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Future Club Training Gliders
On Sep 15, 2:54*pm, John Smith wrote:
Am 15.09.10 01:13, schrieb John Cochrane: I just talked to John Murray about other stuff, and he mentioned that ASK 21 are actually remarkably easy to get right now. Our club (chicago glider club) just bought a new ASK21, and it's a joy both to fly and teach in. I don't understand why someone would still buy an ASK21 today when you can get a DG1000 or a Duo which offer *much* more performance for little more money. And yes, they are perfectly suited for primary training. Lasham bought a couple of DG1000s as all round trainers. However in practice they are mostly only used for advanced cross-country training. From a basic instructional point of view they are too complicated (tail weights etc), too difficult to get in and out of, and have awful ground handling (we have the 2 wheel version - the tail weights a ton). They spin rather too well and lose a lot of height in the process. We also have a couple of K21s which are great general purpose gliders, but as basic trainers they are, if anything, too docile and easy to fly, and won't spin with a normal weight male student in the front seat. We still use ancient although slightly updated K13s for most basic training. They do everything tolerably well, although more performance would be nice. Derek C |
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