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Discus 2b cockpit comfort? by
Jeremy Zawodny
I've never flown in a Discus 2b but have fantasized about getting one
someday. I do have a dozen or so flights in the font seat of a Duo
Discus and while it's a *great* ship to fly, it doesn't have as much
room in the front as our club's DG-1000 does (need room for keeping
stuff during the flight)...
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One Design viability? by
Stewart Kissel
With winter upon us in the northern hemisphere, the annual PW5 thread had=
reappeared. I started thinking about this ship and one design racing an=
d thought I might post this. I started thinking about this topic in the =
summer when I saw two full size bus conversion RV's pulling two...
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Double scissor jack for trailer ramp? by
Bullwinkle
All,
I have a new (to me) glider and trailer. Good rig, but like most things,
capable of improvement.
The ramp that extends from the back of the trailer for assembly has a
single, car style scissor (spare tire) jack for raising and lowering the
fuselage. It rocks back and forth a bit too much,...
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Mountain High EDS O2 system battery by
Bill Daniels
I have an EDS on order and have been reading the manual available from their
web site. It says "USE 9V ALKALINE BATTERY ONLY" in caps for emphasis.
They then go on to say that you can also use and external battery of any
type you choose.
OK, so what would be wrong with using a 9V lithium smoke...
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millionaire on the Internet... in weeks! by
Malcolm Austin
Oh dear yet another get rich quick scam. Must be the 10th this week!
groan............
"Wayne Chislett" wrote in message
news:qnRid.132473$Pl.77910@pd7tw1no...
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Just pull the little red handle! by
JJ Sinclair
I lost my best friend in a mid-air last November, a Cirrus hit a tow
plane in Colorado, we had a mid-air at Parowan and now the mid-air in
Uvalde!
I'm going ballistic as in Ballistic recovery system (BRS). At my age
there's no way I'm getting out of my ship unless it's straight and
level and...
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Full Size Duster BJ-1B Sailplane Plans For Sale by
Blake Miller
I am building a Duster Sailplane in my garage here in Eden Prairie, MN
USA. I am attempting to revive interest building and flying the Duster
sailplane. I have been working with Ben Jansson, the original designer
of the Duster and I now have the ability to provide full size, high
quality, scale...
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"SOARING" possibly in legal jeoprady by
Bob Thompson
A feature article in the Durango Herald newspaper (Durango, Colorado) =
this morning about a 5 star resort north of town, Tall Timber, really =
caught my attention. They now offer an "extreme sport" of Peter Pan- =
like zipping down through the trees hanging from a wire that they call...
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Another glider crash? by
Ron Gleason
Saratoga NY, news report here
http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s3911217.shtml?cat=10114&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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FAA by
Judy Ruprecht
At 18:06 10 August 2003, Nolaminar wrote:
Has anyone ever experienced an FAA Ramp Check when
involved with soaring?
Any such experience at a meet or competiotion.
Yup. 15-Meter Nationals at Tonopah. One pilot randomly
selected by the inspector was asked to pull out of
the take-off line until...
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Saqqara Info? by
sisu1a
It appears that there has actually been progress on the Saqqara
microlift glider: http://www.diloren.com/index01.htm as is evidenced
by this pic: http://www.vole.ch/matmambo/diloren.jpg of a
completed(?) example.
Does anyone have anymore info on this? I've scoured the Dilorean site
many times,...
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physics question about pull ups by
John Rivers
I was trying to work out the expected height gain from a pull up
Experienced glider pilots say you will get a better pull up with a
heavier glider / water etc.
But I can't see this from my (probably incomplete) equations:
total energy = potential energy + kinetic energy
total energy before pull...
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ASG-29E vs. JS-1Jet Sustainer by
Gerry Simpson
I am very interested in purchasing one or the other and having difficulty weighing the merits each of because of no direct experience with either. I would like to have some advice concerning reliability, resale values, performance and build quality. Can I compare apples and apples with these two?
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Cheap sailplanes by
tango4
The 'which glider should we make cheaply' , 'glider classes' and some of
the traditional 'winter threads' seem to be based on the premise that if we
could build a 40:1 sailplane for some nominal amount then the steady decline
in worldwide sailplane pilot numbers can be stemmed.
I am yet to be...
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Al-Ko Trailer Tongue failure by
Dave Springford
On my way home from Nephi (towing my trailer with the RV) I stopped for fuel and found one of the bolts that holds the Al-Ko trailer tongue together was gone as can be seen in the picture he
http://www.foxonecorp.com/images/20160703_154501.jpg
In the picture you can see the front hole that has...
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xcsoar by
[email protected]
just revisited this software in its current version 5.2
Have to say this software has really matured and I was most impressed
with it whilst flying with it yesterday.
I particularly liked the custom terrain and waypoint downloading when
setting it up.
Check out http://xcsoar.org
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$75,000 2-33 by
[email protected]
Just when you thought you've seen it all. Wings and Wheels has listed a beautifully restored 2-33 for a mere $75K http://wingsandwheels.com/classifieds
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