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I just had to expect the poor ole PW5 would get pulled in early on
this thread! Malcolm.. wrote in message ps.com... Malcolm Austin wrote: I see in another thread that some are looking for the prettiest gliders, set me thinking, what's the ugliest (and picture links if possible please! Cheers, Malcolm To make it more interesting, how about asking "the ugliest glider besides the PW-5"? |
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Hi Asborn,
great links to the photo's, thanks for that. I've seen a PW5 up close here in the UK, but not the SZD-25, I give it my vote as the ugliest between the two. I guess though that the designers had a specific result in mind, whilst keeping the high wind for early solo pilot's? Cheers, Malcolm... "Asbjorn Hojmark" wrote in message ... On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 18:41:19 GMT, "Malcolm Austin" wrote: I see in another thread that some are looking for the prettiest gliders, set me thinking, what's the ugliest (and picture links if possible please! That'll have to be a tie between the SZD-25 Lis and the PW-5 Smyk. http://www.piotrp.de/SZYBOWCE/dszd25.htm http://www.piotrp.de/SZYBOWCE/dpw5.htm -A -- http://www.hojmark.org/ |
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So, Let's see. The most votes so far go too 2 gliders, the szd-25 and
the PW5. Hmm! One was built 45 years ago at a time when a 1-26 was a high performance glider. (not knocking the 1-26, wish I had one for those hot summer days) and one was designed in the 90's (?). Which is uglier? I know what I think! Just asking? Bob |
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Funny though, no matter how *ugly* they may look on the ground, they all
look beautiful in flight. Wad. --- "Malcolm Austin" wrote in message ... I see in another thread that some are looking for the prettiest gliders, set me thinking, what's the ugliest (and picture links if possible please! Cheers, Malcolm |
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I believe that's physiological, we would all rather be up in the sky than
sat at ground level. A powerful and all encompassing emotion for most of us I'm sure. Malcolm... "Waduino" wrote in message ... Funny though, no matter how *ugly* they may look on the ground, they all look beautiful in flight. Wad. --- "Malcolm Austin" wrote in message ... I see in another thread that some are looking for the prettiest gliders, set me thinking, what's the ugliest (and picture links if possible please! Cheers, Malcolm |
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I dunno...
The first time I saw a PW-5 I helped rig it, it was a new ship, beautifully finished, barely flown, it was light and easy to put together but ugly as sin (my own personal opinion), but we wheeled it up to the winch queue. The pilot (old guy, but perfectly competent), got in, usual checks, hooks on, up slack, all out... then all of 400ft off the winch (flapping its wings all the way! 13m wings aren't meant to flap that much!). This was followed by a hurried low circuit and an ungainly landing. Quick de breifing by a concerned instructor, and the whole flapping charade repeats itself. Third time lucky and the guy gets a circuit in. My god it looked awkward in the air. That day I swore I'd never fly one. They say you never get a second chance at first impressions... Not everything looks good in the air. Maybe I'm missing out? Nah... p.s. I'm sure some nerd is going to come along and tell my how many g's it's rated too and that it's built like a kalashnikov but as beautiful as (insert beautiful woman's name here), but this is just the impression it gave me. At 14:12 20 February 2006, Waduino wrote: Funny though, no matter how *ugly* they may look on the ground, they all look beautiful in flight. Wad. --- 'Malcolm Austin' wrote in message ... I see in another thread that some are looking for the prettiest gliders, set me thinking, what's the ugliest (and picture links if possible please! Cheers, Malcolm |
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In message cCUlhtvFIYkV-pn2-tLs9zUBNVz8l@localhost, Ian Johnston
writes On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 19:44:36 UTC, Asbjorn Hojmark wrote: : That'll have to be a tie between the SZD-25 Lis I'd never seen one of them before. It's lovely - I want one! Ian PS Ugliest? Dead heat between Kronfeld's "Austria", Slingsby/YS-53 and Bijave. Having sat in wave at Port Moak back in October and watched a T53 (The original slingsby one, not the later YS) higher than me - I was in a Duo - I am a little careful about what I say about them :-) Robin -- Robin Birch |
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In article . net, COLIN
LAMB writes If motorgliders can be included, that one that was for sale a few years ago that someone mounted an engine on one wing was not only ugly and weird, it was a spin waiting to happen. Wonder if the builder compensated for the engine being on one side by making one wing shorter than the other? Colin Wasn't the Me 141 a bit like that? -- Mike Lindsay |
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Ok, now an argument has REALLY started. My husband and I are
disagreeing about the ugliest glider. I say a genesis is (short squatty), whereas my husband says the genesis is really quite lovely. His vote is for the "whale" RHJ-?. I dunno, but Malcom, I don't have pictures of either, but you really made us spit out our coffee laughing while reading your new thread. |
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MickiMinner wrote:
Ok, now an argument has REALLY started. My husband and I are disagreeing about the ugliest glider. I say a genesis is (short squatty), whereas my husband says the genesis is really quite lovely. His vote is for the "whale" RHJ-?. I dunno, but Malcom, I don't have pictures of either, but you really made us spit out our coffee laughing while reading your new thread. This thread has me thinking. I wonder how many of us manage to improve the aesthetics of the glider? Just a thought. -- Bruce Greeff Std Cirrus #57 I'm no-T at the address above. |
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