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Engine Out Landing. Big Deal? by
5Z
On Friday, March 25, 2011 10:41:58 AM UTC-7, Tim Taylor wrote:
Sad thing is the AOPA site never mention the obvious error that if he
had turned left rather than right he could have used the cross runway
in a smooth 270 degree turn rather than the 360 degree turn required
to go back to the...
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March 26th 11 03:15 PM
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The rudder waggle signal does not work by
5Z
On Friday, July 22, 2011 8:14:22 PM UTC-7, Steve Koerner wrote:
The most fundamental problem is that we invented too many towplane
signals. Consider if there were only one signal, then there could
never be this fatal problem of misinterpretation. The signal should
simply be "tow...
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July 23rd 11 06:24 AM
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tow rope brake practice crash, what can we learn... by
5Z
On Friday, July 22, 2011 6:42:31 AM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
I've had two engine failures with gliders on tow (blown front engine seal
and failed oil pump) and both times the glider released when I rocked the
wings. Had they not, I'd have dumped them without concern of the terrain
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Tuning a Rainco antenna by
5Z
On Wednesday, July 20, 2011 5:43:20 AM UTC-7, Andy wrote:
I'm sure that if you open it up there will be a way to adjust the
length without cutting the tip off. I thought I had the same antenna
as you but my sleeve is larger diameter. My measurements a
I looked inside mine a while back...
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July 20th 11 03:44 PM
by 5Z
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MSL vs. AGL (Again) by
5Z
On Friday, July 15, 2011 4:05:32 PM UTC-7, glidergeek wrote:
"Tonopah traffic Skywagon N180BM entering left down wind descending
out of 7200' ".
Better example would be to use Stewart Airport, about 3 miles away from Caesar Creek. Just ask one of the AGL proponents to describe the radio...
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FAI Handicapped Class Offered at Region 12 Inyokern Meet by
5Z
On Saturday, June 25, 2011 6:02:27 AM UTC-7, Andy wrote:
You already scared me off. "Exciting and challenging" and by
implication "aggressive" tasking for handicap class. Not what I need
to tempt me to fly in an area I've not flown for over 20 years.
OK then replace those words with short...
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June 25th 11 03:56 PM
by 5Z
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Parachute Repack Calculator by
5Z
Or if you're at the command line of a Linux, Unix, Mac OS-X machine:
$ date
Fri Jun 24 22:07:18 PDT 2011
$ date -v+180d
Wed Dec 21 22:07:24 PST 2011
;-)
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Tasman Vario on Static by
5Z
On Thursday, April 14, 2011 12:47:13 PM UTC-7, Tony wrote:
Paul, since you sell V2000's, and I intend to buy from you anyway, do
you know if it will work on Static or is TE an absolute requirement
for the vario?
TE is just static that changes with airspeed, so the vario has no idea whether...
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April 19th 11 01:56 AM
by 5Z
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Redirection by
5Z
On Monday, April 18, 2011 7:26:40 AM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
my regular password does not meet their requirements.
I hope it's not a password you use at multiple websites. One gets broken in to and the bad guys now have all your passwords.
Try these guys to better deal with remembering...
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(USA) logbook endorsement requirement(s) for new glider type? by
5Z
On Thursday, March 31, 2011 3:19:07 PM UTC-7, Nyal Williams wrote:
I don't mind giving a cockpit checkout in gliders I have not flown. My
statement says simply that the pilot has read the POH and that I have
conducted a review of the instruments and flight controls, and then sign
that...
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April 1st 11 04:02 AM
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PZL compass repair by
5Z
I have a PZL K-13 compass that's leaking. Here's a photo of the
compass:
http://www.soarbfss.org/scgi-bin/gallery2/v/Flying_0/acc.jpg.html
This summer, I had the canopy of my ASH-26E open and it focused the sun
onto the compass and melted a hole in the front. Luckily it was in the
black painted...
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Flight planning and software for the Mac by
5Z
I'm using parallels on my MacBook to run SeeYou on Windows XP and quite happy with the solution, pretty much transparent as it's possible to make the Windows app look like it's running natively on the Mac's desktop.
Another option is http://www.codeweavers.com/products/crossover/ which...
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March 25th 11 03:14 PM
by 5Z
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302 wind calculation by
5Z
The best way to get a good wind calculation while flying "straight",
such as on a final glide, descending through wind gradients and
shears, I do the following per conversation with Dave Ellis a few
years ago:
1. Turn 45 degrees off course and fly straight for 10-15 seconds.
2. Turn 90 degrees in...
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Artificial slope soaring by
5Z
Video of indoor slope soaring miniature glider:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWAR2WD-BgM&feature=related
Has anyone thought about trying this with a full sized sailplane?
Perhaps a Sparrowhawk and a big-rig truck?
I don't see anything in the Sporting Code that would prevent someone
claiming a...
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June 12th 08 11:13 PM
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Soaring with SPOT by
5Z
Messenger, that is...
OK, so I've just been driving with it recently. But I have kinda
figured it out, and have also set up an email filter to generate a
much more useful email or text message position report. What follows
will be most useful for someone who already has one of these, but it
may...
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January 10th 08 12:56 AM
by Ramy
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Soaring for charity - another way to give us some publicity by
5Z
A group of employees at my company are participating in an evening
walk to raise funds and awareness for the Leukemia and Lymphoma
Society. Each of us has set up a website through the group to collect
donations, so I thought it would be a great way to also promote
soaring. I'm asking folks to...
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Pawnee mirrors by
5Z
Searched the archives for this info, but all I find are non specific
refeences to some installations. Not very useful when one is out
shopping for someting to install on the club Pawnee.
So, who has mirrors on their Pawnee that work well? Where did you buy
them? Current part number would really...
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October 20th 06 04:15 PM
by 5Z
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Many transponders in close proximity by
5Z
With all this discussion going on now, maybe someone with some
knowledge or experience could enlighten us on the consequences of 10 or
more sailplanes in a tight gaglge all squawking the same info. Will
ATC see them all? Or will interference and/or filtering software at
ATC make some or all of...
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September 6th 06 07:19 AM
by Overlap
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Camera for cockpit photography by
5Z
I was browsing a CompUSA today and came across what looks like nearly
the perfect camera for taking photos from the cockpit. It's a Kodak
V570. 5 megapixel and a 23mm equivalent wide angle lens.
Here's a review:
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/kodak/v570-review/index.shtml
The camera's tiny,...
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12v - 12v charger by
5Z
I currently charge the (hard to remove) batteries in my ASH-26E with a
solar panel and charger installed on/in my trailer. During a contest,
the plane may not spend much time in the trailer during daylight hours,
but it does spend most nights in there.
The solution would be to use the solar panel...
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