HPh304s (Fes) owners

Hi,

Any HPH304s owners (with Fes would be excellent) out there willing to share their experience with that bird?

Not much interested in performance , more comfort, easy of handling and suitability for low time pilot.

Post sales service etc.

I will much appreciate it.

Yours,

Slawek

I've flown one a couple of times.Â* Delightful handling and terrific
trailing edge dive brakes.

On 8/2/2019 11:46 AM, wrote:
Hi,

Any HPH304s owners (with Fes would be excellent) out there willing to share their experience with that bird?

Not much interested in performance , more comfort, easy of handling and suitability for low time pilot.

Post sales service etc.

I will much appreciate it.

Yours,

Slawek

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Dan, 5J

Do you know how it compares to LS8 in terms of stability? Or DG300?

S

At 20:41 02 August 2019, Dan Marotta wrote:
I've flown one a couple of times.Â* Delightful handling and terrific
trailing edge dive brakes.

On 8/2/2019 11:46 AM, wrote:
Hi,

Any HPH304s owners (with Fes would be excellent) out there
willing to
share their experience with that bird?

Not much interested in performance , more comfort, easy of
handling and
suitability for low time pilot.

Post sales service etc.

I will much appreciate it.

Yours,

Slawek

--
Dan, 5J

I take it you mean the Shark (comes in Jet, FES and self-launch
versions), not the 304 CZ, an almost entirely different glider which
is the one with the trailing edge brakes.

Paul

Yes.

HPH304 Shark.

S

On Friday, August 2, 2019 at 1:46:49 PM UTC-4, wrote:
Hi,

Any HPH304s owners (with Fes would be excellent) out there willing to share their experience with that bird?

Not much interested in performance , more comfort, easy of handling and suitability for low time pilot.

Post sales service etc.

I will much appreciate it.

Yours,

Slawek

I owed a 304CZ. #6 new from the factory.

After leaving my Libelle 201B to the 304CZ...

Trailing dive brakes are fantastic. They are genius! You can put this bird into any field, and short. Fantastic circuit control in the pattern. Quality and room in the cockpit were very good. I'm 6'-0" and had to take my shoes off to be comfortable in the Libelle, but the 304CZ had plenty of room. I liked the flap handle position better than my 27. If I recall, it matched the Ventus configuration. It looks like in that era, everyone was copying the others design!

Moved on to the ASW27. A generation apart so you can't expect it to perform like the 27.
It was somewhere in the 41/42 L/D range.


You can't go wrong with a Glasflugal design... If I ever sold my ASW27, I would go back to my favorite bird, the Libelle 201b!

Don't know if this helps because you're asking about the shark... I would assume the cockpit is similar to the 304CZ. Looks like a great choice for what you're looking for...
I have the *.dwg of the panel if you ever need it and comparable to the shark...

Gary
ASW27b
(SQ)

Thanks,

Cockpit comfort is key as much as safe handling. Hph304cz is no longer in production I think.

S

On Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 9:11:21 AM UTC-4, wrote:
Thanks,

Cockpit comfort is key as much as safe handling. Hph304cz is no longer in production I think.

S

Does the Shark have trailing dive brakes?

I'm 6'5" (195 cm), about 225 lbs, and fit well in the 304MS (self launcher w Solo 2625). I recently transitioned from a Discus CS and, so far (10 hours), find the Shark very easy to fly. I had zero time in flapped gliders before moving to the Shark. If comfort and benign handling are the most important criteria I think it's a good choice, even for a low time pilot.

Clay

No idea. I plan to go see the manufacturer in late September.

S