New Class for US Nationals

On Thursday, November 8, 2012 8:47:38 AM UTC-5, wrote:
I applaud the Rules Committee for their work and all the thought they must be putting into this matter.



Like Ryszard I wonder out loud why we are creating a class that is "almost" like the FAI class. I suppose it is very likely the National Champion will be a Ventus driver and then will have to borrow a "club class" glider to compete in the Worlds.



Lane

XF

The definition of the gliders in the FAI Club class changes more often that you might imagine. It is very literally driven by what gliders are populating the typical club's hangers in a given iteration. It would not be even a little bit of a surprise to me if the Ventus shows up on the list by the time a WGC from the selections made from our new nationals rolls around.

One other consideration in how we manage the list in the USA. In Europe the extent of the capital commitment a pilot must make to the club class is to belong to a club that owns gliders. In the USA the pilot typically buys the glider for him/herself. Thus it is in our interest to not have the list as fluid as it is in Europe.

QT - Rules Committee

The contemporary of the ASW20 were the Mini Nimbus and LS3/a not the LS6 or
Ventus! both of the latter which where 2nd generation 15m designs - the
ASW20a was 1st generation 15m -Schleicher just got it right first time. If
i'm correct I believe 20B's cannot fly club class (at least in the UK).
DaeC index is the same though for all three - although other national
handicap systems have the 6 and Ventus as a higher handicap.
Anyway you need something like an old standard class glider to win at
World champs level i.e. Std Cirrus - the higher performance gliders in club
class don't do too well - why G.Dale traded down from an ASW24 to a DG100.