At 17:17 29 March 2020, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
On Saturday, March 28, 2020 at 8:15:05 PM UTC-7, Michael Opitz
wrote:
At 02:37 29 March 2020, Nick Kennedy wrote:
RO
I think these days tailskids are as rare as hens teeth.
The last one I saw was when the guy who bought my 1958
Ka6CR=20
towed it home
in 2000.

A lot of the 1980's vintage tail skids were retrofitted with the
in-line skate wheels embedded in the skid. They helped, but still
wouldn't track as well as the larger pneumatic tires. My Discus-
B=20
and I believe my first ASW-24 still had skids.=20
=20
RO

Your ASW-24 didd not have a skid. But they were still a handful
even
witho=
ut a load of water, with a quartering tailwind at start of roll. An
ASW-2=
4 with CG hook is the only glider I have released on tow on the
ground for
=
control issues. I did aerotow my ASH26 a multiple times with the
gear
moun=
ted CG hook, that was much nicer than the ASW-24 CG hook.


Jon,

My first ASW-24 was serial #10. I checked some old pictures, and
it had a tail skid. I may have gotten a tail wheel on my second
one, But I can't remember right now.

RO