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ASG-29/ASW-27 wing refinish
The page he is refering to can be found he
http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/sicherheitscockpit-e.html Hope this helps, Markus Eric Greenwell wrote: Gary Evans wrote: While other manufactures have been content with building what looks strong enough DG has actually participated in crash testing. This is not correct. Gerhard Waibel won an OSTIV prize for his work in cockpit safety about 20 years ago. Gerhard's ideas, and the ASW 24 cockpit (the first of the really crashworthy cockpits) was based on extensive testing by a group at MIT, and others. In the years since then, Schleicher continues to monitor the performance of their designs by examining their gliders that are involved in crashes, either when they are brought to their shop for repair, or using pictures sent to them by the mechanics repairing the glider elsewhere. An advantage of this approach is it shows what happens in an actual crash. As a result of this testing they offer the consummate safety cockpit as an option on the 800 series and as standard on the 1000. I have been impressed with DG's improvements in safety over the years, but their single seaters cockpits still do not match what Schleicher has done. This page on the DG website shows that this view is shared by others (go to the "Safety Cockpit" row): http://www.dgflugzeugbau.de/ash-dg-ventus-e.html These differences are not surprising. The low sides and open nose of the DG single seater cockpit pose a difficult engineering problem for the designer, compared to the greater enclosure of the Schleicher cockpits. I'm not suggesting that the DG cockpit is unsafe or inadequate, but only that it does not match what Schleicher has done. A prospective owner should consider the value of that protection along with the other features of the gliders he is considering; for example, the lower sides of the DG cockpit (particularly if the NOAH option is selected) should make baling out easier than from a Schleicher cockpit. If you counting on higher frame rails for protection you may also want to read this. http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/index-e.html I was unable to find this reference, but I would like to read it. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly "Transponders in Sailplanes" on the Soaring Safety Foundation website www.soaringsafety.org/prevention/articles.html "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" at www.motorglider.org |
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