I have finally purchased a PowerFlarm and have replaced my MRX. The MRX is really an excellent device and has served me well for 2 years. Price is $250 including shipping in the US. Email me at . Dave

Hi Gang It was recently made clear to me that the maintenance of an engine of a motor glider was not intuitive and could require special procedures to extend life. There are 2 types of engines - the 4 stroke type that most touring motor gliders have such as the Rotax 912 and then there is the 2...

Hi Gang This posting is only relevant to people flying with polaroid sunglasses as I have done for over 20 years. Firstly the display of the portable unit comes with a polarizer that requires the display being used in the landscape mode. Rotate the unit/display by 90 degrees and the display...

Hi Gang I have just updated the firmware on my PowerFlarm portable unit in the Phoenix without problems to version 3.31. Now how do you do the same for the brick and Butterfly display in the DG1001M? I have loaded the new firmware onto a USB memory stick and plugged it in but the unit does not...

Hi Gang I am aware of 2 new (imported) gliders having to be registered in the experimental category - Mitch Polinsky's 31 and my DG1001M. I truly don't think that is too much of a problem with single place gliders but is a problem with 2 place gliders because it excludes commercial usage....

Hi Gang How does one use Google Earth satellite maps with IGC files? I thought I knew how but I don't. Thanks. Dave

Hi Gang Have just received back from Noel of Williams, CA my portable PowerFlarm with the new hardware update and have installed it in the Phoenix. Since I had already installed the 2.6 firmware it retained all my old settings including the FAA code for my Mode S transponder. If you have an...

Hi Gang I have always displayed my flights with SeeYou on a PC. There is a very interesting alternative. It is called igcreplay and is a free program that uses Google Earth. The graphics are limited only by the power of your video card and can be spectacular. In HD video as you begin on the roll...

Hi Gang There appears to be several very bright PNAs available on the market including the Vertica 2 and the Oudie and several software packages including SeeYou, XCSoar and LK8000 (is GN11 and any of the other older systems still supported?). I recently purchased A Vertica and down loaded the...

Hi Gang I recently purchased a portable PowerFlarm from Rex. It came with the old software and I downloaded the 1.2 firmware onto the micro SD card (supplied) and installed it so that the PCAS function would work. I then added the security code for my Mode S transponder which requires you to go...

Hi Gang This was posted on SOG (Stemme Owner's Group). I am posting it here and on RAS. Enjoy. Why don't we ever see this kind of stuff done in the US? Dave Don't try this at home, but do be sure to watch the video after checking the still shots. Terry

Hi Gang The new Phoenix came without a working TE probe because they had hoped to design their own but designing TE probes is 90% magic and 10% science and they failed. So I needed to change the Tasman Vario with an electronic vario that could operate from the static and pitot lines and calculate...

Hi Gang I am thinking of purchasing a Westerboer 1020 vario that does not require a total energy probe. It uses the static and pitot inputs and calculates the total energy numbers. Now this vario costs around $1,000 and would replace my Tasman which costs about $600. The motor glider that I would...

Hi Gang The electronic TE vario should be possible to implement with modern electronics today. I have googled this item but have not been able to find one. Maybe it doesn't exist for whatever reasons. It would sure simplify some of the complex TE probe systems that stick out of the empennages of...

Hi Gang Maybe you do occasionally what I am about to describe or maybe you have never done it. Regardless it is something you should be aware of. Firstly a disclaimer. What I am about to describe may be technically illegal where you fly and I am not suggesting you do it. However it can be fun. ...

High Gang I got this from another glider forum I subscribe to. This an excellent report on the ETA accident of a couple of years ago. Very perceptive and thorough. Essential reading. Dave PS The URL below is very long. Make sure you copy it all into the address window of your...

Hi Gang In the latest "Flying" magazine, October 2010 issue is an article named "To Boldly Go" by Peter Garrison. This article is a perceptive review and discussion of Dave Bigellow's accident in his DG400 over the Big Island of Hawaii in January 2009 when Dave was attempting a record high...

Hi Gang There is another current thread on the Taurus concerning from which seat does the PIC usually fly and which hand is on the stick. Well the Stemme poses similar questions. On takeoff from the left seat I use my left hand on the stick with right hand on the throttle. Landing right hand on...

Hi Gang The spam level with this Yahoo Group is getting out of control. We recently had a similar situation with the Yahoo Carat Group. So let me say it again and loudly. If we do not want spam we need an ACTIVE administrator that looks at all postings coming in for a while rejecting those that...

Hi Gang After 10 years of good soaring in my Stemme S10-VT I have finally decided to sell her. What were the highlights? Well I think the longest and most difficult flight was a return soar from Parowan to Minden with a 25 knot headwind in near blue sky conditions - I got as low as 2,000 feet agi...