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Much Ado About Nothing
On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 1:15:04 PM UTC-7, Michael Opitz wrote:
At 17:17 29 March 2020, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote: On Saturday, March 28, 2020 at 8:15:05 PM UTC-7, Michael Opitz wrote: At 02:37 29 March 2020, Nick Kennedy wrote: RO I think these days tailskids are as rare as hens teeth. The last one I saw was when the guy who bought my 1958 Ka6CR=20 towed it home in 2000. A lot of the 1980's vintage tail skids were retrofitted with the in-line skate wheels embedded in the skid. They helped, but still wouldn't track as well as the larger pneumatic tires. My Discus- B=20 and I believe my first ASW-24 still had skids.=20 =20 RO Your ASW-24 didd not have a skid. But they were still a handful even witho= ut a load of water, with a quartering tailwind at start of roll. An ASW-2= 4 with CG hook is the only glider I have released on tow on the ground for = control issues. I did aerotow my ASH26 a multiple times with the gear moun= ted CG hook, that was much nicer than the ASW-24 CG hook. Jon, My first ASW-24 was serial #10. I checked some old pictures, and it had a tail skid. I may have gotten a tail wheel on my second one, But I can't remember right now. RO My mistake, I was under the impression they were never made with a skid. I owned two different ASW-24's also. Nice bird |
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