IGC Decision on 13.5 meter class - Yes or No?

On Mar 9, 3:53*pm, wrote:


Shortened 18M ships will probably be to heavy, but there are lots of
15M ships that could get a tip cut and new winglets.
I predict very few new ships will result from this.
UH

That was meant in jest! I don't have numbers handy, but would wing
loading must be 10 # dry. I doubt there's enough aileron on the
inboard wing section to fly it that way anyway.

I don't understand the purpose of this new class. I suspect neither
do the people who promoted it, because my sense is these guys were
more interested in lightweight, lower cost gliders, were generally
opposed to water ballast and generally okay with handicapping.


-Evan Ludeman / T8