At 14:00 28 January 2009, Chris Rollings wrote:
How many gliders with a wingspan of 13.5 metres or less have enjoyed a
production run of over 1000? ...over 500?

Ask yourself why?

Maybe because only few realized that short spans gliders
climb better if lightweight
much easier recover from low
are fun to fly and sometime safer
45 to 45 in 2 secs instead of half an hour
much less expensive to tow
much greener on the ecological scale
land on a dime
very easy to rig and de-rig on land-out
easier to hangar
of course when it comes to speed they sink like stones,
I think the fun part of soaring is thermalling,
unless dolphining!
going straight is boring........... particularly when high!

production runs of over 1000? ...over 500?
none in the past!
with new materials, new technologies, much lower prices
and new regulations wingspan of 13.5 metres or less
could take off in great number
when the chinese start building them
they will sell like candies!!!
soon, when unobtanium will be available
price will drop a lot!

light motorgliders are now a big success............
over 300 sinuses sold,
a new trend?