On Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at 4:30:16 PM UTC-5, wrote:
Never flown a 27 or a V2. But Gerhard Waibel's "designed for crashworthiness" cockpit was a factor when I bought my ASW 24 and would be if I were shopping for a glider now.

I think Gerhard's strategy (and OSTIV award) inspired the other factories to pay more attention to this but Schleicher got there first--and continued using the same technology with the 27/29.

Chip Bearden
JB

Chip, I too, or shall I say my wife has a 24, very nice ship, way underrated and is a joy to fly. I have a 27 B, nice ship also and I really like the Schleicher ships. Bob