On Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at 6:58:05 PM UTC-7, Scott Williams wrote:
On Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at 3:55:33 PM UTC-5, Mike the Strike wrote:
On Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at 12:25:51 PM UTC-7, WaltWX wrote:
FYI...

I'm going to retrofit a CG Tost G88 tow release into my Discus 2A and looking for others who may have had this experience. Photos of my SN 32 ship to Heinz at M&H confirm that it has the attach bolt points and cable. But, the parts/brackets necessary for the install have to be ordered from Schemmp-Hirth.

The initial cost estimate of those parts seems a bit high. Has anyone out there any experience with this retrofit? ... any photos? What do the parts look like?

Thanks...

Walt Rogers WX

If it's anything like my old Discus 2 or my new Ventus 2bx, the CG attachment bracket is already installed as is the release cable. When I asked the same question about retrofitting a CG hook a year or two ago, I was told it only needed an access hole cut in the fuselage and that the CG hook bolted straight in with a simple connection to the existing release cable. I don't recall the price I was quoted, but the components are expensive.

Mike
I heard of a Ventus 2B owner who had his glider with Fidel in moriarity to install a cg release, they discovered that the supposedly already installed components were not in fact installed when the glider was originally built.
Schempp-Hirth had no explanation. the lack of these components essentially made the cg release install way more expensive, they abandoned the effort..
This was probably an isolated event, but, justifies a borescope inspection before spending big bucks.

Good Lift,
Scott.

You don't need a borescope - the CG attachment (or not!) is visible under the seat pan just in front of the wheel.

Mike