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Volkslogger won\'t automate
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...elect ROUTE but this is supposed to occur automatically on startup of the VL. Unfortunately this is costing me expensive flying time to do these experiments, and I suspect I am making an error som...
Sunday, 24 August 2008
SN 10 Display problem
(Forums / General Discussions)
... a real science project. We can replace the LCD with a used one (trade-ins from 'B' upgrades) for the cost of labor plus shipping. I recommend doing the 'B' upgrade, as the screens are much nicer an...
Monday, 04 August 2008
What glider if not a Speed Astir?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
The Pegase would fit the bill perfectly. The LS-4 or Jantar Std 3 as well, but they would cost a bit more.
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Twin jet glider
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
How much do these puppies cost???
Sunday, 20 July 2008
Instruction Idea
(Forums / General Discussions)
...l climb, so I would think the student would pay fot the other pilots rental and launch fee. I think the cost would be worth the experience since it would give the instructor plenty to talk about and b...
Saturday, 12 July 2008
Briegleb 12B - Opinions?
(Forums / General Discussions)
...ne. For starters, at least. Like everything else I get involved with, whatever I get will likely end up costing me a Citation at some point. (No, I can't afford one.) Thanks, group. Curt East Texa...
Thursday, 10 July 2008
One Design viability?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...d into the US) and I'll buy it. Of course, I'll turn around and sell it for the $28,000 or so it really costs, then buy a nice LS-4. Wasn't that the absolutely first aim of generating the World Clas...
Thursday, 03 July 2008
REFINISHING
(Forums / General Discussions)
...ished. Casual conversations with other pilots revealed that most think a 'normal' refinishing job would cost about $10k. After speaking with Gaines in Georgia, I believe that is wildly optimistic. Gai...
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Student-Instructor question (USA)
(Forums / General Discussions)
Bob, We've asked the same question and our answer came through Costello, our insurance carrier. Paraphrasing here, 'The instructor must on the field (on the ground) and be in a position to observe t
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Nother PW-5/World Class question
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
I fail completely to understand why a smaller span (and crippled performance) should lower production costs significantly. Why no outgrown glider with up-to-date performance? Changing wing span to,
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Why does PW-5 get no respect?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
It is UGLY. All of the other problems (except cost maybe) could be overcome it the PW-5 was not such an insult to the eye. Todd Smith
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
...as little to do with looks or performance. It shares the same fate as NHRA Pro Stock Trucks do. A great cost saving idea that was abandoned by the promoter after they changed their minds on how good a...
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Lowest Cost GPS Tracking System on the Market
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
Polaris - Low Cost GPS Tracking System CloserWorlds introduces Polaris, a low cost product / service for tracking an object's physical location in real-time over the Internet and displaying its posi
Friday, 13 June 2008
Taking a Glider from the US to NZ,,,,
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
What are the entry requirements and how long may the glider stay in NZ? Any costs for importing a US glider to NZ? Thanks, Tom # 711.
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
On-Star*
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...show your location as; 40-53.3 north and 123-05.6 west. Good luck! Does anybody know how much On-Star costs and would they consider taking on aviation customers? It's got to beat ELT. JJ Sinclair...
Sunday, 08 June 2008
Wanted Used Volkslogger
(Forums / Professionals)
...ttp://www.craggyaero.com and buy a new one for 800 USD its cheaper than straight from Garrecht where it costs 809 EUR !...
Friday, 06 June 2008
ELTs are a joke
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...pilot could add a brief text message as well, to indicate urgancy. Oh, one other thing, considering the cost of a gps & transmitter, it should be affordable to anyone, maybe the price of a 'chute or l...
Tuesday, 03 June 2008
Thin flexible solar panels
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...e any better units than these? I'm aware of the Strobl units from Germany, but they are about twice the cost per amp....
Friday, 30 May 2008
Soaring magazine
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
One thing you didn't mention was an emergency locator transmitter (ELT). Small low cost units are readily available. There have been crashes that the pilot survived, only to die before a search party
Friday, 23 May 2008
D-8 Info
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
Thanks JJ. It's information anyway! I'm still researching low cost sailplanes and spotted this ad in November's Soaring: PACIFIC HOME BUILT D-8 SAILPLANE, $3,200. Aluminum construction, single seat.
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
...uld put a bag over my head everytime I pulled her out and waited in the tow line. Of course this option costs nothing and I think it would be a perfectly flyable ship with a well sanded gelcoat and sh...
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
What next?
(Forums / General Discussions)
... take a hard look at how long it will take to finish up if you switch over to the club. It may not be a cost savings if you can finish much quicker with the FBO. Remember a club is a group working tow...
Sunday, 18 May 2008
Vans RV-G glider
(Forums / Tips & Tricks)
...ut the same wing span, the same airfoil and pretty exactly the same polar). In a serial production, the cost of a Calif is *way* higher than the cost of a Janus (that's why Calif's are no longer in pr...
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Winching - Reverse Auto Tow
(Forums / Professionals)
...k that the glider has no time for dropping a wing before being airborne. Maybe this is the reason why Costwold preferred a winch....
Sunday, 11 May 2008
Cutting plasma rope
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
... Before we get into expensive guillotines we need to prove the cable with the kit we have. Part of the cost effective equation would be installing new guillotines on existing winches. Possibly develo...
Sunday, 11 May 2008
Refinishing gelcoat
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
... would result in a job that would fool the best of us! The materials for an upper surface recover would cost less than £100. Continuing in the same vein, the BGA's recent investigations into collis...
