Glider Recommendations

Where can you rent a Genesis???

At 16:26 23 May 2011, glider12321 wrote:
On May 22, 11:46=A0pm, Greg Arnold wrote:
On 5/22/2011 10:19 PM, Justrolln wrote:





Thanks for the posts-

I'd rather not buy a grob - as that is ship I'm training in... and
I
think I can do a bit better than the grobs performance - especially
if
I get a single place glider. =A0(if i need a 2 place, I can rent one
from my field.)

I know that dealing with the FAA and getting hand controls installed
might (will) be a pain - however, I don't think I should settle for
a
lesser glider because of my disability. =A0If things get out of
hand,
I'm sure a letter from a good lawyer talking about discrimination
and
the ADA will help things along... =A0Nevertheless, an
'experimental'
glider wouldn't be a bad thing in my situation...

For this discussion, let's assume that getting hand controls
installed
isn't going to be a problem. What I'm mainly interested in is, if
you
had about $50,000 to spend on a glider (and were a decent
sized-large
guy interested in contests and cross country), what would it be, and
why.

Discus? =A0Big cockpit, easy to fly, and for most of us as competitive
as
the latest gliders. =A0For $50,000 you should be able to get one in
excellent shape with a Cobra trailer.



I'm particularly interested in any non-flap gliders that I haven't
mentioned (the more I fly, I don't think flaps would be a big issue
but it'd be nice to know the options out there.)

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Genesis 2.. Also very easy to fly, even more forgiving for lower time
pilots, no bad habits.. Larger cockpit... more elbow room for
controls. 40+:1 glide, excellent at high speeds. Nose dragger=85 no need
to transition to a tail dragger. I rented one a few times and was
amazed by what a nice glider this is.