Schleicher ASW 28

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The ASW 28 is a Standard Class glider with a fifteen metre span built of modern fibre reinforced composites. The manufacturer of the ASW-28 is Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co. The 'W' indicates this is a design of the influential and prolific German designer Gerhard Waibel. Serial production started in 2000.

As all Standard Class sailplanes, the ASW-28 does not have flaps or other lift-enhancing devices. It has tall winglets, a retractable undercarriage and a water ballast system. The structure is a complex composite of carbon, aramid and polyethylene fibre reinforced plastic. This permits a light structure with the strength to carry large amounts of water ballast, thus permitting the widest possible range of wing loadings for weak and strong soaring weather.

The ASW-28 supersedes the ASW 24 in the manufacturer's production line. It has - like its competitors Rolladen-Schneider LS8 and Schempp-Hirth Discus-2 - a version with wing extensions for the increasingly popular 18 metre Class, the ASW 28-18. The sustainer (non-self-launching) variant of the 18 metre version is the ASW 28-18 E.

pecifications (with 15 metre wings)

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crew=One
capacity=200 kg (440 lb) water ballast
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aspect ratio= 21.4
wing profile= DU 99-147 and DU 99-125
empty weight kg=240
empty weight lb=528
gross weight kg=525
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ee also

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*Schempp-Hirth_Discus-2
*Schleicher ASW 24
*Rolladen-Schneider LS8
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*List of civil aircraft
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References

* [http://www.alexander-schleicher.de/ Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co]
* [http://www.sailplanedirectory.com/ Sailplane Directory]
*Simons M, Segelflugzeuge 1965-2000, Eqip, 2004