"Eric Greenwell" wrote in message
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Kirk Stant wrote:


The US on the other hand, seems (IMHO) to have a substantial anti-XC /
racing majority - which would explain the "success" (?) of the
Sparrowhawk and PW-5 over here.

(Sound of loud buzzer for wrong answer) The people buying and flying the
SparrowHawk are most definitely cross-country pilots! You don't buy a
glider like that to float around the airport. It'd be a heck of fun ship
for that purpose, but the people that want to do that seem to buy
cheaper gliders or use the club ships.

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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA

I still don't think the question of repairability has been adequately
addressed by the producer. If you ding a wing, a factory repair may be
required. Same as the Diana 2.

This may ultimately impact your insure charges. If I were your underwriter,
I'd certainly be looking at this. This, of course, is strictly conjecture
based on what I know of pre-preg composite construction and what was stated
by the Diana 2 design team at Atlanta.

Frank Whtieley