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padding in Cobra trailer by BobWa43
The carpet in my Cobra trailer is shedding badly. I would like to replace or cover it. Open to any ideas on how to remove the old carpet or can you just put some new material on top of the old? What material would be best? Soft felt, hard felt, carpet?
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May 6th 21 03:04 AM
by Mark Mocho Go to last post
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Ventus 2c gas spring by BobWa43
Does anyone have experience replacing the gas spring that supports the instrument panel in the Ventus2c? Any information on the specifications of the spring any difficulties encountered in replacing it will be greatly appreciated.
March 22nd 21 03:52 AM
by 5Z Go to last post
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gel coat by BobWa43
Is gel coat crazing purely a cosmetic problem or does it pose a threat to the structural integity of the underlying fiberglass? I realize this is a controbersial issue but I would really like to hear the current opinions of members with experience refinishing gel coated gliders.
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November 1st 19 09:20 PM
by Dave Nadler Go to last post
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Attitudes & Reality by BobW
A post from another thread is timely - this being the start of the most active part of the U.S. soaring season. Excerpted from another thread: Beginning of Excerpt... "There's a personality type that won't be convinced. I stopped to talk to a pilot who was launching on a wave day at Minden....
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May 10th 18 02:14 AM
by 2G Go to last post
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Looking for A-14 (or similar) - Thread Drifting... by BobW
Warning!!! Intentional experiment of trying to intentionally 'drift a thread' by 'cold-starting' an entirely new, similarly-named, one without simply renaming one of the posts from the original one (which seems to cause some RASidents heartburn). Don't like today's result? Whine to the Ruler of...
December 30th 18 08:08 AM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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Kawa Webinar - Thanks Everyone!!! (Plus a few thoughts...) by BobW
Having just watched (36 hours after the fact) the SSA/Sebastian Kawa webinar of the (U.S.) evening of Feb. 5, 2019 (link that worked for me below), am "feeling the need" (ha ha!) to: 1) thank everyone involved - the (many) organizers; Sebastian Kawa; the moderators; the...
February 8th 19 03:01 AM
by BobW Go to last post
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Wolf Lemke Obituary by BobW
A first-generation great has passed. I did not know Mr. Lemke, but from multiple sources whose opinions I respect, every one of them - unsolicited by me - volunteered he was not only a (quietly) superb, multi-talented, sailplane designer, but - far more important in the grand human scheme of...
February 8th 19 07:49 PM
by Charlie M. (UH & 002 owner/pilot) Go to last post
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Wintertime and navigation... by BobW
So it's wintertime in the northern hemisphere (short days/long nights), and on a recent thread it's (yet again) been implied out how crucial GPS is to routine navigation (you're doomed without it), and part of increasingly-geezeristic me gazes back fondly upon those forever-vanished days when...
January 13th 20 02:59 AM
by Dan Marotta Go to last post
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Testing for Attachments by BobW
On 2/24/2021 12:00 PM, Dan Marotta wrote: Since I use the Thunderbird email client to read RAS and I just discovered that I can attach a file to a message, I thought I'd do a test run. Anybody out there see the picture? Worked for me - using T-bird. Dern! Learn sumthin' new most every...
February 24th 21 09:04 PM
by BobW Go to last post
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Does How a (Sailplane) Pilot Thinks, Matter? by BobW
Thought I'd start a new thread, kinda-sorta forked off one "festering" in "The Boy Who Flew With Condors" thread (which I re-watched last night for the first time in decades; cool!)... On the card is a Grudge Match between two (irreconcilable?) schools of thought. Will there be a WINNAH?!? In...
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April 10th 16 04:43 PM
by Dan Marotta Go to last post
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Way Off the Road by BobW
....copyright 2007 by Bill Geist; ISBN 978-0-7679-2272-2; subtitle "Discovering the Peculiar Charms of Small-Town America" in which - among other charms - is the chapter entitled, "The Alien Highway: Rachel, Nevada" which begins: "Rachel, Nevada: only place I ever had a gun drawn on me; only...
June 23rd 15 12:33 AM
by Bob Whelan[_3_] Go to last post
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Crunch(es) Alert (USA)... by BobW
The soaring season is working its way north; a quick skim of the FAA Prelims (4/14/12 AM) after several days of absence yielded 2 single-seat notices entered 4/13/12. Thankfully, apparently no fatalities. Assuming 100% entry accuracy (major assumption), this one *may* eventually make the NTSB...
April 14th 12 07:23 PM
by BobW Go to last post
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1 Attachment(s) Crunch Alert (USA) - hugely serious but (apparently) non-fatal by BobW
Having once 'felt the need' myself, this one undoubtedly has a compelling story; it will definitely make its way into the NTSB database. Thank goodness the pilot is (reportedly) OK. SSA member; diamond badge; 2-time 3rd place finisher in Region 9 Regional. If it happens it must be possible....
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May 11th 12 06:30 PM
by Mike C Go to last post
46 6,231
2nd-Guessing Accidents (aka Seeking Personal Insight) by BobW
So far, the USA's 2012 northern spring appears to be shaping up to be a "typical soaring season" in accident terms. In my view, that's not a good thing. Why? Summary-to-date follows... - - - - - - 1/28/12 - 2-33 seriously damaged in a non-rope-break approach accident; at least one occupant...
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May 22nd 12 01:55 PM
by Andy Fraser Go to last post
37 2,037
Crunch Alert (USA) - not Mifflin by BobW
From today's FAA prelims... Begin cut-n-paste... IDENTIFICATION Regis#: 186P Make/Model: EXP Description: AVIA STROITEL AC-5M GLIDER Date: 05/19/2012 Time: 2253 Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N Damage: Substantial
July 2nd 12 05:56 AM
by Jim[_18_] Go to last post
7 1,053
Another Weekend, Another Crunch (USA)... by BobW
The good news is - apparently - no bodily injuries... - - - - - - IDENTIFICATION Regis#: 505JL Make/Model: DG50 Description: DG-500M Date: 06/24/2012 Time: 1505 Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N Damage: Substantial
June 25th 12 11:07 PM
by Ernst Go to last post
1 489
Wide-ranging Safety Discussion...? by BobW
I might be wrong, but my sense is that now in this soaring season, and considering *only* quantity of gliders "substantially damaged" or worse, few semi-regular, US-based, RAS readers would not agree this U.S. season is - statistical pedantry aside - already distinctly...
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July 7th 12 04:59 PM
by Sean F (F2) Go to last post
49 2,373
Not a Glider, but... by BobW
More safety food for thought... Not a glider, but a glider pilot. Gut wrenching. - - - - - - NTSB Identification: ERA12FA395 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation Accident occurred Friday, June 15, 2012 in Westminster, MD Aircraft: REMOS ACFT GMBH FLUGZEUGBAU REMOS GX, registration: N206GX...
June 28th 12 10:25 PM
by T[_2_] Go to last post
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OFL Gone Bad? by BobW
From today's FAA Preliminary Accident/Incident Report... Were it not for the "Damage: Substantial" I'd be wondering if this wasn't simply a routine OFL; these sometimes appear, simply because if for any reason the FAA is notified in such cases, someone within the FAA necessarily has to file a...
June 28th 12 04:22 PM
by BobW Go to last post
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Pilot Mindsets and Enhanced Safety by BobW
Most U.S. glider pilots know of Tom Knauff, creator and long-time proprietor of the well-known Ridge Soaring Gliderport in Pennsylvania. Probably fewer are aware he has an intermittent electronic newsletter, which has as its most persistent theme the utterly boring, sometimes irritating, theme...
August 21st 11 02:41 PM
by BobW Go to last post
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