'Nother PW-5/World Class question

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 18:29:12 +0000, Robert Ehrlich
wrote:


On the question of which of Pegase and LS-4 has the better performance,
opinions vary. In my club, almost everybody including myself consider
them as equivallent in performance, although the LS-4 is considered as
a little easier to handle, and some people think than in strong days with
max water, the Pegase is slightly better. The Germans, like Andreas, prefer
their own production and this is reflected in the handicap tables made by
them. This is probably the reason why in the National French Club Class
Championship almost only Pegases are persent, although LS-4 are also well
spread in France, because the German handicap is used and so Pegases have
a little advantage.

I don't think that there are too many technical differences between
LS-4 and Pegase. Performance doesn't matter in this case (how many
student pilot's club ships are ever flown with water?) as long as the
L/D is in the range of 40.
The only advantage of the LS-4 I can think of at the moment is that
it's a little less prone to drop a wing during aerotow.


Bye
Andreas