On Nov 5, 8:58*am, Berry wrote:

About the only thing keeping the ASK-7 and -13's from being the best
trainers for the money is that their cockpits were not designed for the
"modern" physique.

Well, I have a "modern" physique (love that euphemism!), and I fit in
our K-13 just fine. The back seat of a 2-33, OTOH, is painful.

I totally agree that the K-13 is a great primary trainer. It suffers,
in the US at least, from being made from first-generation composites
(i.e. wood and fabric), which is absurd in most parts of the US where
it will outlast it's pilots!

And, as the original poster mentioned, requires a bit of conversion
when moving up to more slippery glass.

Perhaps we can import a bunch of K-13s from Europe to replace our
grounded Blanik L-13s?

Maybe we should convince someone to put the 2-32 back in production -
now there is a glider with room for the well fed pilot &
passenger(s)! And it spins!

Kirk
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