On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:30:06 +0000, Tea Nott wrote:

true, but only for s/n 140 onwards

http://www.streifly.de/TN205-11e.pdf

The last balsa in the Std.Libelle, in the fin and elevator, vanished with
S/N 182 at the end of 1970. Martin Simons says the H.205 was introduced
in 1973 and the first AD is dated 1974, so its chances of containing any
balsa is about zero.

According to Simons the H.205's only vice was a sudden loss of height if
you closed the TE flaps since they added lift and lowered the stalling
speed: not a good thing to do toward the end of finals. I've seen a lot
of Std.Libelles (there are three on our field including my all-balsa
example, S/N 82) but I've never seen an H.205 in the flesh.


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