At 03:05 04 February 2011, Bruce Hoult wrote:
On Feb 4, 1:33=A0am, BruceGreeff wrote:
Lesson learned is that it is far better to learn on something a little
higher performance - but if you are solo in such a low performance old
lady - you will need some transition training.

I'm not an instructor but I've taken dozens of friends/relatives on
their first glider flight, almost all in either a Janus (original,
flying elevator), Grob Twin Astir, or DG1000, and let them try the
controls.

Pretty much everyone can at least "keep it between 50 and 60" in a
straight line right from the start, and often in a 90 degree turn too.
It does help in the Janus to put on 1 notch (6 degrees) of flap, which
makes it handle similarly to the Grob.

Everyone who has learned to fly at our club in the past several years
has done it in the DG1000 and only the DG1000. I don't think there
have been any problems except persuading them to get out of the DG and
into a PW5 for beginning cross country exploring...

I haven't read all 42 postings so perhaps someone has already said this,
but my understanding is that the 20 is very reluctant to spin, except in
landing configuration, ie flaps and wheel down. However in 4 years of
flying one, nearly always at 16.6 meters, it never once attempted an
inadvertant spin entry.
Dave