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MacCready in the Mountains by
JJ Sinclair
I fly a lot in the mountains and find MacCready speed-to-fly information,
completely worthless. Let me explain; Before crossing a ridge, I will fly
slower (below MC), so that I'm assured of making the next ridge. After crossing
the ridge, I may fly faster than MacCready. If I set the proper MC...
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Cost of IGC approved loggers by
[email protected]
Are IGC approved loggers too expensive? What is there cost point
compared to a Barograph and camera setup? I.E. The cost of a Colibri
logger compared to the cost of an approved Barograph (in 2008
dollars). I don't know the cost of a barograph 20 years ago (in there
heyday) but they could not have...
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February 14th 08 10:31 PM
by Ben
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Bowlus & Nelson Bumble Bee powered glider questions by
soon2bexpat
I have a 16mm home movie showing a test flight of the Bumble Bee at
Rosamond Dry Lake in 1945. I need help with 2 things:
1) I would imagine that Bowlus and Nelson are part of this movie but I
can't find a photograph of either of these guys so that I can ID them.
Does anyone know where there is a...
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January 19th 09 10:09 AM
by VinceC
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New 29 Palms Winchfest Video by
HoUdini
One of the event participants patched together a good marketing video
for our club from this years Winchfest at 29 Palms California. Three
winches, four clubs participated in a "best practices" styled event.
Watch the Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0hDZa41rVc
HoUdino
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December 20th 07 11:53 PM
by Dan G
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Handling characteristics of 18 (and 15) meter sailplanes??? by
NoSpam
I am trying to get honest and accurate information on the general handling
characteristics of a couple of 18 meter class sailplanes. Here is what I am
interested in. I would appreciate some honest feedback, preferably backed
up by some experience in the sailplane that you would like to give...
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February 3rd 04 04:23 PM
by soarski
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US team silence by
John Cochrane[_3_]
In the entire club, 15, and standard WGC, the US team posted a grand total of two pilot reports about what was going on
https://ussoaringteams.org/#news
Clearly there were lots of lessons learned here!
US team: you want our support. You want our money. You want our volunteer time. And yet you...
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A Simple Question About LiFePO4 Batteries by
[email protected]
Not to start another chapter in "Battery Wars" but I have a simple question about "drop in" LiFePO4 battery replacements for SLA batteries in gliders.
For years, I've used an SLA battery with the same footprint as the common glider size of 7Ah to 9Ah--i.e., 5.95" x 2.56"--except a little...
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Compare/Contrast: CG hook on aerotow vs. CG hook on winch by
son_of_flubber
I've been told (and witnessed) that aerotow on CG hook is initially difficult for someone who has trained for aerotow with a "nose hook" (aka hook-forward-of-CG). Suppose this CG-hook-newbie were to take winch tow training (with CG hook). Would the winch training reduce the initial difficulty of...
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Beginner, Parachutes? by
vic20owner
Dumb beginner question follows:
I am just starting out flying gliders.... Here in the USA it seems
nobody wears a parachute unless they are contest flying or doing
aerobatics. However, I generally do like knowing that I have a backup
plan and a parachute seems reasonable. I suppose a history...
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How to simply determine the L/D of your glider by
jan
Hi Gang
Like you all I have questioned what the best L/D of my 3 (now 1)
gliders - DB800B, Stemme S10-VT and SparrowHawk were in reality
suspecting that real L/Ds would be lower than the manufacturers
published values. I have used a PDA for many years switching it
between gliders. Software is...
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Slips in turns and landing with winglets by
[email protected]
I know this is a silly question, but I was reading an article by Dick Johnson that talked about holding a slight slip while thermally. This article was written before winglets and I was wondering if the same idea applied to gliders with winglets. Also, as for slipping to lose altitude for landing...
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March 18th 16 08:12 PM
by firsys
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Open Cirrus by
Duster
Any thoughts on flight characteristics of the Open Cirrus? There used
to be a website covering this glider, but it doesn't appear to be
active since last year.
Thanks,
Mike
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1-26 for first glider, or not? by
tstock
I know I will get replies on each end of the spectrum... but for a
first glider, low time pilot, it seems like a 1-26 would be a good
choice. Easy to fly, easy to land in tight spaces, cheap to maintain,
and very common and there are a few 1-26 groups, so help is
available. It's inexpensive (well...
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Oxygen regulator by
Roger Fowler
I have a Bendix A-8A regulator that I took out of our
glider. Is there a shop around that still overhauls
this regulator, or has it become a museum piece?
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Speed Astir by
Guy Acheson
I owned a flew a Speed Astir for many years. It was
my first glass ship after gaining about 40 hours in
rental glass ships. The Speed is a natural transition
from the Grob 103 to the Grob 102 and then the Speed
Astir (Grob G104). I got more compliments on how good
it looked than anyone. I had...
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BRS for emergencies by
Bryan[_4_]
The previous posts under "Stay in, or get out?" raises questions about the
current state of ballistic recovery systems. As paraplegic, I have a
personal interest in BRS because thoughts of my successfully exiting an out
of control sailplane with a parachute, and then landing without the use of...
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Portable audio variometer by
jeplane
Do you use Malletec mini vario?
If so, what are the pro's and con's?
How about the "Ascent" vario sold on wings and wheels?
Thanks
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XC Soar map help needed by
Ken Latam
Running XC Soar on an Ipaq 2215. The program loaded and runs fine as well
as the Flashcard GPS unit. My problem is how do you load the map data into
the program? I have gone to the Naviter web site and downloaded the map
covering this area,but can't get XC Soar to find it.
Ken
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Winglets for ASW20 by
goneill
I have purchased an ASW20L and want some feedback on winglets
M & H quote 5% improve in l/d with their set .
Does anyone have an opinion on how accurate this claim is.
Is there other manufacturers that make them ,net sites please
and opinions if you have them.
gary
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February 3rd 04 01:21 AM
by Svein
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