Plane Details

ASW-12 Schleicher

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General Details
Manufacturer:	Schleicher
Plane Name:	ASW-12
Classified as:	Unclassified
Country Of Origin:	Germany
Designer:	Gerhard Waibel
No. of Seats	1
No. Built	15

Performance:
L/DMax:	47 105 kph / 56 kt / 65 mph

MinSink:	0.49 m/s / 1.6 fps / 0.95 kt

Specifications:

Span		Area		Empty Weight		Payload		Gross Weight		Wing Load		Water Ballast
m	ft	sq.m	sq.ft	kg	lb.	kg	lb.	kg	lb.	kg /sq.m	lb. /sq.ft	kg	lb.
18.3	60	13	140	290	640	140	308	430	948	33.06	6.07	0	0

Aspect ratio:	26
Airfoil:	Wortmann FX 62-131K mod.
Structure:	fiberglass-balse sandwich
Engine:

Comment:
The ASW-12 is the production development of the trend setting Akaflieg D-36. At one time the ASW- 12 held all three world distance records. A fiberglass design featuring camber-changing flaps, the ﾖ12 had no dive brakes; early examples lacked the later added (and at first non- jettisonable) tail chute for glidepath control, a feature which tended to make it challenging on approach and landing. One example belongs to the National Soaring Museum. ATC.

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