Does anyone have experience using carbon fiber (like a fuselage) as the ground plane for an antenna? My primary interest would be a transponder antenna.
I know carbon fiber can shield the radio si...
In my previous club we used C172. This plane replaced a Gawron PZL 101 and the club is still very happy with the new towplane: climbs better (2-3m/s with an IS28B2) but consumes less fuel. Do we need ...
Fact #1: It is only through the grace of God herself that my plane has survived.
Fact #2: It is no longer possible for that person to send me email.
Fact #3: By noon tomorrow, it will no longe...
...expense and bother of the annual' was one of the primary reasons that they were even looking at the plane.
I don't remember having any particular problem handling the 1-26 in the wind, b...
... have a nose wheel, i think our gear is retractable. the thing that the instructors like most about that plane is it shows every flaw u have. flying coordinated is very important in this plane....
...hat the wingtips are about 1 to 1.5 inches wide. Now comes the fun part....adding ballast to balance the plane. I use some small finishing nails but you can use whatever you like. I tape a nail on the...
...land. It lasted 80 meters (longer than Wrights first flights) and ended when the pilot tryed to land the plane. Plane crashed, pilot broke his both legs, and the man was forced to live in wheechair. ...
installed a tost release on our Scout tow plane. A huge improvement.
You may contact him for drawings and details.
...challenged, there's even an English site:
http://www.szdusa.com/home.html
The bottom-right plane is the Diana....
...amaging ground loop while on tow.
>But if the tip digs in, could it be enough drag to pull the towplane around?
Not likely: The force on the tow plane is essentually straight back because o...
Flown with one. The one I flew with lagged badly compared to the Winter that was also in the plane. It was terrible as a climb instrument.
Nuff said .. save your money
Al
The K17 handles like a 15M plane climbs like a Libelle and runs like a 20 up to around 80knots. Not bad for a 34year old design.
I think for looks thought the ASW17 takes the pize.
But then ...
... it.
For books get 'beginning gliding' by Derek Piggot available from amazon.com
Buy a plane as soon as you can, its cheeper than renting if you plan on flying over 60hours a year. ...
...fore 2 p.m.
After takeoff, Carlson's Shemp-Hirth Standard Cirrus began to rise above the Cessna plane towing his glider by a rope, forcing Carlson to take corrective action, witnesses told in...
Bob, How big is the tow ring you are using at the tow plane end of the rope? If it is too large it could snap forward under tension and hit the release. I would think the diameter of the ring should b...
...ou can go straight through the fusalage bottom and use a tube within a tube to get the pee away from the plane. Make sure you cut a 45 angle on the tube facing backwards otherwise it will blow back on...
... in the sky, which in turn is a consequence of the elliptic orbit of the earth and the angle between the plane of this orbit and the equator....
.... I have used more than one type of antenna, they all worked. This can be viewed as an advantage if your plane is tight on space. You install the antenna somewhere it will work and put the little box ...
...nsurers and came up with the following:- Minimum 100 hours (P1 + P2) power. 5 hours solo circuits on tow plane. Planned training program of new tow pilot with tug master, of one named pilot at a time....
...ing. I just soldered some fly leads to the 12v adapter for a quick and dirty fix and wired that into the plane (center pin is +)
http://www.pharosgps.com/products/compaq/
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...an you are at this point. If the price is reasonable then just FLY. Fly for what it is worth , push that plane to its limits or it potential. Once you have mastered its capabilities then it is ...
...). The savings can come if the data is sent only if the vector changes (either speed or direction of the plane). So You can utilize commercial radio networks and other commercial solutions at low cost...
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Radio Filser ATR 500, Radio button on stick
Boom microphone
All together value of 83.500 Euro, this plane can be yours for only 79.000 euro + vat, and airborne may/june 2009
Call asap if your ...
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Good point ! Operating with a tug plane is not always compatible with activities at public airports.
For many years, the necessity of a ground crew have been the «...
JJ Here's an excerpt from a response I gave to another member directly by email that sounds like it is germaine to your question DJ
'3) It is my understanding that our representative to ...
Last Saturday during a business trip, I took a short break and visited a Texas glider FBO. There were two people behind the counter, one talking on the phone and the other working at a computer, both ...
Our club uses two L13's and an L23 as basic trainers and our L33 Solo is the first single seat ship our members move up to. It is very light and responsive in roll, the pitch isn't unusually...
I know many people that can spends days building some model of advanced toy planes and people that are into the actual skydiving.
They are usually not the same people as those who enjoy operat...
The only survivor among eight people on a plane that crashed on a remote British Columbia island told rescuers he was able to climb out just before the wreckage exploded in flames. The man told r...
...ilot for Turkey’s Anadolujet was fired after he allowed a 15-year-old to sit in his seat while the plane was flying from Ankara to Erzurum (and while the pilot went to the bathroom). The c...
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