On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:04:30 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:


It worked the other way, too. When DJ tested the ASW 20 and LS-3 (not the later LS-3a), they both had remarkable, essentially equal performance. This was confirmed by those who flew the two gliders in that first year or two (ours was delivered in 1978). For a brief period, they were equally favored by competition pilots in the U.S.

Then the rush to the ASW 20 began. At first this was a bit baffling. Except for the higher wing weight of the LS-3, what was there about the '20 that seemed to capture so many pilots' favor?

I guess people found out about the extreme loss of performance of a
wet or dirty LS-3 and spreat the word...


Cheers
Andreas