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Best Glider for Altitude Record Attempt?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...litary equipment was designed for unheated and unpressurised cockpits. They deliberately left 700 fpm lift when the altimeter read 44,000 ft because they considered that they had reached the limit o...
Friday, 08 August 2008
Speed Astir II B
(Forums / General Discussions)
...oo light. Negative flaps resulted in rapid acceleration. Both my flights in the Speed were on very weak lift days, but it seemed to thermal OK for a heavy ship. Probably not a bad ship on strong days....
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Do winglets produce thrust?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
Winglets produce lift, with a vector. The vector direction can be perpendicular to the winglet surface, fwd or aft. That is dependant on how it is shaped and mounted. A lift vector facing the nose (fw
Wednesday, 02 July 2008
... meeting indicated that it was to apply to existing recorder approvals in two different ways: 1. To uplift recorders that were then at the 'up to Diamonds' level but deserved higher. Such as the Sch...
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Soaring in an Airplane (Katana DA-C1)
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...ns of propulsion' So it seems that even a 737 can be considered a motor glider if one can find enough lift to provide 'sustained soaring flight' without the MoP. Even more interesting, it seems th...
Sunday, 15 June 2008
Gliders for the larger pilot
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...you would be near the upper limit for the max. landing weight of 807Lbs. and the max. weight of all non-lifting parts of 531Lbs. With the Genesis, the ultimate design limit load is one helluva lot lar...
Tuesday, 10 June 2008
Flaps and V-Tails of Death
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...rted out in -2 flap position, went to + 5 at 40 knots. Had no trouble keeping the wings level. The bird lifted off level and was easy to fly on tow. Released and tried slow flight (no stalls), flight ...
Saturday, 07 June 2008
OPINIONS ON AN LS3A
(Forums / General Discussions)
...ill may be within the CG and Max GW.. Watch the Max GW limit when adding water and watch the Max 'non lifting surface' weight. Do all these computations before you buy. You may find that you can f...
Sunday, 01 June 2008
Looking for Ridge Lift/Turbulence Diagram
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...iation seminar. I have not been able to find a diagram which depicts flow over a ridge showing both the lift on the upwind side and the turbulence/sink on the downwind side and hope someone here might...
Saturday, 24 May 2008
...lcoat at some point in the past. (rather than take it down and refinish it correctly.) The Imron is now lifting/flaking in a few areas. (mostly the wing tips/upper surfaces) Obviously one option wou...
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
First Post: Hello!
(Forums / General Discussions)
...d sea breeze - which some might say is thermalling, but others may consider to be a different source of lift and in some cases a different technique. Good luck with your web site, and your progress....
Sunday, 18 May 2008
Newbie question
(Forums / General Discussions)
... have a simple answer. Mention is frequently made of the term L/D, which I know is an abbreviation of Lift / Drag. For example, the L/D cited in an advert for a Ka6 recently was 'L/d 33' If L/D is...
Thursday, 15 May 2008
usefull
(Forums / Professionals)
... be climbing or in a level glide if your in a contest.. fly faster.. you are flying straight ahead in lift and could be flying faster.. BT...
Sunday, 11 May 2008
Snow in November ? AU
(Forums / General Discussions)
...t sound was a real attention getter 'til the old cranium figured out the problem. Anyway, the strongest lift created a tunnel with thick snow trailing down either side. A truly memorable few minutes. ...
Saturday, 10 May 2008
Wave over So. Calif?
(Forums / Tips & Tricks)
...learning about weather for soaring. Do the San Gabriel/San Bernardino mountains produce any useful wave lift? Do sailplanes from local gliderports ever go to that area? Mt. Baldy appears to be about...
Saturday, 03 May 2008
... an important part of the development of this program has been the simulation of both thermal and ridge lift used by glider pilots as the only 'engine' to keep their planes in the air allowing them to...
Thursday, 01 May 2008
helicopter towing
(Forums / Pictures)
...m two weeks ago: http://williamssoaring.com/stories_main.htm Most of the pictures are of a practice lift, before the actual retrieve took place. Note use of long cables......
Sunday, 20 April 2008
...eam to beat. They really did well. I felt like I was right there with them as all three teams aircrafts lifted off for the first time. The Americans were really having a hard time with there CG. But t...
Thursday, 03 April 2008
Nice Flying Out of Bishop Yesterday
(Forums / General Discussions)
...e October - I just haven't been able to sample them). There was light and plentiful thermal and ridge lift to about 14,500 feet and I had a wonderful time skimming along the top of the snowy Whites ...
Monday, 31 March 2008
Looking for...
(Forums / Pictures)
... The owner was getting a litle nauseated but is was most entertaining! I would check Max Weight of Nonlifting Components for a reference point as I recall it was 1 more boom break / refinish / mod f...
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Sparless wing
(Forums / General Discussions)
...e 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 possible to build fully monocoque wings ...
Friday, 21 March 2008
302 Netto enhancement?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
... I want to know what the airmass is doing, not what I could be climbing in, on the off chance there was lift. The current 302 Netto function works great in cruise, but you then get netto in climb...no...
Tuesday, 18 March 2008
OT - But Interesting - Sea Gliders
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...a Vehicles OBJECTIVE: Design and develop an underwater vehicle that uses buoyancy control and vehicle lift to drag as the primary means of propulsion for the transport of equipment, supplies, sensor...
Saturday, 15 March 2008
RS-15 fatality out of Driggs, Idaho
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...o get higher than the peaks and stay there. If not it's time to move away and work some other source of lift. Flying into 'altogranlus' clouds is not for me. Sorry another soaring pilot has been added...
