Teaching students to fly in so called "unspinable" gliders has to be one
of the the most reckless and dangerous things done... How do you expect
someone to learn how to fly safely when they are not taught to do so
from the beginning. If students are exposed to the danger from day one,
made aware of it, and taught how to recognize it they will inherently
become safer pilots, and will not be surprised when they get into a
glider that does spin. The PW-6, and for that fact ANY training glider
that does spin do definitely have an advantage over the ASK-21. If a
student doesn't have to worry about inadvertently putting the glider
into a spin "because the tail ballast is out" they won't pay attention
to how well they are flying, and that is definitely dangerous.



wrote:
Charles, are you saying that the PW-6 has an advantage over the ASK-21
because it actually CAN spin WITHOUT the spin weights? Rrrright....
what an advantage.

If that is actually true than I would not teach flying lessons in the
PW-6 and neither give students the permission for their first solo
flight...

Otherwise, as Marc said, completely off-topic. Or was this just a
misplaced reply for the "most ugliest gliders in the world"-thread? :-)