Marc

A PW-6, competitor to the ASK 21, needs no ballast weights -- climbs
better too.

For those at all interested, we installed the spin kit yesterday. The case
is that in Canada the nearest AME's specialising in glider work are 10 to
hours drive from Montreal. So we had to work with our "standard" AME. He
works on our tow plane. That is why I sent out our "help!" post a couple
days ago.

The installation is really as one indicated: a no brainer ie easy. The
important issue is to be assured of locating the 12 mm holes precisely. A
small challenge in geometry but achiavable. As indicated by Patrick, one has
to be double carefull in drilling such a "big" hole not to take out the
surface with a standard metal bit. A standard issue for those of you
familiar with this kind of operation, I am certain. The rest is really fun
work dealing with epoxy and fiberglass.

Our AME has just to clear the paperwork with Schleicher and our club will be
equiped with a spinable ASK-21. We believe this will be quite a safety asset
for us.

Cheers

Marc Arsenault

PS Would Patrick kindly send me another email with a valid address of some
sort, I need to transmit a personal note.




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Charles Yeates

Swidnik PW-6U & PW-5
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