Thanks for taking a look. Pictures are linked below. The story goes this poor glider sat in a trailer for some years in Texas and it ate the otherwise bulletproof gelcoat. Per usual the tops of the wings are the worst. Some of the sanding has gotten down to the gray layer that covers the...

Here's a link to a video from the 2014 Budapest (my favorite city - after Nephi, Minden, Julian, Warner Springs, the Mynd, and North Yorkshire - that is/are?). I know they are all powered aircraft, but the flying skills are remarkable. You will also see why those who have been to Budapest succumb...

Was hoping to get comments regarding a glider with a sustainer engine. Would you buy another one, are you happy with the sustainer, do you wish you had gotten a motor glider, a pure glider, how do you fly differently, do you actually get more soaring in or less because of the extra...

On Tuesday, 7 April 2015 20:32:46 UTC-7, John Cochrane wrote: Is there any news from the Pan Americans? Am I just looking at the wrong websites? Following the ssa link I haven't found anything. Usually someone at least posts "it's raining, we went to the movies," "It's raining, we went for BBQ"...

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...

This started from a thread on winch cable breaks, but I thought I should start a new thread: On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 20:20:23 +0000, Andreas Maurer wrote: Flying on the same airfield as the Landau Aero Club, I'd like to add a few comments: - There have been lots of cable breaks with Dyneema...

All, I was in Minden last week for the Wave Camp - had a great time. I flew my first (and longest!) solo cross country in a glider. I submitted the documentation for what I thought would be an acceptable Silver Distance, but it was rejected. I was under the impression from what I've read here...

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/e3eycgl9850dcku/SierraWaveWorldRecordDay_20150405.mp4?dl=0 Sunrise to sunset - about 9MB size Later on I may add airports/TPs wit hairspace. But, for now just wanted to grab the sat imagery raw data before it disappears on Unidata and the IDV program. More charts, and...

Does anyone know offhand the factory color name or number for the Grob 103 orange and blue?

CNv 3.0 is a significant performance and feature upgrade for CNv variometer. CNII 3.0.1.25 is a bug fix release for CNII flight computer. Both are important and recommended for all users. Get them here http://www.clearnav.net/main/cn-downloads.html Please read all release notes and...

On Sunday, April 5, 2015 at 8:31:13 PM UTC-4, Dave Nadler wrote: http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2015/04/incident-occurred-april-05-2015-in.html VFR into IMC. http://www.ktvn.com/story/28725423/man-evacuates-malfunctioning-glider-lands-in-downtown-reno3 Glad everyone is okay!! T8

LX Nav has developed a new naming convention for their vario line up. All stand alone varios are now prefixed with an "S", so the V7 and V3 are now known as the S7 and S3. If you are looking on the LX Nav website for manuals, you will now find them under their new S designations. The line-up of...

I have a LX NAV Flarmview and I am planning on updating the firmware to 2.02 (March 10 2015) at the same time I update my PowerFlarm. I also plan on adding the latest FlarmNet file (6006 entries). Anyone perform these LX Nav FlarmView updates? Any issues? Thanks in advance Ron Gleason

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I have a pair of gas struts which I purchased here a couple of years ago and have not used that I would like to offer for sale. HAHN-Gasfedern N 1100 Atr.Nr. 1 043 86 9 Ment Dat. 0907 Piston length 19.9" Body length 24.75" Over all length from center of rod end to center of rod end 45.3"....

Does anyone knows the specs of the gas struts of a Anschau Komet III? Glass fiber top. No values on those struts anymore... Cheers, Bert

Checking to see if it's a go. Last I heard the usual place on the lake bed is reserved for April 17-19 but the Pawnee was out for recovering. Will the Pawnee be back in service by the appointed time? Will you trailer the gliders from Jean to the lake? We are planning our trip now... -- Dan...

I'm interested in finding out what some of the largest private collections of "classic" (roughly 1965-1975) are (Steve I already know you have about a gazillion...). I currently have an Elfe S-3, Libelle 301, Diamant 17.2 and ASW-12. What do you own? 2C

Could I use a car 12 volt jump cable starter, the kind that is a heavy duty rechargable battery used to start dead car batteries, to start my Ventus 2CXM if the battery runs down? Could I damage the electrics of the glider if I did so? Thanks, John Iacobucci

Borrowing the hybrid technology from the automotive industry, a hybrid system has been developed and succesfully tested on an Arcus. Energy is stored in a high capacity battery bank during thermalling and during cruise when lift is encountered below the current McCready setting. This energy is...