What glider will fit a 6' 7" giant?

I am trying to help a friend find a glider that he can fit into. He is
looking for a club class glider or slighty higher cost. What gliders
would he be able to fit into?

Try this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...u-7_glider.jpg

Not sure there are many about.......

Probably worth his time to try sitting in a Genesis. It has a large
cockpit.

On Nov 25, 7:26*am, Scott Alexander
wrote:
I am trying to help a friend find a glider that he can fit into. He is
looking for a club class glider *or slighty higher cost. What gliders
would he be able to fit into?

On Nov 25, 7:26*am, Scott Alexander
wrote:
I am trying to help a friend find a glider that he can fit into. He is
looking for a club class glider *or slighty higher cost. What gliders
would he be able to fit into?

I've heard a lot of people say the Grob Astir is very roomy.

If I can do math correctly, he's 2m tall. Well, in my opinion (I'm
1.87m and I have some friends over 2m) it very much depends on his
body shape, the leg-torso proportion, and how fat or slim he is.

Being slim helps a lot, and he might fit into an LS4 or LS1f, maybe a
DG202. Astir cockpits also come in different variants, some of them
are quite roomy and comfortable. You should investigate further.

At a higher price, the "C" variants of Ventus2 / Discus 2 sailplanes
are the best for tall pilots.

aldo cernezzi

On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:45:49 +0100, cernauta wrote:


Being slim helps a lot, and he might fit into an..

I just recalled of a friend of mine, who at 190cm flies an "A"
fuselage: he has a special parachute. He wears only a body harness,
while the canopy is located inside the luggage compartment.

a very thin parachute may be enough, anyway.


aldo

If he is slim, he might fit into an Open Cirrus. I have heard of
folks 6' 4" fitting in with no problem

aerodyne

at 6' 7" he's have room to swim in the new 304S!
I'm just shy of 5' 11" and 190 pounds, if I put the pedals forward and the
seatback all the way to the rear I am "FULLY" reclined and my head is down
with the "BOTTOM" of the canopy! look at the image (thumbnail) on my index
page http://www.wingsandwheels.com/textindex.htm
I have never been in any glider with this kind of room to spare!
granted the 304S is not a "club class" glider my anyone's imagination, but
one beautiful and well engineered ship!
I do know of several other very tall pilots flying 304CZ's..they also made a
special smaller instrument panel for these gliders to allow a bit extra leg
room with bent knees..just depends on not only how tall but the body
make-up...some people have not only height and girth to contend with but
also long or short legs or torso's on tall bodies..
tim
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It might be worth trying a Mosquito if that is the sort of price range
he is looking at, it has a pretty roomy cockpit. I doubt the DG 200
would work and it certainly wouldn't with a parachute particularly if
his feet are in proportion to his height!
The ASW 20 might be worth trying with the seat back removed and
a back pack chute but it isn't very wide.( the 19 / Pegase are very
similar if he doesn't fancy flaps.)





At 16:05 25 November 2010, cernauta wrote:
On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:45:49 +0100, cernauta wrote:


Being slim helps a lot, and he might fit into an..

I just recalled of a friend of mine, who at 190cm flies an "A"
fuselage: he has a special parachute. He wears only a body
harness,
while the canopy is located inside the luggage compartment.

a very thin parachute may be enough, anyway.


aldo

Glasfulgel or Slingsby Kestrel is a good possibility. The Glasflugel
604 is even bigger, but only 10 of those were built.