On Friday, February 1, 2013 8:36:16 AM UTC-8, Eric Munk wrote:
hmmm, some duplicate posts here unfortunately. My apologies. Seems there's

a a two-day delay in publishing what I typed, hence the doubles...



At 13:11 31 January 2013, Eric Munk wrote:

It's not about the complexity of the aircraft, it's entirely about the

quality of the instruction.



We do about 4000-5000 tuition flights a year, mostly on ASK-21s. About

half

of them are ab initio. No matter how well we train people (and I'd like

to

think our instructors'experience and skills are above average), we find

that there's always a time when early solo pilots (who also fly their

first

solo's on the twoseaters) need just that extra safety margin. A margin

that

a glider like the ASK-21 offers. And a Janus C doesn't. Keeps the student

pilot and the glider in one piece (in that order).



CAN you use a Janus C for ab initio. Sure. Would I like my club to do so?

No way. There's aircraft far better suited for that, from both a

maintenance and safety point of view. Just my two cents.