1-26 Price

Has anyone noticed the trend lately on price for a SGS 1-26? The prices seem to be going through the roof! Most of the recent offerings on W&W are over $8K, and many $10K+. I get that many have had a lot of hours put in restoring them and updating instruments, but really... Just a year or two ago you could reliably find decent flyable examples for sale for $4-5K. Now they're $8-10K+

On Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 3:06:11 PM UTC-4, John Foster wrote:
Has anyone noticed the trend lately on price for a SGS 1-26? The prices seem to be going through the roof! Most of the recent offerings on W&W are over $8K, and many $10K+. I get that many have had a lot of hours put in restoring them and updating instruments, but really... Just a year or two ago you could reliably find decent flyable examples for sale for $4-5K. Now they're $8-10K+

We just put a bit over 200 hours and $3000 into repairing and restoring a 1-26E that we bought for almost nothing. Now beautiful. You do the math on what that might be worth.
Maybe the prices you see reflect perceived value.
UH

On Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 2:45:27 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 3:06:11 PM UTC-4, John Foster wrote:
Has anyone noticed the trend lately on price for a SGS 1-26? The prices seem to be going through the food!

Wait six months with this economIc trend and I suspect the price trend will reverse.

On Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 3:06:11 PM UTC-4, John Foster wrote:
Has anyone noticed the trend lately on price for a SGS 1-26? The prices seem to be going through the roof! Most of the recent offerings on W&W are over $8K, and many $10K+. I get that many have had a lot of hours put in restoring them and updating instruments, but really... Just a year or two ago you could reliably find decent flyable examples for sale for $4-5K. Now they're $8-10K+
1-26 pricing is normal. There just aren't any crappy 1-26s on W&W at the moment.

On Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 9:06:11 PM UTC+2, John Foster wrote:
Has anyone noticed the trend lately on price for a SGS 1-26? The prices seem to be going through the roof! Most of the recent offerings on W&W are over $8K, and many $10K+. I get that many have had a lot of hours put in restoring them and updating instruments, but really... Just a year or two ago you could reliably find decent flyable examples for sale for $4-5K. Now they're $8-10K+

The 1-26 in Condor 2 is less than $12

On Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 2:47:57 AM UTC-4, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
On Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 9:06:11 PM UTC+2, John Foster wrote:
Has anyone noticed the trend lately on price for a SGS 1-26? The prices seem to be going through the roof! Most of the recent offerings on W&W are over $8K, and many $10K+. I get that many have had a lot of hours put in restoring them and updating instruments, but really... Just a year or two ago you could reliably find decent flyable examples for sale for $4-5K. Now they're $8-10K+

The 1-26 in Condor 2 is less than $12

That's a rip off compared to the EB-29

The 1-26 in Condor 2 is less than $12

That's a rip off compared to the EB-29

Interesting.

So we should charge by span or per L/D?

Actually, we aim to do it by how much work went in. On that basis, the 1-26 should be 3 x the EB29 :O

On Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 10:01:55 AM UTC-4, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
The 1-26 in Condor 2 is less than $12

That's a rip off compared to the EB-29

Interesting.

So we should charge by span or per L/D?

Actually, we aim to do it by how much work went in. On that basis, the 1-26 should be 3 x the EB29 :O
Big mistake is not charging for the motor Great job on both. Fun to fly the same task in a 1-26 and an EB-29.

On Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 3:06:11 PM UTC-4, John Foster wrote:
prices seem to be going through the roof!

Really???? in 2000 I bought my first glider, a 1-26B with an enclosed trailer
for $7000. It was flyable as you say, but tired. Stripped it down to the tubing and did a restoration and instrument upgrade after a few years. Finally sold it after about 15 years for 12,000.

Price on a 1-26 is just like price on any glass ship, if the gel coat is blown up, or blowing up on a glass ship you can get it cheaper (more expensive in the long run).

Sill a great first ship that can teach you many things, and still fun to race in one class competition.

Kevin
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formerly 192

The 1-26 also still offers a lower price point for people to get into this wonderful sport that glass, carbon, or kevlar. When I got started we still had kids at home, and there is no way the glass price point would work for me. The 1-26 price point did, and so it began.

Kevin
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formerly 192