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Leading Turns With Rudder by
sisu1a
Hi All,
An SSA 'Master' CFIG I know is perpetually hammering it into his
students that to initiate a turn in a glider, the FIRST thing you do
is feed in rudder. On his 1-5 list of making a turn in a glider, #1 is
rudder (as it's own separate input). While this may be aerodynamically
acceptable...
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Winch Launch Fatality by
Nyal Williams[_2_]
Who knows details about this?
http://www.mlive.com/news/annarbornews/index.ssf?/base/news-32/124507681859170.xml&coll=2
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Al-Ko Trailer Tongue failure by
Dave Springford
On my way home from Nephi (towing my trailer with the RV) I stopped for fuel and found one of the bolts that holds the Al-Ko trailer tongue together was gone as can be seen in the picture he
http://www.foxonecorp.com/images/20160703_154501.jpg
In the picture you can see the front hole that has...
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Bailout and survival kit by
[email protected]
I attended Dave Nadler's presentation at the 2020 SSA Convention about his bailout in Utah and its aftermath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8I3A3dqsu0&t=3s
It got me thinking about my own preparedness, and I have to admit that I am not carrying enough on my person if I ever "have to go for...
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Tow cars and trailers by
Bill Daniels
Well, gas is $3.50/Gal in many parts of the US and who is to say it won't be
$4/gal next summer. This is starting to hurt - and getting me to think of a
more economical vehicle.
Many of us drive larger vehicles than we might otherwise choose simply to
pull our trailers 1% of the time. 99% of...
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Winch Signals by
Nyal Williams[_2_]
Our club has yet to try winching, though a half-dozen members have
experienced it elsewhere sometime across the last fifty years.
Reading Piggot, I discover the command "All Out" for the beginning of
the launch. Is this the customary command in other places besides
England? Why this? What does...
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Towpilots ignoring turn signals by
Bob Pasker
So, I was getting my first tow at a very busy and very well-respected gliderport, and I saw an area where I wanted to go, so I shift a plane's width opposite the turn direction and stayed there. The tow pilot kept going straight ahead. OK, maybe he didn't see me, or maybe like a fishing guide he...
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Polar Analysis from flight logs? by
Mark Zivley
We all know what the manufacturer's polars look like, but what about our
individual planes. Has anyone done any work to develop a program that
would look at some flight logs and determine what a particular glider's
actual polar is? At one point Ball was making a vario system that would
determine...
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Wing Tape - Does Thickness Affect Performance? by
ContestID67
No, this is not SPAM as the subject line might lead one to believe.
;-)
I have seen lots of wing tape. Many of the advertisements are for very
thin and flexible tape which conforms to the curves of the wing.
However, the cost can be prohibitive, especially if you assemble often.
A friend of mine...
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Troubling story and some questions by
[email protected]
Hi Gang
Last week Minden had some excellent wave soaring. Off tow at 7.7k
msl and within minutes up to 18k. I decided to go up north skirting
Reno Intl. I had the transponder on and was monitoring Reno Approach.
My goal was to try and fly as fast as possible maintaining an altitude
very close to...
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glider battery duration problems by
John Marshall
I need advice about the best choice of batteries for an asg 29e. lithium
ion would be outside manufacturer's remit and the insurer's plus too many
risks-the fuel tank is directly above the battery housings. I would like
something with at least 9 amp hours, whether gel cell or mh.
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October 24th 13 04:39 AM
by JS
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Performance World Class design proposal by
iPilot
I do not think that soaring community to trash current World Class. There are some gliders out there
at least and there are competitions. And PW-5 seems to be a perfect glider for beginning pilots in
clubs.
But I still believe that although the idea of the monoclass is very good, the problem is...
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New Glider Dream Elon Musk Flow by
Jonathan St. Cloud
Was so tried of the hard deck discussion thought I would try a discussion of dreams. After seeing the vision of Elon Musk with his Falcon Heavy, I had to pinch myself. Those two boosters landing in sync..
What are some of the innovative, new technology, original thought, scifi dreams, would you...
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Polar with spoilers extended? by
Tim Taylor
I am working though some calculations and need the sink rate as a
function of speed with the spoilers fully extended. Does anyone know
of such data for a glider? How do spoilers extended affect sink rate
as a function of speed?
Thanks,
Tim
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500 foot rule and pilot opinion poll by
John Cochrane
Fellow US pilots:
This year's SRA pilot poll will be on line in a few days. It contains
a question on the 500 foot rule. I urge you to read it, think about
it, and vote. In particular, this is a rule that benefits newer, less
experienced pilots. It doesn't matter much to the top 5 national...
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Confessions of a Flarm Follower by
John Cochrane[_3_]
So, it's time to fess up. I have used flarm tactically in contests. I enjoyed it. And I think it increases, not decreases, the "spirit" of the sport.
How: One soupy, incredibly hard blue day at Perry, I had (as usual) screwed up my determination that this time, I was not going to foolishly go...
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A fair opportunity to compete? by
JJ Sinclair
(US) rule 11.1.1 states; A valid competition day is one in which every
regular entrant is given a fair opportunity to compete. What is the
definition of fair? I can tell you what I have used as CD in 3
nationals and several regionals over the last 35 years. The launch
should go without interuption....
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Improved live tracking for the SSA membership? by
Sean Fidler
I would like to propose that the SSA consider providing its valued members with a far more comprehensive and well-adopted tracking solution (higher performance, more reliable hardware, negotiated member discounts, etc.). Tracking should not just for the benefit of contest pilots; tracking includes...
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April 22nd 17 05:31 AM
by JS
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Tow Plane Upsets...... by
Walt Connelly
I have been towing for about two and a half years and have logged over 6,500 tows. Having recently experienced a couple of rather violent glider kiting incidents, one at about 300 feet AGL I decided to investigate the experiences of other tow pilots in these circumstances. I have spent several...
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