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Competition Can Be Fun
(Blogs / From the BlogSphere)
I've been reading that there are not enough pilots registered to the hang gliding competition in Lakeview. If you think you can save the day and prevent the competition from being canceled you can r
Monday, 28 July 2008
I usually don't write about space ships in this website but the coming of a new book that tells the story of SpaceShipOne "SpaceShipOne: An Illustrated History" is a good enough reason. The book
Wednesday, 04 June 2008
A Truly Innovative Way To Fly!
(Blogs / From the BlogSphere)
...1990s when the GNS 430 was selected for the SR20's panel, and we are very excited to expand our relationship," said Gary Kelley, Garmin's vice president of marketing. "Both companies are equally comm...
Friday, 30 May 2008
Something From The History
(Blogs / From the BlogSphere)
... transmitter in a distant powered plane, until, if all went well, it crashed upon the deck of the enemy ship. When it repeatedly failed to do so, the experiment apparently was abandoned, for nothing m...
Thursday, 06 March 2008
Experimental Sailplanes
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
Thanks PIK20-B is a very interesting ship, and it's about 40Lbs. lighter than a Mistral with 5 points on the L/D. I've been told the flap mechanism is a wheel that requires you to count and remember
Thursday, 14 August 2008
PW-5
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
Interesting video, thanks. I'm looking for a used ship that's light weight, strong, easy to fly, with Amateur Built Experimental Airworthiness Certificate and current annual/condition inspection. A
Thursday, 14 August 2008
Twin jet glider
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...might help me set up a microjet self launcher. I'm looking for a strong, light, simple, easy to fly ship with an Experimental Amateur Built Airworthiness certificate and current annual. Intent is ...
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
Best Glider for Altitude Record Attempt?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...get their flutter speeds as high as possible. If you want to go high for a national record most glass ships will get you to the 40k mark given the right conditions. Get ready to dig deep into your...
Saturday, 09 August 2008
FS: SGS 1-35 Wings
(Forums / General Discussions)
...ed the room it is occupying in our hangar to work on the other Schweizer. Will assist with transport or shipment depending on where you are. Michael tel: 509 674 0294 email: mhende6...@aol.com Mic...
Wednesday, 06 August 2008
Looking for Gliding Clubs
(Forums / General Discussions)
Consider Marfa, west Texas. Site of the 1970 World Soaring Contest and where 'The Sun Ship Game' soaring movie was filmed. 150 miles southeast of El Paso (ELP). Major airlines also serve Midland, TX (
Tuesday, 05 August 2008
Panel mounted WindowsCE device
(Forums / General Discussions)
...way to go. It wouldn't change the market much, still room for the current crop of manufacturers but the ship owner could mix and match his preferences. Club ships could be fitted with a 'fancy' panel ...
Monday, 04 August 2008
SN 10 Display problem
(Forums / General Discussions)
...ject. 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 and more reliable. ...
Monday, 04 August 2008
...ww.socalsoaring.com Scroll down to the bottom of the first page, and click on 'Michael Wallace Scholarship.' You might want to apply for this. Good luck....
Saturday, 02 August 2008
What glider if not a Speed Astir?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
... The ASW-19 was the machine of choice for the U.K. team in the Junior Sport Class World Gliding Championships this year, it has also been bought by the Surrey & Hants. gliding club for their early pil...
Friday, 01 August 2008
PEZ's first glider ride
(Forums / General Discussions)
...though, it's only 14 meters wide. I tested this with my 13 meter Duster. The guy that helped me get the ship off the runway, wouldn't sign my landing card and turned away when I shot off the rest of m...
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Speed Astir II B
(Forums / General Discussions)
...tion. 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. However, I've been told that the stiff wings, and ...
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Briegleb 12B - Opinions?
(Forums / General Discussions)
...aircraft remains: 1. Recognize that every builder has different sensibilities and standards of workmanship, and adheres to the designer's plans to a different degree. Some homebuilts make me proud t...
Saturday, 12 July 2008
To Walter Eisele and Comrades
(Forums / General Discussions)
I call all those ships you mentioned 'second rate' performers. Who is going to develop anything new for LS out of the Eastern Block? How can you hope to compete with the German University trained
Monday, 07 July 2008
Handicapping distributed competitions
(Forums / General Discussions)
How do we go about handicapping flights made on different continents in different ships? There are several online competition sites in operation but they seem to apply a standard ship handicap without
Sunday, 06 July 2008
Texas Winter Down Wind Dash Contest?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...flying, your fantastic crew, and the humble handicap of the PW-5 (which many others believe isn't an XC ship,) I don't know if anyone, even with be most beautiful of sailplanes, would challenge you in...
Sunday, 06 July 2008
Final Glide for Don Dorrell
(Forums / General Discussions)
...The old owner took the position that the insurance company had paid him off and he 'no longer owned the ship' and refused to resign the paper work. About 2 weeks before the ship was ready to fly aga...
Friday, 04 July 2008
DG Flugzeugbau and LS: Not united...
(Forums / General Discussions)
...per is it to deliver an LS4 than an LS8. Particularly after you have paid for the trailer, avionics and shipping. I suspect most buyers would pay the extra and go for the new design with top of the cl...
Wednesday, 02 July 2008
One Design viability?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...ass boat. The PW5 only needs for the sanctioning body of soaring to adopt it and have a world championship at the venue that the other classes are held. There are people who would fly for a world ti...
Tuesday, 01 July 2008
REFINISHING
(Forums / General Discussions)
...es anyone know where I might get my glider refinished (properly) in the US? I'm beginning to think that shipping it overseas may still be a cheaper option despite the poor exchange rates now....
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Peschges VP3 Problems
(Forums / General Discussions)
...ly holds data while the program is running and the batteries provide memory retention in the evnet of a ship's power interruption. If the EPROMS are damaged you could always copy ones from another V...
