How to teach XC with lead/follow technique?

On Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at 1:21:58 AM UTC+2, wrote:
We are trying to help teach XC to our fellow club members. I've heard of the Lead/Follow technique with an experienced pilot showing a student how to get around a course. Before we try it, are there any suggestions on how to best do it?

I've heard that if the leader is higher up or in a higher performance glider it is good to sometimes pull the spoilers and get down to the level of the student.

Should it be a 1:1 leader/follower ratio or can you have more than 1 follower?

I suppose a good talk on how to enter/exit and thermal together is the first thing - since they may not have flown gaggles before.

A portable flarm would be good to add to the student's gliders just to be able to track them.

Chris

Although not (yet) a flight instructor, I took several students around local small courses in my two-seat glider. Sitting side-by-side is a real advantage for that kind of initial training since you can point out things much easier while looking at the same set of instruments.
Many clubs in Europe use modern TMGs for that purpose.
Uli
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