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Our New Club Ship Becoming Reality
On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 13:07:12 -0700, son_of_flubber wrote:
The DG1000 spins very very very well for me. Wow. What a great glider. I don't know how the performance compares, but I like the ergonomics of the DG1000 much better than the Duo Discus (which I'd flown in February). I especially prefer the trim mechanism on the DG. The club where I flew the DG1000 uses it for ab initio trainer and first solos. Glider has survived a number of hard landings on a rough grass field. US Air Force Academy flies DG1000s, don't they? I've only flown a DG 1000 once, but that was a three hour flight from Omarama over to Lake Hawea, then most of the way to My Huxton and back to home ridge running - a weak day, not much wave to speak of but an excellent day for an intro to mountain flying. But I digress: I agree that its a very nice glider and very responsive once I'd got used to its size and weight. Better brakes than a Duo too. I liked it a lot: the only thing I wasn't keen on was getting into and out of it - not quite as bad as an ASH-25, but close. However, entry and egress from the 1001 looks to be a lot easier with its having a nose-wheel and being much closer to the floor. -- Martin | martin at Gregorie | gregorie dot org |
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