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"Raphael Warshaw" wrote:

I'm not aware of any FBO doing ab initio training in a Duo Discus although
someone, Dean Carswell I think, said something in a review of the DG-1000 to
the effect that there was no reason not to train a new student in that
aircraft other than the concern over sending him solo in a very expensive
glider.

Our club (Wellington, NZ) recently decided to trade our two Grob Twin
Astir's and a Janus in on two new DG-1000's for our ab initio training
(and cross country training, and aerobatics, and rides, and ...).

I don't think we've ever had a problem with starting people off in the
Grobs (which we've been doing for ten years), and then solo just as
quickly and just as safely as people used to in the Blanik's before that.


I don't think there's any question but what its easier to get in
trouble in fast glass than a 2-33 though.

People might have a problem moving from a 2-33 to a DG-1000 because of
bad habits and misunderstandings that the 2-33 hasn't corrected, but I
really don't think there's anything especially hard about "fast glass"
if that's what you learn on.

It would be equally valid to say that someone who'd learned on glass
will find it very easy to get themselves into trouble in a 2-33 by
ending up too far from the field too low, or have to return into a
headwind or through sink, and just expect that all gliders have a flat
glide angle and reasonable penetration.

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