On Apr 26, 10:22*pm, Doug Hoffman wrote:
On Apr 26, 7:01*pm, Bob Kuykendall wrote:

On Apr 26, 3:38*pm, glider wrote:

* *I seem to recall that DG has the larger 5" wheel...

Yes, and that makes the glider a lot easier to push around, especially
on soft ground. However, the actual drum is not substantially (if any
at all) larger than that of the 4" wheel, but the larger tire OD
(14.5" vs 11") gives it more leverage over the brake and makes the
brake that much less effective.

Thanks, Bob K.

Sounds like a job for... *The Tillmann Steckner mod!

Regards,

-Doug

Actually sounds like a job for the Tost disk brake kit. The "DG-100"
kit fits the DG-30x. An obvious serious improvement in braking
performance and no more dealing with cable adjustments. Doing that was
a kind of obvious upgrade to improve the glider for XC/safety.

On the handle mod that keeps the U.C handle from popping out--I'm
amazed when I keep seeing DG-30x without this mod. It is a very easy
fix and cheap insurance especially when landing out on a rough
surface. I brought a used DG-303 which turned out to have had a gear
collapse on a (not rough) grass runway, it did not have the spring mod
installed. Maybe the reason it had 15 hours on it and was then put
away in a hangar for a few years. I really liked that glider.

The DG-30x and LS-4 (and presumably LS3?) require proper inspection
the gas strut in the U.C. mechanism as well, I think covered in past
posts on r.a.s.


Darryl