Everybody has good points but listen to this. I place my 2 or 3 DLG's in the
back of my minivan, assembled and ready to fly. The one I want to fly first is
charging as I drive to the field. I get to the field, put my card on the board
and am flying 180 seconds later.
Admitedly, sometimes there is very little low level lift, but other than that,
Beat that!> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Subject: [RCSE]
DLGs = Bang for the Buck, NO WAY; Benchmarks- Get Real.> Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007
19:22:18 +0000> > I have to disagree with Buzz regarding DLG being the best
value. I agree that DLG has made HL more accessible to all pilots due it the
ergonomics of launching them. But value, for that lets> take a step back and
look at it from a distance.> > When evaluated analytically, DLG is absolutely
the worst value in soaring today. Lets take the recent example of the $1000
Vandal (all up ready to fly) that was snapped up off of RCSE recently. For
simplicity assume that the plane weighs 10 oz all up. A simple calculation
yields $100/oz. > > Now lets take a Supra at $2000 (all up: plane plus radio
gear) at 65 oz. Same simple calculation yields $31/oz. > > OK, next up on the
list is an SBXC at $2500 (all up, plane plus radio plus vario) at 176 oz.>
Crank, crank, the calculator tells me $14.25/oz.> > Getting the drift here? Now
lets take Sagitta 900 at $350 (kit plus gear) weighing 40 oz. Push the little
beads on the abacus and what comes out: $8.75/oz.> > Disclaimer- this doesn't
assign any value for building, enjoying, etc. Then again, nobody really makes
money out of the hobby, we all do it for fun, no? > > So, what is really more
cost effective, soaring gold (DLG), or history (Sagitta)? > > On a kind of
related topic, I've been having a great laugh about all this benchmark garbage.
What a bunch of subjective tripe. All I really see is reminiscing about what
gets an individual's attention and represents progress to them. > > I've been
in the technology business for 40 years, and if I've learned anything, true
paradigms define themselves without any help. By their very nature, the
direction that technology goes after the paradigm emerges will change because
of the paradigm. > > As my buddy Bubba would say, "Y'all have a ball getting
yer undies twisted with this one". > > Jim Thomas> RCSE-List facilities
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