On Tuesday, July 29, 2014 3:40:36 AM UTC-4, wrote:
wouldn't your glider pitch up and whack you after you released the stick?

On my SZD glider with trim adjustment independent of the stick, I suppose I could (in theory) set the trim position all the way forward, and then just let go of the stick, belts already off, when I was ready. Glider go down momentarily.

Even with the trim set for level flight, the glider would take a second to return to level flight after you let go of the stick and hopefully you would be clear by then.