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"Winching in the evening" [movie]
I noticed one thing: The ASK-21 in your video has "braces" (Dunno
what they are properly called) inside the canopy that those of my future club don't seem to have: http://www.akaflieg-bonn.de/flugbetr/flugzeug.htm Or http://www.alexander-schleicher.de/e...ask21_main.htm Is that a question of age or some special modification? Hi, These bars are a protection against the barbed wires (when outlanding). There have been deadly accidents with gliders that hadn't got these and outlanded it a too short field (not in our glidingclub I believe). So that's why all of our club's gliders have one installed. Regards, Peter. p.s. in Dutch we call them "prikkeldraadstangen" (don't know how to translate it, but something like "barbed wire bars"). |
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Peter Millenaar wrote:
I noticed one thing: The ASK-21 in your video has "braces" (Dunno what they are properly called) inside the canopy Is that a question of age or some special modification? These bars are a protection against the barbed wires (when outlanding). There have been deadly accidents with gliders that hadn't got these and outlanded it a too short field (not in our glidingclub I believe). So that's why all of our club's gliders have one installed. These protective bars even used to be mandatory for all Dutch gliders. This is no longer the case however. The bars did save some pilots for decapitation however when hitting a wire fence. André |
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I noticed one thing: The ASK-21 in your video has "braces" (Dunno what they are properly called) inside the canopy Until a few years ago, all Dutch gliders had to be modified by adding these "barbed wire deflectors". A sensible precaution in a country where outlanding fields are often small and fenced in with barbed wire or electric wire. This mandatory mod has been done away with due to European rulemaking. It was considered an obstacle to free trade policies. -- stephanevdv ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Posted via OziPilots Online [ http://www.OziPilotsOnline.com.au ] - A website for Australian Pilots regardless of when, why, or what they fly - |
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prikkeldraadstangen
Quite literaly it means ' prickly wire longerons'. Pretty much what they are! :-) Ian |
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