Good evening, I need some assistance! I am an early solo pilot looking to buy my first glider, but don't really know what to go for! I want it for local soaring, but eventually to go cross country in it. The slight issue is that I am 6`4 tall and 17.5 stone - arguably too heavy, but the question...

Who is using a motorglider as a tug? Please send details! Your location. Country. Field surface, length, elevation, temperatures. What type of tug? What gliders towed? Good, bad, and ugly of using the motorglider.

I have an older Cobra trailer (1980ish - aluminum) and need to find another tire rim (I had an axle mishap and lost one of my tire/rims). The rim is a 4 x 100 metric (four lug holes and 100 mm between each lug) and supports a 13 inch tire. Does anyone have a rim for sale or can suggest a source...

Bravely bold Sir Robin Rode forth from Camelot He was not afraid to die Oh Brave Sir Robin He was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways Brave, Brave, Brave Brave Sir Robin. He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp Or to have his eyes gouged out, and his elbows...

I'll be traveling to Southampton UK next week and would like to stop by Lasham on Saturday & take a dual flight. I've visited the website and unfortunately wasn't able to discern what options are available. Any local knowledge would be gratefully received. Thanks, Craig Funston -- Using...

Reading all the posts about accidents and their causes, reasons and excuses has made me google my fingers off (I'm about to go blind) in an attempt to as completely as possible understand all that's happening physiologically regarding dehydration. Knowing the early warning signs of any problem is...

I've seen several remarks lately in Soaring Magazine and on my home club's internet forum about the characteristics of this particular sailplane. Though not directly bashing this ship, comments made seem to imply that it's a difficult or dangerous sailplane to fly. I think that's wrong. Some of...

I have read very good critics about Diana-2 but as well very bad news about it. The good news are from the people who seem to have flown the first two Prototypes. The bad rumors I heard about number-3 of Diana-2. Obviously the main difference is, that the wing position was shifted some centimeters...

The 11 best things at the 2015 15m/Std Class Nationals 1. The weather. We flew 7 out of 10 days in Elmira. We could have possible even squeaked in another but the CD wisely called a rest day. One of the practice days was fantastic soaring. Thanks to God, Alleluia. 2. FLARM used in the stealth...

I heard that Avia Stroitel is buying Schempp-Hirth. And PZL-Swidnick has made on offer on Schleicher. "BTIZ" wrote in message news:IwMOa.120527$hd6.38941@fed1read05... I heard that from someone else in a news letter yesterday.. DG buys LS.. no "official"...

If a wing is replaced by a rotating cylinder, with the forward surface rotating upward, lift will be produced. The local air velocity is high on top and low on the bottom. This upward force is known as magnus effect. The information above comes from my helicopter handbook. The theory is used to...

Up for auction on ebay now is an HP-18 project. It has flown 1500 hours but needs a complete rebuild. It NEEDS either wing contouring or use it as a "quickbuild" kit for a Super-18 with the fuselage, tail, wing spars and controls already built. Comes with a very good Gehrlein open heavy duty...

Does anybody have a manual for the Peschges Vario VP4 H in english? I just bought a PIK20D but I have no idea how to use it. I am using SeeYou Mobile but it would be nice to know what this thing can do. Thanks. Chris Aniol

Hi! I have developed last year a solid-state AOA indicator, based on a differential pressure measurement (total pressure/pressure at angle) Undoubtedly, this is a primary flight instrument to me: -It shows where you are aerodynamically speaking, independently of all the variable parameters:...

Does anyone have any experience driving SeeYouMobile from an SN10B, using both the GPS data and the vario/wind/air data that the SN10 can now transmit to a PDA? Wondering if it is worth the trouble to have a new SN10 wiring harness made to work with my PDA. TIA, Kirk

No K, no W, no H and no G, simply AS 33 https://www.alexander-schleicher.de/en/alexander-schleicher-presentsthe-as33/ Nice

Hi, it's still winter with lousy weather in the northern hemisphere, so it is time to warm up an old discussion. I searched the forum for threads reg. Lithium-Polymer Batteries and there have been none for a while. Here are the questions: - Does anyone have real life experience with LiPo's in a...

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I have approximately 110 hours in sailplanes in the past 2 years and had no prior experience. I am evaluating used gliders for purchase.The big kahuna's in the club are pretty adamant about purchasing a first glider without flaps. My question is: Are flaps that big a problem for a low time pilot...

I've never used hard wax before, but since the factory recommends it on the gelcoat, I'm going to give it a try. I just have no clue how to go about it. (My Google search results are great -- for hair removal!) I have a Makita 0-3000rpm variable speed polisher, a brick of hard wax, and a mandrel...