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Speed Astir II B
(Forums / General Discussions)
...ualified to answer this one. I own one, although it is a II not a IIB. The difference is basically a longer fuselage to accomodate longer pilots. I have about 40hrs in mine. I'd only had a couple of...
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Twin jet glider
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...th this is that it starts on Jet A1 fuel (no starting gas). The engine(s) will be 100% retractable into the fuselage when not used. Magnus 'Slingsby' skrev i meddelandet...
Friday, 18 July 2008
Some SZD-55-1 Questions
(Forums / General Discussions)
... thought the problem was with the sliders in the wings. I have recently discovered interference bewteen the fuselage and the airleron torque tube where it exits the fuselage when the wing is mated. Th...
Monday, 14 July 2008
glider transponder
(Forums / General Discussions)
... to a Ventus? This is new to us in the UK. Type of aerial and the best location for it? Does a carbon fibre fuselage give problems? I'm thinking of putting the aerial in the wheel bay....
Sunday, 13 July 2008
Slipping in Turns
(Forums / General Discussions)
...le. To visualize, draw a circle, then draw a line tangent to it. You can see that the nose and tail of your fuselage transcribe larger circles. A yaw string forward of the cg will show a slight slip f...
Friday, 27 June 2008
REFINISHING
(Forums / General Discussions)
...ar by the end of the soaring season so you might not be able to get it done by spring. I just had my ASW-24 fuselage done and it looks perfect!! Harold 'HE'...
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Aft CG limit(s)
(Forums / General Discussions)
...m, with the datum being the leading edge of the wing at the wing root rib, excluding the fillet of the wing/fuselage fairing. Assuming similar wording in the '19 & '28 manuals, I think you're confus...
Saturday, 21 June 2008
Flaps and V-Tails of Death
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
... The only flight I ever had in a ship with flaps only was in a PIK-20B. It was a test flight after a broken fuselage. Things went well until it got time to land. I rolled in 45 degrees of flaps and ev...
Saturday, 07 June 2008
...5 coins in it. I couldn't believe it. I bought it on the spot for $20. It has a 12 inch wingspan and 7 inch fuselage. For being die-cast and $20, it looks great! After reading the text on the side o...
Wednesday, 04 June 2008
Libelle balsa to foam switch
(Forums / Pictures)
...horizontal tail and I think that is when it went from straight GRP to sandwich construction. No core in the fuselage. I think it always had balsa core shear web in the main spar. Steve Leonard...
Monday, 02 June 2008
Thin flexible solar panels
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...ular ratings are for the panel laid flat, pointing directly into the sun, with no cloud cover. Wrapped on a fuselage, frequently pointing away from the sun, the average will be a whole lot less. A f...
Sunday, 01 June 2008
Refinishing gelcoat
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...ial that is almost a flexible mirror, the stuff is very reflective. Adding a band of this to a wing and the fuselage or the fin could be very effective....
Wednesday, 07 May 2008
gell coat ?
(Forums / Pictures)
... and the urethane isn't thick enough to sand out the shrinkage. If you do this get the control surfaces , fuselage and tail in urethane and the wing in gel coat, fly it for a year or two then sand a...
Wednesday, 09 April 2008
Libelle 301B needs new owner
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
based on this.. I understand that the 301 and 201 share the same fuselage and tail? The fuselage on the 201 is a bit narrow for my shoulders.. I can fly it.. just tough getting in and out.. talk a
Wednesday, 26 March 2008
Sparless wing
(Forums / General Discussions)
...ach other with about 40cm of 2mm wire threaded through hinges riveted to the top and bottom wing skins. The fuselage hung from the wings by lift pins. With carbon composites it should be easily poss...
Friday, 21 March 2008
How effective are bug wipers
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...ers which are retrofitted to gliders must cause some disturbance to the airflow round or near the wing root/fuselage junction. Unlike the latest DGs where the wiper is parked in a recess. I would ex...
Monday, 17 March 2008
Trailer for sale (not for rent)
(Forums / Tips & Tricks)
...er. Rugged V-tongue, surge brakes. 15-meter, but taller than normal: will take 46-inch root chord. Wing and fuselage fittings included. Four years old, always hangared. Very good condition. So why for...
Tuesday, 19 February 2008
...ble than a Discus B because the CS did not have any carbon fiber in it, while the B model had carbon in the fuselage and the wings. I own a B model and know that there is a carbon fiber spar cap, bu...
Friday, 15 February 2008
Urination while flying
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...ll, it goes up into the wheel well and causes a mess. Rusts fittings, wheels, hinges. And the bottom of the fuselage and tail wheel get 'washed' too....
Monday, 11 February 2008
Flying safe
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...ere found in the other sets. in 1994/5 fire season they lost a C130A to the same problems wings leaving the fuselage within normal flight envelope due to spar/skin failiure. the plane steve flew was...
Monday, 11 February 2008
V-tail question...
