Interesting new solar glider

On Thu, 23 Aug 2018 13:31:44 +0000, Michael Opitz wrote:

At 10:24 23 August 2018, Martin Gregorie wrote:
Thanks for reposting the links. To me it looks like a modified
Sparrowhawk with a new, bigger, 15m wing.


15 meter wing? Sounds like a Duck Hawk to me...

Agreed.

I thought that was a Sparrowhawk tail group and that the Duckhawk had a
different one. But, I found a Duckhawk picture just now and saw I wuz
wrong.

BTW, I thought there'd be a lot of Duckhawks flying on your side of the
pond by now, but they seem to have almost vanished without trace (just 4
registered?) despite an initial good competition showing. Why is that?


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BTW, I thought there'd be a lot of Duckhawks flying on your side of the
pond by now, but they seem to have almost vanished without trace (just 4
registered?) despite an initial good competition showing. Why is that?


Not sure all the reasons why Windard Perfromance has more or less left the US Soaring scene, but there was a lawsuit or two relating to some kind of breach of contract. I'm sure others have more accurate details. This is what I've heard while waiting in the lineup for a tow.