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KGARS - Kiting Glider Automatic Relase System by Karl Striedieck[_2_]
Richard Green of the Wycombe Test Group, High Wycombe, Bucks. UK designed and tested an auto release and offered to sell me one back in 1980. His long hand letter to me said that he was "an old age pensioner" so maybe he and his BGA certified release are something of history. The engineering blue...
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May 22nd 20 04:21 AM
by George Haeh Go to last post
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EASA Safety Award for the OGN System by Tom BravoMike
EASA (which is the European FAA) has awarded the OGN system and its author: https://www.fai.org/news/OGN-wins-EASA-award One can watch gliders flying all over the world here (and on some more websites): https://live.glidernet.org/#c=49.01760,-38.03518&z=3&s=1&l=r&p=3 There are just a handful of...
May 21st 20 06:31 PM
by Tom BravoMike Go to last post
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Glider from Canada by Terry Pitts
All, There is an L33 on Wings and Wheels that interests me. It is in Ottawa. I'd like to have a mechanic look at it for me. Do you know of anyone in the Vermont, New Hampshire, or close part(s) of New York who you would recommend? I know I'll need an export certificate of airworthiness. I know...
May 21st 20 01:27 AM
by danlj Go to last post
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Real Experience needed... Are you a towpilot that experienced aglider kiting behind you? by [email protected]
If you have first hand experience, please switch over to the KGARS thread and let us know what you experienced in the towplane.
May 20th 20 07:49 PM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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L 33 Solo Gliders by Nick Kennedy[_3_]
In the W&W Claasifieds there is a L33 Solo listed for 13K Canadian, that about 9400 USD. I read Dick Johnsons flight report and he liked it, he was concerned that it had very little aerodynamic stall warning and would readily drop into a spin. He thought it best if low timers had real spin...
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May 20th 20 05:10 PM
by BobWa43 Go to last post
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Crazy Idea # 54-1A i.e. Erase all State Soaring Records every 10 years.. by Nick Kennedy[_3_]
Like Many others, every spring, I think about attempting some state records.. In my world that would be Colorado and Utah. Maybe NV. So I look through the existing records and realize that there are none in Colorado I would have any chance of. Tom Serkowski, Dave Leonard and Bob Faris and others...
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May 20th 20 01:25 AM
by Z15 Go to last post
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F-35 Canopy by Jonathan St. Cloud
Just wondering if anyone knew the story behind the F-35 design finally getting the canopy to open the correct way. Did a chief designer final look at a glider?
May 19th 20 09:33 PM
by Jonathan St. Cloud Go to last post
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AOA indicator poll. by Luc Job
Hi! I have developed last year a solid-state AOA indicator, based on a differential pressure measurement (total pressure/pressure at angle) Undoubtedly, this is a primary flight instrument to me: -It shows where you are aerodynamically speaking, independently of all the variable parameters:...
May 19th 20 09:27 PM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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IGCWebview upgraded by Richard Brisbourne[_2_]
This free online IGC file viewer has just had an upgrade. It now has ENL detection, and improved flight analysis capabilitie, also configuration options for reporting. Check it out at http://glidingweb.org.
May 19th 20 09:06 PM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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Live Streaming Gliding this Summer by Monte Carbo
Greetings all! This is my first post to the forums and I come with a rather unusual proposition. Beginning on June 7th (20 days from this post), I will begin a road trip of epic proportions. The goal is to reach all 50 states in 50 days and I intend to live stream as much of the journey as...
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May 19th 20 04:42 PM
by John Foster Go to last post
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KGARS - Kiting Glider Automatic Relase System by Karl Striedieck[_2_]
Here is a link to a drawing and BGA approval of the automatic upset release engineered by Richard Greene: http://karlstriedieck.com/Automatic_Tow_Release_1980.pdf
May 19th 20 04:16 PM
by Karl Striedieck[_2_] Go to last post
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LX-16 Vario for Sale LX Navigation by joesimmers[_2_]
http://glidersource.com/cgi-bin/post.cgi?id=1570 Link to glidersource listing, thanks, Joe
May 19th 20 03:59 PM
by joesimmers[_2_] Go to last post
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Apps for recording and uploading to the OLC? by [email protected]
I was using see you recorder app, but it no longer works. I am looking for a replacement. Does anyone have suggestions? I’ve seen skylogger xxl, skyvario, iglide and sensbox. None of them have enough ratings to know which one is worthwhile purchasing. If a anyone on this discussion has used...
May 19th 20 03:24 PM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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For Sale Clear Nav I by [email protected]
Clear Nav I with hand remote and GPS antenna and RAMM ball mount. $1000 doug126 at cox dot net
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task not completed ClearNavII by BobWa43
I am new to ClearNav2. I have planned and flown two FAI tasks using the ClearNav2. ClearNav gave me a start time and changed from the start to first way point and then to the second way point, and then to the finish but no finish was acknowledged. I had the same task in my Nano and my Oudie,...
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May 19th 20 01:28 PM
by Tango Eight Go to last post
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Looking for a 2-seat glider for our club by Charles Dutch
Looking for a 2-seat trainer for our club operations in North Alabama. Have placed an ad on GliderSource.com (http://glidersource.com/cgi-bin/post.cgi?id=1572) Have an open trailer (suitable for metal gliders) and are willing to travel to pick up. Preference is towards metal (Blanik L-23) but...
May 19th 20 12:50 PM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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KGARS - Kiting Glider Automatic Relase System by Karl Striedieck[_2_]
On Friday, May 15, 2020 at 8:38:49 AM UTC-4, wrote: KGARS – Kiting Glider Automatic Release System About 10 years ago I assembled an auto tow hitch that utilized a TOST release and a small pneumatic cylinder. With a small air bottle at ~100 psi and a solenoid valve and...
May 19th 20 02:50 AM
by Karl Striedieck[_2_] Go to last post
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Gliding Economy status? by Jonathan St. Cloud
With prideful boasting of reusing white tape, I was curious if the Covid issue, has caused glider order cancellations? Have manufacturers changed longer term plans, forecasts, hiring? Will this be the end of smaller manufacturers in our sport? I am sure many pilots have put thoughts on hold of...
May 19th 20 01:19 AM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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KGARS - Kiting Glider Automatic Relase System by Wit Wisniewski
I wonder if the existing back release mechanism(s) used on CG hooks would not already perform the needed function. Maybe an existing CG hook from a glider, chosen to match the towplane's structural limits, and mounted at an appropriate orientation and angle, would be sufficient. A more...
May 19th 20 01:04 AM
by 2G Go to last post
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music video from 1998 by [email protected]
Anybody here remembers this music video by the band Stardust? "Music sounds better with you" www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQlAEiCb8m0 The band appears on an old TV set, climbing the charts against artists mimicking Robert Palmer and others. The story is about a boy building and flying his model...
May 18th 20 08:17 PM
by Charlie M. (UH & 002 owner/pilot) Go to last post
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