What am I looking for?

On Nov 2, 4:06 pm, Martin Gregorie wrote:
I can't imagine putting pins into the wing Hoteliers on an ASW-20 rather
than using Weedekind sleeves, but ymmv.

If I recall correctly (it's been about 7 years), I had all 6 safety
pins on my ASW-20B installed in WELL under a minute. Bought the
Wedekind sleeves, but never got around to installing them...

-Tom

I have a couple of times and couldn't see a thing, I could only verify
by feel and tugging on the flaperons. I often see owners with
inspection mirrors peeking inside. If I remember correctly, the
connection is somewhere behind the spar, is there a trick to seeing it?

No trick, seriously:

You just reach in and hook them up by feel - one hand on the
connector, and other hand on the control (stick or dive brake) to move
to the right position to snap in place. Verify the ball is in the
socket, then screw the safety all the way on. THEN: Look through the
opening and you can see all 4 connections, directly and on the mirrors
installed by LS behind them. Sleeves are color coded to show if they
are not correctly hooked up.

No additional inspection mirrors needed, since they are already
installed in the ship!

I really fail to see how it could be any easier - except of course,
automatic hookups a la LS6-c...

Beyond that, the fact that I know two very experienced long term LS6
owners who managed to screw up that connection is the main reason I shy
away from them...

In the above sentence, replace LS6 with just about any glider,
including those with automatic hookups, and it will still be true.
Anything mechanical can fail or be mishandled...

Anyway, I hope you like your ship, cuz I love mine!

Kirk

You just reach in and hook them up by feel - one hand on the
connector, and other hand on the control (stick or dive brake) to move
to the right position to snap in place. Verify the ball is in the
socket,


Right, that's what I do on my 6b.


then screw the safety all the way on.


Before I do that, I try to pull the connections apart (thanks to Dave
Nadler for that suggestion).


THEN: Look through the
opening and you can see all 4 connections, directly and on the mirrors
installed by LS behind them. Sleeves are color coded to show if they
are not correctly hooked up.


Tony V. LS6-b "6N"

On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 13:27:16 +0100, Asbjorn Hojmark
wrote:

On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:06:43 +0000, Martin Gregorie
wrote:

IMHO positives are mandatory every time the glider is rigged and
should be repeated before flying it every day even if its been left
rigged overnight.

Isn't that a requirement in the UK? It is here in Denmark.

Yes it is, but not, apparently in the USA judging by all the comments
I've seen on r.a.s.

On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 13:27:16 +0100, Asbjorn Hojmark
wrote:

On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:06:43 +0000, Martin Gregorie
wrote:

IMHO positives are mandatory every time the glider is rigged and
should be repeated before flying it every day even if its been left
rigged overnight.

Isn't that a requirement in the UK? It is here in Denmark.

Yes it is. However it apparently isn't in the USA judging from
comments on r.a.s since I've been reading it. My comments were aimed
at those who think its optional and as a reminder to be careful with
Hoteliers fitted in dark hidey holes.


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