On 5/5/2015 9:10 AM, Tango Whisky wrote:
Le mardi 5 mai 2015 16:54:48 UTC+2, Dan Marotta a écrit :
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Anyway, it's the condition of the trailer that really counts!

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Gotta call BS on the trailer thing. If it's flying you want, who cares
about the trailer? It might add 10-15 minutes to rig and derig times but
that's a miniscule part of the soaring day.
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My advice is: Get the glider you want and take whatever trailer it comes
in. After all, you don't sit in the trailer all day, do you?

I would second that. Get the best glider you can afford - any upgrade from
a ****ty trailer to a decent trailer is relatively cheap and can be done a
year or two later.

"What D.M. and TW said."

Having owned trailers ranging from "truly a pig" to - functionally - "Cobra
equivalent"...I replaced the pig as soon as I came across another unloved one
for the right price, and (later on) Greatly Appreciated the Cobra equivalent
from youth to geezerdom.

My working hypothesis is today's commonly-expressed RAS opinion of "Get a good
trailer!!!" stems from a combination of: 1) that option actually exists today
(whereas it pretty much was a rarity in [say] the late 1970s), and 2) aging
glider pilots. For those imbued with the enthusiasm and energy of youth and/or
beginnerdom, it's likely far down the list (as it, IMHO, should be)...

Bob W.