Looking for feedback/reviews of the Karat Motorglider from AMS

Earlier, Peter wrote:

I'm looking for any user/owner opinions, good or bad, on the [C]arat
motorglider, I'd ideally like to hear first-hand experiences or better
still anyone know of one based in California that I can go look at one
weekend ?

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If you like the Carat, you might also keep an eye on:

http://www.hpaircraft.com/glidair

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Bob K.

Bob Kuykendall wrote:
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If you like the Carat, you might also keep an eye on:

http://www.hpaircraft.com/glidair

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Bob K.

I like the look of the Glidair Project, Although it does look
almost exactly like the Carat.

Regarding your engine options, It would certainly appeal
to me more with a four stroke, than one of the Rotax's
mentioned on the site.

Looking forward to seeing the flying prototype.

Willie G.

Earlier, Willie wrote:

Regarding your engine options, It would certainly appeal
to me more with a four stroke, than one of the Rotax's
mentioned on the site.

We've (Brad and I) recently gotten a couple of messages to that effect.
We'll keep it in mind, but it's pretty important to keep the engine
installation weight as low as practical in order to get decent sink
rate and soaring performance from our basic 108 ft^2 15m wing.

Thanks, Bob K.

Bob Kuykendall wrote:

If you like the Carat, you might also keep an eye on:
http://www.hpaircraft.com/glidair
Bob K.

Bob,
I saw that project too, and it made me wonder why reinvent the wheel?
Is there some real advantage for the glidair vs the Carat?

Chris

I started the Glidair project in 1987. Made a set of polyster molds,
pulled a cockpit area mock up fuselage shell and displayed it at the
Museum of Flight Glider Expo in Seattle years ago.

Then made a master tool fuselage plug that sat in various locations for
years until I started getting serious about it again, thanks to Bob and
my involvement in the HP-24 project.

So............the Glidair preceeded the Carat by many years, but
history is written by the winners and those with the money to
capitalize such projects.

The idea was to create a modern day ASK-14, the Carat is no such
animal, the Glidair will be.

Cheers,
Brad


chris wrote:
Bob Kuykendall wrote:

If you like the Carat, you might also keep an eye on:
http://www.hpaircraft.com/glidair
Bob K.

Bob,
I saw that project too, and it made me wonder why reinvent the wheel?
Is there some real advantage for the glidair vs the Carat?

Chris