How do we go about handicapping flights made on different continents in different ships? There are several online competition sites in operation but they seem to apply a standard ship handicap without compensating for the place or conditions prevailing at the time of the flight. How can the guy in...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5WDiHHgua8 Boggs

Jeff: I did a google search in rec.aviation.soaring on canopy crack repair. Its worth reading. Ths stuff you need is Acrifix, probably available for Tom Knauff or Tim Mara. With some care, you can do a good job. Pete

Hello. I'm looking for a sailplane with my partner and we've come across a very nice ASW-19 that we are interested in. The aircraft has a maximum pilot weight of 196 pounds, which my partner just barely squeaks under with a parachute and will probably be over with drinking water and any other...

My Trig22 now generates ADSB-out in my Experimental glider. I'd like to add a reasonable-cost adsb-in receiver and a bright panel-mounted traffic display (I can't see iphone or ipad screens here in the western sunlight). Any suggestions? I see the PingUSB adsb receiver ($200) and the AirAvionics...

The squelch on my Dittel FSG 50 has got to the point where it lets a lot of noise through. After a search of the Internet, I have found many allusions to the fact that this can be adjusted with one of the internal pots, but cannot find any reference of which one to actually turn. I've attached a...

Hi, I'm taking on the tough task of creating a comparison table for soaring flight software. Of course I can't mention every single features found in every product, so I'm trying to hit the unique features found in each product. You can view the very preliminary table...

Has anyone had any experiences, good or bad, with the various solid state horizons on the market. Are they stable, is the response quick enough, are they reliable. (Probably only likely to get answers from UK pilots as the rest don't cloud fly)

I liked the Plantronics microphone I used to use, that clipped onto my eyeglasses. Eventually, I got tired of the cord, which seemed to be in the way much of the time. Are there any eyeglass clip-on (or ear mounted) style wireless microphones? I've seen some intriquing ear mounted "headsets" used...

To whom it may concern, EASA has just published a new AD: EASA AD 2010-0185-E. It grounds all Blaniks with immediate effect, including L-13, L-13A and all aircraft that passed earlier AD inspections. Reason is that the failed wing spar on the Austrian accident glider failed before reaching...

There are some designs which have no horizontal stab: flying wings for example. There are also canard setups (the speed canard, for example). For a sailplane, I was thinking about how one might design away the typical T-tail stabilizer and elevator. First of all, how much dynamic stability does...

Hi everyone, My name is Emir Sherbi, i'm a mechanical engineer from Argentina. With a partner who is an electronic engineer we've designed an electric self launching system that can be retrofitted in most of the composite sailplanes. Some of you may be saw my booth in the SSA convention in Reno...

Is there a softcopy someone can send me? ... or any helpful reference? The running lights on my 2002 Cobra work properly but I get strange results with the turn signals, testing with three different tow vehicles. Are there any caveats I should be aware of in using 6-way-round to 4- way-flat and...

Hi everyone, Hilton Software has spent over a year developing WingX. Earlier this week, we announced general availability of the product. "WingX is a Microsoft Pocket PC application designed by pilots for pilots. WingX was designed from the ground up using the latest .NET technology...

I have a 2016 honda civic. It’s my only car. Has any one towed their glider and trailer using a small sedan like a civic?

I survived an unexpected twisting of my ASH-25 wing a few years back. The situation was as follows; speed 145 knots, altitude 50 feet (finish line). After receiving my "Good Finish JJ", I initiated a climbing left turn to exchange speed for altitude, about 30 degrees nose up and banked 45 degrees...

Common knowlege about Glider wing designs says that a high taper ratio will lead to Wing tip stalls. However in our flights and research we have found that a straight or forward swept flying wing will not stall a wing tip despite the very narrow chord ( renolds numbers of 325,000) and lack of...

Dear Sir, I read carefully the various posts on this newsgroup about the subject (egyro-solid state gyro etc...). In order to avoid heavy cabling, and minimising the available space (on the instrument panel) and volume (behind the instrument panel), I am slowly coming to 2 options: Option 1 :...

On Jan 19, 5:09*am, VinceC wrote: Any chance of getting the film converted to digital so we can all see? I don't have a way to do that, but I shot some scenes off of an editor with my digital camera: http://www.360buffalo.com/glider.htm

Discus 2b for sale: Year of mfg: 2000 S/N 58. Approx 120 flights, 180 hours. Factory Cobra trailer with glass top, Cambridge 302, Becker Radio, Winter Mechanical Vario, Boom Mike, ELT, Tilt up instrument panel, Two tow hooks, Canopy cover, Tow out Gear (wing wheel and tow bar), Lots of options,...