On Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 9:23:31 AM UTC-4, ND wrote:
On Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 3:06:31 AM UTC-4, Tango Whisky wrote:
Am Mittwoch, 23. September 2015 00:23:33 UTC+2 schrieb Jonathan St. Cloud:
I have heard for John Neel that a 20 with winglets is very close in performance to the next generation aircraft. This sure is a pretty 20. I love the wood panel.

Well, I flew an ASW20 with winglets for about 400h, and it's still lightyears from the next generation aircraft (which would be an ASW27).

Bert
Ventus cM TW

I disagree I don't always fly my best, but when I do I can keep up with ventus 2bx's and 27s for miles and miles. ask Erik Nelson!

i've flown a 27 and i don't prefer it over a 20. a 20 with winglets feels just as nice as to me.

i do prefer a ventus 2bx though, in terms of handling. it handles extremely nicely.
but for cockpit comfort the 20 is better in my opinion. i flew a discus for a long time, and then started flying a 20. got back in the discus once and was sore after about 2 hours.

-andy

What the 27 does better than the 20 is climb well in chopped up thermals. What it does *really* well is the same with a load of water.

Given round thermals, a determined 20 driver can do very well against modern carbon and even win now and then, especially if there is ridge running involved. Integrate over the course of a long contest, and the odds accumulate against the 20.

Evan Ludeman / T8 (ASW-20B)