All-glass canopy with no shade whatsoever. As soon as you close it it's a greenhouse in there, particularly with no airflow to provide cooling through the vents
Backpacker
Lets hope he doesnt leave his RayBans on top of the panel coaming on start or he is likely to loose more than the RayBans
I take your point on the wing holding but a noisy jet engine in a glider doesnt sit comfortably with me.
I always felt that baby turbines especially turboprops were the way ahead for light GA rather than Diesels.
I know Mooney were having one developed a while back! a low cost equivalent to a 200 to 250 hp Lycoming/continental would have been ideal to retrofit into light singles as well as twins especially now as the cost of AVGAS is so horrendous.
Pace