Huh? you had said a discus type, so I assumed you knew what a Discus sailplane is, oh well. Yes I know full well what a Staggerwing is. There was one of the best that I had ever seen, based at an airport in NY called Kobelt. As a matter of fact, they had many pristine vintage planes there - Myers, Staggerwing, Stearman, Trimotor, etc. Great little airport close to Rhinebeck.
Shventus, by "discus-type" I think Champtree means the new hand-launch gliders that you launch with a discus-throwing motion. Not the sailplane of the same name!
For me, I have flown for some years a lowly MAD Highlander (2-meter foamie) on a high-start. Very beautiful and relaxing on a nice day with the kids and dogs running around in a big farm field (needs 800 or 1000' clear across the field to launch). Some great times.
Had a Gentle Lady mostly built once years ago, built and wrecked an insane little .049 plane, and built an elaborate scale model (power) that I could never get in the air (too heavy), and have a partly built "stik" electric in the basement right now.
This year I will admit that I just don't have time to build planes, and will buy an ARF (almost ready to fly) small electric that I can fly close to my house. I bought a flight simulator this last winter, to help learn some more aerobatic flying.
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