It looks to me as if Tango4's reference was to the
1.88m and 118kg pilot versus the usual Schempp-Hirth
placard for max seat load limit of 110kg - perhaps
this does not apply to the Discus 2B(?)

To go back to the original poster's point, I was surprised
to hear he doesn't find the front seat of the Duo comfortable
as it the most comfortable I have ever used for long
flights, albeit somewhat lacking in storage space -
fortunately the design solves this issue by including
space for a butler in the back.

John Galloway

At 19:24 11 January 2004, Mkeene221 wrote:
Add a parachute say 7kg, plus a litre of water and
a bit of personal kit - 2
kg and there you are at 127kg in the cockpit. 127 -
110 = 17 kg or about 15%
over the manufacturers specification. Hope you're registered
Experimental!

Not sure where those numbers came from, but lets do
the math. Pilot at 205lbs.
(93kg), parachute 15lbs (7kg), even more drinking water
for the desert contests
(1US gal.) 8lbs (3.6kg). Now we're up to 228lbs (103.6kg).
Assuming he'll use
water ballast, add 2gal. water in tail and 8 lb tail
weight and we're up to
252lbs (114.5kg). According to my Discus 2 manual,
that leaves him 18lbs.
(8kg) before he is up to the max useful load of 270lbs.
(122.7kg).

Sounds like a nice fit to me. Plenty of room too,
as I'm 6'2', 190 lbs. and
very comfortable.

Mark Keene