At 21:29 15 November 2019, Charlie Quebec wrote:
The first thing you need to do if you want a 19m go well is check
the
profi=
le accuracy, Slingsby never managed to get it as good as the
Germans. That=
=E2=80=99s why the 10 gained only one L/D point after adding 2
meters.
Stri=
efeneder used to do the canopy mod, but when I asked them said it
was too
e=
xpensive to be worthwhile, I=E2=80=99ve got a photo somewhere
of one that
w=
as done, and it looks great. It won=E2=80=99t give you any better
performan=
ce though.
In the UK several have been legally modified to 20M span. A
slingsby Vega
c=
anopy fits exactly, as the front was from the Kestrel. Just a canopy
frame
=
and bubble without labour will be well more than you have
budgeted.


Don is starting to show his 80+years,I have not seen him at the
gliding club this year.