At 18:30 03 July 2007, Bill Daniels wrote:
That no damage resulted to the Genesis will come as
no surprise to those
familiar with Jim Marske's simular designs. These
are all very strong
gliders. The strength comes mainly from the shape
and not from robust
structure although the Genesis is, in fact, very robust.

It's interesting to ask whether the 1-26 with its well
respected out landing
capability would have done as well. Certainly, Genesis
owners have less
reason to fear out landings than the typical glider
owner with a fragile
tailboom.

I think this incident may have an influence on future
designs. The Genesis
obtains excellent handling and quite respectable performance
without a tail
boom which forces the question, ' Why have one?' The
18 meter and larger
gliders would obtain even greater relative performance
and damage resistance
since the fuselage size need not increase in porportion
to wing span. I
wonder what the ETA would be like with the Genesis
fuselage.

Bill Daniels


Bill,

I have no idea how an ETA type wingspan would work
on a Genesis type fuselage, but I can picture the amount
of storage space one would gain in the trailer!

And yes, I was impressed with the video. It's the
first, and I hope the last time I've ever seen a ground
loop. And I'm impressed the Genesis came through basically
unhurt.

Nicely done, Jim Marske!

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA