At 21:30 30 January 2009, Brian Bange wrote:

At my club we had 9 short wing gliders last season.

.....I can tell you this group of newbies does not want to
spend time getting their noses rubbed in the dirt by a bunch of super
pilots flying super ships. If you want them them to go to a race IMHO,
make it more like a camp or a mentoring program and hold it separately
from the longer wing competitions. Lots of us just want to go fly with
like minded friends.

LESS THEN 10 PCT OF GLIDER PILOTS COMPETE!
THE USED MARKET IS FILLED BY THE GLIDERS THEY SOLD....
THOSE GLIDERS WERE DESIGNED TO WIN, OF COURSE!!!

Some will feel competitive, many will attend just to learn and build
stick time. I really think we need to look at this in a whole new way to
make it successful.
Low stress, high fun factor.
I can tell you that within our club, we have doubled the number of X/C
pilots in the last 5 years. X/C has really come alive because of the
short wings.

Brian

WERE THOSE SHORT WINGS GLIDERS DESIGNED FOR FUN AND SAFE FLIGHTS?
OR WERE DESIGNED TO WIN IN THE NEW FAI CLASS:

THE SHORT WINGS HIGH FUN LOW STRESS CLASS