I got all my cables today to hook the GPS and the PDA up. But...........this evening, here in WA state I have not been able to get a good lock on any satellites. Anyone else have any problems with their GPS today? Just curious. Brad

My glider N199AK supposedly landed at Johnstown, PA airport last year..........I have the Port Authority bill sent to me to pay for the landing fee. My question is: can I use this bill as proof that I flew there from Washington State? And if so, I believe that may make my flight one of the longest...

ok, I'm pretty math challenged....so here goes......I'm about ready to start power cutting/buffing my HP-24 horiz stabilizer..............the RPM range for my power buffer is 1000 to 3000 rpm. the rotary knob on the power buffer is numbered from 1 to 6. I am pretty sure that number 1 would be 1000...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWRX1hcz0_0&feature=player_embedded#! the guy shooting the video has a Flarm on top of his panel, in some of the scenes you can see the display lighting up and see the target sailplanes. I thought this was pretty cool to see Flarm in action. Brad

I need to make a tail dolly for the HP-24, am looking for a place to get a castering wheel like I see on the factory made tail dolly's. Anyone have some ideas? thanks, Brad

Got the sailplane assembled and on the gear yesterday. Controls are dialed in and panel is functional. Empty weight is 480 pounds. Will be getting the FAA paperwork prepared in next few days. We are preparing a thorough flight test program. Some pix are here on my FB...

With the explosion of PNA's/Tablets on the market and the availability of powerful soaring software that can run on them, it would seem that some sort of air-data pack could be developed that would allow a PNA to get pitot/static information for accurate wind and STF info. I know this is available...

A great flight last Saturday. Going on season 2 with my home-built Tetra-15 sailplane (HP-24) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z2IS9yel63c Brad

the best place in Washington State to be more precise: http://www.methownet.com/grist/features/sailplanes.html check to OLC stats for Twisp. Next year we'll have a Pawnee available for tows. come on out! Brad

Any LAK-17 owners out there who I could chat with regarding performance and a few other things? thanks, Brad

On Mar 25, 11:56*am, "noel.wade" wrote: Having worked with Bob & Brad a bit on these projects, I have to say that it seems weird at first to have homebuilders working on these things... But what you have to realize is that this is nothing new. *Burt Rutan's...

I am looking for a winpilot polar file for the Apis-13. Thanks, Brad N199AK S/N-1

When we made my fuselage, it was winter and we were heating the shop with a propane heater. Propane releases moisture during combustion. So........molds are waxed multiple times, gelcoat (shurfab polyester product) is sprayed into the mold, we leave the heater on and go home for the...

I am in the process of designing the instrument panel/layout for my HP-24. Still a ways to go before I will need it, but it is raining out and my CAD program is running and so is my imagination..........so.............I was reading about the new Tasman Data Module on Paul R's website and see that...

I am using XC soar on my PDA. So far all I've done is set the "task" for Arlington, so the PDA is telling me what to do to get back to AWO "safely". Today I created a task, not really expecting to fly it but more to see how the waypoints/turnpoints were handled on the screen. I set the first...

last 2 flights I've had with the latest version of XC Soar (runs on the memory card) have not been logged properly for some reason. When I try to upload to OLC it says it is an invalid file. Also am not able to replay the file on the PDA using the flight replay function. The file extension is not...

A short video of a flight made in April in my Apis back in the Cascade Mountains. A really fun day and lot's of other good flights made by pilots flying from Arlington Airport, KAWO. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78ty3VorheY Brad

After reading the recent soaring magazines article on soaring terms, I thought I would write a short re-cap of an expedition our club had a few weeks ago in the Methow Valley of Washington State. Below is a cross post to this group from our clubs...

Anyone know what the stuff is that Cobra uses to bond the aluminum ribs and skin with? I am in the design phase of a clamshell top and I would like to bond the skin/ribs, with a few chicken rivets in strategic places. Brad

I have an Avionic trailer that has been revised to run a flat-4 plug. My Kia Sportage requires a light module kit that plugs into the wire harness and then outputs to the trailer plug. I keep blowing up the modules..............any ideas what might be the cause? These things are expensive and...