On Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 12:42:55 PM UTC-7, krasw wrote:

If I remember the story right, Schleicher provided an ASH26 fuselage for S-African Tech. University for research purposes. Few years later it was copied into JS1 fuselage. Others may fill in if I missed some facts, it's been 10 years since I heard the story from Heide (who was not very happy about it). Are you saying you haven't noticed the obvious similarity between '26 and JS?

IIRC, The story used to be on the JS website. They did start with an AS fuse (Purchased with the companys blessing) with the intention of making a new wing. It was determined that too many changes would need to be made for this to be practical so the idea was scraped and the fuse was later used for the repair of an AS glider. Much of the presentation at Nephi centered around the development of the fuse and the wing junction.
I will say that form follows function and when you look close there are similarities among many modern gliders.
Just filling in "Facts"