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...ass A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, or C2). As for Box 18... that can get a little more complicated. The GNS 430/530 systems can fly RNAV 1 SIDS and STARS, but this capability is dependent on other criteria. You...
Friday, 13 June 2008
Military remote controlled aircraft
(Forums / General Discussions)
I Googled unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned aerial systems (systems seems to be what they are calling themselves nowadays), and came up with some stuff. The Predator has been around for a while.
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Best Glider for Altitude Record Attempt?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...d heights? What are those characteristics...air foil design, lofting characteristics, L/D ratio, oxygen system, etc. What publications provide the design information for mountain wave ascents? J...
Thursday, 07 August 2008
Panel mounted WindowsCE device
(Forums / General Discussions)
We've just had a very swanky aircon system fitted to our offices. The control panel is a WindowsCE device compatible with Winpilot, PalmNav, Fly with CE and a couple of others. ( Ask me, I installed a
Saturday, 02 August 2008
Speed Astir II B
(Forums / General Discussions)
...somewhat similar in handling and performance. Cockpit is long but narrow at the hips due to the control system tunnels on each side. Sorta pinched my 195 lb butt a little. Otherwise, it was comforta...
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Aerotow rope drogue chute?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...ne or two trips through the barbed wire fence, and for awhile on tarmac. There's also retractable towrope systems, with pros & cons....
Friday, 25 July 2008
Briegleb 12B - Opinions?
(Forums / General Discussions)
...re used in European sailplanes is very hard to grade and identify by inspection. There are many different systems of plating, drive types, head stamps, and thread pitches to deal with. However, as I...
Saturday, 12 July 2008
Overstocked on PDA's
(Forums / General Discussions)
...etooth, bigger battery, adequate audio volume). The H3950 can be updated to the latest firmware/operating system. And it has the large display (new iPaqs have a 15% smaller display! - the H5xxx have t...
Monday, 07 July 2008
Do winglets produce thrust?
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
Not thrust in the same way as a propulsion system, but winglets generally do produce a lift vector that has a spanwise and a chordwise component. Since the flowfield at the wingtip is angled inward, t
Thursday, 03 July 2008
Slipping in Turns
(Forums / General Discussions)
So why shoud I slip into thermal, becouse skidding out of it turns the plane into the direction of thermals core. Complicated... js 'Bert Willing' wrote in
Saturday, 28 June 2008
IGC APproval for GPS with WAAS
(Forums / General Discussions)
I was wondering if any of the manufacturers are considering submitting for IGC approval a GPS WAAS system that does not incorporate a barograph? Seems to me that such system is far more accurate then
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Peschges VP3 Problems
(Forums / General Discussions)
Thanks Mike. In the event that I get it working, is it any better than one of your old b24-b25 systems? nick
Monday, 23 June 2008
...r equivalent (this operates if the case is opened). 2. Without electronic security giving the strength of systems such as RSA (public/private key systems) as assessed by GFAC and its experts in electr...
Sunday, 22 June 2008
Aft CG limit(s)
(Forums / General Discussions)
...ons are made about ballast distribution in wing and tail tanks and (2) as a practical matter, what glider systems & pilot procedures assure this distribution. Not helping much, am I?...
Sunday, 22 June 2008
... brief engine-driven experiments of the tail end of 1903. And that the Wright's famous patent (on control systems, not achieving powered takeoff) was based on the 1902 glider, with nary a mention of t...
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Personal Locator Beacon - USA
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...ay on my behalf,' said Skalak. 'Many terrific people worked together to make this mission a success.' The system worked just as it was supposed to, said NOAA officials. Prior to July, PLBs had only be...
Monday, 16 June 2008
Lowest Cost GPS Tracking System on the Market
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
Polaris - Low Cost GPS Tracking System CloserWorlds introduces Polaris, a low cost product / service for tracking an object's physical location in real-time over the Internet and displaying its posi
Friday, 13 June 2008
Gliders for the larger pilot
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
... room for a 6 feet 2 inches pilot, all grips have a propper size and easy to reach position and the flaps system is the best ewer made in a glider. George...
Tuesday, 10 June 2008
On-Star*
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...ones, This is your On-Stat advisor. I show an air-bag deployment and automatic activation of your on-star system, on Route 16, north of Albany, are you all right? Mrs. Jones, Nooooooo! On-Star adv...
Sunday, 08 June 2008
...of 'trace fraud?' ( If there have been any ) then the general gliding community can get a grip on how the system is working. Ian Molesworth...
Saturday, 07 June 2008
ELTs are a joke
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...cy crews to reach the accident site. What we figured is that glider pilots need something like the OnStar system that they put in Cadillacs and such. What we hashed out was a GPS-enabled system capa...
Wednesday, 04 June 2008
WTB: Used Compaq Aero 1520 - U.S.
(Forums / Tips & Tricks)
...esume that you are looking for the Aero 1550, the black and white PDA that is common for use with the GPS system. Although there aren't any now, look at www.ebay.com and do a search for: compaq 1550...
Tuesday, 03 June 2008
OPINIONS ON AN LS3A
(Forums / General Discussions)
Look at the Genesis 2. The same Cleveland wheel and brake system as is used on Cessna aircraft. A well designed and built wing spar which will not delaminate in turbulance, now or ten years from now u
Sunday, 01 June 2008
Thin flexible solar panels
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...ge full time when not in the glider. This advice was given to me by the technician who maintain the alarm system at work some 15 years ago. It works. At my club one other glider has the thin flexible ...
Sunday, 01 June 2008
...he name of the firm also known as 'The Prince of Darkness', aka the firm who put things called electrical systems on English cars and bikes?) The south east of what continent or country? Ray Lovin...
