Comments will be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Thomas Mærsk
Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Boggs
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Mine has a tail chute which is very efficient at compensating the weak
airbrakes; However tail chutes are not 100% reliable so it's better to keep
trained to narrow approach angle.
... And yes a rigging gear is mandatory if you want to keep friends
Jean
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> I have a friend that has one and it is a bitch to put together. Good
> performance for the dollar though.
>
> Boggs
>
> "Thomas Mærsk Pedersen" <tho...@maerskpedersen.dk> wrote in message
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>>I am considering buying an AWS-17 - any opinions on this glider with
>
> regards
>
>>to performance, handling, value for money etc?
Be sure the wing inspections have been done - I think there is some wood
inside that can cause problems.
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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA
This is the same mod. as that to the ASW19.
I know of several examples which have had this modification, and I have
flown
one of them. I have heard the modified braking described as similar to the
K21, I agree.
W.J. (Bill) Dean (U.K.).
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> performance, handling, value for money "buy it now".
> The 17 scores massive on these points.
> BUT they have these reality checks:
> 1/ Typical early open class, heavy "MUST" have rigging gear.
> 2/ They have a narrow approach angle, weak airbrakes so best
> countryside to fly them over is where outlanding fields are larger
> than usual, they land just as short as a 15meter ship but pilot
> workload is much more intense. Very little room for error.
Ken
no, my 12 is NOT for sale!
In article <41665054$0$9620$626a...@news.free.fr>,
I fully agree, save your money for other things, the LAK-12 looks like xerox of the '17' and our local owner is happy with his '12' he brought from Russia. It had only 104h logged then. :)
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>I do not have the drawings etc. with me, they are with the repairer who did
> the modification. The drawings etc. are the same as the ones for the
> ASW19. I got them from the BGA who have of course approved the
> modification.
>
> Remember that the ASW19 modification was not in origin by Schleicher; it
> was
> private and then Schleicher adopted it and included it in new production.
>
> Perhaps there are advantages in flying in the U.K. rather than in France!
>
> When I had a tail wheel fitted to the ASW17 to replace the tailskid, the
> repairer used a deep moulding for the wheel with a fixed ballast point
> inside at the top. Ballast can be fitted or removed just by taking out
> the
> wheel to get access to the ballast point bolt. This modification can be
> fitted to the ASW19 and 20.
>
> There is also a U.K. approved modification to the ASW20 to fit a tail
> ballast tank, it is also approved to double the brake paddles on the
> ASW20.
>
> W.J. (Bill) Dean (U.K.).
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>>
>> "Jean" <jva...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Well, according to Schleicher GmbH "for the ASW 17 there is no approved
>> technical note/drawing or modification kit for double airbrake paddles
>> available".