On Jan 10, 6:41*am, "noel.wade" wrote:
On Jan 9, 8:17 pm, "Mike Schumann"
wrote:

My personal feeling is that the best solution is a glider specific T-Hanger,
similar to what was built in Scotland a couple of years ago:

http://www.scottishglidingcentre.co....os_3.htm#entry

With this arrangement, every glider is easily accessible. *Cost becomes the
only obstacle.

OK, that is a cool solution. *I had looked at similar designs, but the
wing supports are a clever and simple deal.


That hanger works incredibly well. If the K21s had to be rigged &
derigged everyday the amount of flying they do would be less - it's so
quick & easy to get a glider out that they come out in weather when no-
one in their right mind would consider rigging, and might go back
without being flown. It's easy, no-one minds. They can also be got
out by a couple of people, and rigging a K21 seems to be a 3-person
job. The same applies to the private gliders in it. One of them is a
Bocian, whose bay cost more than the glider is worth, but again it
will come out for an evening if it's nice. Another is a Duo Discus.
That's kept in covers and putting the covers on takes almost as long
as derigging, but it can be done by one person. For people with bad
backs (or incipient bad backs) it's a huge boon. Another reason it's
good is that Portmoak is a wave and ridge-soaring site (as well as
getting thermal in summer), so there is potential soaring all year
round, but without the time spent rigging & derigging. Quite a few
gliders live pegged out in summer, but come October and they go back
in their boxes. Finally, it's drier in the hanger than in a trailer
which is good for the gliders.