Schleicher ASH 26

ASH 26

ASH 26E
Role	18 metre Class sailplane
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Schleicher
Designer	Martin Heide
Number built	234

The ASH 26 is a 18 metre Class glider built of modern fibre reinforced composites. It is manufactured by Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co. The 'H' indicates this is a design of Martin Heide.

The ASH 26 has plain flaps, a retractable undercarriage and a water ballast system. The structure is a complex composite of carbon, aramid and polyethylene fibre reinforced plastic. The wings have pneumatic turbulators. Of the ASH26s sold, over 90% are the self-launching version, the ASH 26E;^[1] the engine being a liquid cooled Diamond AE50R (now Austro Engine AE50R^[2]) Wankel rotary.

Variants

ASH 26: Production variant with 18-metre wingspan.
ASH 26E: Production variant, self launching utilising the 37 kW (50 hp) Diamond AE50R engine.

Specifications (ASH 26E)

Data from ^[3]

General characteristics

Crew: One
Capacity: 110 kg (242 lb) water ballast
Length: 7.05 m (23 ft 2 in)
Wingspan: 18.00 m (59 ft 1 in)
Height: 1.51 m (4 ft 11 in)
Wing area: 11.68 m² (126 ft²)
Aspect ratio: 27.7
Wing profile: DU 89-134/14
Empty weight: 360 kg (792 lb)
Gross weight: 525 kg (1,155 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Diamond AE50R, 37 kW (50 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 270 km/h (170 mph)
Maximum glide ratio: 50
Rate of sink: 0.48 m/s (94 ft/min)

References

↑ Johnson, Richard (September 1995). "A Flight Test Evaluation of the ASH-26E Self Launching 18-Meter Sailplane" (PDF). Retrieved 31 August 2011.
↑ Austro Engine gmbh brochure Nov2 009
↑ http://www.alexander-schleicher.de/index_e.htm

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to ASH 26.

Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co
Sailplane Directory
Simons M, Segelflugzeuge 1965-2000, Equip, 2004

Schleicher glider types

Wooden construction pre-World War II	Condor Hols der Teufel Poppenhausen Rhönadler Rhönbussard

Wooden construction (Rudolf Kaiser)	Ka 1 Rhönlaus Ka 2 Rhönschwalbe Ka 3 Ka 4 Rhönlerche II Ka 6 Rhönsegler K7 K7/13 K 8 Ka-9 K 10 ASK 13 ASK 14 ASK 16 ASK 18

GRP construction (Rudolf Kaiser)	ASK 21 ASK 23

GRP construction (Gerhard Waibel)	ASW 12 ASW 15 ASW 17 ASW 19 ASW 20 ASW 22 ASW 24 ASW 27 ASW 28

GRP construction (Martin Heide)	ASH 25 ASH 26 ASH 30 ASH 31

GRP construction (Michael Greiner)	ASG 29 ASG 32

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