Hi guys, Our club is having a discussion about the merits of reducing airbrake on short final (well before the flare) in order to reduce the rate of descent on the last part of finals - in particular after using full airbrake to correct an overshoot i.e. you are still overshooting but reduce...

There are commercial solutions availabe, ready to use. But I would like to know which pins are used on the IPAQ 3900 side for a two wire communication with the GPS and which pins are used for the +5V power supply. The IPAQ connector has some 22 pins and I guess that for power pins 19 gets +5V and...

A questions that I should know the answer to but don't...in a thermal, all things being equal, will a 15m glider and an 18m glider with the same wing loading climb at the same rate? Thanks Chris

Give it up, Walter! Nobody will buy your Eastern block manufactured "pseudo-LS" crap, and you will only succeed in 2 things: 1. Causing the extinction of some exquisitely beautiful sailplanes. 2. Having you and your 'secret investor' go bankrupt.

Has any one heard of using a Champs, Cubs, Luscombs or Cessna 120/140 for tow operations for antique gliders like a franklin. I am in search of a tow plane that can fly at 50 miles per hour or less.

Who has done a loop in a standard cirrus? Any comments or hints. Currently getting some acro training with the goal of looping my cirrus.

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I am looking pretty seriously at buying 1/2 of an ASW 19. The other partner thinks there is a mod to move the instrument panel to the canopy. I am not that excited about shimmying my legs under it. Has anyone done this? If so what’s the cost of the parts and how much time to...

Leah and I are down here at Chilhowee for a VSA rally and had an enjoyable flight in the Ka7 today attempting a silver altitude gain for the highly sought after VSA Silver Coin. Unfortunately by the time we were hot, tired, hungry, in pain, and had to pee we hadn't quite made the gain. I found...

Looking for some suggestions on location of Transponder antenna from people who have them mounted on their Nimbus or DUO. Looking for area for placement of a 3rd Battery. Do you have a location that works well? Thanks in advance for the suggestions. Mark Mahan 2K

During the last few months, several threads have discussed soaring possibilities on Mars, but what about Titan? The NASA probe Cassini, launched in 1997 will arrive in Saturn's orbit this summer, and will send a probe to land on Titan in January 2005. Titan is Saturn's largest moon. It is a...

We purchased a Schweizer Trailer and we will be using it for our 2-33. We would like to see how it is secured on the trailer. Does the stabilizer need to be removed? Please send pictures of your setup and any fixtures that you are using. Thanks Randy Tulsa, OK

What are the FAA regulations regarding installing a communications radio in a certified glider. I have had many opinions expressed and would appreciate any definitive answers with references to the appropriate regulations.

Someone has to figure out how to get a flight log from a logger into an iPad and then how to post the flight on olc.

Hi All, I'm pleased to announce Wings and Wheels has been named as the US Distributor for flyWithCE. I, through my entity 'Sailplane Navigation Solutions,' will be doing setup and support for the software. First, for those of you who don't know me, I am a 17 year old Private Pilot Glider with...

Why not a turbojet on a glider? There are some designes like the Baby Albatross http://www.skybench.com/images/graphics/bowlus.jpg that should be easy to add an turbojet that can be buried in the rear of the pod with no drag penalty and the exaust is away from any critical parts. These...

Is anybody else having noise issues when the Oudie is hard wired to ships power. I know two aircraft that have the squelch turned on to try to drown out the noise on the radio. I believe it is from the Oudie while it is being charged. I recently added the Oudie to the aircraft and now the radio...

Now that my PowerFlarm PCAS performs as well or better than my Zaon (thanks to the latest firmware and the shorter antenna) Just last weekend I flew another side by side comparison between the ZAON MRX and my Power FLARM portable. For about half of the flight the Power FLARM indicated a...

Hello all, I'm wondering if anyone had ever tried using a fifth wheel RV to pull a glider trailer. This would make an ideal setup for going to glider contests if the trailing dynamics were workable. I did a cursory look on the web yesterday and found a 30 ft fifth wheel that did come equipped...

He achieved it! See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3112095.stm for details David Starer "Jim Culp" wrote in message ...