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Real Podcasts of a F-15 pilot.
Check the Airspeed blog for great opportunity to listen to podcasts of a test pilot and lot's of cool stuff. I can't say that I know much about the world of d
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Additional console (to take up second battery mount) in the left wing 0,00 €
2 Airspeed indicator 6FMS5, Ø 80 mm
2 Altimeter 4FGH10, Ø 80 mm
2 Variometer 5StVM5, Ø 57 mm
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I'm a novice glider pilot thinking of a Speed Astir II B. Any thoughts on this aircraft? Thanks!
So some of you really don't think to highly of the Speed Astir. What then would be your recommendations for a first glider for a low time pilot training & soloing in a G103 II A? I need something unde
...Standard 2 has set a new World Record over the 100km triangular course in Open and 15-metre classes. The speed was 249.09 kph....
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I would like to hear of actual experience where two (or more) sailplanes have flown together at slow speeds - ideally min sink speeds (and where no water ballast was carried). Which sailplane came...
...field believe they have the same problem on the same side as well. The ailerons become heavier at higher speed and greater wing loading. The gelcoat is worn at lower radius of hole and torque tube sho...
...ogram is just that, a program designed to advise the airsports pilot of forecasted wind directions, wind speeds, sky conditions, temperature, elevation of cloud base, visibility, chance of rain, and t...
... here and have a shot at the challenge. As late as the day is, I still lean towards altitude rather than speed. If I am up, I at least have a chance. I crawl across Mono Lake, and summon all the patie...
... stable in a thermal than my Libelle. Aileron response was a little slower than my Libelle at thermaling speeds, but was positive and more than adequate for centering thermals. Climbed a few hundred f...
... be better then it is.
Idealy the vario should show the sink/climb rate I would acheive at a transient speed as if I was actually cruising at constant speed. (I dont want to get into a netto discuss...
...iend, and a great giant friend, Les or Wes (sorry), who crewed for him. I used to race at about the same speed and always checked his scores whenever I checked my own. If I was somewhere around Joe, I...
... the assigned radius would have made a valid flight. When this was scored nearly the entire field got no speed points because they came in under the minimum distance....
...osition of 320mm aft of datum gives best climb performance at 9psf loading without compromising the high speed performance. That cg is at the aft limit for 9psf but well forward of the 345mm 'dry' aft...
...ticated calculation', which is really astonishing.
The advent of GPSs with the easy read out of Ground Speed has led to further missunderstanding of what TAS really is or how it's calculated. There'...
...now that gust filters and compensation equipment can slow them down, but what else is going on as far as speed is concerned. I need instant feed-back for some dynamic soaring experiments, so gust filt...
...egrees to the left, dropped its nose through the horizon, then began to increase its bank angle and gain speed. G forces accumulated and I recovered from the spiral dive at about 80 knots and roughly ...
...ght down for several seconds and not exceed it's Vne. Ideally, the airplane would reach equilibrium at a speed below Vne. Powered planes don't seem to have adequate drag devices to keep the speed belo...
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Our resouce scale is small but the project is ambitious. As well as being lighter, the interthermal speed is high.
The website is mostly to network for some technical input and help with the pr...
...rstand why the use of negative flaps or spoilers provide better aileron control on initial roll (low air speeds). It is not intuitively obvious why to me. Please point me to past publications or artic...
...nally saw a couple of winch launches and what looked liked to be Mark Navarre's ASW 20 doing a nice high speed pylon turn in the window on the Torrey webcam. Wish I was there. . .with my camera.
Pau...
...'t tell you why - except that it feels right and I'd say that I have better control, giving lower flying speeds and I am less like to zoom up and down in the turn and loose the core.
Anybody got any...
...or ideas for new and intersting ridge-racing formats on this ridge that are more interesting than a pure speed time-trial. Ideas?
Pictures of the ridge are here: http://skylinesoaring.org/SNAPSHOTS/...
...stions. Big backdrop with lots of exciting photos. A video running in a loop showing aerobatics and high speed finishes as well as some terrifically graceful shots of the Sierras, the Alps, and New Ze...
...sions, standard 15 meter winglets, Standard CofA.
INSTRUMENTS: Altimeter United Instruments LA-72-1 Airspeed Indicator Winter 6FMS423 Variometer Borgelt B-40 Radio Becker AR-4201 Flight Computer Fil...
...more difficult. The visibility was restricted so it was tough to judge the pitch angle. Of course the airspeed lags so badly as to be almost useless. I did a bit of airspeed chasing when we hit bumps,...
...e glider in question can achieve? How does this translate in real terms? Does it describe the best glide speed, or relate to the glide ratio in any way?
The glide ratio (eg. An ASH25 has a glide rat...
Hi all, Any ideas how to create these colored markings on the speedindicator? I tried with normal colored plastic tape but it can't maintain the circular shape when the instrument gets hot in the cock
...ther on Labor Day (9/2) in his Discus A by setting a new California Open, 15M and Standard 500k Triangle Speed record at 87.92mph!
Congratulations Sergio!
Check out all of the CA Records at: http:...
...Gusts.html there are horizontal movements of the air as well as vertical movements, and at high cruising speeds they have large effects on the indicated lift.
Rudolph Brozel has a similar section on...
...ed to know the v8.7 password for this) as I think this may be part of the problem. I set a stall warning speed and this was not activated even though I was flying slower than the stall warning I had s...
...er was soaring about 1,000 feet below the accident glider when he observed the accident glider in a high-speed spiral with a 45-degree nose-down attitude.
The accident glider was climbing in a therm...
...rmance is unbelievable. At 80 knots the L/D is better than the Grobs I've been flying can do at best L/D speed. I was sure that the altimeter was stuck! The handling is suprisingly gentle - I pulled t...
...as standard configuration gliders because of the reflex built into the wing. Their performance at higher speeds seems far superior, however, so I question the logic behind the belief that they can't a...
...got any experiences of towing with a 911? Also are there anyways to make the trailer more stable at high speeds?...
...x and it appears that a lot of the holes are clogged. 2. The ship has a pronounced roll tendency at high speed requiring aileron/rudder input to keep it flying straight. Is there an easy way of checki...
Speed to fly...
I need to revert back to soaring roots can anyone give me some advice on a Grunau Baby speed to fly.
I am also interested in Slingsby T31 performance data. I think with the right t
Does anyone use, or find usefull handheld Windspeed indicators, or to use the right word, Anemometer? If so, which is the 'best buy'? I've seen the plastic and ball models for cheap, and the digital w
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