bug wipers

On Nov 4, 10:11*am, John Cochrane
wrote:
I'm shopping for bug wipers for my ASW27B, and am curious to hear from
others with experience, especially in this model. Bug wipers are not
very common in the US.
Thanks
John Cochrane

At our club, we run a concentrated training camp for Air Cadets...
they do "community service" for the club... They make for great bug
wipers!

On Nov 4, 9:50*am, jsbrake wrote:
On Nov 4, 10:11*am, John Cochrane
wrote:

I'm shopping for bug wipers for my ASW27B, and am curious to hear from
others with experience, especially in this model. Bug wipers are not
very common in the US.
Thanks
John Cochrane

At our club, we run a concentrated training camp for Air Cadets...
they do "community service" for the club... They make for great bug
wipers!

Thanks. I like the price, but I hear that model has a lot of drag, and
they tend to fall off at high speeds.
John

On Nov 4, 8:42*am, John Cochrane
wrote:
On Nov 4, 9:50*am, jsbrake wrote:


I'm shopping for bug wipers for my ASW27B, and am curious to hear from

John,
Although I have not used these, neither any other ones for that
matter, there has been a number of Turejko wipers installed.
When you compete in Hungary next year look closely at the gliders
flown by the Polish team.

You can check at
http://www.dianasailplanes.com/accessories.html

Robert

On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:50:14 -0800 (PST), jsbrake
wrote:


At our club, we run a concentrated training camp for Air Cadets...
they do "community service" for the club... They make for great bug
wipers!

Please provide a photo how they are doing this at 5.000 ft and 80 kts.
Thank you.

SCNR.



Bye
Andreas

Please provide a photo how they are doing this at 5.000 ft and 80 kts.
Thank you.

John did not specify an altitude, nor a speed We normally have it
done at ground level with the glider stationary. I won't get into the
ASL/AGL debate to figure out what altitude you suggested.

However, I envisage hiker's crampons on the shoes and pitons pushed
into the wings so they could crawl out and wash the bugs off without
falling. Granted, this might make a re-finish necessary, but it's up
to the owner to decide what modifications to make, and whether the
mods would be legal for the CofA.

Oh... what does "SCNR" mean?

On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:46:44 -0800 (PST), jsbrake
wrote:


John did not specify an altitude, nor a speed We normally have it
done at ground level with the glider stationary. I won't get into the
ASL/AGL debate to figure out what altitude you suggested.




However, I envisage hiker's crampons on the shoes and pitons pushed
into the wings so they could crawl out and wash the bugs off without
falling. Granted, this might make a re-finish necessary, but it's up
to the owner to decide what modifications to make, and whether the
mods would be legal for the CofA.


Sounds good.


Oh... what does "SCNR" mean?

"Sorry, Could Not Resist"...