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Sikorsky To Acquire Schweizer Aircraft by
Bob Kuykendall
This is an interesting piece of news from the helicopter industry:
STRATFORD, Conn.,- Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.,
a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.
(NYSE: UTX), today announced an agreement
to acquire Schweizer Aircraft Corp., a
privately owned U.S. company specializing
in the...
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Autoconnect water ballast valve kit by
Bob Kuykendall
I'm gearing up to make a couple sets of water ballast release valves for HP-24 kits, and I'm curious if there might be any interest in them as retrofits for other gliders.
I've seen some really goofy setups where you have to manually connect hoses inside the fuselage, with awkward arrangements of...
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Akaflieg Arnold Winter 2017 by
Bob Kuykendall
Just FYI, we're convening another one of our Akaflieg gatherings at our Arnold, CA 95223 workshop 21 through 27 January 2017. As at previous such events, we have dorm-style accommodation at a rustic cabin (with WiFi, of course), with catering and a guest speaker in the field. We charge $75/day,...
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Slots available at the Spring 2017 Akaflieg Arnold by
Bob Kuykendall
There is still room for a couple more attendees at the Spring 2017 Akaflieg at Arnold CA 17-22 April. The Winter Akaflieg was pretty well attended, so this time we got a larger cabin.
At our Akaflieg events you learn that making high-performance sailplanes from high-tech composites is something...
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Glider cockpit size by
Bob Kuykendall
On Friday, November 24, 2017 at 7:30:09 PM UTC-8, Steve Muhli wrote:
I am planning on going to the SSA convention in Reno in 2018
to check out the new stuff...
We'll have a customer's HP-24 there, you can try it on for size. Also, it's EAB, so we can easily customize to suit.
--Bob K.
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Grob G103 canopy transparencies made in the USA by
Bob Kuykendall
I'm considering tooling up to make replacement canopy transparencies for existing sailplanes, or at least to have them made for me. I've seen a few requests for G103 canopies, so I thought I'd start there.
What I am thinking of is precision stretch-formed transparencies made over internal mandrels...
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SPAM on r.a.s. by
Bob Kuykendall
On Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 11:51:03 AM UTC-8, kinsell wrote:
https://onenewsnowcom...
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/onenewsnow/
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Akaflieg Arnold winter 2020 build session 27 January through 2 February by
Bob Kuykendall
HP Aircraft is hosting another of its "Akaflieg" build sessions at our Arnold CA facility from 27 January through 2 February 2020. At this session we'll be installing wing internals (spars, ribs, control system parts) in a new set of all-carbon wings for HP-24 sailplane. We might also be making a...
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What have we learned from all this? by
Bob Kuykendall
At 23:55 05 April 2020, Gregg Ballou wrote:
...Yearly flu has a higher body count...
Quick update: In the six months since the first US deaths in early
February, deaths from Covid-19 are now around 150,000.
--Bob K.
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Free TE probes by
Bob Kuykendall
Thanks to everyone who participated!
Brad, let me know if you want 6mm or 8mm and I'll send you the extra one.
Just FYI there are still slots available in the Akaflieg we're planning for 21-27 January 2017. It looks like that session will be dedicated to making wing skins for 24-06. We also have...
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Second HP-24 first flight by
Bob Kuykendall
For those who have been following the HP-24 kit sailplane project, on Saturday 25 June we did the first flight of Doug Gray's w/n 24-03. The flight itself was unremarkable; the controls were effective and well harmonized and glider showed good stability throughout the tested regimes. The test...
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Who got the dipped Stemme? by
Bob Kuykendall
Anybody know who was the high bidder on the Stemme S10 that got
submerged in the Florida hurricane?
Thanks, Bob K.
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River retrieve by
Bob Kuykendall
Earlier, "Brian Glick" wrote:
The foam gets water logged...
Quite, quite unlikely.
The foam used in sandwich core composite construction is closed-cell
foam that does not admit water beyond the first layer of cells. And
even that layer is sealed by the sandwich skin so...
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Where to get a glider canopy in the US by
Bob Kuykendall
Some type-specific sailplane canopy resources in the US:
Aircraft Windshields, Inc, in my experience the best in the aircraft
transparency biz:
Los Alamitos, CA, no Web site
--Gliders various, just ask (incl. 2-seat Lark, I think)
--Custom tooling and acrylics
ThermoTec (Ray Poquette), advertises...
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Spratt Report by
Bob Kuykendall
On Feb 3, 5:27*pm, "Karl Striedieck" wrote:
For all you Spratt watchers, Charlie received a new kidney today (Tuesday).
Standby for progress reports.
That's great news!
And now you've got me wondering if Charlie's good fortune is related
to this CNN...
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O2 Cylinder Sizes - What are people using these days? by
Bob Kuykendall
I'm looking to develop a standard O2 cylinder installation for the
HP-24 sailplane kit, and I'm curious what size cylinders people
generally have installed these days.
These days a lot of folks seem to be using EDS systems which seem to
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Hutch Hutchins? by
Bob Kuykendall
Hi all,
I'm looking for any information I can find about a sailplane pilot
named (I think) Hutch Hutchins. Last I heard, he flew in Southern
California, and he once owned a Ventus. Is he still around? Where did
he fly? I'm trying to track down a piece of soaring lore that he was
allegedly involved...
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HP-24 kit sailplane sale pricing by
Bob Kuykendall
Hi RAS,
For the next two weeks, I am offering a discount on the basic HP-24 sailplane kit. Here's what you get and here's how it works:
* You get the basic HP-24 15-meter sailplane kit with all-carbon structure, 500 lb empty weight and 825 lb gross weight, retractable 500x5 undercarriage,...
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HP-18 prototype N5568? by
Bob Kuykendall
Does anybody know where the prototype HP-18 ended up? I have lost track of it. I checked the FAA database, but there is no useful information there.
Thanks, Bob K.
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What have we learned from all this? by
Bob Kuykendall
At 23:55 05 April 2020, Gregg Ballou wrote:
...Yearly flu has a higher body count...
Quick update: Some time in the next few days, US deaths from Covid-19 will
exceed 250,000. That's in about 9.5 months since the first death reported
in early February. At that run rate...
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