Hi Todd,
I am interested to find out more about it
as it relates to the flex seal. I know about the cam mechanics
but I have no Idea how it played out in the past.
The Eppler airfoil was not working as well as one was hoping for
but it got resolve some time ago with turbulator on the top surface.
Maybe that was the problem, the flex seal got a bad wrap due to the glider
not performing a swell as it should have.


Regards
Udo


"toad" wrote in message
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The G104 does not seem to have a good reputation. The flaps were
created with a "hinge" being a flexible top surface, very experimental
and the results were not good. Also the 104 is only good for small
pilots. The 102, especially the later G102 Std III version are great
gliders.

As a new (effectively) glider pilot, buy something well known, with
decent perfromance and an easy to rig trailer, and fly alot !

Todd Smith
Grob 102 Std III
3S