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On Jan 5, 9:17 am, "Bill Daniels" bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote:
"nimbusgb" wrote in message

It seems IMHO that picking a popular glider design that is now out of
production and tuning it up for mass production is a low risk way to go. An
LS-4 fits the bill nicely although there are probably others.

Even though some clubs will fear retractable gear I'd say keep it.

Bill Daniels

An updated LS-4 would be sweet, as long as they re-design the landing
gear at the same time. As it exists, if the gas strut in the
retraction mechanism fails, you have 100% chance of RETRACTING the
gear, but little chance of getting it lowered and locked.


I think James is right on with this idea. Take something like a G102
(make the nose sharper) or an LS-4 (perhaps a slightly bigger cockpit)
and put new wings on it which get it to 40/1 and fix any little issues
that the previous model was known for and I think you have 95% of this
project licked.