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wings came off
.....and none of it may bear any resemblance to the current accident.
The design of an ultralight foot-launched sailplane obviously introduces more compromises than conventional designs. Looking at the manufacturer's website videos shows that the rigging of the wings seems very different from modern sailplanes, which typically use overlapping spars. What would worry me, though, is that after one wing separated, the second wing and tailplane rapidly followed, then the tail boom. The glider basically disintegrated. Mike |
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