Why is there always so much PW5 bashing? It´s nice to fly and safe for
new pilots. My club has three and they fly all the time and everybody
does their first cross country seasons in them. With area tasks and a
good handicap system you can have a lot of fun and sometimes beat the
higher performance ships on a good day. I still enjoy racing the PW5
on the rare occasions that one is available.
I know they cost about the same as an old Cirrus or Jantar but I wouldn
´t feel so comfortable putting a brand new pilot in one of these. I
think this friendliness to new pilots has been a major factor in
getting more people involved in the sport.
Owners of high performance ships will always sneer at the PW5 but for
a club they are great and one design racing is a lot of fun. Who cares
if the performance is not so good? The challenge is to beat the other
guy with the same machine. 1-26 racing is still popular and a PW5 can
fly rings around a 1-26..

Regards,

Juan Carlos