On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 04:59:51 -0700, JS wrote:

On Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 3:38:09 AM UTC-7, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 02:45:59 -0700, Senna Van den Bosch wrote:

Do you happen to have experience with the ASW19 and how they differ
to the Pegase?

I've never flown one, but the Peg, ASW-19 and ASW-20 cockpits are
identical for all practical purposes. If you like one, you'll like the
rest: if you look carefully under the Peg wing you can see where the
ASW-19/20 NACA duct for cockpit ventilation has been filled in. This
dates from when Centraire were building ASW-20s under license: the Peg
fuselage is a minimally modified ASW-20 one (slightly larger diam tail
boom, cockpit ventilation intake on the nose, some have a lifting
panel.

What scares me about owning a Pegase or Libelle is maintenance.

Not a Libelle problem. Glasfaser hold the type cert, and have done ever
since Glasflugel folded. They give excellent support. During this
tear's annuals we discovered damage the the rear u/c axle and a
non-approved (solid 20mm shaft) front u/c axle, ovbiously from a hard
landing, but no mention in the log book. Glasfaser airmailed
replacement axles + bolts &
washers which arrived within a week.

Situation isn't so clear for the Peg.


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The Pegase cockpit has a panel that tilts up with the canopy, which the
19, 20A and early B did not have unless modified.

Many (all?) ASW-20Fs, which were license built by Centrair before they
ended the license and started to make the Pegase, had a lifting panel
with the canopy attached to it, though I'm uncertain whether they all had
it or just the later ones. Are there any ASW-20F on your side of the pond?


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