On Jun 9, 7:51*pm, Scott Alexander
wrote:
Who got to pick the PW-5 for world class? *What were they
drinking!!???

We have a PW-5 in my club and it hardly ever gets flown. *When it
does
fly, it tends to stay locally even though our club promotes and
encourages cross country soaring. *That glider just doesn't have long
enough legs
to run with. *I like the Discus idea above, or maybe an ASW-20 type
ship. *I
would love to compete in a one design class, it would surely reduce
the
"$$$$$" aspect of winning a race. *If you have an ASW-20 and compete
against an ASG-29 in 15M.....good luck! *With a one design class, the
pilots skill would shine rather than the aerodynamic engineers skill
shining.

we've got a PW-5 in our club and the owner has been really active
after getting his Private last summer and has done some cross country
flying. The idea that the PW-5 doesnt have long enough legs to go
cross country is laughable. I was thermalling with him over memorial
day and when we left the thermal he said goodbye. And I have better
performance than the 1-26! by the way the 1-26 association just
happens to be winning the OLC in the US at the moment...