"Bob Kuykendall" wrote in message
om...
Earlier, Stewart Kissel
wrote:

...I suspect he might make some terrific sailplanes
if he set his mind to it...

Well, considering the Solitaire motorglider, his last contribution to
the world of soaring, I'd have to entertain some doubts.

Not that I don't think he could, as you say, make terrific sailplanes.
Just that I don't think he'd be inclined to play the incremental game
of quarter-percentages that modern sailplane development seems to have
become.

Bob K.
http://www.hpaircraft.com/hp-24
*now under glass*

It seems the aerodynamics of gliders has reached a point of near perfection
where further performance increases are likely to be very small.

Where I wish the designers would concentrate now is in the area of processes
and materials where reductions in manufacturing costs might be realized. A
breakthrough here would have large impact on the sport.

Bill Daniels