Hi
I am Daniel And live in Kodaikanal. I am into composite gliders and have built the Allegro lite (Mark Drella) as well as a modified version of the Apogee. Is there anyone who is into building a DLG glider. I build from scratch.

http://www.rcindia.org/kites-trains-free-flight-and-all-others/sweepstakes-rctlg-k-k-iyer/

Thanks Vishal

But I am looking for some one building with carbon fiber. The glass cloth used is 340 Gsm. There is cloth which is 48 Gsm which is available.
1.5 Mtr gliders are a whole new bal game. The DLG pods and booms come under immense loads at launch. HLGs are simpler to build. I noticed the AG 03 airfoil used in the glider. It is a good foil.  As rightly said a AR of 12 for a glider this big is a waste as the drag coefficient decreases but the lift also suffers which affects the gliders sink rate.
A good Idea would be to lighten the wing using spars and ribs instead of a whole balsa wing. This would enable the glider to thermal closer to the ground.

Hope Iyer sir chimes in as everything you just wrote went over my head  I'm sorry I don't have any experience with DLGs.

Hi there

I read your other post and living in Kodaikanal which is in the hills slope soaring is possible, but there are a lot of cross winds due to trees. flying off a cliff into sea breeze is definitely better. Hope you discover some place in Mangalore to soar.

Keep flying

I am Piyush from Kanpur, I also enjoy building and flying sailplanes......