My Avionic trailer has the Alko running gear. just wondering if the wheel bearings might be the sealed units. thanks, Brad

Is the stuff in the #2 WX block supposed to be a runny liquid? I was expecting something a little more like the seal material.............I almost poured the whole damn bottle on the top of my wing! Brad

http://www.break.com/index/eagle-drags-goats-off-cliff.html Amazing video. Brad

As a guy who has flown thick airfoil ships and currrently owns a ship with a 17% airfoil, I am curious what kind of performance in climb I might see with a 14% airfoil section. Thanks, Brad

can someone explain how the Libelle H-301 flap control is hooked up at the fuselage. Or, even better, does someone have any pictures or a rigging illustration they could e-mail me. How is the flap hinged? is it center hinged like the H-304 or lower hinged? Thanks! Brad

This sort of follows up on the future of soaring thread, but is more focused on the sailplane design aspect. Ok.....here is the scenario: the powers that be have decided that once again the soaring community needs a sailplane that represents Joe Sailplane Pilot. Joe sailplane pilot wants a...

I was browsing thru one of the Yahoo glider N.G.'s today and read where the World Class design may get ressurected. That got me to thinking: What would the ideal recreational next generation sailplane sailplane look like? I imagine it won't look much different from what we are seeing now in terms...

Anyone out there know if there have been any sailplane wings made that use a glass spar and carbon skins? Cheers, Brad

Late Wed. night a fire started in a boat shop that was adjacent to the shop, (Aero Product) where the fuselage molds for the Silent were. The Silent fuselage molds are destroyed also ruined are the molds for the leading edge of the ATOS rigid wing hang glider. The building held several job shops...

On Friday, November 8, 1996 at 1:00:00 AM UTC-7, BILL LOESCH wrote: QC @SUBJECT:Manual for Bendix/King KX99 N QCWe recently bought an ultralight and got the above radio as part of the QCpackage. Can anybody help out with a copy of the manual? ...

I hear most people pronounce Grob with a B on the end. But I dont think it is actually a B but rather an esset which is a letter in german that looks like a B but is pronounced as a hard S. So Grob should really be pronouced Gross.

Does anyone know the price of a new MDM Fox glider, I cant find this information on their website or anywhere else on the net http://www.marganski.com.pl/eng/html/A-ENG/gliders/fox_e/fox_description.htm

All of this banter about classes, and what's fair or not for a class, leads me to a couple of questions. Now, please understand that I am not a competition pilot so forgive if I sound a bit naive. I have been doing a little online research but don't find a lot of information...or I'm looking in the...

Not heard anything lately about the Sparrowhawk. I did hear a rumor that their chief assembler quit, and there are other bits floating around that pique the interest. It's sad if they do/did go "out of business" It was exciting to see someone with balls finally get a sailplane company started here...

A friend of mine is considering installing winglets on his LS-1C. Has anyone ever seen or heard of an LS-1 with winglets? Is there a retro-fit installation for winglets available? I know that the Libelle has a winglet kit, so perhaps the LS-1 has one too. Cheers, Brad Apis 13

Is there any correlation between all these subjects? Or can we blissfully soar away the next few decades? And I'm talking about all of us, not just the wealthy who don't seem to mind paying more for fuel. Brad

Looking for a Libelle (or similar size) main wheel/brake assembly, and tire/tube and also a tail wheel. Thanks, Brad 199AK HP-24 S/N 2 (in progress)

Was hoping someone could help me identify a raptor. I was working in my shop the other day, the door was open and I was waxing the Glidair plug.....getting it ready to start laying up mold side 2. Suddenly a bird flew right through the doorway, swooped right over my head........and crashed into the...

I've been perusing Fred Thomas's Sailplane Design book lately. I am curious, why do most of the modern sailplanes use a non-symetrical airfoil for the horiz surface, and most of the "older" sailplanes use a symetrical airfoil? I was looking at a Krokus at the Pensacola airshow over the...

Recently our Club, Evergreen Soaring, bought an APIS 13M from Robert Mudd. Through a lot of dedicated work by our chief CFIG, we began checking out pilots last weekend to fly her. There were about a half dozen or so of us who got the check out and there were more than enough smiles to go...