I have been reading the posts and archived posts and I am looking for some advice on a first glider. I will be spending quite a bit of time in a 2-22 and should have my licence in two weeks. Here are my experience details and performance hopes: Experience: Private pilots licence 140 hours...

I’ve been trying to get the rate of "own transponder detection" by my PowerFlarm Core as low as possible. Nothing I’ve done has improved it beyond roughly every 10 minutes, on average. Sometimes it’s much worse, showing up almost constantly. Turning off PCAS isn’t really an option for me,...

Hello all in US-gliderland, Some time ago, there was an interesting article in Soaring about a glider being struck by a lightning. I seem to remember a photos of scourched sneakers, a blown out canopy and other damage. Can anybody tell me which issue of Soaring this was or if this article is...

It looks like I'll finish this batch a bit ahead of schedule. If I can finish making and adding the shank fittings this weekend I will start mailing them out Monday 28 November. It also looks like I might have one left over--when I make parts like this I always kit out one or two extra assemblies...

Is there an annual vintage sailplane calendar? Thanks Pat

The latest issue of the Region 12 newsletter, "Southern California Soaring," is now online at http://www.SoCalSoaring.com. Articles in this issue include: Warner Springs Contest The Future of Torrey Pines Review of Platinum Canopy Cap Coyote Ground Launch Weekend Region 12 OLC Standings

PC console program to create tab-delimited files for importing into a spreadsheet-based logbook. http://www.justsoar.com/public/igc2tablog/ (Yes -- free!) 2NO

I can never keep these rules straight in my head, so I was happy to find this cheat sheet: http://www.evparts.com/img/voltsampsohmwatts.PDF 2NO /* software guy */

See details on my American Spirit sailplane for sale. This is a good standard class performer which has nice handling characteristics. I'd be glad to answer any questions. Please send response e-mail to Sell price $28.5K. Serious inquiries only. American Spirit Standard Class...

I found out today that Popular Science put all of their issues going many years back into Google Books, available for free. I was just browsing Jul 1948 issue when I found this article there that talks about the soaring in 1948 and Robinson "Rate of climb" instrument. Man we have it easy these...

Hi, I'd like to write a small programm (online) to evaluate our paragliding competitions. We usually set a couple of turnpoints with a radius of 400 meters and the aim is to pass all these one by one and fly to the target cylinder, the finish. Just to get an idea how it looks like, I made a small...

Time to replace the safety tapes - mylars are still in good shape and are well attached. Zigzag turbulators also have to be replaced. Could somebody elaborate the procedure? Which adhesive remover, etc? Thanks, -MB

Hello Gliders, I wanted to make this post to see other pilots experiences at their local gliding clubs. My experience at my local gliding club is so-so, speaking as a young soon to be solo pilot, because of organisational management. My friend and I have been quite frustrated due to extreme...

Hi The elevator balance mandatory mods weigh about 2kg. Thus you would need about 10kg in the nose to balance it. Now my understanding is that if you put weights on the ends of a long fuselage and spin it there is a tendancy for it to end up in a flat spin? please correct me if I have this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_dnAD5TD-E Makes you want to fit some floats on an Antares and give it a go!

In an earlier post there was mention of Track2Thermic which sounded interesting, but after wasting a couple of hours there is clearly some trick I don't know. I can convert the igc file to a wpt file and after that it's all downhill; GPSbabel will convert to a .cup file for SYM but displaces the...

The aft wing locks on my Grob G102 are just about at their limits and it looks like I will be installing oversize bearings to correct this. Does anyone have experience doing this and if so, how difficult of a job is it? Tim

Glenn and Matt Holden have added more photos of the 2005 Region 5 North race, currently underway at Perry, South Carolina, USA. http://gahsys.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=r5n05&page= 1 They've included some nice photo's of several pilots waiting on the grid. They all seem to have...

The regionals are on at Ely. If you go to ElySoaring.com you will see that Carl Herold will have a area orientation June 2 thur the 4 with the regionals from the 5th thur the 11th of June. Those of you going to Parowan might just want to drop over to Ely and get in a few days of Carl's camp,...

Paul Adriance: I missed your original post regarding the accident. Will you be kind enough to post it again or send to to me by e-mail. Thanks in advance, Charles V.