On Nov 7, 3:29*pm, Frank Whiteley wrote:
Now I'm sure there will be some folks out there that we'll hear from
here that are doing instruction in an ASK-21Mi or similar today, I
could see it might sense more for very small clubs with memberships
with high equity ownership and high amounts of supervision, especially
if members want to move up to other motorgliders but in general I
think a bad idea.

Darryl

Things may have changed, but there was once a group in Washington
state that was looking to form a club around a G-103 III SL. *At that
time, SSA Plan would not insure for first solo in a self-launcher.
Could be related only to retracts.

FWIW, we did 20 winch launches yesterday. *75F and severe clear with
unlimited viz as we could see Pikes Peak from Owl Canyon glider port,
138 miles as the crow flies.

Frank Whiteley

An owner of a G-103 Twin III SL in Boulder gave up due to the
extremely poor climb performance and sold the glider to a group
operating at sea level.

As attractive as the idea is, AFAIK, no suitable training motorglider
exists with the ruggedness and low cost maintainability required.