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.

Nyal,

Grand Teton Soaring Cub in Driggs, ID has one.
http://www.tetonsoaring.org/
http://www.tetonsoaring.org/gtsc_handbook.pdf

Wayne
HP-14 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/

"Nyal Williams" wrote in message
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Where can you rent a Genesis???

On May 23, 3:06*pm, Nyal Williams wrote:
Where can *you rent a Genesis???

Yeah, I thought it was funny that you can rent a Genesis - as it's
experimental... I think az soaring even advertises it in
'soaring'...

On May 25, 2:38*am, Justrolln wrote:
On May 23, 3:06*pm, Nyal Williams wrote:

Where can *you rent a Genesis???

Yeah, I thought it was funny that you can rent a Genesis - as it's
experimental... *I think az soaring even advertises it in
'soaring'...

Our club had a IS28B2 2 place Lark we built and STC'd (FAA APPROVED)
a hand control for, worked great....send me an email address and I can
hook you up with the club member who flew it and has the
paperwork...