I went to a popular western US tire shop and they quoted me $175 for two 13" tires. I didn't buy them. Surely I can get good tires for less than that somewhere? If so please specify brand and type. I do drag the glider a couple thousand miles each summer so I don't want cheapest, just good...

Presumably somebody came and picked up the Ventus 2 that I was flying? It was parked outside the fence, on a public street, at my local airport for the last few weeks. Some notice would have been appreciated, the conditions were quite good the other day and I had a badge flight planned

The PDA is receiving GPS signal from the Goddard cable when it is NOT plugged into the SN-10. When it is plugged into the SN-10 neither the SN-10 nor the PDA receive GPS signal. The baud rates are set at 4800 on the SN-10 (by default I understand), the EW, and the PDA (SeeYou mobile). The SN-10...

I am curious as to why the Kestrel polar is not included in any of the flight recorders/flight computers. I have one loaded into my SN-10 from the polar data in the manual so it's not a burning issue, but I'm feeling a bit left out!

Is anyone driving their SN-10b with an EW flight recorder? I'd like to go with this combination, and possibly add a PDA as well. I think I want it because it allows me to not bring a laptop to the airport, I have a partner and we can each have our own SD card and don't have to hassle with...

Before I buy a new one, I'm wondering if anyone has one in good condition for our Kestrel. We have the mount, the housing (yes, the actual compass) shattered and I found it on the cockpit floor. Yes, possibly an overfill issue, read about that on here recently. The glider came from a...

I cannot get a valid OLC flight out of my SN-10b. I purchased the glider a few months ago, have flown a few flights and all are invalid on OLC. Prior to download the SN-10 security routine runs and approves the file. OLC tells me the file error message on his end says Signature Missmatch and he...

Some of this has been mentioned already, but let me review the advantages of soaring cross country in a 1-26 (at least when you're getting started: - The 1-26 is about the easiest glider available to land in a small field - The 1-26 is probably one of the safest gliders to be in if something goes...

CHeap??? Check this out! http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=830 1 Last fall I bought a Garmin Etrex for about $80, which seems to produce perfectly good flight traces. You could actually navigate with it, but we use our Garmin 196 for that, but the

A simple (EW Microrecorder) is under $800. In todays money, an extra $20 for a badge flight is less than the round of beers you buy. 40 badge flights and you can buy a second one. Pretty soon, you hold a club meeting to decide what to buy next once there are enough recorders. Again...

Ben wrote: I did notice that early in the movie, some gliders seem to line up on one side of the large central dividing area and others on the other side facing them. Are those on opposing teams? But eventually they all seemed to end up in a jumble in the

Todd Smith posted: I was a new guy in soaring about 7 years ago and as I was working on my Silver badge, got a lesson in how to smoke a windup barograph and all that. I bought a used thermal electric model that required no screwing around, all I had to do was put it in the glider. I then

Ian writes: In such places it is obviously sensible to keep landing places in mind, but I still think it's a mistake to fly directly over them. There is a strange magnetic attraction at work ... The magnetic attraction is made stronger by the visible presence of another glider (from the...

A few years back I went on a retrieve for a glider competing in a 1-26 contest at Blairstown. The pilot set it down nicely in a field, contacted the owner and he was cool about the whole thing. But somebody must have dropped a dime, and a couple of young NJ State Police troopers showed up. These...

On another topic, bagmaker wrote: Mr Daniels is right on the money, youngsters now have a new phone every 2 years, a new car every 3 years, a mortgage no-one can really afford, 3 ipods, a PDA, $250 sunglasses and a wardrobe of jeans the cost of which would support a small african...

Pretty sad groups of fu*kers make comments like that. Hmm ACA... it figures. Abhorrent Childish Assh*les -- Actually, the whole thread in question has very little to do with the Polish airshow accident. It's a long story, and you have to know the people involved, and some of you do, but why...

posted: Jim this is your Polish joke : Gotta admit, those Polish pilots put on one helluvan airshow, don't they? Wonder how many time they had to practice that stunt to get it just right . . . In yet another Polish joke, I understand that ACA's already...

What a nonsense, Ian. In the ancient times, people wanting to get a badge needed to buy a barograph and a camera, and if I recall correctly, they weren't cheap - typically more expensive than a logger today. So, what changed is the technology, not the price tag.

Well I managed to get the first tow at Hollister yesterday 1/1/10. 11am local time. Did I win? Jim

Our trusty Grob 103 is undergoing an 'extension of life" inspection (AKA 6000 hour inspection) One of the issues is with minor repairs to its front canopy. We have one small crack starting from the right rail, less than 2 inches in length and well out of line of sight. The plan was to do the usual...