The moral of that story is make a ballastic recovery chut a standard option.

Mike Schumann

"Brad" wrote in message
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Remember when the Sparrowhawk first came out. It had a price of under
25K. I am pretty sure that the cost of manufacturing the airframe has
not doubled in price, but the price of the sailplane has.

Sailplanes that go fast and are designed for racing have way more
parts than a glider designed for lower speed and sports flying.

Safety would not be compromised in this design, but at lower wing
loadings, lighter GW and lower speeds the need for elaborate "crash-
worthiness" structure could be reduced. Even then, I recall the ASW-24
won the OSTIV prize for cockpit safety, and yet one spun in from less
than 400ft and the pilot was killed. My friend was killed in his Atlas
in the same manner. I am sure if I did the same in my Apis the result
would be the same.............the moral of the story.....DON'T CRASH.

Brad




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