Chip Bearden wrote:
Has anyone installed a Roeger hook or similar device (DG offers a
spring-loaded pin that is supposed to accomplish the same thing for
older DG and LS gliders) on an older glider? The recent thread on
helmets made reference to the known danger of the canopy hitting the
pilot in the head in the event of jettisoning a front-hinged canopy in
order to bail out. The Roeger hook is designed to prevent this by
fixing the rear of the canopy so it becomes a pivot point about which
the canopy lifts off and up over the pilot in the slipstream.

I had one installed on my ASH 26 E about 9 years ago when the retrofit
became available from Schleicher. Perhaps they have a kit for the ASW
24, though I'll bet the ASH 26 kit can be installed if a kit isn't
available. It's a simple peg on the canopy and a couple spring thingies
on the fuselage. There may be paperwork issues to doing that, of course.

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