On 1/1/2015 11:26 AM, kirk.stant wrote:
Hate? None so far, thank goodness! But dislike?
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Schweizer 1-34. Looks like it should be a lot of fun, but it's really
pretty pedestrian to fly, with almost the worst ailerons in any Std Class
glider.

Put me in the "I hate hate" class.

And perhaps proving everything is relative - and allowing for the fact a 1-34
is the *only* standard class glider I've ever flown - I had two flights in one
way back when, when I owned an HP-14 and had only flown 2 other single seat
types. One of the memorable things to me about the 1-34 was its snappy aileron
control compared to the HP, almost as quick in roll as a 1-26, I thought.
While I was perfectly happy with my HP, roll responsiveness was definitely not
its strong suit! With home-field landing patterns constrained in size by the
glider pattern being inside the power pattern (parallel runways), I flew
circling "US Navy" patterns in my HP by way of compensating for its leisurely
role rate and high aileron forces. I thought the 1-34 has sports car handling
in comparison.

There might BE something to this "YMMV Theory"!

Bob W.