are wooden gliders worthwhile building ?

If you do that wth a Ka6, you won't walk away. In terms of shock absorption,
a wooden glider is the worst you can get.

Bert
"Ian" wrote in message
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On 4 Feb, 15:47, BB wrote:

... but I would never send
my son up in something that turns to splinters if he has a rough
landing.

I have never seen or heard of a wooden glider turn to splinters as a
result of a "rough landing". Can you give examples? I have seen the
result of a Pirat flying into a corrugated iron fence at about 40kt:
huge dent in the fence, broken canopy and squashed glider nose. The
pilot walked away and the glider flew again.

Ian