Originally Posted by
RatherBeFlying
A big difference between gliders and airplanes is that you have much more think time in a glider that can be applied to field and landing spot selection. Spoilers come in very handy in touching down at the best possible spot.
Good points. Others include:
Gliders are taildraggers. The main wheel is well in front of the center of gravity.
Training:
Glider pilots are drilled to do off field landings. Including spot full stall landing at min speed, slipping the plane (descending steeply without gaining speed), selecting fields (brown over green etc.), watching for the green islands indicative of power line masts, to name a few. Typical powered pilots are often lacking these skills.
Originally Posted by
Jonzarno
... unlikely to end well. This is what happened to a pilot who tried to stretch a glide rather than pull:
He died....
Unlikely to end well without proper training. Such a deadly pulling stall while trying to stretch the glide shows lack of training in powerless flight: If you don't know when not to pull the stick pulling the BSR is clearly the better option.