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What First Glider to own?
On Dec 4, 11:03*am, Jim Beckman wrote:
At 23:15 03 December 2010, John Cochrane wrote: Maybe a $40k glider, meaning $800 lost interest or $2000/ year interest cost, isn't that "expensive" after all. And with a partner (an excellent idea for a first purchase) now we can talk about an $80k glider! * Owning a glider is, in the end, pretty cheap. You're overlooking insurance costs, no? *And the more expensive glider does cost more when the insurance premium comes due. Jim Beckman Another point to bear in mind is that the older the glider, the bigger the chance it might have been repaired or modified by a previous owner. Early in my ownership of an ASW-20 a decade or so ago, as I slowed in a strong thermal at cloudbase, the ship did an instantaneous stall/ spin entry and in an instant I was looking at sand and cactus instead of blue sky and fluffy clouds. It turned out that the previous owner had installed lead weights at various places in the ship (including tail and wings) and the weight and balance was WAAAY off. This was despite having had one done (but improperly) just before I took ownership. Restoring the weight and balance to within the manufacturer's specs cured that problem, but it's made me carefully inspect any ship, esepcially previously owned ones, for damage and modifications. And always do your own weight and balance! Mike PS - I now own a Discus 2 with a newer Cobra trailer and I second the finance professor's opinion about ownership costs. Apart from the initial capital, newer ships aren't that expensive. Now, if we could get the Euro back down to 0.8 against the US dollar! |
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