Saturday, 01 March 2008
TE compensation problems
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
Hi The varios in my club's Discus CS report extra sink when pulling up and extra lift when pushing down. Its as if the needles have mass intertia and are affected by the vertical acceleration of the
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Circling direction
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...ane to dive to the left and the glider climbs to the right. Since the general practice is to release in lift, the first climb is going to be to the right. I made the presumptions for Low-time pilots...
Thursday, 21 February 2008
Indicated lift vs True lift (or sink)
(Forums / General Discussions)
.... Now as a glider jockey I wonder what is the relationship between indicated (or calibrated) rates of lift/sink and true rates? To be pedantic, at altitude (especially since at Boulder we start at 5...
Thursday, 07 February 2008
...rplane was at 150 KEAS and weighed 100,000 lb., and that increasing the body angle by 12 deg. increases lift coefficient by 1.0, the load factor would become 2.3. This is below the structural limit an...
Monday, 28 January 2008
Glider rating then PPL?
(Forums / Pictures)
...y. In theory a glider is actually in *exactly* the same situation as a single-engine power plane. Our lift source could disappear, while their engine could stop. *Both* of us are supposed to be in r...
Sunday, 27 January 2008
Garmin as a flight recorder
(Forums / General Discussions)
...iation maps we could download; hook the beeper up to the vario so one could have an audio indication of lift and sink; a field for density altitude and a field for glide angle to waypoint. Ah... if on...
Thursday, 24 January 2008
... I had my first wave flight last weekend since the new track display was added to Winpilot which shows lift with the track. It made staying in the strongest lift very easy. Of course, you still have ...
Sunday, 20 January 2008
Stability
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...n upwards gust) faster than the tailplane, thus causing a nose-up pitching movement which increases the lift and G load generated even more. With a canard aircraft, the (rear) main wing accelerates ...
Thursday, 17 January 2008
Make the Valley Appear
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...iends. Not that she is forgiving as she has tumbled many a hang glider, but she spear heads the rush of lift that is the White Mountains. Soon I am back at the top of the green arc and trying to cal...
Sunday, 13 January 2008
50 km out and return
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...ievement, not a group effort. And, yes, it is normal soaring practice to 'notice' other gliders marking lift. But it is very different to 'team fly' a task for an achievement award. Those of us who ...
Saturday, 15 December 2007
paper work for mirrors on cessna 182
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
need help finding paper work to install mirrors on the lift struts of a cessna 182 john carson 425-8681282
Thursday, 13 December 2007
...s the point is different, and probably easier to figure out. The spoilers are actually 'destroying' the lift from an area of the wing, conseguentely transferring it to the remaining of the span. So th...
Monday, 10 December 2007
Color markings on speed indicator
(Forums / General Discussions)
...al to safety of flight. What happens if a tape solution you apply doesn't saty stuck down over time and lifts catching the needle? Or your bang the instrument to hard on your workbench because you don...
Friday, 07 December 2007
Flying straight down
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...nots. To go straight down (following a plumb bob line) would require going beyond 90 degrees due to the lift created. Bruce Patton...
Friday, 30 November 2007
Thanks To AOPA
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...e included the statement that the quick course does not cover all the variations in weather or types of lift (thermal/wave) that the soaring pilot learns.. very well done piece.. I know my power fly...
Sunday, 18 November 2007
Wilga as a towplane
(Forums / Pictures)
...and body from Koliber and Wilga's engine, constructed especially for towing - and makes up to 5-6m/s of lift with glider....
Thursday, 15 November 2007
...d over winpilot used to be the track feature. now however Winpilot has a track that even shows areas of lift you have flown through (very nice) Pocket Nav with the S/L Nav is still pretty nice solut...
Saturday, 03 November 2007
...cal auto parts store, you place it under the trailer axle and move the car slightly, it's odd round and lifts the trailer as you move, instant jack. get some jack stands that will fit under the traile...
Friday, 19 October 2007
Taping Schempp-Hirth glider wings
(Forums / Professionals)
Anyone got any clever ideas for preventing the edges of the tape lifting as it goes round the curve at the rear of the wings - especially on the lower surface? I have had 4 SH gliders and not really
Thursday, 18 October 2007
B1-PW-5 in US
(Forums / Professionals)
...easant to fly, and at full gross and full tail ballast I found there was plenty of control authority to lift the nosewheel early in the takeoff roll and keep it off on landing for quite a while. Even ...
Friday, 12 October 2007
ASW19 Control Panel Shape
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
... the only suggestion that I have is that you have been sent a blank panel for the mod to have the panel lift with the canopy (making bailing out easier, as well as normal entry/exit). I believe that t...
Wednesday, 10 October 2007
Smart Breathing
(Forums / Professionals)
... would do that. After a long day of great flying the last thing that you want to do is to land when the lift is still abundant so you begin to rationalize and there goes the safety idea. So what are y...
Tuesday, 02 October 2007
...pilots. Anyone that is qualified and can 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 therma...
Tuesday, 25 September 2007
Nimbus 3
(Forums / Pictures)
Great airplane. Fun to fly. Stays up on days with no lift, out-climbs everything except Doug Haluza's Janus. Can easily keep up with and blow the doors off Dave Piotrowski's 1-26E. (I'm ready - any
Sunday, 23 September 2007
Fluid Flow Calculator
(Forums / General Discussions)
I'm interested in modeling airflow over long mountain ridges of various shapes, to calculate the lift patterns. Can anyone recommend a low- or no-cost 2D fluid flow analysis program that runs on a hig
Saturday, 22 September 2007
LS7
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...ts find themselves circling with 90-95 km/h. In very weak thermals this is often to fast to stay in the lift. In weak lift there are some kinds of thermals, where the LS7 simply does not gain altitude...
Sunday, 16 September 2007
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