Hi,

Chris Rollings wrote:

My view is, the Dimona is an aeroplane you can sometimes
soar, ...

That hits it quite well. It's a nice motor plane with L/D of a Ka8 but
thermalling is not much fun because the stick forces are high. It is also
quite heavy for a glider - with 2 people in it you almost always fly at
MTOW.

Greetings, Erik.