Help! I have carefully measured my current draw in my glider at .8 amp. l would like to know if there is any reasonable explanation for why a 9 amp hour battery goes from 13 volts open circuit fully charged to 11.6 volts in 4 hours. MC

My Cobra trailer hydraulic jack is starting to fail, to the point where I now have to put a 2x4 board under the jack assembly to get my wheel off the ground. John Dezutti (7K) gave me some hydraulic fluid, but there doesn't seem to be a good way to add fluid. I tried, and got everything *but*...

The High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) page at https://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/HRRR/Welcome.cgi?dsKey=hrrr_ncep_jet&domain=t1&run_time=22+Mar+2021+-+10Z shows all the normal information, but clicking links produces a page with "Error Sorry, the server is currently unavailable. Please try...

I have worked with fiberglass grinding dust and harsh chemicals like acrylic Urethane, lacquer thinner, etc. for the past 44 years, so I faked a chronic cough in order to get a CT scan. Just met with a Pulmonologist and got a clean bill of health! Heart, lungs, kidney and liver all look pretty...

Our club is in need of LS-3A fuselage control parts. We have a damaged LS-3A fuselage for a rebuild project that was damaged in a hurricane. Sad news is that several fuselage parts were removed and lost. If there is a LS-3A fuselage out there please let me know. Bob, Treasure Coast Soaring Club

Anyone know what has happened with the ruc sounding plots that used to be available from NOAA? All I get is access forbidden now. http://rucsoundings.noaa.gov/

Hey everyone, I just started my soaring blog on the SSA website. I am learning to fly cross country out of Boulder, CO with the SSB, and will use this space to talk about my adventures, flights, and what I've been learning. I will be flying at Region 9 with our contest mentor program, and a lot of...

With the growing popularity of the Online Contest, SoaringNV is trying a new kind of cross country soaring camp this summer: an OLC mentoring camp that we will repeat three times (May 24-29, July 25-30, and August 22-27) to include as many pilots as possible. This will be your chance to try...

I've replaced the blue stripe on my Cobra trailer several years ago, but it's starting to fade again. Has does anyone know how to protect the stripe from sunlight? "Keep it inside" is not a good option. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)

OCTOBER 22-24, 2011. Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Orville Wright's record soaring flight of 9 minutes 45 seconds in 1911 at Kitty Hawk. Location: Wright Brothers National Memorial and First Flight Airstrip at Kill Devil Hills, NC. Hang soaring and...

I have a 1995 Cobra trailer for my Discus. The tongue strut is shot and needs to be replaced. Can anyone give me some advice on how to do this? I removed the hitch, all the bolts along with the bolts holding the strut in but can not pull the strut out of the front. Thanks for the help and...

Monday was forecast to be THE BIG DAY, with strong lift to over 6,000 feet and Cu. With uniformly good skies, CD Andy McQuigg called a 3.5 hr MAT with a first turnpoint of Fitzgerald to the East. After that, you were free to go wherever it looked good. As it turned out, the day wasn't quite...

Nimbus 3-25.5. 1982 SN 18 (former XX, 7V) 1400 hours. Refinished 6 years ago with Simtec. Factory tailwheel mod. Tilt-up panel mod. Custom baggage compartment. Wedekind sleeves in fuselage. 5-point Schroth harness. 2x 8A/H batteries. Relief tube. Excellent tiedown points. Sage SV, S-NAV,...

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I recently finished writing a program for beginner and intermediate cross-country glider pilots called GlidePlan. The program can create all the distance ring markups around landing sites that are traditionally done by hand on sectionals for XC planning. It also utilizes a new method for...

Hi, I was hopping I could jump start som of you guys who own really great cockpit instrumentation. Please share your best cockpit pictures using flickr its free and easy to search for everyone else. http://www.flickr.com/photos/search/tags:glider%2Ccockpit/tagmode:all/ Just tag the photos glider...

Any one out there that may have filed away the complete 2003 Region 2 contest flight logs. I made the searches as well I contacted Karl and John, Thanks in advance, Udo

The Tasman V1000 has no moving parts. It is completely solid state. It requires no capacity flask. It has both visual and audio output along with a continuously displayed averager. The averager is the numerical output in the center of the display. There is an input on the back of the vario for...

Hi, At the local club there is a number of older Electronic Cambridge Varios hanging round. Some are supposed to be working but they have been pulled out and the wiring harness lost. They have a small multipin blue socket on the back, and a plain face with no switches or knobs. The model numbers...

What is status of Turf Soaring? I hear they are flying again? BT