I owned one for 2 years and put many flights on it. There was another
at our club as well and I believe the owners would have similar
comments. Roomy, well behaved, climbs well, great factory support, not
top of the line competitive, but the gap may have closed a bit now that
standard class can go above 9#.
As far was wing drop: Out of all my flights, maybe 3 drops only on take
off going through tow plane's propwash. I always flew on the CG hook
and the wing came immediately back up in about 1 second. The wing drop
is so infrequent that it is not a big deal. Also, never had the wing
drop on landing.
Great dump valves as they are large and don't leak as SH gliders.
Good glider for the money and your friends will stay friends as the
wings are light and easy to rig.
Gsoar wrote:
Hello,
I would like to get opinions regarding the szd 55-1. What I have
heard so far is that it tends to drop a wing when there is a bit of a
crosswind on take off but, is this more common with this glider than
other high performance standard class gliders? The gentleman I spoke
with had 4 aborted take offs in 50 flights and he has 6X the amount of
time as I do. Is this something that should be avoided in a 150h
pilot going from Grobs? It has also been commented to me that it is
"a high performance glider that really demands your concentration at
all times." While I try to pay attention most of the time, sometimes
I like to take in the view, is this glider too hot to handle
especially on landing for a run of the mill pilot? My goal is fun,
non contest (other than OLC), cross country. While I like vegetables,
I have no interest in picking them. I also would like to buy
something that I won't have to worry about refinishing in the near
future and is not something that will require too much in the
maintenance area. I don't want to be too anxious while I participate
in my recreation! Oh, the LS4 I responded to on W&W was sold in 15
minutes.

Thanks