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July 12th 05, 02:02 PM
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Excellent handling, IMHO. Control forces are light and well harmonized. More so than other gliders, do not get slow close to the ground. Oh yeah, one more thing - do not get an L33 with a factory paint job. Get either bare aluminum or one painted by some one else. LET has not figured out how to paint aluminum, judging by all the painted L33s and L23s i've seen. Here are some shots of my club's L33 before we refinished it. Tony V http://home.comcast.net/~tony.verhul...c/DSCN2165.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~tony.verhul...c/DSCN2166.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~tony.verhul...c/DSCN2167.JPG 
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July 12th 05, 05:22 PM
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Tony Verhulst wrote:
http://home.comcast.net/~tony.verhul...c/DSCN2165.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~tony.verhul...c/DSCN2166.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~tony.verhul...c/DSCN2167.JPG U G G L E E E ! Thanks for the warning. Jack
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July 12th 05, 05:32 PM
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Tony Verhulst wrote:
Excellent handling, IMHO. Control forces are light and well harmonized. More so than other gliders, do not get slow close to the ground. Oh yeah, one more thing - do not get an L33 with a factory paint job. Get either bare aluminum or one painted by some one else. LET has not figured out how to paint aluminum, judging by all the painted L33s and L23s i've seen. Here are some shots of my club's L33 before we refinished it. Tony V http://home.comcast.net/~tony.verhul...c/DSCN2165.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~tony.verhul...c/DSCN2166.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~tony.verhul...c/DSCN2167.JPG Wow! Looks they painted it with cheap interior latex. :-p
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#4
July 12th 05, 11:34 PM
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.... LET has not figured out how to paint aluminum, judging by all the painted L33s and L23s i've seen. Here are some shots of my club's L33 before we refinished it. Tony V http://home.comcast.net/~tony.verhul...c/DSCN2165.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~tony.verhul...c/DSCN2166.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~tony.verhul...c/DSCN2167.JPG Wow! Looks they painted it with cheap interior latex. :-p We have a painted L23 (2, actually, sort of... we need a fuselage) that look bad too - although not as bad as the L33 pictured above. I don't understand it. Painting aluminum is hard but the Cessnas and Pipers have figured it out - not LET, though. A dedicated crew stripped the L33 down to bare metal over the winter, buffed it up, and put some red trim on. It now looks great and, interesingly, it's suddenly become one of the more popular ships to fly. Tony V.
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#5
July 13th 05, 12:10 AM
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"Tony Verhulst" wrote in message ... We have a painted L23 (2, actually, sort of... we need a fuselage) that look bad too - although not as bad as the L33 pictured above. I don't understand it. Painting aluminum is hard but the Cessnas and Pipers have figured it out - not LET, though. Painting aluminum correctly adds considerable weight. Possibly LET skipped the etching primer prep coat to save weight. There's a clear coat aluminum protectant once used by the Airstream Trailer people that looked good for many years and could be renewed at a reasonable cost. I wonder if that could be a solution for old aluminum gliders. Bill Daniels
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