ASW 20C Motorglider

[Nick Kennedy[_3_]]

In the Wings and Wheels classified there is a French Registered ASW20C Motorglider

Some pictures show a clean fuselage top and there is a photo with a rather large Konig engine with a folding prop attached on top of the fuselage. Does this whole engine/propeller go into the fuse? The motor and prop look really big in the photo.

Does anyone know any history of this modification?

[JS[_5_]]

On Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 7:43:08 PM UTC-8, Nick Kennedy wrote:
> In the Wings and Wheels classified there is a French Registered ASW20C Motorglider
>
> Some pictures show a clean fuselage top and there is a photo with a rather large Konig engine with a folding prop attached on top of the fuselage. Does this whole engine/propeller go into the fuse? The motor and prop look really big in the photo.
>
> Does anyone know any history of this modification?

It's known as the "Top".
Been around for a while. You can remove it and fly as a real glider or put it on and enjoy the noisy smelly thing.
Jim

[Pete Startup[_2_]]

At 04:43 07 February 2019, JS wrote:
>On Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 7:43:08 PM UTC-8, Nick Kennedy wrote:
>> In the Wings and Wheels classified there is a French Registered ASW20C
>Motorglider
>>
>> Some pictures show a clean fuselage top and there is a photo with a
>rather large Konig engine with a folding prop attached on top of the
>fuselage. Does this whole engine/propeller go into the fuse? The motor
and
>prop look really big in the photo.
>>
>> Does anyone know any history of this modification?
>
>It's known as the "Top".
>Been around for a while. You can remove it and fly as a real glider or
put
>it on and enjoy the noisy smelly thing.
>Jim
>

One in the Uk too - https://adverts.gliderpilot.net/?op=s3&id=15010

[AS]

On Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 11:43:17 PM UTC-5, JS wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 7:43:08 PM UTC-8, Nick Kennedy wrote:
> > In the Wings and Wheels classified there is a French Registered ASW20C Motorglider
> >
> > Some pictures show a clean fuselage top and there is a photo with a rather large Konig engine with a folding prop attached on top of the fuselage. Does this whole engine/propeller go into the fuse? The motor and prop look really big in the photo.
> >
> > Does anyone know any history of this modification?
>
> It's known as the "Top".
> Been around for a while. You can remove it and fly as a real glider or put it on and enjoy the noisy smelly thing.
> Jim

TOP = Take-Off Power. There have been a number of glider types retrofitted with this removable back-pack. The whole thing is mounted on permanent hard-points and can be removed quickly. Has been around since the late '70s early '80s.

Uli
'AS'