Open Cockpit Gliders?

My Whale (RHJ-8) is quite pleasant open cockpit.
I leave off the overhead canopy, but leave in place
the front and rear canopies. A bit drafty but lots
of fun. Sounds like ones ear is next to the towplane
exhaust on tow though.

Best Regards, Dave "YO"

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What gliders were/are open cockpit? Baby Albatross?? or.....

(DL152279546231) wrote in message ...
What gliders were/are open cockpit? Baby Albatross?? or.....

There are also a few Ka8 and at least 1 Ka6 flying with an open cockpit.

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Can any of these be seen today?? How bout a home built?


The Marske Monarch, previously mentioned, is a homebuilt open cockpit
design. It has very good low speed capabilities and is therefore well
suited to the open cockpit configuration.

The Woodstock, also a homebuilt, has an optional open cockpit
configuration.

One of the most enjoyable flight experiences I ever had was in Jeff
Byard's beautiful vintage T-21 late one evening during glass-off
conditions in the Tehachapi Mountains. Only thing missing in the
cockpit were a couple of lawn chairs and beers to enjoy the evening
breeze. Very quiet, given the low flight speeds and 4 mph operation
range for the "low " drag bucket.


Best Regards,
Gary Osoba

Old Bicester pilots will say the Primary and the T-21

I did a loop in a T21 years ago. VNE then pull up. Half a field floating around
the bottom of the cockpit went up my nose when we had negative G at the top. A
bit eiry with very low airspeed, upside down and nothing between my head and
the ground but 2000ft of air

Nigel

I seem to recall that the SGS 1-26 had a "sport" canopy available. Sort of
a convertable sailplane.

What gliders were/are open cockpit? Baby Albatross?? or.....

Marcel Duenner wrote:

(DL152279546231) wrote in message
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What gliders were/are open cockpit? Baby Albatross?? or.....

There are also a few Ka8 and at least 1 Ka6 flying with an open cockpit.
Yes, I can verify that, as I have flown such a Ka6 :-) I guess the TS mend
to ask "open by design", and that is definatly not the case for either the
Ka6 or the Ka8.

André

Lots of Polish gliders there, just to remind ABC, Komar, IS-38 (i know, =
there were also German gliders named the same), Salamandra...=20

You can find lots of information on the including photos he

http://www.piotrp.de/SZYBOWCE/pszd.htm

Regards,


--=20
Janusz Kesik

visit www.leszno.pl - home of the www.css-leszno.it.pl

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I have seen a K13 which had had the canopy modified so that it was similar to Grunau Baby type of cockpit fairing.