K13 Opinions

On Oct 28, 9:22*pm, "noel.wade" wrote:
Agreed, hangar costs on an ASK-13 could be an added expense. *Just
FYI, our Blanik L-13's and L-23's spend the entire year tied down on
an asphalt ramp in "rainy" Seattle weather. *The paint would last
longer if they were hangared, but mechanically they do just fine.

Take care,

--Noel

K-2, K-7, and K-13 are much easier to rig/derig than most two-seaters,
other than K-21 or PW-6.

They stacked in a small hangar quite nicely. At my first club we
rigged and de-rigged all three daily.

Another club I belonged to had a K-7/10, lowered wing. On recovering
the wing, the trailing edge wood was needing replacement and some
frames and gussets needed regluing. It's good to look inside the
wings every 25 years or so.

They are very nice for training and spinning and remain popular in
Europe. Watch segelflug.de classifieds for current asking prices
(none currently listed, but there have been several in the past few
months). Someone beat me to the one in NV:^( JJ recovered it several
years ago according to the seller.

Frank Whiteley