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Has anyone be thinking of designing a more modern, light weight powered sailplane ?

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Has anyone been thinking of designing a more modern wood , light weight powered sailplane similar to the Fournier RF-3 ? Lighter EW with a lot of carbon fiber parts , but main structure wood. Also powered by a 1200cc to 1835cc light weight VW engine, ( 40 to 60 HP). I have been thinking about it for a couple years.
Any ideas ?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fournier_RF-3

http://all-aero.com/index.php/contactus/60-gliders/3960-fournier-rf-3

http://www.club-fournier.de/dev/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Testbericht-RF4D-1968-07-01-AOPA.pdf
 
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