As parts go: there is no rear cushion, only the one you sit on. So that eliminates some of your list 😉 Have other spares, but apparently not what you still need to complete yours.
As for the Redhill one: if you manage to save (some of) it prior to burning, get as many parts as you can. I would add the main skid and rubbers and both tailplane struts to the list of wannahaves… If you (or someone) does take it on as a project, I have some of the harder parts in store as spares (controls set, pedals, etc).
@Avion Ancien: Yes, a Grasshopper flies. At least that’s what we have been doing with it for some years now. Car tows, bungee launches, aerotowing, winch launches. Glides like a brick, effectively no rudder effectiveness (initiate a turn using opposite aileron drag!), reduced elevator effeciency at low speeds (like T31 and T8), mild aileron reversal and wingwarping at Vne, judging flying speed by the sound of the wind in the wires and yes, occasionally, thermalling (if you find a thermal that goes up faster than the aircraft falls to the ground: we did a 45 minute flight last year…), don’t even think of landing it crosswind, a glide across the airfield boundary is a crosscountry (Slingby claimed a ludicrous 1:6 glideangle which is not exactly what we have been experiencing) and oh-yes, there’s the great Slingsby ‘alternative’ construction methods excacerbated by the ATC pupils and old age which means dodgy repairs and bad gusset plates all over the aircraft. A delight to restore, great fun to fly, and a garantueed head-turner. Not to mention building the 3.2 metre high closed trailer that is the legal nightmare of any traffic cop who pulls you over (but great ‘fun’ in crosswinds more than 3 Beaufort). Want one? I hear there’s one for sale in Redhill 😉
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