wrote:
Someone brought one of those UV meters out to the field a month or two
ago, probably the same one you have. As best as I recall, it was
reading 12 (extreme) outside. When put under a newish DG800, older
DG200, and very old Kestrel, it read 0. Put under a 20 y.o. LS-6 it
read 3 or 4, indicating only around 75% was being absorbed (still
better than nothing).

Very interesting. It's going to be a while before I'm near a collection
of gliders, so I hope others will buy or borrow a meter and check the
gliders in their club, and report the results.

Do you know if the LS-6 had the original factory canopy or a replacement?

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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA
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