I am going to try and get mine in Kansas. Where my club use to fly is about 1270 feet ASL. I figure if I go back there with my van, rope, and a crew, auto tow (so I don't have to bring along a towplane), make a high speed pass at below 200 feet, then get up and fly 200 miles to the West, where we...

Somebody from Canada was thinking of buying H301 N615X. He had a A&P Mechanic friend of his look the airplane over. He decided not to buy the plane. I would like to be put in touch with the mechanic that looked at the plane. Any help, or offers to look at the plane (New London Airport,...

Jim Phoenix wrote: Or just search for 'soaring' and see a list of everyone's soaring- related exemptions. Jim Or, you could take yet another approach. Advisory Circulars are NOT regulation. They show a means of

Noise? No problem. It is in the air, and you are on the ground with your remote control transmitter! But seriously, could it be any worse than a Caproni A-21J? Cooling? All in the inlet. You would have to bring in not only enough aire for the jet, but also to help in circulating the air to...

I have used 'used' motor oil. Drained from my car after 3K to 6K miles. Nice and black, and not too thick. Started out as 10W-30. I have also used new automatic transmission fluid. Darker is better, but either works. Brush it on, and make sure you don't leave bristles or other things in the...

Seems to be a common thing at contests or any other time you are flying something different than what the pilot is use to pulling. How about the next time it happens to you, have your radio call be 'Towplane pulling Glider (Insert your callsign here), please speed up 5 MPH' or some such if you...

Sorry to hear you ran out of Crayons, JJ. My favorite mis-identification happend at a regionals at Lubbock. There was a somewhat frantic call over the radio 'Watch out, Zuni!!!' I was flying the only Zuni at the contest. Trouble was, my plane was on the grid and I was sitting in my crew...

I think what Bert was saying was that a little lift on the glide, and your 20 will match a 20B. Or a little sink on the run, and your 20B will fall behind a 20. I would start off with the stock 20 polar, or maybe shift it better by 2 or 3 MPH for the same sink rates. Fly this, and see how your...

Tim Taylor wrote: 'Maybe, but can you dive, lose the altitude, decelerate and get it on the ground for a tail wheel first, full stall landing?' Don't miss out an a VERY important lesson I nearly learnd the hard way, on the home field, in front of many of my friends. And that lesson is:

Another option, of course, is to just fly dry. Accept the lower speed and the rougher ride in turbulence, and just fly. Heck, it has been done that way before! As for studies, I remember hearing of Bob Barber flying his Mosquito wet, high, under a cloudstreet in Colorado. He would get...

Danlj wrote: 'The volume of oil in the case isn't important in oil cooling, it's the oil flow through and air flow across the oil cooler that are.' Two items. One, 40 + years of experience in my club with our 182 says that the oil temp is cooler if you put in 10 quarts than if you put in 12...

Don't put more than 10 quarts in it. More oil, nose high attitude, the oil gets hotter as it gets thrown up into the back cylinders by the crank. You will also probably notice a lot of oil on the belly, too. Check the oil level with the nose strut compressed, and keep it between 9 and 10. If...

And there is currently one on the market, in case you weren't aware. Look on Page 10 of the Wings and Wheels Classifieds. Just listed September 21st. Steve Leonard

If your Elfe is serial number 1, then it is probably the one that Markus Ritzi flew. I don't think there were any others in existence at the time. Although Jane's says that it first flew May 1, 1964, and that four others were under construction during the summer of 1964. And back then, it had a...

Karl Streideck worte: 'Extending the 20:1 minimum slope out another 5 miles will not give any advantage because the scoring formula uses a speed of 60mph from the safety fix home, while most gliders would actually be doing 40%-80% faster than this. There is also the time 'penalty' incurred due to...

Nah, you guys have all got it wrong! Fly a 1-26! You will land out far more often, get lots more practice at no wing runner takeoffs, and you have those big a$$ tip wheels built in! :-) Steve Leonard (Never flown a 1-26, but I learned in a TG-3A)

When am I openning my museum? Why, it is open now! Interactive, too. Stop on by Sunflower Gliderport (Identifier, SN76). Let the curator (me) know you are coming, and you can be involved in getting out and assembling a sailplane. This way, you get the true experience of the plane. But once...

On 2 Aug, Ian wrote: I'm looking (in the UK) for a metric ASI for my Pirat. PZL preferred. Can pay cash or swap for imperial ... Ian, I have an 80 mm PZL Airspeed. 1.5 revolution, 250 KPH, zero is down, clockwise rotation. Small chip out of glass at the edge, not all the way through.

One thing that you should be careful of is comparing the Diana with the Diana 2 as far as wing location. The leading edge at the wing root was moved forward from the Diana to the Diana 2. This was most likely due to the overall shift in the wing planform. On the Diana, the leading edge is more...

So, everything was working fine, and the last two flights have not been accepted. In looking at the file that I can download from OLC, it does NOT have the same name as the file I uploaded. Is OLC once again unhappy with Cambridge and kicking out converted Cambridge Model 10/20/25 files? Only...