Wallace
Build quality was horrible.
The fit and finish of all parts of the plane looked like it was thrown
together on a summer friday afternoon.
The basic controls are straightforward until you get to the flap airbrake
lever....
Its wierd in a nutshell... twist for flaps pull for brakes. I guess once you
get used to it you wouldnt have any problems.
The cockpit seat pan is fixed so if you drop a wrench in the works its a
real pain to extract. Also makes inspecting control linkages a problem.
The wings on the one I saw had terrible foam collapse and vacum
bagging/layup pot marks all over the wing skins.
I know of one very lucky pilot who had the elevator actuator on the tail
fall to pieces. he was doing a competition finish at the time and found
himself in an involuntary loop before he knew what was going on.
Buy an ASW20 or anything else for that matter and live longer IMHO.
Al
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"Wallace Berry" <ber...@acesag.auburn.edu> wrote in message
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> very poor forward visibility on ground run. It has two reinforcing bars just
> inside the canopy. I think one broke up during the worlds in the late 70's.
> Something about the wing coming off during a start run. There was a
> syndicate at Bicester that had one some 20 years ago. Someone may still be
> around that owned it.
> "Simon" <Si...@thewaddells.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:a75aql$v48$1...@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > A well-known British CFI, when asked the same question, replied "Fly one!
> I
> > wouldn't walk under one"
> >
> >
Thanks for all the responses about the Vega. Sounds like a very
"interesting" ship. I believe I'll continue flying the Libelle and save
my pennies for something a little newer and less interesting than the
Vega.
All the best,
Wallace
Frank Whiteley
Colorado
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Its a piece of.......#%$@
Loved the quote earlier in this thread "fly one.. wouldnt walk under one"
Al
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They don't like aerotowing it in a crosswind as it apparently has very poor
roll control at the beginning of the ground run - angle of atack on wings is
a bit high due to the huge wheel (great for avoiding landout damage, just
the take-offs a problem). In comps when full of water if there is a
crosswind they often just pull off the grid and move to a more into wind
position and accept that launching last is a safer option. It's done 500 km
however.
john wright
small long haired scottish guy
"Whitson Bush" <whb...@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
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At 06:12 19 March 2002, Al wrote:
>Lets face it was a glider built at the time Leyland
>built the Austin Alegra.
>(or 'all agro' as its owners fondly called it)
>
>Its a piece of.......#%$@
>
>Loved the quote earlier in this thread 'fly one.. wouldnt
>walk under one'
>
>Al
>
>'F.L. Whiteley' wrote in message
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>> The bagging marks were a mysterious departure from
>>tried and true layup
>> methods. Extended delamination creep following slight
>>impacts has been
>> reported. The wing that twisted off in Italy was
>>said to have been
>> previously broken and repaired and was rumored to
>>being flown at or above
>> VNe. However, IIRC, the pilot denied this.
>>
>> Frank Whiteley
>> Colorado
>>
>> 'Whitson Bush' wrote in message
>> news:etul8.29146$Dv6.9...@typhoon.austin.rr.com...
>> > very poor forward visibility on ground run. It has
>>>two reinforcing bars
>> just
>> > inside the canopy. I think one broke up during the
>>>worlds in the late
>> 70's.
>> > Something about the wing coming off during a start
>>>run. There was a
>> > syndicate at Bicester that had one some 20 years
>>>ago. Someone may still
>be
>> > around that owned it.
>> > 'Simon' wrote in message
>> > news:a75aql$v48$1...@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
>> > > A well-known British CFI, when asked the same question,
>>>>replied 'Fly
>> one!
>> > I
>> > > wouldn't walk under one'
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > 'Wallace Berry' wrote in message
>> > > news:180320020926596117%ber...@acesag.auburn.edu...
Max Kirchner is a owner, he is very tall - over 6'5" and seems to fit in comfortably. The syndicate seem happy with it. Personally I wouldnt touch one with a barge-pole.
Owain