Monday, 23 June 2008
Aft CG limit(s)
(Forums / General Discussions)
Andy, The CG limits are firm for any weight of your ship. Its up to you to add trim weights to bring the CG back to desired with a heavy pilot. I set up my ships for ideal CG without wing water. When
Saturday, 21 June 2008
Nother PW-5/World Class question
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...handicap tables made by them. This is probably the reason why in the National French Club Class Championship almost only Pegases are persent, although LS-4 are also well spread in France, because the ...
Friday, 20 June 2008
Ball vario overhaul?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
... Short of that my next step would be to find someone with a hole in their panel to take it up in their ship for a test hop......
Thursday, 19 June 2008
...ged their minds on how good an idea it was. So when the FAI didn't put World Class in the world championships, the class folded, leaving a bunch of one design guys no place to play. Now I think that W...
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Why does PW-5 get no respect?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...is issue was beaten to death at one time, but I'm curious for a paragraph or two explanation of why the ship gets no respect....
Saturday, 14 June 2008
Lowest Cost GPS Tracking System on the Market
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...t and displaying its position on a geographical map. Polaris can be used to track vehicles on the road, ships, planes, trains, humans and even animals. It is a generic system that consists of an XML w...
Friday, 13 June 2008
Taking a Glider from the US to NZ,,,,
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
... its temporary? What must be required to then re-export to Austrailia?? What are minimum lenght of ownership?? Its experamental. No transponder...fliying in the Omarama area....
Friday, 13 June 2008
The power of RAS
(Forums / Tips & Tricks)
...different countries - with the majority being from the USA. I was absolutely amazed by the vast readership of RAS. For a site to experience such a vast increase in traffic after a single post indica...
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
Flaps and V-Tails of Death
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
OK, It's winter time and I'm bored, so let me throw my 2 cents in here. 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
Saturday, 07 June 2008
Jantar 2A opinions sought
(Forums / General Discussions)
... the 19 m older version of the Jantar 2, but very much the same. I did most of my badge flights in this ship in the 1980's in South Africa. I flew a lot with the top 15- m ships of the day, which in...
Saturday, 07 June 2008
Concept 70 opinions
(Forums / Pictures)
Group, Anybody have experience with a Berkshire Concept 70? Its a 15M glass ship with flaps and I am considering one thats available. Thanks for your input.
Saturday, 07 June 2008
ELTs are a joke
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...out ELT's. Automatic activation in a crash situation has got to have a very low sucess probability. The ship and therefore the ELT antenna, may very well be upside down. The ELT may be damaged in the ...
Saturday, 07 June 2008
OPINIONS ON AN LS3A
(Forums / General Discussions)
I CURRENTLY FLY AN L33 SOLO AND AM LOOKING FOR A HIGHER PERFORMANCE SHIP. tHE LS3A CAUGHT MY EYE. I AM ABOUT 6'1' AND 240 LBS WITH BROAD SHOULDERS (REALLY). CAN ANYONE GIVE ME OPINIONS ON THE GOOD AND
Sunday, 01 June 2008
...ed to regester it only to find out the Canadian club had informed Transport Canada (their FAA) that the ship was totally destroyed and they de-regestered it. A note to Transport Canada requesting that...
Thursday, 29 May 2008
Coordinated turning stall and spins
(Forums / General Discussions)
...ms that the test aircraft is very unforgiving of poor recovery technique. Is this typical of modern 15m ships? How would it have behaved in the same situation with a full ballast load? When I transi...
Thursday, 29 May 2008
Discus2 any better?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...y with the pack in glide. The D2 uses a thinner airfoil and this may be the edge. Having said that, new ships are all tuned up and perform at their best, older ships (D1) aren't always that tidy. This...
Thursday, 22 May 2008
...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 showing her age. Kinda like going to prom with your mother. ...
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
What next?
(Forums / General Discussions)
... a club after my first solo. Fortunately, the commercial instructor was able to fly with me in the club ships. I saved money on the glider rental by joining the club, but still had the opportunity to ...
Sunday, 18 May 2008
? about LS 6C
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...ctory.com/ls.htm#LS-6 ... 'The 15 m. racing class LS-6 first flew in 1983. At the 1991 World Championships at Uvalde, TX, the first four places were taken by LS-6b’s and LS-6c’s.' Not sure wh...
Friday, 16 May 2008
Newbie question
(Forums / General Discussions)
... 1-26 solo. Boy, the 1-26 doesn't speed up much, but just goes down if I push the nose over. Fiberglass ships, especially with ballast and negative flaps, accelerate very quickly with little forward s...
Friday, 16 May 2008
Refinishing gelcoat
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...uck me the other day that the materials used to cover R/C models these days could be used to 'refinish' ships on which the gelcoat had deteriorated. We are already 'happy' to stick .5m wide pieces of ...
Wednesday, 07 May 2008
Need A Sunday Torrey/Vintage Report!
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...Aside from that, it was a spectacular day with over 40 winch launches, perhaps as many as 10 full scale ships in the air at one time in addition to dozens of hang gliders, paragliders and RCs. Towards...
Monday, 05 May 2008
...ning to fly under the constraints of club rules or competing against your colleagues in a World Championship, your skillfulness as a pilot will be put to the test. Learning: The simulation is formulat...
Thursday, 01 May 2008
Problem with Schroth rotary buckle
(Forums / General Discussions)
would have to go back to Germany for servicing. the dealer may be able to cross ship you a replacement.
Thursday, 01 May 2008
Idafleig test data
(Forums / General Discussions)
... my glider (I think it was for my Ventus b). They charged my credit card I believe. The payment covered shipping and copying and a bit more to support their efforts - if I remember correctly. It has b...
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
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