On Aug 3, 10:08*pm, John Smith wrote:
Am 03.08.10 03:16, schrieb Bruce Hoult: looked at the PW-6, Puchacz, ASK-21 but decided we'd get much better
much better value for money by stretching to the DG1000 Club for
something like EUR 10k more than the K21.

* That gets you a 25 years newer design, 10 points better L/D ratio,

I think the "full" DG1000, while a slightly more expensive, is an even
better value for the money.

Maybe, but we didn't have that much to spend. The cheapest one was
already a stretch.

We also specifically wanted fixed undercarriage to make it simpler and
avoid expensive training errors. The lower stance also makes it much
easier to get in and out. That's not a big deal when you're doing long
cross country flights, but it's much better when you're doing mostly
short training flights and rides for the public. The standard model
needs a box to stand on for a lot of short, old, or inflexible people.


Did you really do a downward outside loop with the DG? The DG being that
slippery, I didn't dare yet. (Besides that the POH does not allow for
it, but that's a different question.)

I don't do aerobatics, but I'm pretty sure I did see it in the POH.
I'll check next time I'm at the field.