Turn coordinator? How dare they!

I noticed the fancy panel photo being used by the SSA to entice people to try soaring (home page of letsgogliding.com) features a BIG, FAT GYRO DRIVEN turn coordinator. I can't believe this has been allowed to remain for nearly a year as it is obviously blasphemy! I'll give it 24 hours before this is removed.

Just sayin.....

http://www.letsgogliding.com/

On Tuesday, February 12, 2013 7:44:27 PM UTC-6, Sean F (F2) wrote:
I noticed the fancy panel photo being used by the SSA to entice people to try soaring (home page of letsgogliding.com) features a BIG, FAT GYRO DRIVEN turn coordinator. I can't believe this has been allowed to remain for nearly a year as it is obviously blasphemy! I'll give it 24 hours before this is removed.



Just sayin.....



http://www.letsgogliding.com/

obviously not flying in a contest.

Yes, of course. Obviously. Wait a minute? Huh? If he was he would be cheating. He would be looking for clouds to climb through. Damn cheaters.

On Tuesday, February 12, 2013 10:47:06 PM UTC-5, Tony wrote:
On Tuesday, February 12, 2013 7:44:27 PM UTC-6, Sean F (F2) wrote:

I noticed the fancy panel photo being used by the SSA to entice people to try soaring (home page of letsgogliding.com) features a BIG, FAT GYRO DRIVEN turn coordinator. I can't believe this has been allowed to remain for nearly a year as it is obviously blasphemy! I'll give it 24 hours before this is removed.







Just sayin.....







http://www.letsgogliding.com/



obviously not flying in a contest.

Nice Ash 26E panel. Does it belong to someone here?

No way this potential cheater (why else would he have a TC?) would reveal himself. :-)

On Wednesday, 13 February 2013 09:27:06 UTC-5, Sean F (F2) wrote:
No way this potential cheater (why else would he have a TC?) would reveal himself. :-)

Perhaps it came with the plane when he bought it. My plane came with one, and I was going to take it out, but was advised by those I respect that it might save my life sometime if I end up where I don't want to be in wave sometime.

I don't do competition. Too many type "A's" for something that's supposed to be fun.

On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 8:27:06 AM UTC-6, Sean F (F2) wrote:
No way this potential cheater (why else would he have a TC?) would reveal himself. :-)

I have a great idea for next year. Special contest for Sean and his buddies.. IGC club class only. Grand Prix rules, with no finish minimum, with full IGC protocols -- jury, stewards and all. Full panel IFR (artificial horizon) required. Flarm units with leech mode enabled required. The new DeLorme every minute tracker required, and each pilot's "team captain" will radio up other pilot's positions and weather from ground control. Units: Metric. Language: Only Norwegian and Polish allowed -- need to practice up for the WGC, guys!

(Sorry, can't seem to wait for April 1!)

On 2/12/2013 11:50 PM, waremark wrote:
Nice Ash 26E panel. Does it belong to someone here?

It's an incredible amount of instruments in a panel that size. My 26E
panel is not as cleverly laid out.

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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)

On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 7:36:38 PM UTC-8, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 2/12/2013 11:50 PM, waremark wrote:

Nice Ash 26E panel. Does it belong to someone here?



It's an incredible amount of instruments in a panel that size. My 26E

panel is not as cleverly laid out.



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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to

email me)

Oh geez, anohter typical motorglider **** with a stuffed panel... Oh wait, that's mine.

Yes it is my ASH-26E panel, a photo from a few years ago taken in the Kanab Utah area when when flying from Parowan down to the Grand Canyon. I'd just had the '26 for a short while and this was the first trip to Utah with it. Climbing up through 13,000', vario around 9-10 knots, averager at 7.5, a pretty weak Utah thermal...

The 26E panel is a bit funky to lay things out on, I really wanted the full size altimeter, ASI, etc. and things are really crowded as a result. Several other owners have similar layout.

The Trutrak is in the panel because of prior experiences running into smoke in the Parowan Area in my DG-303. And I've flown one contest with the ASH-26E where the T&B was disabled/inop to the CD's satisfaction. I'm not even sure why it is switched on in this photo.

Not that its a big thing, but this is the second time this photo has been used publicly by others without asking me, it is not in the public domain. And I'm not sure I'd use that photo to help portray what gliding is about.

Darryl

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Just to lighten the midwinter mood of our gentleman's ( and
woman's) sport. My dad was crewing the WGC in Sweden in 1950
and brought back a 2- 1/4" turn and bank. After he sold his LK he
loaned it to Jack Bamberg who installed it in his BG-12. Shortly
thereafter Jack landed in a sewer treatment pond. It has not
worked quite the same since.

Richard Walters
longing for the days of Joe Emons, Ben Greene, Gren Siebels and
their ilk.