On Monday, May 7, 2018 at 1:36:54 PM UTC-4, K m wrote:
On Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 2:15:07 AM UTC-7, Dave Walsh wrote:
Landing into an unknown farmers field is idiotic, why would
you willingly strap multi thousands of $'s of carbon fibre to
your backside and choose to land in a field?

This is one of the more "Idiotic" statements Ive seen on RAS. Do you have better suggestions on where to land out? Have farmers not created an inviting nuisance with their large flat and mostly unobstructed fields. Here's a newsflash, land outs are a part of the sport just like assembly, CAC checks, flat trailer tires, etc..
Keep us posted if you come up with a better option than farm fields.
Kirk
And to those who think soaring is expensive, it is. The question to ask; Is it worth it....

I think he meant that pilots avoid landouts on farmer fields by investing the big money into motorized gliders, which (usually) allows them to motor away from a landout. One can also avoid landouts by staying close to airfields. Yes in many areas that means not flying the possible distance for the day. I had a non-roadworthy trailer and a hard-to-rig glider for a while, and suffered that fate. Now I fly farther in a glider with lower performance.