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| ASW 19 | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Club-class sailplane |
| National origin | Germany |
| Manufacturer | Schleicher |
| Designer | Gerhard Waibel |
| Number built | 425 |
| History | |
| First flight | 23 November 1975 |
The ASW 19 is a single-seat glider built by Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co, first flying in 1975. It was originally designed as a Standard Class glider, but now mainly competes in the Club Class. The ASW 19 is known for its pleasant handling and some clubs use it as a training glider. It was succeeded by the all-new Schleicher ASW 24.
Design
The wings are from the ASW 15 with upper-surface Schempp-Hirth metal air brakes added. Later models received modified brakes with an additional panel to improve effectiveness.
The all-new fibreglass fuselage was built without the honeycombs that were used on the ASW 15 and ASW 17. It has a winch hook, which is covered by the main wheel doors, and an aerotow hook situated approximately 30 cm (12 in) from the nose.
The wings are held in place with two main pins. Up to 80 kg (180 lb) of water ballast can be carried. The tail unit is also of glassfibre/foam sandwich, and the horizontal tailplane has a fixed stabilizer.
Variants
With the ASW 19b version, the maximum allowed amount of water ballast increased and the take-off weight can be raised to 454 kg. Later ASW 19B were delivered with an instrument panel that lifts with the canopy. This feature can be retrofitted to older models.
The ASW 19 Club is a version with a fixed unsprung monowheel and no water ballast carried. Only five were built for the Royal Air Force, where they were known as the Valiant TX.1.
At the Delft University of Technology a single ASW 19 was fitted with a new wing profile featuring turbulator blow holes. This ASW 19X showed improved gliding capabilities with a best glide ratio of about 41:1.
Operators
- 3 French Air Force ("F05" n°276, "F06" n°277,"F07" n°323)
Specifications (ASW 19b)
Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1980–81
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 80 kg (180 lb) water ballast
- Length: 6.82 m (22 ft 5 in)
- Wingspan: 15 m (49 ft 3 in)
- Height: 1.45 m (4 ft 9 in)
- Wing area: 11 m (120 sq ft)
- Aspect ratio: 20.4
- Airfoil: root: Wortmann FX-61-163; tip: Wortmann FX-60-126
- Empty weight: 245 kg (540 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 454 kg (1,001 lb)
Performance
- Stall speed: 67 km/h (42 mph, 36 kn)
- Never exceed speed: 255 km/h (158 mph, 138 kn)
- Max rough air speed: 170 km/h (110 mph; 92 kn)
- Max aerotow speed: 170 km/h (110 mph; 92 kn)
- Max winch launch speed: 125 km/h (78 mph; 67 kn)
- Maximum glide ratio: 38.5:1 at 112 km/h (70 mph; 60 kn)
- Rate of sink: 0.55 m/s (108 ft/min) at 75 km/h (47 mph; 40 kn)
- Wing loading: 41.3 kg/m (8.5 lb/sq ft) maximum
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Related lists
References
- Taylor, John W.R., ed. (1980). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1980–81. London: Jane's Publishing Co. pp. 573, 590–591. ISBN 0-7106-0705-9.
External links
- Schleicher web site
- Geelong Gliding Club web site
- Sailplane Directory
- ASW 19 production list
- Johnson R, A Flight Test Evaluation of the ASW-19, Soaring, August 1977
| Schleicher gliders | |
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| Wooden construction pre-World War II | |
| Wooden construction (Rudolf Kaiser) | |
| GRP construction (Rudolf Kaiser) | |
| GRP construction (Gerhard Waibel) | |
| GRP construction (Martin Heide) | |
| GRP construction (Michael Greiner) | |
| GRP construction - unspecified designer | |