I'm considering replacing the lead-acid tail battery in my LAK-17a with NiMH batteries. I find D cells rated at 1.2v 10 Ah which would be ideal to build up a 12v 10 Ah pack. I've already checked fitment in the sealed battery box using alkaline D cells. Can anyone tell me if these batteries...

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Can anyone recommend a USB to Serial Converter that works for communication with with the Ilec SN10 Thanks John

Boulder, Colorado, May 4th German Consul-General to the United States Wolfgang Drautz quipped "Professor Doktor Doktor", recognizing the distinctive academic and scientific achievements of Dr. Joachim Kuettner during the presentation of the Bundesverdienstkreuz, the Federal Cross of Merit from the...

This was discussed here recently. JS was kind enough to drop by Jean and share his experience with the instructors of the LVVSA. Here's a link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT_IkCb4Tzk

Does anyone have any tech specs on a dittel 720c radio?? Square face,button freq type device. Pin outs and tech spec type stuff appreciated. Joe

A couple of years ago there was talk of denying entry in to contests all gliders that were not equipped with ELT's. I immediatly ordered a 121.5 / 406 Mhz model. It came the other day, a year and a half later. It includes a clunky antenna that would have to be mounted outside of a carbon hull. ...

The September issue of the Region 12 newsletter, "Southern California Soaring," is now on-line at: http://www.SoCalSoaring.com Articles in this issue include: Equipment Corner -- first 3-view drawing of the new 18m Discus 2c RESCO Annual Banquet Region 12 Director Election Results

I have a circa '92 Dittel FSG-71M in a newly purchased glider which works fine, except that the LCD is in bad shape. The digits are barely readable due to lack of contrast, the LCD glass looks to have sustained some sort of damage. Has anyone replaced one of these? Marc

I am selling sailplane decals that can be put on your car windshield, inside or out; put on your cars body; stuck on a wall, locker, trailer, binder, briefcase; anywhere you'd like to put it. I have mine on my car trunk. Through snow, rain, freezing cold, extreme heat, salt on the roads, the...

I have been working to get the Libelle site back up. Due to a computer crash and at the same time an ISP that went out of business, I lost most of the files that made up the site. I have recreated what I could, but need help from the Libelle community to get all the information updated. ...

So in a recent conversation with a greatly experienced soaring pilot, I was told that Buzzard's have terrible thermaling skills. I tend to agree with this as it sure seems Buzzards don't get into the core and stay there. The lesson learned was don't let Turkey Buzzard show you where the core is,...

After reading the annual installment of the 12V vs.14V soap opera and the "We can't power any more electronics" whine, I took a little time to read the Maxwell Electronics information on their Ultracaps. See: http://www.maxwell.com/index.html Maxwell makes a pretty good case for combining a small...

Wish we'd had this discussion before the SSA drafted its petition. Seems to me the petition is unsatisfactory because it is confusing or poor law, it does not address the full set of transponder issues, and it just might open up an adverse review of our existing exemption. To address these...

Installed the core and 57mm butterfly display today. Upgrade to 2.79 went smooth. Tried to upgrade the butterfly display to 3.01 from the core. Negative on the butterfly upgrade. The release notes say it does update from the core. I could not find any special procedures. The website says version...

We are getting close to getting our first winch operation going and need to develop some Ops and Procedures. I hate starting with a "blank page" Anybody have some Ops and Procedures to send my way to get started? Regards, Frank My return address is slightly modified to reduce SPAM.

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On Jun 21, 7:53 pm, "Bill Daniels" bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote: Now a Bell 47 helicopter, THAT is hard to fly. With zero helicopter time I had the opportunity to fly a Bell 47. In less that 40 minutes of flight and perhaps 20 minutes on the controls, I had done takeoff, hover, hover turns,...

The August issue of AOPA PILOT reports a "tiny jet engine" is being developed with 150 lbs of thrust. Its 15" long, 8.6" in diameter and weighs 19 lbs. I wonder what it costs? This sounds like a great power to weight ratio.

Smart phones can talk to each other (through the cell system, duh) and they have substantial computing power. They have GPS so they know where they are, how high they are, and how fast they are going. We know they can output and receive that data in flight because we use them to track our gliders...