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Old 13th Sep 2010, 21:00
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Zakinflight
 
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Try a Duo Discus

Probably way too late, But as a (baby) pilot who has flown both the K21 (100+ Hours) and the Grob 109b (50 hours), I can help. Unless you like a really laid back seating position, the 109B has no more room than a K21. I like to sit right back in the k21 and a bit more upright in the 109. In either aircraft I have only a couple of inches above my head and I am only 5' 10". Others have said it, and it is true, the 109 is a great GA aircraft but it is a truely awful glider. I have no idea how they can quote 28:1 because with the engine off and the prop in full feather you had better be close to a landable field! (great for field landing training, but do not expect to soar).

My last comment is that if you are big and you want to glide, try the duo discus. It is a full-on hot ship and the cockpit can accept much taller people than the K21. Failing this, you will have to wait for the most windless of summer's days when somebody might let you fly the open top T21 trainer!

Hope I am not too late and you read this.

Zak
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