Would you by DG300 ?

wrote:

I am not selling a DG300, actually thinking of buying one, but I would
like to ask opinions.
After discovery the famous main spar problem and restrictions is it a
save investment a DG300 ? As I can see the average DG300 price level
went down with approx. 5000 EUR and now is approaching my wallet size.
Do we expect more or the current price level already steady down ? As
I can remember one year ago a DG300 complete package from 1985-1990
with trailer was around 27-30000 EUR depending on instruments. Now
this is between 25-28000 EUR.
The operation limitations (not speaking about the Acro version) are
not serious, I could live with that.


The DG-300 has, on paper, lost some of the advantages it enjoyed over
the Discus B and the ASW24. This is particularly true of the DG-300 Acro
versions, now that aerobatics in the type are prohibited in Europe and
recommended against in the USA.

The gliding performance is unchanged. The strength of the aircraft meets
the standards when operated as specified. It was stronger than necessary
before--it is at least as strong as necessary now, in other words. There
may be a very few DG-300/303's which are not quite as strong as they
were intended to be, and that the majority of the type actually are
still. The change in value reflects a reduction roughly equal to the
cost of finding out that a particular airframe is not affected and
establishing a basis for removing the restrictions.

See: http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/holm-dg300-e.html

The certification standard apparently requires a 6.4g loading. A
defective spar was tested and found to hold up to about a 9g load. So,
is the value of the DG-300/303 degraded? Apparently not very much, and
there is no reason to believe that any further drop in the market price
will take place.

Yes, I own a DG-303, but it is not for sale--sorry.


See http://tinyurl.com/32fkrr for the FAA SPECIAL AIRWORTHINESS
INFORMATION BULLETIN [CE-07-32] _recommendations_ concerning "reductions
of the operating limitations that enable safe operation of all DG 300Â’s
without repair of the spar caps."

"We recommend any DG 300 sailplane operating in the United States have
the actions outlined in DG Flugzeugbau Technical Note No. 359/24
incorporated."


DG Flugzeugbau Technical Note No. 359/24:

http://www.weberdata.de/~techdg/TN-D...00elan/359-24/



Jack