We in the old world tried to give gliding a new start
with the one design class but we failed. The reasons
are probably many but at least in my club I think it
was that the PW-5 didn’t look good enough and also
to some extent didn’t perform past the critical 37-39
point. What the world of gliding really lacks to once
more start grooving is a cheap and attractive singleseater
that can be bought by clubs in numbers and that can
be the core in a single design class. If it were possible
to reduce the cost to that of a new family car or there
about it would come into reach of the common man.
I don’t think that such a glider can be built in Europe
because as i see it there are to strong economical
interests to keep thing where they are here. Of reasons
previously mentioned in this thread I also think that
it has the be built with techniques more adopted to
mass production than the now commonly used. I don’t
think that we Europeans will do that in the foreseeable
future. Why don’t you take the lead for a while? America
has the know-how and the guts. Do not wait for us.
You could do it!

Jannica / Sweden