Glasflugel 303 canopy

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:27:49 +0000, Surfer! wrote:

But think how nice it is to have one's feet in the sun when flying in
wave!

But they're not! The 303's cockpit is totally different from the typical
DG arrangement. Instead, its cockpit arrangement is similar to an ASW-20
or a Kestrel. The Mossie's nose isn't much shorter in front of the canopy
than those two and, like them, your lower legs and feet are under a full-
width panel and cowling.

In the photo with the canopy open:
http://www.ssa.org/sport/PhotoGaller...sp?PhotoId=290

the nose only looks short because the front of the canopy swings up and
right forward over it. You can see how long the cowling is inside the
canopy and where the panel is if you look closely at the photo. The
cockpit is shown quite well in the Sailplane Directory photo too:
http://www.sailplanedirectory.com/Pl...fm?PlaneID=231


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