On Sep 5, 3:41 pm, toad wrote:
On Sep 5, 10:05 am, Tom Gardner wrote:

On Sep 5, 2:43 pm, Ian wrote:

On 5 Sep, 09:41, Rory O'Conor

wrote:
I do take my hand off the release towards the end of
the ground run.

Why.

Please could you expand as to what nasty accident might
result due to me having my hand ON the release at the
beginning of the ground run.

Glider hits a bump in a field. You pull the release.

Embarrassing, possibly, but that wouldn't worry me.
I'd appreciate examples of *nasty* consequences.

The only nasty consequences I can think of happen if you pull the
release at 0-300 feet altitude.

300'? Bloody big bump

There is one less Discus (pilot was
OK) in the world because of this just recently. So start the ground
run with the hand on release, but remove it at liftoff.

I'm perfectly happy to believe that is correct, but I wonder
whether this is akin to the arguments about why seatbelts
can be dangerous in some circumstances. Balance of
probabilities and all that.

But considering dubious analogies with seatbelts is probably
a mistake!