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Dirk Beerbohm wrote:

Hello out there,

we are looking for a Glasflügel H301 Libelle glider - in a reasonably
good condition.
This is the only "Libelle" glider with flaps.

Do you have on for sale or do you know pilots who own such a Libelle and think
of selling it.

Any information is welcome.

Thanks in advance,

Dirk

I just noticed that my old H301 (3K) is up for sale on the Wings and
Wheels website. This bird originally belonged to George Squillario
(spelling?). Ed Byars told me that Guy, when he was around 3 or 4 years
old, ran up one wing and down the other on this ship.

This is one of the few Libelles that has not had the fuselage broken so
it is very light. We put a wave guage on the wings before refinishing
them. It had extremely smooth wings and performed very well. My partner
put mylar seals on it after the refinish. I think those were a mistake.
I think it is better to have the internal teflon seals for lower control
friction. The mylar seals don't offer any advantage since the airflow is
not laminar that far back on the wing and the mylars trap water against
the wing surface.

When we had this ship, the original wheel was damaged when the tire
pressure got low and the bulging tire caught the brake arm and broke the
backing plate out on landing. We installed a new TOST wheel. The TOST
brake was not as good as the original Zundapp motorcycle brake.

This ship has the better looking (but not as practical) low "racing"
canopy.

The tail chute was installed and functional when I had it. Guess it's
still there.

The trailer we had just before I sold my share to my partner was a
Pfieffer that had housed a Mosquito that was destroyed in a crash. I
seem to remember it was a good trailer, but swayed when being towed
without the glider in it (I had occasion to retrieve the Mosquito a time
or two).

I don't have any connection with the seller, just wanted to comment on
my old ship.


Wallace Berry
currently flying H301 #19 "WB" (which is not quite as good as ol' 3K)