At 02:11 28 August 2019, Andreas Maurer wrote:
On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 17:55:24 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 2:43:57 PM UTC-6, Tango Whisky wrote:
If you can't control a take off with a cg hook, you probably shouldn't
be in a glider in the first place.

That's a pretty arrogant and insulting comment. Maybe not everybody has
your incredible genetically engineered skills and your interplanetary
sourced perfect glider, and doesn't get to fly in your exalted
unicorn-populated airfield conditions.

And perhaps, some of us learned with nose hooks and are just now
transitioning to CG hooks. Be grateful that your parents conceived you
while performing CG related activity, although ineptly.

I have flown with nose, chin and CG hooks. In a crosswind with a partial
load of water and a lazy wingrunner, the release option is at the
forefront
of my mind for the entire takeoff roll, especially with the CG hook.

I am glad that your amazing abilities are so amazing. I hope I never
have
to meet you, as I would probably have to shoot myself. But I wouldn't be
the first casualty.

May I quote your posting to my student pilots?

For generations they have flown their aerotows with only a CG hook...
without any incidence. I am sure they are happy to hear that
apparently they belong to the species "super human".


My advice would be, only listen to DG100 0wners. Everyone else is making
comparisons based on having experience of all flying tail planes in other
types, and they all behave differently.

Split canopies are not a problem, after a flight or two, you wont even
notice it.