On Oct 6, 8:53*am, Bill Bullimore
wrote:
Surely one of the changes that has affected comp flying, well at Regionals
level at least, is the use of turbos?

I see you are in UK, and that's probably true in UK and Europe but
not so much in US. I have never seen a turbo in US and don't know if
there are any. There is an increasing number of self launchers but
they are still very much a minority compared with pure gliders.

Turbos just don't have much attraction in US because a self launcher
can be flown on a glider pilot rating also because turbos don't have
the performance needed for high density altitudes.

Andy