On Wednesday, 19 December 2018 20:30:18 UTC+2, Paul T wrote:
At 09:19 19 December 2018, ocgoudriaan wrote:
I am 6.2' and 210lbs. I fit well into the JS3 (well enough for 8hr
flights
without fatigue), even better in the LS8 and not at all in the V3 with
the
small fuselage.
The myth about the JS3 being too heavy to climb, is just that, and if it
comes to the run, I would rather be in a JS3 if I wanted to get home
first


FAI should mandate a minimum cockpit size to allow for the larger pilot
-smaller pilots are getting a slight performance advantage in these
smaller cockpit planes i.e Discus 2a vs the b. If it can't fit an Oscar
then
it should be banned from comps!

With Schempp A-fuselage you only get advantage over their B/C-fuselage, not over JS3/AS. Their fuselages are 2010's design that are aerodynamically on different level with attention to wing/fuselage-intersection etc.

I talked last summer with one Schleicher pilot with this Schempp fuselage dilemma. Like dozens of others, he has no chance fitting into tiny Ventus3 fuselage, and for him it would be unthinkable to shell out 200k eur to new glider and get second best (Ventus3 with bigger Nimbus4 cockpit). So Schleicher it is.