Wednesday, 07 May 2008
Bangs for Buck
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
Gliders are like many technologies: each incremental improvement in performance tends to cost more than the one before. Which means that if you look at performance-per-dollar, the lowest-performance e
Thursday, 17 April 2008
glue
(Forums / General Discussions)
...d news and some bad news. Good News - we can do it. Bad New - it will take till Monday, and it will cost $50. We both started laughing and told him that really was bad news. Richard www.craggyae...
Sunday, 13 April 2008
SparrowHawk Sailplane
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...eople who should have known better were publishing articles with titles like 'Now anybody can fly'. The cost barrier then was way lower than the 29,500 for the Sparrowhawk, and we were flying in a reg...
Monday, 07 April 2008
The Sailplane and Glider (cross-posted to RAS)
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...ding' on the spine, eight others have 'Sailplane & Gliding'. Offers for the binders (to help defray the cost of the binding!). Wally Kahn...
Sunday, 06 April 2008
... future edition of the magazine. He might just sell a few more copies and fill his coffers a bit. The cost of composing, recording and mixing down a single track for a gliding club project is probab...
Wednesday, 02 April 2008
L-33 wing pins: needed
(Forums / General Discussions)
...iameter are you looking for? If I can find them and the are the correct size, you can have them for the cost of shipping....
Saturday, 29 March 2008
US Team Sweepstakes results
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...SA - when you give, all of it goes to the Team - Pilots have taken on a very significant portion of the costs of participation under the 'defined benefit' approach - We have many more competitions wit...
Friday, 28 March 2008
Sparless wing
(Forums / General Discussions)
...can be made. As I see it, the major advantages of composite monocoque wings are: Lower construction costs, Weight savings, The surface waviness that sometimes develops over the spar caps is elimin...
Friday, 21 March 2008
...functionality. I suppose that it could be argued that a competitive logger has a display built-in and costs less. But it doesn't offer final glide information like the 303 does. Also, it is my opini...
Tuesday, 18 March 2008
Tripod Wing Stand
(Forums / General Discussions)
... the roller. The nicer ones have one leg that folds into the other to make it compact for storage. They cost between $20 and $40 US dollars. There is a picture of one here: http://simplest-shop.com/...
Thursday, 13 March 2008
FS-Water Meter
(Forums / General Discussions)
...g water ballast tanks. Electronic digital display, battery operated. Reads in gallons and can be reset. Cost last year was $150. Will sell for $ 75 including shipping anywhere in the US. E-mail if you...
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
...r - then I go to Aircraft Spruce or Wicks or wherever. Even though the Filser ATR-57 or dry-fit battery costs $15 more at Knauff and Grove, I believe it's worth it because it helps keep the tow-plane ...
Monday, 03 March 2008
...us B only had carbon spar caps . When we bought a Discus BT in 1992 a carbon fuselage was an additional cost option. John Galloway At 19:18 08 July 2002, Deputy Dog wrote:...
Friday, 15 February 2008
Summer Gliding Camp
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
Yeah, forgot to tell you that I'm sitting here near the US East cost in PA. Waiting for your input, thanks.
Sunday, 03 February 2008
...ments above. We've had ours since April and it's great. You may have to bring in another partner on the cost side, but it's a super two place in all aspects. Wonderful handling, not very hard to rig, ...
Wednesday, 30 January 2008
14 volt battery source
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...ity of the battery not the amperage. Now back to the topic... I have a 12v 12 amp-hr PowerSonic. It cost $35.00 I buy my batteries at: http://www.tnrtechnical.com/powersonic.html They have batte...
Tuesday, 29 January 2008
Glider rating then PPL?
(Forums / Pictures)
...o fly and was thinking like you that this would be a cheaper way to do it than power (the difference in costs is probably higher in France). I was thinking that maybe later I would learn flying power ...
Sunday, 27 January 2008
Wanted 2-33 manual.
(Forums / Pictures)
I am looking for a manual for the Schweizer 2-33. Preferably on line, but will pay copying and shipping costs to MN, USA for one. (Al, save your figures, don't bother flaming about your hatred of the
Sunday, 27 January 2008
Wanted to buy (UK) A Glider.
(Forums / General Discussions)
... NOT with the $v£ at the moment .................any one in Europe who thinks Minden is going to be costly have a serious look at the current exchange rates 1 euro is now worth more than a $....
Saturday, 26 January 2008
Towplane engines
(Forums / General Discussions)
...mption was always a factor, though. If liquid cooling level, that alone would pay off the $15,000 kit cost over less than 2,500 hours. As to the Cubs, it was unusual for us to cook fewer than 4 jugs...
Saturday, 19 January 2008
In-flight oxygen saturations
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
... Nonin uses an LED display which I found difficult to read in direct sunlight, while the Minolta (which costs approximately $75 more than the Nonin) has an LCD display which is easy to read. The Minol...
Friday, 11 January 2008
...p the phone dropping out and it is on the opposite side from the Compaq's connecting socket. This mount cost about £3. Or you could by that very expensive Cambridge mount......
Monday, 07 January 2008
SFS4 Joystick Problem
(Forums / General Discussions)
...re is OK because it works fine on the keypad and on an old two axis two button stick which probably ony cost one tenth of the MS product. Any ideas would be welcome. My computer is brand new and more ...
Sunday, 06 January 2008
Gliding on final glide?
(Forums / Pictures)
...s soccer matches, little league games,karate lessons, gymnastics......? I assume that and the financial costs are why it is such an 'older person's' sport. With that in mind however, as the babyboomer...
Saturday, 05 January 2008
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