DG's new requirements for older DG ships

On Feb 25, 1:06*pm, jb92563 wrote:

Any DG owners want to register "Experimental" yet?

OK, sarcasm & jokes complete.....and laugh if your DG doesn't need
parts.

*begins laughing while looking lovingly at his Experimental DG-300 in
fine shape*

--Noel
(who's a smartass, who loves DG gliders but may never buy a DG or LS
again, if this policy remains)

Hi.

I also find this funny. We're going to pay a fee to ensure future
support for our "old" gliders. I guess this means mainly ensuring
we'll have replacement parts in the future.

The funny part: until now i needed two replacement parts.

The first one was the trim lock, the spring was no good: was told it
doesn't exist anymore, but i can take the dg500 one which is similar.
After paying/getting it, i found it's not really the same, the angle
it makes with the lock wheel is totally different and the only way to
use it is to redo the link of the host metal piece with the fuselage.
I wasn't expecting that, and it's no fun.

Second one... i asked for a replacement for the plastic tube which
goes into the water ballast bag, which was broken. Answer: the piece
does not exist anymore, but i can send it to them so they see if it
can be fixed.

And now i'll be paying for this... not so nice.

Cheers,
Ricardo

On Feb 25, 10:19*pm, "noel.wade" wrote:
On Feb 25, 1:06*pm, jb92563 wrote:



Any DG owners want to register "Experimental" yet?

OK, sarcasm & jokes complete.....and laugh if your DG doesn't need
parts.

*begins laughing while looking lovingly at his Experimental DG-300 in
fine shape*

--Noel
(who's a smartass, who loves DG gliders but may never buy a DG or LS
again, if this policy remains)