On Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 3:35:07 PM UTC+3, Tango Eight wrote:
Fast, unstable, edgy sailplane plus 200 hr pilot can eventually work out. Once upon a time I bought an HP-18 with 160 hrs. Eventually, it worked out. It took a while.

There are better paths.

Buy a Discus (or LS-4, or DG-300...) and master it soon, start going places.

Buy a Ventus, spend the next couple of seasons wrestling with too much airplane.

Paper polar is 5% of performance. Pilot is 95.

Is a Ventus really so difficult if you're competent in a Janus?