DG Differences...

On Apr 16, 4:23*pm, "noel.wade" wrote:
On Apr 16, 8:45*am, JS wrote:

*I believe that Walt Rogers did

his first 1000 km flight in his DG-300.

* Confirmed. I was his crew, but flew a 500 O/R in my LS-6 (later
owned by Jim D, Boulder City, NV) first. We are an inbred bunch.
Noel, I'm surprised you didn't snap up AS-W20 "SW" or the 20C that
recently sold.
Jim

Jim -

My raise at work has been held up, so I don't quite yet have the cash
on hand to make an instant-deal. *I've got a commitment from my
Banker / Loan-Officer (who's a pilot and whom I have a good
relationship with), and the only open question really is what to do
about the $10k I still owe on my Russia AC-4. :-/

But in the next 1 - 2 weeks I should be ready to pounce! ;-)

--Noel

I am not familar with the 202, but as someone who flew standard class
for almost 10 years (LS4) and now flying a flapped ship (ASW27) I can
tell you that I love the flaps and that flaps indeed have advantage
for serious XC flying or competitions in moderate to strong
conditions, however it should not be your main decision point, and if
you are going to fly consrvative XC in only moderate conditions or
compete in spots class, the flaps will do very little to your bottom
line, while they will certainly add to your work load, especially
during take off and landings. Landing flaps are nice, but in 10 years
of many outlandings I never had a situation which I wished I had
landing flaps. So boottom line, take everything into account and go
for the glider you like best, in better condition, has better trailer,
better resale value, easier to rig an maintain and to get service, has
better reputation, more popular etc etc. and keep the flap somehwre
lower in your evaluation list. And last, you should completly ignore
facts such as how many kms or which contest or record someone won in
one ship or another, it is 99% combination of pilot,weather, location
and timing. Flaps and L/D are only a small factor.

Ramy