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On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 05:07:31 -0700, Senna Van den Bosch wrote:

As I am fairly short and can hardly reach the Pegase canopy when
I'm strapped tight.

My club's Pegase has always had a piece of cord, around 35cm long with a
knot on the bottom, that hangs from the right side canopy latch. That
makes it easy to pull the canopy down far enough to get both hands on the
latch levers to pull it closed and lock it.


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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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