http://i2.wp.com/69.89.31.155/~ginahagl/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/unknown-3.jpeg What do you make of this? Cayley's coin. It looks like he is conceiving of "lift" as acting perpendicular to the flight path, and conceiving of "drag" as acting purely horizontally. That's kind of awkward, and not...

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I have been saving up for a soaring vacation for over 5 years now, and it has finally materialized and is coming up in a couple of weeks. I am going to be spending 6 straight days in Minden - no work - maybe just a little bit of internet - and a little bit of hiking and a little bit of photography...

Congrats to Williams Soaring. As to John, thanks from me and others for supporting us over the years. Best wishes for your future.

Trailer still for sale. It has come to our attention that due to certain model sailplanes with wing fairings, etc., "dog houses" may be required. We are willing to manufacture/ provide these "dog houses" Tim On Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 3:26:56 PM UTC-4, Tim Hanke wrote: 2002 Anschau Komet...

Hey, Where in Europe might it be the best in summer to get some intensive glider pilot and soaring training? Somewhere where you could get the maximum hours of flying and training per day, not just 30-90 minutes. Of course, the cheaper it is, the better. Stable predictable weather definitely a...

Saw the quote below in another thread regarding spoilers open while turning (it was actually in the comment section under the video ) and was wondering if anyone could comment? This is the proper spin recovery technique. "The ASW 20 killed a number of pilots by spinning inverted out of a steep...

I received overnight a "letter" from O.L.C- . The body of the email says, "Please see the enclosed letter from OLC." There was an attachment that is named, "Your reference and file number.jpg". Seemed fishy. Making sure that my virus protection was up to date, I...

This afternoon about 3PM a very large and powerful dust devil removed a 30' section of roof from Lisa's Family Resturant. Many glider pilots will be familiar with this establishment - it's a very well built building. There also were reports of large trees down in city parks. The dust devil which...

There is another active thread on use of spoilers which bought up various opinions. Was wondering the pluses and minuses of various pattern procedures I was taught to make a 90 degree turn from downwind to base. On the base leg if too high I could angle away from runway until the 90 (or more at...

I have to change the transponder antenna on my V2CX to an external one. The choices are minimal and I am looking for feedback on the Filser Transflex-3. It seems that this antenna is only available in Euopre, no USA vendors list it on their websites. Are you using this antenna? Does the...

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Just curious whatever happened with the LS-10 I heard years ago when DG acquired the assets of Rolland-Schnieder they were to make an LS-10 with a larger cockpit. I also saw that a few LS-10 were made and seemed to go very well. Anyone know how many were made, did they perform well, why are they...

We have an XCOM radio in one of our gliders. How do other build a 14v battery? r/Jim

Howdy all.. I'm looking for a Libelle 201 control stick with the trim control. Just email me at planetxpress@aol,com if you can help. TY John

Hello, I am having trouble with my ipaq running the current version of xc soar. GPS, Barro, airspeed all coming through from the 302 while on the ground and position is found, but after launch, xc soar is unresponsive showing no movement related information. Any one else have problems with the...

Can an aerodynamicists explain the reasoning behind the bent up wing tips of the Schempp-Hirth and Jonkers gliders. I thought Schempp first started this on the Nimbus4 purely to keep the outboard tips from getting scraped, but now the tips are bent on shorter wing birds. Someone fairly...

DG 505 seals Anyone know a location or link for service bulletin/guidance for proper seal/tape for a DG 505? Thanks!

Wondering if someone here might be able to answer this question. Does PowerFlarm need to have a good GPS fix before it will respond to a Mode C alert? I have been flying with a Zaon MRX PCAS for years now. Many of those years I used the ZAON in parallel with PowerFlarm. My experience has been...

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