On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:14:32 -0800 (PST), John Cochrane
wrote:


At least in Germany this is already possible - the PW-5 has a handicap
factor of 86 (for comparison, a Ka-6e has 88, Std. Libelle 98, LS-4
106, ASH-25 124) .

In Germany, is the PW5 allowed to compete in club class?

Sure - the only limit to CLub Class in Germany at the moment is the
upper limit of 106 for the index.

The German index list can befound here (page 2 of the pdf):
http://www.daec.de/se/downfiles/2009/DMSt-WO2009.pdf

Despite its low index, a PW-5 (or s similar ship like a Ka-6) is not
competitive in German Club Class, therefore noone uses them.


In the US, we have a sports class, in which every glider can compete,
but the club class has been structured so that lower performance
gliders including PW5, silent, Ka6, Russia, Sparrowhawk, etc. are not
allowed to compete at all. One question before us is whether such
gliders should be allowed. After all, there is nothing in the rules
that says you can't bring a PW5 to a 15 meter contest if you want to,
it's rather curious you aren't even allowed to bring it to a club
contest.

Creating a task that is going to work (and be fun) for, say, an ASW-27
and a PW5, is hardly possible. What's the problem splitting a sports
class contest into two different classes, say, high-performance and
low-performance? Setting two tasks instead of one is not much of a
difference concerning the effort involved, isn't it?





Bye
Andreas