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CLUB AIRCRAFT VH-HDJ - Centrair 101 Pegase     Span: 15.0 m. Area: 10.5 sq. m. Aspect ratio: 21.4 Airfoil: COAP 1-2 (COAP 1-2-3) Empty weight: 251 kg. Payload: 204 kg. Gross weight: 455 kg. Wing loading: 43.33 kg. / sq. m. Struture: Fiberglass and carbon fiber L/D max. 41 Min. sink: 0.60 m/s Centrair developed the standard class pegase after manufacturing the 15 m. racing class Schleicher As-W 20 under license, and the fuselage is similar. the wing is all ne, with a profile developed by french airfoil experts. The Pegase has a larger diameter tail boom to resist breakage in groundloops, and considerable modification to to the wing-to-fuselage fairing. Three Pegase models have been produced, the A with glass fiber and the B with carbon fiber mainspar. The B was superseded by the improved D model.