White LS Sleeves VS Wedekind for ASW 19?

Here are the white LS sleeves on my LS1f. They work awesome, they were the first think I changed about the glider after I bought it. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1A...it?usp=sharing

Where did you buy your White LS sleeves?

How do the White LS sleeves differ from the Uerling sleeves?

Originally Posted by Nicholas L

Where did you buy your White LS sleeves?

How do the White LS sleeves differ from the Uerling sleeves?

I got mine from Pacific Aerosport. I think they were $35 each, but that was a few years ago. To me, the great advantage of these sleeves is that they dont require modification to the glider, they simply push onto the end of the control connection, takes 2 seconds. I believe the Uerling sleeves need to be "installed". To hook up the controls, you just push the plunger down, make sure the ball is in place, release the plunger, then rotate the sleeve 180 degrees so the ball can never come out of the socket, regardless of plunger position. Works great.

Just to reiterate, as JS mentioned, the Uerling Sleeves only work on "straight" L'Hotellier fittings. They don't work on 90 degree fittings which my glider has for the ailerons.

I used Uerling Sleeves on the airbrake straight fittings because these were a BITCH to get the original safety pins in while trying to look inside a black hole on a white ship in bright sunlight. The ailerons were much easier and I continued to use the pins until I went Wedekind.

Also, I was told way back when that the Uerling Sleeves needed to be replaced every 2 years. Anyone know about that?

- John
http://aviation.derosaweb.net/wedekind