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2016 Canadian National Gliding Championships (Ontario, Canada) by
Sean[_2_]
A good shoot-out is developing at the top of both FAI and Club class. The weather in Ontario has been extriodinary with 325 - 425km tasks, up to 8 knot lift and top of lift often as high as 8500 MSL. Average winning speeds in FAI have been between 105 and 125 kph and 85-95 in Club class!
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New LK8000 glide computer video by
PCool
Hi all,
for those interested in the status of the project, here is a video of current development point, new features etc.
http://www.bware.it/xcsoar/LK8000-1.12b.wmv
The public version will be available for free at Xmas time.
At that point it will also an opensource project, of...
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Fuses in general by
Tuno
Okay, neither my flight manual nor maintenance manual say what kind of
fuses I should be using between the batteries and instruments. The
printing on one looks to be T500L250V, which I understand to mean 0.5
amps, slow-blow, 250 Volts. (It's 5x20mm.)
I know that to protect my wiring I need...
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Soaring apps for iPhone by
kirk.stant
Just got one of these Apple gizmos and I'm curious what apps other
glider guiders are using. So far I've found some nice non-aviation
weather and mapping apps, so now I'm looking for a good NOTAM and
aviation wx brief app.
How about SPOT, XCskies, DrJack?
Kirk
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Devices for avoiding VNE? by
John Galloway
Through the contributions to the avoiding VNE thread
runs the theme of the difficulty of avoiding overspeeding
and/or overstressing some modern designs in accidental
spin recovery. This is made more difficult than in
older composite gliders because they had a little more
drag and a little more...
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Refinishing: Who has tried a shortcut? by
Ian Forbes
Hello All
There has been quite a bit on refinishing on RAS recently. Most people
advocate that when gel-coat starts cracking up, it is essential to remove
it ALL.
Does anybody out their own a ship which was refinished without removing all
the gel-coat? What is the service history of these...
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Ventus C being "parted-out" by
[email protected]
My Ventus C didn't survive the last landing. Insurance company totaled it, and I have the remains. What is unusable (without significant repair in my estimation) are;
the wings. The 17.6 Meter wing extensions are completely fine. The Masak winglets are fine. (one has a small crack, easily...
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For Sale - Katana Xtreme Motorglider by
[email protected]
I have a 1998 HK36TTC Katana Xtreme for sale. 115hp Rotax. All AD's
completed. Custom Canopy cover. 225 hrs airframe and engine.
Immaculate condition. In Australia, will containerise . Looking for A
$180K, packed and ready to ship to USA.
You won't find a better one. KLX135, Ilec vario, A-H,...
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Blanik L-13 AD by
Jim[_18_]
Has anybody have a blanik not pass the wing inspection?
We're just getting started and are interested in what others are
experiencing.
Thanks,
Jim Dingess
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Winch demonstration/training at home gliderport by
kirk.stant
St Louis Soaring Association (stlsoar.org) is interested in a winch demonstration and possible training at our home gliderport (H07) in Highland, IL - located 30 miles East of St Louis right off I-70.
We currently aerotow with 2 Pawnees and a Supercub, but are looking at the future...
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HOW MANY GLIDER PILOTS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB by
Mal
One to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been
changed.
Fourteen to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how
the light bulb could have been changed differently.
Seven to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
Seven more to point out...
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2-Batteries by
[email protected]
By all means a second battery should be installed in our electrically
driven modern sailplanes. After many years of quickly flipping my
3-position battery switch, and trying not to have my logger to
momentarily dropout, I have concluded that is best to use 2 single-pole
battery switches. That way...
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Motorgliders (long) by
JJ Sinclair
There are several questions concerning motorgliders on this years SSA / SRA
pilot poll. Some of the questions may have been spurred by my letter dated 7/11
03 which follows
Members of the rules committee,
A few years back, we allowed motorgliders to have their engines...
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Shameless update from Dale Kramer by
DaleKramer
Some of you know who I am and that I have not had a real sailplane since I sold my Ventus2CX a few years ago. I am still waiting for Flarms to be mandatory in all contests before I try to find a way back into competition.
What I have been doing is flying my electric Lazair and RV8.
A lot of you...
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Best Soaring Simulator?? by
Gary Emerson
Greetings,
Off season (northern hemisphere) is coming. What are the top 2-3
soaring simulators or is there a clear winner?
Thanks,
Gary
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Russia AC-5M Engine Problem by
Branko Stojkovic
I have been having a problem with shutting down the MZ35 engine in flight on my Russia AC-5M. The engine keeps running (dieseling) for a couple of minutes until it cools down enough and finally quits. I changed the spark plug, took off the cylinder head and cleaned the carbon deposits, but to no...
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PW-6 family fun ------ by
Charles Yeates
Rod Morris, a PW-6 private owner operating out of Invemere in the
British Columbia Rocky Mountains, just messaged ---
"With both kids now flying, the plane gets a great deal of use. Plus I
have been allowing some junior club memebers and other pilots to get
checked out on it so they can...
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