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Opinions on fleet replacement strategies.
In article 4493fbb5.0@entanet, Martin Gregorie
writes Bruce Greef wrote: Whether the K21 is the best option - again too heavy, and too expensive. If the K21 is too heavy, maybe you should consider throwing a bit of money at the winch too - and/or consider a Puchacz. Its a lightly loaded glider and relatively cheap to boot. I've been flying one a lot recently and had forgotten how nice it is to fly and how good its air brakes are. Its only real drawback is a rather narrow winching window - Vmw is 59 kts. Winching: our Supacat has only a 240 hp Deutz diesel, but I've seen it winch launch an ASH-25 several times. I'm told that Poo-Cats have rather unfortunate spinning characteristics, that is they go into a spin rather easily, and if you get it wrong, can also go into an inverted spin. While a K21 without mods, will hardy spin at all. I suppose it depends on your philosophy, if you think pilots should learn how to spin, how to avoid spinning when they don't mean to, then the Poo-cats it is. But if you think that your club is better served by avoiding the possibility of a spin, perhaps the K21 is a wiser choice. -- Mike Lindsay |
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