Originally Posted by
non iron
Interesting ! - in a fake nazi accent - ,
politicians aside, this does`nt make a lot of sense in relation to water ballasted ( possibly a quarter tonne of water in the wings ) sailplanes. They don`t have the benefit of Vspeeds, with Vcs and Vne crossing above 25K, or do they ?

They certainly don't have to worry about VMC which is applicable only to multi-engined aircraft ...