I'm sure many already know this -- it's a good trick to know if you don't. Late afternoon summer wind will very often completely stop right at sunset. If you are faced with a crosswind landing in the late afternoon, a solution is to hangout until sunset. I've done this several times over the...

This past Saturday my flight out of Estrella took me about 10 miles NW of Tuscon class C at 11,200 ft with my Trig transponder on and blinking replies to radar. I was northbound at 90 - 100 kts. I observed an ADS-B target on my PowerFlarm display and on ClearNav display coming directly on a...

I'm considering touching up over the painted-on lettering on my trailer. What paint is appropriate? Other related advise? Thanks.

The score sheet presently has a column identifying only the name of the IGC file for each pilot. That's a good thing, but it's a real pain to then go find and retrieve the file elsewhere. It would be really cool if we could just click the IGC file name to immediately download it for...

Within my club there is some controversary surrounding the question of whether or not there might exist precedent for moving an ongoing contest to an airport other than the airport that had been originally intended. Whereas it is not resonable to take the entirity of our little club issue to this...

Over the last several years I've found it quite annoying that I cannot read the rules and understand the US scoring formula. The calculation of US scores has become encumbered with so many correction factors, devaluation factors and the like that mere mortals cannot relate soaring performance to...

Larry Goddard wrote: 'Probably OK. However, if you are really concerned, one option is to put a Schottky diode (of sufficient current capacity) in line. It will introduce approximately 0.5v of voltage drop over the whole range of supplied voltage.' Darn good idea, Larry. Even if you aren't...

Dave Springford, My e-mails to you keep bouncing back. Can you send any pictures of the trailer, and is the trailer available with the glider parts? Steve Leonard

There is something that might be right up your alley, Kevin! Go to www.barnstormers.com. Look under the Gliders & Sailplanes for sale. Second page, there is a Schiebe SF-24 Motorspatz in need of restoration. Steel tube and fabric fuselage, wood and fabric wings and tail. Not the most beautiflu...

Not meaning to bag on them, but I have NEVER been around an Astir of any kind that went together easily. I am not a real fan of the 'twist to lock' front and rear fittings. Someone, please tell me they can go easy! Of the rest, they can all be good. Get the seller to walk you through assembling...

I am trying to find this sailplane. It was brought to the US in 1970 or so by Elmer Katinszky. It then went to the East Coast in 1979, then to the Pacific Northwest in 1980, and returned to Souther California in about 1984. Sometime between 1984 and February 1987, the aircraft was destroyed. At...

I followed the link and it does appear to be on. You are maybe looking at the wrong day? November 12th. Not tomorrow morning, but next Saturday morning. Don't return that tape to the neighbors just yet! Steve Leonard

wrote: To All: I am looking for L-NAV Version 5.8. Both, the display unit and vario unit needs to be 80 mm. If anyone has one and is willing to sell it, please let me know. Thanks. I have one that is surplus to my needs. Contact me direct and we can...

Mike Schumann wrote: 'See and avoid has NEVER failed?????' Well, maybe this once. And rather dramtically, I might ad. If this had happened in Minnesota, I would have said 'Ouf dah!' http://www.aigaviation.com/salvage/Salvagecraftlz.aspx

wrote: When the fuselage gets broken, so does the antenna lead. UH So, why not use that tail battery box for your ELT installation? ZS

As to the question of 'Should we use a chute?' If you are using rope (plastic), I think the answer is a resounding 'NO'. Let it fall to the ground. It will not kink or snarl. If you put a chute on plastic ropes, the end will just land further from the runway in the inevitable...

Roy, you hit the nail on the head. Advice on RAS is worth exactly what you pay for it. In my case, $9.95 per month for my dial-up (yeah, and I don't have a cell phone either!) interent access. Pilot ability and how you react to things that are different than what you have seen before is what...

Ted, If you want to try wiring in a different mic (and flipping a switch under the cover of the radio to change to the other mic style setting), the wiring diagram is available at: http://www.wingsandwheels.com/AR4201%20Manual.pdf Assuming here that it is a 4201 you have. Otherwise, Rex's...

Might want to wire up for and try a hand mic before you ship your radio off, Ted. I have heard of several people (My Dad, for one) that have had boom mics go bad. Works fine with the hand mic, and worked fine when a new boom mic was installed. Steve Leonard

I am a bit disappointed to see this thread going the way the Yahoo Winch design group did. I still watch there and am interested in what comes of it. It started off (Or so I thought) with the notion of designing a simple but reliable winch that a small group of people could afford to build so a...