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advice needed - opinions sought

graham tydeman
Posted Feb 1, 2012 9:58 PM
strathenry
Wiston, GB
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As many opinions sought as possible please

I'm 15 hrs post CP all on a 10yr old Apco fiesta2.

After too many glasses of wine I 'accidentally' bought an 8yr old but apparently low airtime (25hrs) Gradient Aspen1. It seems pretty crispy so the hours might even be genuine

Should I:

1. Sell it, the temptation to fly will be too much and even if i'm patient enough to wait until I've clocked another 20hours or more, the jump from a pedestrian DHV1 to a rather twitchy DHV2 will be too great

2. keep it, perhaps with a bit of supervision there's a fair chance that i'll be flying it this year

3. other suggestions?

I should add that I paid £380 and if the consensus is to sell, then anyone who wants it can have it for roughly what I paid for it.

I'd also like to get a new glider soonish, partly because my fiesta weighs about 7kg and I'm keen to get something lighter (4- 5kg). I have a light harness and want to take it on my boat this summer where space is a bit of an issue. (recommendations also welcome here - gin yeti?)

many thanks

Graham
Alastair P
Posted Feb 2, 2012 9:34 AM
alastairp
Fintry, GB
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Hi Graham - best if you post your query on the google groups list (see the link from the "follow us" section)
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