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
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