On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 18:33:04 +1200, "Paul"
wrote:

By the way, why the DG/ KFW bashing Ruud?

Like I said before, KFW is an excellent marketing and sales man trying
to increase DG-market share.
DG is building excellent gliders as well but the way he tries to
compare them with the competition is questionable.

The DG1000 vs Duo is such an example.
It's nice to say that you have extra protection from the "roll bar"
between the 2 seats in case of an upside down landing.
The down side of this story is that you might have a mid-air because
of the reduced visibility caused by the roll bar.
On the picture of the one piece canopy on the DG web site they show a
front seat pilot wearing a white hat, while everyone knows that a
front seat pilot should wear a dark colour hat.

Also have a look at the performance comparison.
Simple aerodynamic law says that a wing with low aspect ratio has a
lower L/D than a high aspect ratio wing.
Also from personal observations in several contests I can only say
that the DG-1000 certainly does not outperform a Duo.
Not on the climb and not on the glide.