water Ballast

[Will Ellis]

the switch is arrowed

[Johan van Ravenzwaaij]

Thanks for taking a look under the hood!

I assume the connectors are of the kind, that they close when they are not connected?

[Will Ellis]

yes they lock shut when released. they are actually airline connectors 3/4 bsp or 1 inch bsp, cant remember.

[Johan van Ravenzwaaij]

Hi Will, do you have the serial numbers of those valves for me?

TIA Johan

[Mike Fadden]

Will,

I'm assuming you have a 15B? My 15 15152(non-B) has a max gross weight of 702 lbs. Nowhere near the weight you're talking about. Interestingly, the original owner here in the USA added water bags after corresponding w/Herr Waibel but it only increased his AUW by about 30 lbs., an insignificant amount according to Gerhardt. I took the system out as I'm at max gross w/a parachute.

[Joshy]

My experience: 110l Water in the wings and she is better than a 19 at speeds >150 ( dry ).
But: how many water is legal?

[Will Ellis]

Johan -
the valves are SHAKO 2/2 way PU220A-04 DC12V
they are available from a company called PVL in the uk

[drjy2k]

Anybody know if valves are same as ASW20, or, if they are available from Streifeneder or AS.
Thanx