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A Different Battery Question by
Dan Marotta
I've been using a 20 AH LiFePO4 battery as a backup in the Stemme. It's
portable and secured behind the passenger seat.Â* I charge it outside of
the aircraft.Â* When used, it is connected through an DPST switch (only
one half used) and switches the tail battery out of the system as it's...
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A Different Chute Question by
Steve Leonard[_2_]
So, I am well aware of the drag chutes supplied by Walter Kostelezky, K.G. of Germany. I am aware of the rings and swivels at the connection to the aircraft, and that the aircraft end is a release somewhat resembling a Tost style release. But, I have a plane that has a different sort of interface...
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A different look by
Nick Kennedy[_3_]
Did anyone else notice that cool as hell paintjob on that ASG32Mi For Sale on Wings and Wheels?
That is Nice.
I'd love for my plane to look like THAT!
Plain white is so boring.
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May 20th 12 02:09 PM
by SF
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A Dumb Question by
Dan Marotta
Everyone who wants an email reply to a thread couches his address as
follows: My initials plus my last name (commercial "at" sign) and a
period with that google thingy type email extension.
Is in only because I use Thunderbird as my news feed reader, because I
can see your email in the "From"...
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A fair opportunity to compete? by
JJ Sinclair
(US) rule 11.1.1 states; A valid competition day is one in which every
regular entrant is given a fair opportunity to compete. What is the
definition of fair? I can tell you what I have used as CD in 3
nationals and several regionals over the last 35 years. The launch
should go without interuption....
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A few items for sale by
Mike[_8_]
LNav Version 5.7 with 2.25" vario.-$475.00 (upgrade to 5.8 is $75.00).
Terra 240D Transponder with alt. encoder. Yellow tagged two years ago
and used for about 250 hours since- $650.00
Winter 5 STV 5-3 vario-$350.00
contact mike_carris at yahoo dot com.
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a few more newbie's pre-purchase questions by
Ted Wagner
a.. Flaps or no? (I'll be flying mostly in Arizona, more x-country than local.)
b.. Opinions on the Rigging Innovations P-124 emergency parachute system? (Yes, I know it's a ram-air parachute. I have much more experience on that kind of glider.) Mostly looking for feedback on comfort compared to...
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A few newbie questions about the sport by
[email protected]
A short while ago my daughter was considering joining a local Civil Air Patrol chapter, while attending the meetings with her I began to be interested in Gliding. I'm in NJ. If someone could help me with a few basic questions, I'd really appreciate it:
1. What is the average ground speed of a...
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A few notes from Uvalde by
Dave Nadler YO
A few notes from this pilot's vantage:
http://www.nadler.com/public/uvalde2004.html
Enjoy !
Best Regards, Dave
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A few photos from the Danish Nationals by
Jesper Thomsen
In case you get bored, there's a few pics you can have a gander at, over
he http://x9jep.smugmug.com/gallery - including some from the recent
Danish Nationals....
/J
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A fine ridge day in PA - the Ridge Soaring Irregulars ride again by
QT
Tuesday April 4 produced 9 great flights from the State College, PA
area totaling 9109.7km. There were 5 flights over 1000km including 3
1000km triangles by Richard Kellerman, John Seymour and John Good and
an 1191km broken-leg by Karl Striedieck (new USA open class multi place
O/R record -1130km)....
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A Fine Week of Soaring by
Tony Verhulst
I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on this video.
http://www.geovisiononline.com/fineweek/
http://home.comcast.net/~verhulst/SOARING/AFineWeekOfSoaring.pdf
Disclaimer: Since we are members of the same soaring club, I'm
personally aquainted with the production staff. However, I'm...
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A Fine Week of Soaring VIDEO now available by
JuanM
We had a wonderful premiere of A FINE WEEK OF SOARING at the SSA convention.
Featuring stunning photography and an exciting storyline, the film gives an
insider’s view of the Mifflin, PA regional contest from the back seat of a
Duo Discus, with 15-time national champion Karl Striedieck at the...
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A Free Source for US Airspace Data by
2KA
Last December I reported in this forum that I was starting a project
to extract airspace information from the National Airspace Resource
Files (NASR) published by the National Flight Data Center, and to
translate that information into file formats commonly used in the
sport aviation community (such...
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September 20th 08 11:06 PM
by Tuno
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A friend has to go after 10 years by
kd6veb
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...
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A fun (!?) weekend by
[email protected]
What would you have thought, had you seen the following posted on April
1st?
A low time pilot (we'll call him Alpha Omega) launches with a dozen
other pilots in the first day of the group's annual contest series. AO
has very little, if any, x/c experience, and only recently bought the
glider. The...
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April 4th 06 05:48 AM
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