I like your thinking Mike :)
> On 25 Jan 2014, at 13:18, Mike Borgelt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Well you could fly something that looks like one but isn't. > > Buy ASW22. > > Make molds from it. > > Build glider in those molds. > > Nothing to stop you using pushrods, hardware etc out of the one you bought. > > Call it the AW1 (or Superpuppup). > > Put 850 Kg on the gross weight when you apply for the Amateur built > Experimental certificate. > > Mike > > > > > > > At 12:32 PM 25/01/2014, you wrote: >> I'm a Schempp-Hirth fan, through & true - but I can't let that get in the >> way of the ASW22BLE (now a poor mans open class glider), a glider I've >> always dreamt of owning! >> >> You heard it first here Bernard :) >> >> Sadly the ASW22 that is for sale (at AU$70k landed in AUS), is sn29, so a >> small wingspan & limited to 750kg. >> >> An offline response suggests pretty clearly I couldn't fly it at 850kg >> during a competition. >> >> In the mean time, Schempp-Hirth all the way! >> >> >> Cheers, >> WPP >> >> P.s. Ventus 3 (three), mmm >> >> >> >> >> > On 25 Jan 2014, at 5:50, "Future Aviation" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Hi Adam >> > >> > You don't need to go experimental, mate! The later ASW 22 models are >> > already >> > >> > approved for 850 kg. >> > I'm just a little worried that the ASW 22 might be a little too slippery >> > for >> > >> > you. >> > >> > Kind regards >> > >> > Bernard >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [email protected] >> > [ mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adam >> > Woolley >> > Sent: Friday, 24 January 2014 7:58 PM >> > To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. >> > Subject: [Aus-soaring] Experimental category >> > >> > If I could get enough water in the wings of an ASW22 that is limited to a >> > MTOW of 750kg... >> > >> > Could I fly it at 850kg under an experimental category glider within the >> > GFA, & at an AUS Open Class Nationals? >> > >> > >> > Cheers, >> > WPP >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Aus-soaring mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > To check or change subscription details, visit: >> > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Aus-soaring mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > To check or change subscription details, visit: >> > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> [email protected] >> To check or change subscription details, visit: >> http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > Borgelt Instruments - design & manufacture of quality soaring instrumentation > since 1978 > www.borgeltinstruments.com > tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784 > mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 > P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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