DG 808

[Happy Days]

So,……….that’s an 808 er? A wheel in the tail as well! Do you guys have runways to land your gliders on in NI? (Very posh)

To show my ignorance John, is she designed for light winds or will she fly in strong conditions. Any good for DSing?

Nice pictures as well…………….

Keith

[JohnPearson]

Hi Keith

The 808 is a smooth model to fly. We flew last night in wind speeds of 21mph gushing to 27mph, the glider did not want to come down. Now that the CofG is sorted, she should fly in lighter winds. The only down side of this glider is the poor roll rate, the control surfaces are not at the tips, so she requires a large amount of throw, with added rudder mixed in (I use 60% mix), still the glider looks good in the air with a good speed range.

[Richard Boyd]

Happy Days wrote:

So,……….that’s an 808 er? A wheel in the tail as well! Do you guys have runways to land your gliders on in NI? (Very posh) To show my ignorance John, is she designed for light winds or will she fly in strong conditions. Any good for DSing? Nice pictures as well……………. Keith

Hi Keith we have a very long runway, the type they used to use in land speed records lol.

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[Fred]

Now that's some nice cliffs Richard...

[Richard Boyd]

Hi Fred , these are the small cliffs !
I flew of the large cliffs on Monday and it was unreal the amount of lift I was getting.
You really have to make it up to visit us and have a bit of fun on the North Coast and the Sperrin Mountains.
I need a beer drinking buddy lol

Richard

[andrew wallace]

that was good crack
when i done the loop i remembered this model has a crap roll rate the downhill is some spot when the winds from the north
you might only get that maybe twice or three times a year but it's worth the wait