Is a Blanik L-33 rugged enough for a club?

Our L33 was hangared and paint began coming off almost immediately. It came
off in sheets. If the aluminum was treated with anything before painting,
it was ineffective.
To Blanik America's credit, they did pay a significant amount of the
repainting expense.

Brent

"Bruce Greeff" wrote in message
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Tony Verhulst wrote:
Tony Verhulst wrote:



Does the paint last?


In a word, "no". Ours looks awful. I'll see it I can get a pic this
weekend.


Here are the L-33 pics. This glider has spent a lot of time outdoors -
but, so have the Cessnas and Pipers a few yards away and THEY don't look
like this. We have a painted L-23 that doesn't look so hot either.
Cessna, Piper, and others have figured out how to paint aluminum. LET,
apparently, has not.

Tony V

http://home.comcast.net/~tony.verhul...c/DSCN2165.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~tony.verhul...c/DSCN2166.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~tony.verhul...c/DSCN2167.JPG

I fail to see why anyone would leave a glider rigged - outdoors,
particularly in
the Northern winter. This is what hangars were invented for.

LET L13s that I have seen all appear to have shabby paint - even when
kept, as
we do, inside hangars except when flying... Never seen a L23 or 33 in the
metal.

I suppose the caption is that it will look like what you treat it like.