I am intrigued by the construction of the Dreamliner...carbon fiber makes it's way to commercial aircraft. This got me wondering about the construction techniques of glider wings vs how Boeing does it. Will the 787 have spar bumps after a few years? Are the wings pulled out of molds? Do they...

What oil to use for lubricating control system bearings and components. Dan

Wings & Wheels has been posting live on Facebook each daily pilots briefing. The next briefing is 10 am Central time today. Go to https://www.facebook.com/wingsandwheels.aviation/ Sean Franke

Here are a couple of links from my latest project. The sailplane is a Richard Schreder HP-18 kit from the 70's that I built over the last 4 to 5 years. I am using twin Jetcat P300 turbines for self-launch and sustained flight. There are numerous modifications that have been incorporated into the...

I'm sure a few people here have practiced it... but I really need to know: Has it ever actually happened? I mean, has there ever been a bona fide certified, verified example of both release hooks failing in flight? The glider can't release, the glider gives the signal, the tow plane can't...

I have a customer looking for hangar dolly for heavy glider (Antares). Anything that works for Duo, Arcs, DG-500/1000, or similar will probably work. Anybody know of commercial fabricators of such things, or a used one available ? Thanks, Best Regards, Dave

There seems to be a fair amount of confusion about the springs used in almost all modern sailplane rudder cables. The springs are there to keep the pedals upright (pulling forward) and to facilitate rudder pedal adjustment through the use of an 'S' tube. Each rudder cable enters the top rear of its...

The promo is a great idea, nice graphics and all. Love the ASH-25 pic.........just one question. Why did you use a picture from Australia? Not a slam on Australian soaring, but isn't the intent to promote U.S. Soaring and get people's butts in gliders here? No suitable American scenes, pictures of...

nice design for this wing wheel dolly carbon fiber texalium shock absorber easy to use watch the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djXBxx9ys_Y

I'm sure RAS has an opinion. I'm going to be putting brakes on my trailer. I'll be adding a Flexride axle and I can either buy just the axle and buy drum brakes to fit it or i can get it shipped with Disk Brakes installed. Thoughts?

WTH IMEDIATE EFFECTIVENESS THE GERMAN AUTHORITIES HAVE SUSPENDED THE AIRWORTHINESS OF THE DUO DISCUS (T) ALL DUO'S ARE GROUNDED DUE TO A WING FAILURE IN FLIGHT (BOTH PILOTS BAILED OUT AND LANDED SAFELY WITH THERE CHUTE.) MORE DETAILS LOOK AT: www.lba.de/dokumente/ad/lta-dt/2003-245-d.pdf

OK all, its cold (with an F), wet and dreary here in Oz, and time to fire up the dreams machine. What ship, down to 3 options- ASH26E 304S with Jet sustainer Antares 20E Which is your choice and why?

On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 17:23:32 +0100, "GB" wrote in : 40 years or so ago, I learned to fly, at least a bit. I did some solo circuits in gliders. I would like to come back to flying, and I was wondering about whether to learn on...

An annoying property of my Ventus 2C is that the safety harness does not hold me into the seat. When encountering turbulance my upper torso leaves the seat and my head ocassionally hits the canopy. The position of the shoulder strap anchors aft of the cockpit is high enough that no downward force...

The final OLC League rules were just posted to the OLC web site: http://www2.onlinecontest.org/olcphp/olc-i.php?olc=olc-i The OLC League is a new feature for the US, and several other countries. It is a speed competition between clubs with different leagues for each country. It has been run in...

http://www.lange-flugzeugbau.de/english/menu/menu-akt.htm Wow I would like one for Christmas Mal

In addition to AGCSC, there is a winch at Twentynine Palms, and one run by the CAP somewhere around LA. That makes at least three known winches operating in California.

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I'm going to watch my parachute get repacked this evening. The local Master Rigger is teaching a rigging class and I'm invited to watch him repack my 'chute in front of the class. Can I ask him any questions for r.a.s.? Bill Daniels

Hello! Can someone tell me which compensated varios do not need a total energy probe? (no electronic compensation) Thanks a lot! Robert