On Jan 9, 11:48*am, wrote:
Okay, I've got my flame suit on.
You might not want to completely disregard the Grob Speed Astir IIB.
I have a Speed Astir II, (my first glider) and I'm very happy with

James -

No flame suit needed, different strokes for different folks!

The reason I've discounted the Speed Astir is that it has a relatively
high sink rate (even higher than my small-wing Russia), and an Eppler
662 airfoil. That's not a "bad" airfoil - but history has shown that
the later airfoils (Wortmann, Boermanns, Horst & Quast, etc) are
superior in a several ways.

Thanks for the alternative suggestion, though! Its always good to
hear about more choices.

Take care,

--Noel