I used to own and fly a Monnet Moni homebuilt single seat motor glider. Although it was no problem taking off (provided you remembered not to over rotate; engine was 300cc and about 30hp), landing was a bit critical as you had to 'fly' it on with no flare; if you flared, the lift decayed so quickly you would suddenly drop onto the runway and bounce! Stopping it on 800m was sometimes a bit marginal as it only had a wheel brake on the nosewheel, and that was just a hardened pad which rubbed against the tyre. The wheels were too small for it to be used on grass.
Only problem was, once you got airborne, with a sailplane like reclined seat, it would have been easy to relax and fall asleep!!
Last edited by chevvron; 15th Nov 2013 at 13:42.