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Libelle suitability for beginners
On Sat, 15 Feb 2020 15:24:20 -0800, dtarmichael wrote:
You'll be fine! I'd stick with the 201 for a first glider for a low time pilot. You dont need the flaps of the 301 just yet. One of these days, if I'm lucky, I'll get to see a 301. It seems that most of them are in the US: there aren't more than 5 or 6 in the UK and none live anywhere I've been. BEEN It's been a while but if I recall correctly the 301s had a balsa core and the 201 foam? Not a big deal, but something to consider during a pre-buy inspection. Not quite: 201s were entirely balsa until s/n 110 (mine is 82). The transition from the all-balsa 201 with no water and both-surface airbrakes to the 201B with all-foam surfaces, top-surface airbrakes and water bags as standard started with s/n 111 and was complete at s/n 182. FWIW, the first few 201s had fixed undercarriages too (Standard Class rules!) but I believe they were all converted to retracts when the rules changed. I've seen s/n 5, which was converted, but never an unconverted one. -- Martin | martin at Gregorie | gregorie dot org |
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