![]() Of lift (lots of little lift every few miles). Who live at a gliderport which favors its kind One-type record/competition pilots, or pilots So it finds a kind of lonely niche in hard-core The PW-5 is a bit advanced for the 5 hr/year poker,Īnd really a poor penetrator for most 500km+, 100+hr/yr Poke around the field folks (who don't fly that much)Īnd the fly 500k+ folks (some of whom flyĪ ton every year) and not too many in between. It seems that in the sport of gliding there are the You want flying fun and a level competitive playing field at a reasonable If you need to make up for anatomical deficiences get a Corvette glider. This is not true of many of the gliders it is compared with. ![]() National and world records are available with equal opportunity for all. For record work it is hard to beat at all levels, state, That bad results are not the fault of an obsolete glider, but to a personal Seems to be competitive in Sports Class and is cutting edge in PW-5 NationalĪnd World Competitions, although one must deal with the unpleasant reality Light wings, and simple to push around, single handed, on the ground. This one has all automatic hookups, it is incredibly easy to rig, with very Very happy with the B1-PW-5 I got in a partnership a couple of years ago. Will never need the hassles of disposable ballast, you might give it a look.Īfter owning an obsolete high performance glider in the past I have been Work and that will not need expensive refinishing every few years and that That will give you good experience and that will be competitive in contestsįor years and years and years ahead and that is very suitable for record If you want a nice flying glider that has performance for all badge work, With them, it is probably not for you either. If all your buddies fly around in 40-1 ships and you want to fly Look at things like LAK-17's andĪSW-12's. Many apparently think L/D per dollar is important. Significant given this design mission, just performance enough to be fair, The idea is that a one design class glider "ISoar" wrote in has been beaten to death and it is kind of sad that that may have damaged it's hard to compete with 42/1 L/d in the used market. Getting that student more than one thermal away from home airport. All are "easy assembly" ,Įasy to fly, and good gliders to learn the art of soaring and cross country. Is "all metal" and can sit out in the weather. Better to go by the trusty Libelle 201 at 36/1 L/d.Īll are good aircraft for what the owner pilot may want to achieve, the L-33 Learned in ASK-21 or Grob 103s, then the PW-5 is a drastic trade down in If they learned in a SGS 2-33, then yes, a PW-5 is a "trade up", but if they There are many very good used gliders on the market for under $30K with a Others in the competition were theīlanik L-33 Solo, Russia AC4 (and I think there was another ) (affordable) and beginning (novice) pilot. The PW5 was the apparent winner of a design competition to create a "singleĭesign" cross country contest glider.
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