I think the ASW-19 is suitable to low time pilots, as I started flying
my 19 at about 90 hours and 220 flights total experience (95% of that
in 2-33s, 1-26s, L-13s and L-23s). The biggest transition problem for
me was the CG hook and the need for careful approach speed control.

With regard to manual control hook-ups, I don't find them to be a
problem. It takes 20 seconds to connect the L'Hotelliers, and less
than a minute to pin them. You can easily see things if you put your
eye to the inspection hatch, and it's easy to manually verify through
pushing the button while pulling and twisting to verify that they're
properly engaged. True, manuals aren't the no-brainer that automatic
hook-ups are. However, I've seen automatic hook-ups fail to engage and
cause 5 minutes or so of frustration during wing assembly on LS and SH
ships. Naturally, you MUST do a PCC with either type of hook-up!

I can't speak from personal experience regarding the Pegasus, but the
previous owner of my ship bought one. For what it's worth, he said the
Pegasus flew like a truck in comparison to the ASW-19.

-John