On Jun 10, 9:03*am, Andy wrote:
On Jun 10, 6:43*am, JC wrote:

Why is there always so much PW5 bashing?

Just to be clear the purpose of my post was not to bash the PW5 or the
World Class. *It was about having a Nationals with only 7
participants.

One of my contest goals is to finish in the top 10 at a Standard
Nats. *I set that goal when it was normal to have 40-50 contestants.
Meeting that goals if only 7 contestants showed up would be
meaningless.

Following the same thought, the turnout at the US Std Nats this year
is disappointingly low too.

Andy

only 12 gliders in the 1-26 nats which seems pretty low to me too. I
suspect a combination of the economy and having the contest on a
coast.

but 7 PW-5's is 10% of the fleet which doesnt seem like too bad
representation to me.