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Schleicher ASK 23
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| Type designation |
ASK 23 |
| Competition class |
Club |
| Number built |
153 |
| Crew |
1 |
| Length |
7.05 m |
| Height |
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| Wingspan |
15.00 m |
| Wing area |
12.9 m² |
| Aspect ratio |
17.4 |
| Wing profile: |
Wortmann FX-61-168 |
| Empty mass |
240 kg |
| Water ballast |
N/A |
| Maximum mass |
360 kg (340 kg for 'B') |
| Maximum wing loading |
27.91 kg/m² |
| Maximum speed |
215 km/h (116 kt) |
| Rough air speed |
145 km/h (78 kt) |
| Stall speed |
64 km/h (35 kt) |
| Minimum sink rate |
0.66 m/s (130 ft/min) at 74 kph (40 kt) |
| Best glide ratio |
34 at 90 km/h (49 kt) |
The Schleicher ASK 23 is a single-seat Club Class sailplane that was built by the German manufacturer Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co.
It was the last gilder to be designed by Rudolf Kaiser. It is an early solo sailplane with docile handling, and so it was a successor to the Schleicher Ka 8 and ASK 18. It is also the single-seater counterpart of the two-seater Schleicher ASK 21 with a similar cockpit layout. It uses glass-fibre reinforced plastic and 'honeycomb' as its main constructional materials. It has no flaps, a nose wheel, a fixed main-wheel and a tail-skid or optional tail wheel.
It first flew in October 1983. The first version allowed a very heavy pilot to fly, with originally a 140 kg maximum cockpit weight. This was reduced to 120 kg in the later 'B' version. 51 of the original version were built and 102 of the 'B' version.
[edit] Reference
Sailplanes 1965-2000 by Martin Simons - Eqip 2004 ISBN 3980883817
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