On 4 Oct, 18:10, Andreas Maurer wrote:

Depends on the definition of a "long task". The PW-5 offers the same
performance as an ancient Ka-6E - but today's pilots standards are way
higher.

Er-hem. An awful lot of us are still very happy, and having a lot of
sun, flying things with the performance of a Ka-6E. We just don't see
the need to spend £15,000 getting that performance ...

I wonder how things would have turned out if the Discus had been made
the World Class glider?

Ian