I know I’m just learning about all this but reading this about the ASH 25 really made me pause.
(I have a lot of ours on GA aircraft and moving into gliders.)

http://gliding.co.nz/wp-content/uplo...n%20Nelson.pdf

«...The consequence of moving the stick forward with force or aggressively in an Open Class glider is that you may achieve a nose down attitude from which there is no recovery...»

Even a piper meridian wouldn’t be that mean to a pilot.

Is this common place in the glider world?