On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:59:28 -0700, Cats wrote:


That's my understanding - and I also thought the ASW19 & ASW20 had
almost identical fuselages. But I also thought it was all sorted out 20
years ago or so, and there was nothing ongoing.

Centrair were building the ASW-20 under license, not the ASW-19. All
ASW-20Fs were built by Centrair. The Pegase fuselage is almost identical
to the 20: the boom is slightly bigger diameter (an ASW-20 tail dolly
won't quite fit a Pegase) and the underwing cockpit vent intakes on the
20 were blocked and replaced by a nose intake. If you look carefully at a
Pegase you can just see where the the 20's intakes were by looking for
waviness in reflections off the gelcoat.

I believe that the 19 and 20 have almost identical fuselages - probably
the biggest difference between all three are the wing roots, since all
three gliders have different wing sections.


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