are wooden gliders worthwhile building ?

Start by joining the VGC www.vintagegliderclub.org/

I think one of the 4 minimoas in europe is a new build,
However the Minimoa based at London GC, UK has recently
started flying again after a 30 year restoration. I
know the owners, although very pretty it is certainly
not the nicest vintage gllider to fly.

One of the owners also has a Rhonsperber, which is
much more user friendly.

From the VGC mags it seems that quite a few types have
had new builds which must have plans available, so
there may be quite a choice. Some seem unnecessarily
complex, so selecting the right one would help construction
time.

rigging times can vary quite a bit to! the minimoa
is more engineering project than rigging and the Rhonsperber
is not much better

Pete



At 12:30 07 February 2008, Stealth Pilot wrote:
On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 13:43:10 -0800 (PST), Ian
wrote:
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On 5 Feb, 14:15, Stealth Pilot
wrote:

no, he can and probably will buy the fibreglass ship
himself.
I wanted something that was beautiful to look at and
fun to fly. the
amazing thing in aviation is that if you can lay hands
on the plans
you can build an exact replica of a classic design
in modern
materials, and have it perform just like the original.

Please, please, please built him a Minimoa!

Ian

where would you get the plans?