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Mandatory inspection of Schleicher wooden gliders. by
W.J. \(Bill\) Dean \(U.K.\).
There has been discussion about the life of wooden gliders.
Anyone owning or thinking of buying a Schleicher wooden glider should look
at the inspections required by the British Gliding Association.
This is British Gliding Association mandatory aircraft inspection number
042/07/2004 issue 2,...
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Best US Soaring Weather by
[email protected]
If you were pulling up stakes, where would one move to find:
1. The longest soaring season.
2. The best x-c conditions, on average.
The OLC would suggest Blairstown, NJ... Any other opinions, with or
without objective data?
Erik N.
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Glider - Towplane Signals by
Mike the Strike
Training manuals and,in the USA, the FAA test, require knowledge of all
the in-air signals between a glider and towplane. In all my 25-years
of aerotows, I've only had four go bad (less than 1%). In one, the
towplane engine quit just after liftoff, but early enough to enable us
both to land on...
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by Shawn
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New Class for US Nationals by
[email protected]
The US Rules Subcommittee has added Club Class as a national championship class starting in 2013. The plan is to co locate with Sports.
Generally described, subject to usual wordsmithing and refinement, Club will be gliders with a handicap of .898(similar to what Worlds does except letting in LS-6...
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Wingtips for PW-5 by
kilocharlie
Did anyone run across any information related to Wingtips design/availability for the PW-5. This is understood that it will negate PW-5 World Class categorization however shell be available to all PW-5 registered uder Experimental Cert...
I believe I SAW it only once somewhere in Australia (Website...
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Devin kicked out of junior worlds. by
Mitch Hudson
Rec.aviation.soaring favorite, Devin was kicked out of the Junior
Worlds for being up until 4:00 AM drinking on flying days, and general
disrespect for the coaching staff. It is unfortunate that such a
potentially talented young pilot was unable to meet his duties to the
U.S. team due to his...
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FLARM Fusion Range by
Matt Herron Jr.
Hi guys,
I just installed a FLARM Fusion and am getting some very poor results. The antennas are installed symmetrically on either side of the canopy rail (see photographs) in an ASW27b. They clip into a plastic adaptor printed from ABS, and each antenna has a clear 180 degree view out the side...
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A Simple Question About LiFePO4 Batteries by
[email protected]
Not to start another chapter in "Battery Wars" but I have a simple question about "drop in" LiFePO4 battery replacements for SLA batteries in gliders.
For years, I've used an SLA battery with the same footprint as the common glider size of 7Ah to 9Ah--i.e., 5.95" x 2.56"--except a little...
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The Sun Ship Game and the 1969 US Nationals by
Jon Clarke
I am researching the film 'The Sun Ship Game' which
featured George Moffat and Gleb Derujinsky in the 1969
Sugarbush Regionals in Vermont and the 1969 US Nationals
in Marfa. I would appreciate any recollections of these
two contests and their filming and would especially
like photographs. Can...
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Wanted Cambridge 1500 mount by
Andy
I need a Cambridge 1500 series ball joint mount exactly as shown in
http://www.cambridge-aero.com/1500mnt.htm
If you have one you no longer need please email me.
Thanks
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LiFePO4 Batteries on sale. by
[email protected]
bioennodepot.com is offering 15% off LiFePO4 glider batteries.
12V 9A only $85.00 bucks
If your old "Sealed Lead Acid" (SLA) needs replacing, here is an opportunity to get a 12 Volt 9 Amp hour LiFePO4 battery. I have been using these for several years and would never go back to SLA's.
Lots of...
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Optimum thermalling speed display by
kirk.stant
With all the new (and some of the older - SN10 for example) vario-computers having accelerometers and settings for ballast and polars, would it be possible to compute and display the optimum thermalling speed adjusted for wingloading and bank angle (as a function of instantaneous G-loading)?
Since...
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2014 SSA/US Tasking Analysis by
Sean Fidler
2014: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GYqUEaesROmKdkzS2Y1h7MSBUrQCdfydJxu6WnSbzOQ/edit?usp=sharing
2013: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NO7073Z6J-r77aUbR1oOEKrusXwfYf4amtaem_Rw-E4/edit?usp=sharing
2014 US Tasking Highlights
Total Number of Tasks - 189
TATs - 122 or 65%
MATs -...
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Blanik L-13 for sale. by
Roger
Blanik L-13 for sale.
Circumstances have forced me to cease my commercial operation.
Therefore I have a very clean, well maintained, low hour L-13 for sale
with an open trailer. This plane is ready to fly.
* Total Time 1179.6 Hours
* Ball Audio Vario in Front Seat, Mechanical Vario in back...
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by Roger
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Towing with a TDI by
vontresc
Looking at getting a new vehicle this spring, and am currently looking into a Jetta Sportwagon TDI. Any of you guys use one to tow your ship? Good or bad?
Peter
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Being towed too slow? by
Steve Leonard
Seems to be a common thing at contests or any other
time you are flying something different than what the
pilot is use to pulling. How about the next time it
happens to you, have your radio call be 'Towplane pulling
Glider (Insert your callsign here), please speed up
5 MPH' or some such if you...
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Bowlus & Nelson Bumble Bee powered glider questions by
soon2bexpat
I have a 16mm home movie showing a test flight of the Bumble Bee at
Rosamond Dry Lake in 1945. I need help with 2 things:
1) I would imagine that Bowlus and Nelson are part of this movie but I
can't find a photograph of either of these guys so that I can ID them.
Does anyone know where there is a...
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Super Cub towplane performance by
Marc Arsenault
Well, we finally discovered that the propeller was totally worn out. We took
the prop to our local Sensenich dealer-repairshop.
The very helpful people of BL Aviation took no more than 15 minutes on the
prop stand to measure out the defective "windmill". Actually, the
measurement were quite...
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PZL Variometer WRs-5D (Need Manual) by
Randy[_2_]
I purchased a glider that came with a PZL Vario (WRs-5D). All of
the instruments had been removed from the panel. I do have all the
components for this system, but I am looking to see if anyone has
a manual on how to correctly set this up.
http://web.me.com/rgteel/Site/PZL_Vario.html
Randy
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by Ian
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Vario recommendations, please. by
Mike Lindsay
My gliding partner and I have a LX1000 in our DG202.
This instrument needs some attention, and we are wondering if its time
to replace it rather than spending money on something outdated.
We have a separate GPS/logger/nav display system (Garmin 89, EW B,
Compaq 1550), so we aren't looking for all...
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