On a sailplane, control precision is everything. A power model shrugs off a little linkage slop; a 2.5-metre glider telegraphs it through every thermal turn — mushy centring, vague flap response, an elevator that hunts instead of holds. This genuine FMS set restores the crisp, direct linkage the ASW-17 flew with out of the box: the pushrods and holder connecting your servos to their control surfaces, replaced as a factory-spec unit after the hard landing or hangar rash that bent a rod or cracked the holder.

Why Linkages Matter More on a Glider

The ASW-17 is a full-house sailplane — ailerons, elevator, rudder and functional flaps — and every one of those surfaces is only as precise as the rod driving it. A bent pushrod adds friction and slop; a damaged holder lets the geometry wander under load. Fresh linkages are one of the cheapest flight-performance repairs on the aircraft: the controls centre true again, the flaps deploy evenly, and the glider goes back to doing what a scale Schleicher should.

Fitment

Designed for the FMS 2500mm ASW-17 EP Glider, per FMS's own parts listing for the platform. For exactly which control runs this set serves on your airframe, thirty seconds with the parts diagram in your ASW-17 manual confirms FMSEB111 is the number you need — the manual's exploded view is the authority on FMS spares, and this part also appears in some retail listings under the distributor form FMMEB111 (same part, different prefix).

After the Repair

Two minutes of setup protects the work: re-centre the servos before connecting the new rods, check control throws against the manual's recommendations, and confirm the flaps travel evenly side to side. Linkage repairs are also the natural moment to inspect the clevises and servo horns the rods connect to — worn connectors undo fresh rods.