Whoa, another sailplane acro pilot? My other car is a SZD-59 😉 I've looped in many types and done
Whoa, another sailplane acro pilot? My other car is a SZD-59 
I've looped in many types and done wingovers in many more but the 59 is rated for all but tailslides (rudder the size of a barn door). Even with its 15m tips it's quite spritely compared to the SZD48 it's derived from, mostly owing to the enlarged ailerons, which have the highest aerodynamic load up of any (pointy) glider I've flown but it has the roll rate to show for it. In 13m mode it's only outperformed by Swift or Fox, both of which are fantastic acro ships but poor xc gliders but with 15m tips the 59 has the same polar and characteristics of the 48, a worthy tradeoff imo
I've looped in many types and done wingovers in many more but the 59 is rated for all but tailslides (rudder the size of a barn door). Even with its 15m tips it's quite spritely compared to the SZD48 it's derived from, mostly owing to the enlarged ailerons, which have the highest aerodynamic load up of any (pointy) glider I've flown but it has the roll rate to show for it. In 13m mode it's only outperformed by Swift or Fox, both of which are fantastic acro ships but poor xc gliders but with 15m tips the 59 has the same polar and characteristics of the 48, a worthy tradeoff imo
