Here's a radical idea for the ASW-12. Jettison the
canopy, on the theory that it will then fly as if dive
brakes were open. grin

As I recall hearing, the L/D was 28/1 with the drogue
deployed. Are there any still flying? Seems I recall
a concerted effort to remove them from the market in
order to save lives.


At 15:06 01 November 2004, Andreas Maurer wrote:
On 31 Oct 2004 19:08:54 -0800, (Mark
Grubb) wrote:

Remember that AS-W12 pilots routinely (1000's of flights)
slipped a
50:1 glider to a landing in considerably less than
this in extreme
conditions including Appalachian ridge days(Schuemann),
wild thermal
days in TX (Scott, Greene) and monster wave days in
NV (Herold).


Ah, the ASW-12...
Unfortunately I never had the chance to fly one - I
would have loved
to try this landing technique. Maybe I gte the chance
one day - it's a
pity that my home airfield is only 2.000 ft.

I have landed 100's of flights in glass in Tehachapi,
CA without drag
devices. These landings were typically over a 30 ft
obstacle at
density altitudes 5000 ft, and ALL stopped in less
than 2500 feet.

How was your landing technique? As far as I know the
recommended
procedure was to put her on the main wheel at relatively
high speed
and use the wheel brake to stop her in order to avoid
the usage of the
brake parachute?



Bye
Andreas