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I suspect they don't want you bypassing the medical rules by
labeling it a motorglider.

I'm quite sure they don't. The only homebuilt unpowered gliders
I've run accross have been ultralight gliders.

FF,

I fly a homebuilt unpowered glider that isn't an ultralight (gross weight
810 lbs.) It was one of the many homebuilt designed by Richard Schreder.
(http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder/HP-14/N990/N990.html) Dick sold over 400
kits. Many of which are still flying.

In the 1960s Dick's kits were world class competition sailplanes. Extensive
information about Schreder designs can be found at
http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder. This site archives almost 100 megs of
Schreder related data. Dick's most popular designs are the HP-11, HP-14,
RS-15, HP-16 and HP-18.

The tradition of Schreder's creativity is being continued by Bob Kuykendall.
(http://www.hpaircraft.com) He is currently developing the HP-24 and a nice
self-launch sailplane.

Jim Maske makes two sailplanes. The Monarch is an ultralight and the
Pioneer II is not. ( http://www.marskeaircraft.com/index.html)

And then there is the Duster, Cherokee, Woodstock, Windrose, etc. These are
all US designs. However, there are, also, several kits European kits on the
market.

Wayne
HP-14 N990 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/