On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 14:39:47 -0700 (PDT), JJ Sinclair
wrote:

.BAM the ships alams to the ramp as the
landing gear retracts!

I can assure you that an ASW-20 and a DG-300 retract their gear so
quick that even the gear doors are closed before the fuselage touches
the ground. If this happens on grass, there won't even be a damage.
I'd call this a fool-proof design...

Unfortunately the gear doors on the ASW-24 are crushed by the weight
of the fuselage.

Guess how we found out.

Since the last incident of this kind (yes... there were several) it's
mandatory that there needs to be a pilot in the cockpit who has
already flown the glider in question.


Bye
Andreas