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What glider will provide the best characteristics for mountain wave ascents to record heights? What are those characteristics...air foil design, lofting characteristics, L/D ratio, oxygen system, et
...ing potential energy into work against drag. In the case of an airplane, potential energy is in the form of altitude. A gliding airplane trades off altitude to propel itself forward. In the case of a ...
... 10 bucks in any pilot shop). Simply slide the circular calculator so that in the TAS window your current Altitude is directly above the Outside temperature. The TAS can then be read on the outer sc...
... going east out of Air Sailing. 2. Fuel, do we have enough and is the correct tank selected? 3. Density altitude, do we have enough power for this situation? 4. Engine, Is it developing full pow...
...: $25 Late Entry Fee: $50 Maximum Number of contestants: 30 Preferential Entry Deadline: May 1 GPS with altitude recording is required; No disposable Ballast allowed except for CG adjustment Exp...
...asy, but I am glad to be here and have a shot at the challenge. As late as the day is, I still lean towards altitude rather than speed. If I am up, I at least have a chance. I crawl across Mono Lake, ...
...th an engine noise level GPS Volklogger, perhaps I could stop the prop instead, and use the DA-C1 to get an altitude part of a badge? Can anyone see any reason a DA-C1 airplane could not be used for...
...lot, CAP Illustrative event report (true): Summer, 1967, eastern United States. 1-26 and NW Airlines 707, altitude ca. 4500' MSL, directly over GA airport which, ca. 20 NM away from major airport. A...
...'ll use the 76S instead of the 12XL, toss out the EW, and for competitions use the 12XL as an emergency 'no altitude' backup logger in the back where the EW was. The 76S can 'velcro' onto the same mou...
I passed my test for a low altitude airshow waiver and would like to get wingtip smoke canisters to make the plane more visible, since I have to start my routine so high. Does anyone know of a good
...) but for all those aluminum enthusiasts out there I declared and flew a 300 km triangle for Gold distance, altitude and duration and DIAMOND goal Wednesday. Elsinore-Big Bear-Borrego Valley-Elsinore....
Does anyone have any info on how the typical sailplane oxygen systems perform as altitude increases? I am a doc and looking for detailed medical information relating these systems to in-flight pulse o
This is the most recent news I have seen on this attempt. The link to the Perlan site has been put up by previous posters.
...ternet-auditor dot com PS. We were thinking of sending a PW5 up to fly formation with Steve Fosset on his altitude attempt but didn't want to steal all his glory..... :-) Roseanne Thanks for any...
...B. Returned in just over 1 hour. Final glide was for 33 km in almost still air, I started final glide at an altitude of 1350 m (wind 5 km/h in the back), barely enough for the old bird. I arrived with...
...an safely operate the towplane is appreciated. If they go through lift on the way up, you are above pattern altitude, and can make it back if you loose the thermal, what are you waiting for? Get off! ...
...NG file kingman or other topo map. Any ideas? JR. 'I accomplished the task using commitment rather than altitude'...
...y able to see exactly where I was flying, relative to the terrain. By correcting the data logger's pressure altitude at each fix based on the known take-off elevation, then subtracting the terrain ele...
Dear Newsgroup members, I'm doing research for a film about high altitude glider flying and altitude record attempts. I would appreciate any information on this subject, including books, stories, ar
...pure water or water with methanol or something like that. What is your experience about use water in high altitude flight? Luis Briones...
... of a sort of Netto that would subtract the climb due to the tugs engine (corrected, of course, for density altitude and the glider being towed) and display the thermal strength (with audio in the hea...
There are now a few non-IGC GPS recievers that record position AND altitude (but GPS altitude only, not pressure alt), eventually providing a .IGC file output (though not secured by any encoding). M
...es, b/c when u land at another airport u have to have someone pick u up or rent a car. i mean once u get to altitude in a power plane, u just sit there, fly straight and level and just sit there. soar...
...e, that I did not purchase, that added other features. The B designation refers to the maximum recordable altitude rather than designating a later model. A models -250 to 9160 metres, B models -250 ...
...o measures the rate of change of a glider's total energy. The total energy includes the potential energy of altitude m g h, where m is the mass of the glider, g is acceleration due to gravity, and h i...
folks, should one open the ballast valves when the ship experiences large pressure differences from high altitude flights to prevent damaging the bags? thanks,
...ducts/gpsmap76s/index.html The S stands for 'Sensor'. It has an electronic barograph in it! If it records altitude and lat. and long. it could be very interesting. Is there any reason this should no...
... me 5.5 hours. Marginal but still useful. The others are much better. 196 is cheezy for a $1000 logger 4) Altitude logging: 12XL: no; Vista: barometric; 76S: barometric; 196: GPS comment: barometric...
...urn right and slightly climb after releasing while the tow plane turns left and descends. If I don't change altitude greatly right after releasing, how does the gps know that I've gotten off tow? Th...
Hi, The Omarama Gliding Clubs brand spankin' new website is currently being used to keep the latest news on Steve's attempt. I will attempt to maintain it each day. (as well as get our website up
...and stop with over 500 ft of runway remaining ahead. The instructor told me later that he had picked that altitude for a reason. There was plenty to make a 180, but that would mean a downwind landin...
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