On Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 9:53:15 AM UTC-8, krasw wrote:
On Sunday, 29 January 2017 19:02:40 UTC+2, jfitch wrote:
On Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 10:55:31 PM UTC-8, krasw wrote:
What's really wrong with OLC is that they do not separate pure glider performance from motorglider flights, and that they use DAeC handicaps that are not designed to handicap different classes, in addition of doing crappy job of handicapping anything at all.

They should also separate flights with ground crew and those without.

Why is that? You think flying motorglider/sustainer compares to being 200km from home in pure glider at 6 o'clock?

Do you think being 200 km from home at 6 o'clock with no retrieve crew compares to being there with a full crew in chase?

A motorglider flown responsibly has only two advantages over a pure glider, both conveniences and neither a performance advantage: 1) No need to wait for your turn for the tow plane, and 2) no need to enlist a chase crew for flights with the possibility of a landout. Against these is the very real and substantial performance handicap of not being able to vary wing loading as much or at all.

Sorry to have to hijack the thread to rehash the tired old arguments yet again. Hire (or marry and spawn) a chase crew or buy a motorglider and stop whining. I am happy to have OLC lump those two together, separate from those leaving home with a pure glider, naked, if you like.