Below is the link of a fun little YouTube video I made about Soaring in Tehachapi in 2019. https://youtu.be/UwO_FGmWy7c Enjoy, Oscar

Lest you think it can't happen to you and your gliderport: On the brink of the last tow from Sailplane Enterprises (on the 20th) and the forcible eviction of gliders from Hemet-Ryan Airport, comes a new assault. Kern County (CA) has in hand a proposed EIR to allow the erection of 320 wind...

Can anyone tell us what glue to use to stick Teflon rubbing tape onto the nose of a rudder? The wide Teflon tape does not come with adhesive. email johnorto at gmail dot com

I need to replace the flap/aileron gap seal tape on our LAK-17A. The control surfaces are bottom hinged, and the gap was factory sealed on the bottom with what is apparently ordinary polyethylene tape. The tape cracks over the hinges, which I would have to patch periodically, plus it shrinks over...

Ted, I watched your flight. At the WGC 2006, in the 18 Meter class, AS, would do the same as yours. His logger is a LX( the model I don't know. I have his igc file, and flight properties show it to be a LX.) and the vertical climbs are the same. What Eric says, could be true, as even if the...

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I would like to register for Techical Soaring which I heard is for free. I always receive the answer "This journal is currently not accepting user registrations." Any idea what to do? Regards, Luka

Frank Whiteley wrote: I keep waiting for Technical Soaring archives to appear on CD-ROM. BTW Larry, if you're lurking, what's the current status of this (IMVHO long overdue) project? CDROM??? How about an OSTIV website where technical articles are published. There is a rumour that this...

I am collecting information on tactical computers, and need some help with the ones I don't own. Particularly SN10, ClearNav, LX9000 and any others than may be popular. The scenario is this: a racing task (not AAT) with a start and finish line, and at least two large radius turn points. I would...

Good Morning, for an exam I need the following data on any of a twin-engine plane, the data required are : 1) stalling angle 2) null carrying capacity angle and if possible also : o1) load factors

Hello I'm searching a technical document or a European COC for a trailer Schroeder Aviation at 1985, I need it for register the trailer on the Italian vehicle register. Please, Could you help me? Thanks Igor

Hi, we're doubling our group flights: Mon (9pm ET), Wed (8pm ET), Fri (9pm ET), Sat (5pm ET). See calendar on www.teamxc.us for the upcoming landscapes. We do a lot of OLC-type flying. We're not about racing, but are doing some multi-turnpoint tasks that can be flown together in...

Hi, we're starting our flights again after a summer break. If you're interested in OLC+ type flights on Condor and cooperative flying, join us at www.teamxc.us/about-us, and we can help you get started. We fly quite a few different sceneries, often with challenging conditions for realism (see...

I noticed in Uvalde in the open class, pilots were team flying with gliders having different performance. You would think this is difficult to do. How is it done ? Dan

I'm sorry, but I'm with the others that simply delay teaching the aerotow until the students have a firm idea of how to turn the aircraft using co-ordinated use of the stick and rudder, and know how to judge that the aircraft is in straight and level flight. Any early notion that you turn or...

I am thinking about installing a TE-Probe in our Club 1-26D, S/N 442 Is there any advice you can give me about where to locate the probe? Think about: mounting-spot for accuracy, versus for ease of installation and for minimum additional weight. Also, what type of probe and sources of the probe...

Hi, I am looking for a vario which take TE from pitot and static pressure, like the Westerboer, to go with my LX 5000 which has electronic TE. Gilles

Might be a dumb question, but can you just purchase any old TE prob and throw it in your glider or does it have to be calibrated to your specific glider?

I suspect that a repair I did recently on the TE probe on my DG 800B didn't work. So it's time to get a replacement. My factory probe is 8mm but the end that fits into the receptacle has a small reduced diameter section (4mm) that must fit into a reduced diameter hole inside the receptacle. My...

Anyone have any ideas why the TE probe is on the left tip of the horizontal stab of the just announced JS-1 EVO.