On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 7:56:12 AM UTC+13, son_of_flubber wrote:
On Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 8:34:01 PM UTC-4, Bruce Hoult wrote:

I've never been 300 lb, but I've been 285. ... I've never had any problem getting in or out of gliders, whether it be the back seat of the DG1000 or a PW5 or Libelle.

But the maximum pilot weight for the PW-5 is 242 lbs.. At 285 you'd be 43 pounds over allowable load. I guess that you're not concerned about overloading the glider.

The PW-5 and every other glider listed.

And, no, I'm not concerned about 6.5% more than placarded max gross if I'm not going to do aerobatics or fly along a bumpy ridge line at Vne.