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...Does the V-tail have any significant handling differences when compared with a T-tail or older craft with a fuselage-mounted horizontal? If so - what are they? Thanks!...
Wednesday, 06 February 2008
...in 15-20 minutes. Automatic connections except for one control and its ready to go. The Nimbus has the same fuselage as the Duo Discus, but the wings are in 6 pieces and not 4. The ASH is great, too, ...
Wednesday, 30 January 2008
...hr. or 48 months. The aircraft, tail no. N130HP, was delivered to the U.S. Air Force around 1957, and the fuselage had 21,863 hr. of flight time. Around 1998, two 1-in. cracks were found in the oute...
Monday, 28 January 2008
FOR SALE: damaged double seater
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...as in beautiful condition with superb gel-coat until it experienced an unperfect landing on the airfield: - Fuselage brocken behind wing trailing edge and before the vertical stabiliser - Front cockpi...
Wednesday, 16 January 2008
Help!
(Forums / General Discussions)
what is a twin boom fuselage? and what are the pros/cons for V-tails compared conventional T-tails?
Monday, 07 January 2008
Indoor Competition
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
What's a twin boom fuselage? I'm thinking of a V tail, cus it provides both yawing and pitching stability, but with less material, thus lighter. what do you think? Thanks for your valuble advice.
Wednesday, 26 December 2007
pee system
(Forums / Tips & Tricks)
...f the firstflyers with Jantar Std2 parked the plane for the night and was told to tape in every hole in the fuselage to prevent the bugs getting in. With the amazing care and natural deepness of doing...
Thursday, 06 December 2007
DG300 gear collapse! Common problem?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...n anyone say if this is a common problem for DG300's and know of a solution? It wreaks a bit of havoc on my fuselage and serenity. The good news is that the 300 tracks quite nicely on its fuselage....
Monday, 03 December 2007
connecting Bohli Vario
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...k the 'S' port to a static source approximately in line with the instrument panel at the widest part of the fuselage at that longitudinal station and have a flush port on each side connected to a tee ...
Saturday, 01 December 2007
Flying straight down
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
The Slingsby Capstan has very good airbrakes and can dive vertically at about 90 knots. The fuselage is slightly past the vertical. The Capstan is a 1960s two seat side by side British glider.
Saturday, 01 December 2007
plans for pee system
(Forums / Professionals)
... seat pan behing the control stick and routed tubing under the seat pan to a pre existing drain hole in the fuselage. The drain hole was 'factory' as I did not creat it myself. (I own a Ventus 2B) It(...
Monday, 26 November 2007
Drag Reduction
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...epid yaw stability at best. However, this may not be as bad a thing in a flying wing. The short flying wing fuselage produces less drag for a given slip angle compared to a long fuselage. Low yaw stab...
Friday, 16 November 2007
Glider simulation project
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...he POH. 2. Detailed surface drawings, including cross sections of the airfoil and non-circular parts of the fuselage. 3. As many as possible of the stability derivatives. The manufacturer of my ship...
Thursday, 08 November 2007
Wing root seals
(Forums / Professionals)
...oot seals, as I understand them, are used to seal off the openings where the control linkages pass from the fuselage into the wing, while allowing the control linkage to move. They're a kind of plasti...
Saturday, 03 November 2007
Gear Warning Parts
(Forums / General Discussions)
Just before touchdown .... is the gear down? S**t NO! Cycle gear, neatly stowing it in the fuselage out of the way of the runway ........... lightly settly onto belly........ hot glass smell etc, emba
Friday, 02 November 2007
Taping Schempp-Hirth glider wings
(Forums / Professionals)
...curve but even that doesn't always stick properly on the lower surface where the curve merges into the wing fuselage angle. I also always try to let any stretch out of the tape before laying it down i...
Thursday, 18 October 2007
Building skills.
(Forums / Pictures)
...sed to give access to the l'Hotellier connections on the former models, probably in order to avoid changing fuselage molds....
Wednesday, 17 October 2007
Wedekind sleeves
(Forums / General Discussions)
...eglider.org - $27 each last Fall. Installation step by step photos here: http://www.jimphoenix.com/nimbus_fuselage.htm#Wedekind%20sleeves...
Wednesday, 17 October 2007
Transitional Tribulations
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
... be a poor choice for low tow, for example. You might also consider the possibility of catching a rope on a fuselage/flap junction should it drape back over the glider. Slack ropes have fouled glider ...
Monday, 17 September 2007
SSA regarding computer cost overrun
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
... has passed away. Specifically, I don't know how the horizontal stab is attached to the trailer nor how the fuselage is held in place. Pictures, descriptions would greatly help. Thanks...
Monday, 10 September 2007
Flaperons
(Forums / Pictures)
... skip of circulationdistribution of the left and right wing at deflection, Flaperons hav a vortice near the fuselage, which improve rudder (e.g. www.eta-aircraft.de/en/technology/control.html) So fr...
Tuesday, 04 September 2007
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