Saturday, 31 May 2008
Winching - Reverse Auto Tow
(Forums / Professionals)
...utts on Saturday, rusting away quietly with brambles growing over it. Realised it was a now disused winch system. Didn't realise it was the one they used to use for auto-tows, though in hind sight sho...
Saturday, 10 May 2008
Refinishing gelcoat
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
Ian, I think you are on to something. I read several years ago about an aircraft finishing system that involved an thin film that was heat shrunk onto metal skins covering joints, rivets and all.
Wednesday, 07 May 2008
...at Sailors of the Sky needs some sort of Visual Basic (?) thingy, called dx8vb.dll, which my Windows 2000 system does not have. On 17 Mar 2003 23:25:43 GMT, Mark Hawkins...
Friday, 02 May 2008
Try removing WinPilot (start/settings/system/remove programs) - remove both ADV and PRO. Reinstall one of them and see if it works - start it in symulator mode - that is a way to input the password. H
Tuesday, 15 April 2008
...with small delay 10-15 minutes???), and see which route that could be the most optimal. This could be a system powered by the ordinary 12V supply. Price??? Good idea???...
Friday, 11 April 2008
Got a Duo and looking to come up with a pilot relief system. If you've got a design that works well, please send a brief description of how you routed the plumbing. Also, just curious, is anyone usi
Wednesday, 02 April 2008
Libelle 301B needs new owner
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...ey have been licenced Experimental. Now any 201 can be changed into a *B* model by adding factory water system and then the GW goes to 770. Early 201's had balsa cores along with dive brakes and the...
Thursday, 27 March 2008
Pawnee part (USA)
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
Any engine experts out here know how to locate an ignition switch specified for Bendix magneto systems, Honeywell/MicroSwitch 4PB11-T2 (or 4PB12-T2, which differs only in button color). We haven't fou
Wednesday, 26 March 2008
Hi Marc, That's interesting. I'd like to add the LX20-2000 to my Soaring Instrument System Comparison spreadsheet. I'd appreciate it if you could help me fill in the features of the LX20-2000 on the
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
OT - But Interesting - Sea Gliders
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...both military and commercial applications that could benefit from this form of transportation. PHASE I: Systems studies to identify requirements for potential applications and performance studies to...
Saturday, 15 March 2008
MD2 Regulators
(Forums / Pictures)
...ral other 'narrow panel regulators' that look almost the same but they use 0 - 400 PSI from liquid oxygen systems. Look carefully at the pressure gauge to make sure. If you find a source, let me kno...
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Launch/Landing Logging
(Forums / Tips & Tricks)
...'m looking at improving our clubs launch/landing logs by either purchasing or writing a PDA based logging system. Does anyone have any experiences?...
Sunday, 02 March 2008
Wave soaring paper
(Forums / Tips & Tricks)
...glider.info under the manuals section. This paper covers wave flight usage for XC and how to cross wave systems in an optimal flight path. This is for reference purposes only and not for reprint w...
Saturday, 01 March 2008
TE compensation problems
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...ending on the stick force. Unfortunately I have not flown any other gliders recently with a quality vario system so I dont have anything to compare it with, however I am fairly sure that the compensat...
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Filser ATR 57 radio: need comments
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...le to the main bus that (one at a time)run a Volkslogger, iPaq 3835, SB-8, Filser ATR-57 and gear warning system. 13.3 vdc at the beginning and after 5 to 6 hours, 12.2 vdc. I almost never switch to t...
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
... has a couple of interesting refinements, including the use of pushrods for ailerons instead of the cable system used in #1, and wing tanks for water ballast. The trailer molds are also well underway,...
Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Urination while flying
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
...uld be to run a tub back to behind the tailwheel/skid - there should be enough veturi effect to drain the system in flight. A tap at the pilots end would be nice to seal things just in case ;)...
Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Indicated lift vs True lift (or sink)
(Forums / General Discussions)
...ave labelled it as bullshit). However, seeing '7:1' indicated during an upwind stretch between two wave systems gives you a somehow sinking feeling......
Friday, 08 February 2008
Safety vs Competition and Watchability
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...ffin of competition gliding in the supposed name of safety. It seems the FAI has now adopted a starting system originally developed by the Aussies whereby at the start of the contest each contestant...
Sunday, 03 February 2008
Whats the best?
(Forums / Tips & Tricks)
Hi, What's the best oxygen system? Any preferences? Thanks,
Saturday, 02 February 2008
Disaster over Lake Constance - Air Regs
(Forums / Questions and Answers)
...s of collision avoidance as I know them are: alter your course to the RIGHT or give way. Why would a TCAS system order a climb or decent? This does not make sense to me. Thanks,...
Saturday, 02 February 2008
DVD recorder 12 v dc portable
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
We are looking for a portable video camera, 12 volt DC with DVD recording. We have a system now inside the aircraft (glider) which has two cameras, one faces forward showing where we are going, and th
Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Garmin as a flight recorder
(Forums / General Discussions)
...y up longer than this, you may want to try alkaline batteries. INTERFACE: The Vista has a unique button system; great for one hand operation. However, to the uninitiated, it can be frustrating. Entr...
Thursday, 24 January 2008
Al - I know, but this is a situation where you leave the wave system and make a final glide down wind in stable air.
Thursday, 17 January 2008
In-flight oxygen saturations
(Forums / Off Topic Discussions)
Does anyone have any info on how the typical sailplane oxygen systems perform as altitude increases? I am a doc and looking for detailed medical information relating these systems to in-flight pulse o
Wednesday, 09 January 2008
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