On Jan 28, 11:29*am, "John" wrote:
Interesting thread!

One class design lawn-dart racing *is already established in the USA........
1-26 * (Why buy a PW-5 in the first place?)

Most likely to succeed if declared "the" World's one-class design racing
glider.......ASW-27 (dry) *(Sexy, light wings, outstanding performance for
badge flying, recreational flying when not racing.) * *In fact, due to its
popularity here in the USA many regional 15m contests were essentially a one
class design contest. * Cost of ownership decreasing due to the
proliferating 18m class ASG-29's

Distill racing into 3 classes: * *(There are choices to make here according
to the competitor's preference....but it all comes out in the wash. *Take
your pick)-------

1) Open/18m * *(wing loading or wing span?)

2) Standard/15m *(flaps or no flaps? *No biggee, really! * Flaps in wrong
setting = hindrance.

3) Club Class *(Don't show up to race with a very low 1-26/pw-5 or very high
performance Nimbus 4/ASW-22 glider! * *Wanna race club/handicapped?......buy
the right glider.

Emphasis: *Less numerous classes with larger numbers of competitors per
class!! *= More FUN! * *(Thank You John Cochrane)

That said......Anybody for the first USA high-performance one class design
national race using dry ASW-27's ? * Held at, say...... Caesar Creek? * ;-)
(no, I don't own one)

J4
18m/LS-10


Why to reinvent the wheel?
Club Class A as defined by FAI, up to Worlds
Club Class B as flown in Europe. up to Nationals

Club B includes all low performance gliders and most Trainers.
(ASK-21, PW-6, Grob, Puchacz, Blanik? and others).
Overall, lots of fun and great intro to sport. Good practice before
20m two sit competitions.
GR8