Hi Everyone! Our club has been considering the Pipistrel Taurus as an addition to our fleet. Does anyone have any experience with it, or any thoughts regarding its potential (or lack thereof!) in a club environment? Don't tear each other apart, please... I've seen y'all get viscous on here before...

I'm trying to figure out why some variometer manufacturers place the knobs on the right instead of the left of their instrumentation. Ilec, LXNav and Butterfly/Air Avionics place their knobs on the right. ClearNav place them on the top left and bottom right. Considering that most people fly...

On Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 5:06:45 PM UTC-5, Stephen Damon wrote: Can someone post pics and info of the club made winches there and info please? Pretty much impossible to post pictures on this forum. What would you like to know? Give me a contact address and I can send pictures and answer...

In recent days OLC changed what you initially see in flight details to not include comments. Comments must be opened with the down arrow to the right of "Comment" for each flight. Consistent in Firefox, Opera, Chrome and Internet Exploder on Windows. Also Chrome, Firefox and Safari on Mac. Seems an...

How do I change my user name from "me" to my name?? Thanks Glen

Dear gliderpilots! Manufacturers are not completely sure which is the way to go. So here you can vote for your favorite sustainer system: http://www.front-electric-sustainer.com/voting.php Thank you, Luka

Yep, its the new Ventus. Sorry Boggs, I promise I'll shut up next week, and I will never again try to host a national event with a marketing budget of $0.00. This goes on the list along with: never try to run a manufacturing operation if the cost accountant works for someone else. That one...

Looks like a classic (though brutally cold) ridge day shaping up in the Appalachians. As of now we've got about a half-dozen hearty souls on task from Blairstown including the usual suspects in 1-26s. At least 3 of the guys are carrying spot trackers, so check them out on the SSA Sailplane...

I am in possession of a Walter Dittel FSG16 and I sometimes fly club owned gliders which also carry the FSG16. To my absolute surprise I found out after several years of using them that they only support 12 pre-selected channels/frequencies which can apparently only be set by an authorized...

Please join us for the first annual Texas XC Soaring Series! Series Information The purpose of the Texas XC Soaring Series is to encourage XC task flying and XC skills development. The format is similar to a Regional contest, using the SSA FAI and Sports class regional rules for tasking and...

Just got my Discus back from the shop and noticed the rudder pedal adjustment cable is not attached to the "adjustment mechanism" between the rudder pedals. Can anyone shed some light on how to reattach (is there a diagram somewhere)? I think there may be a spring missing as well. Thanks, Jim

On Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 3:06:45 PM UTC-7, Stephen Damon wrote: Can someone post pics and info of the club made winches there and info please? Consider joining the winchdesign yahoo group also.

History says that gliding pioneer Otto Lilienthal died after stalling his primitive hang glider from an agl of about 50 feet. As a pilot I never found much mysterious about that. However, some curious souls in Germany intend to recreate his glider from original plans and materials to perform...

Now that my radio is working again my attention is turning back towards glider performance. My PIK 20B has very close fitting ailerons, but no mylar seals on them. My question is, are gap seals required top and bottom, just bottom, just top? I think the laminar flow is off the wing by the time it...

(Cupx files allow you to display pictures for waypoints, outlanding sites and airfields. ) I am looking for a few people who are interested in using cupx files in their LXNav 90xx. I have written a program that will generate a cupx file from a standard seeyou cup file that can be used in the...

I updated the SSA.org "News" item under Member Resources - Weather to fix broken links. It now contains same information included here. Walt Rogers

OPB did a great story on the Willamette Valley Soaring Club's annual Safari to the SE corner of Oregon. http://www.opb.org/television/programs/ofg/segment/alvord-gliders/ Boggs

The statement that the Ventus 3 would be at the Greenville convention is completely my responsibility. At the time I made it I thought that it was true. As soon as I was made aware that it was not true, I pointed RAS readers to a list of what was actually going to be at the show, on Facebook. ...

Hi there. Im intrigued to hear is anyone has seen a club Hijacked by its members to benefit themselves. (access to free gliders. selling off assets to suit them etc...). i am hearing some rumours around an old club basically ousted everyone and now have hold of the assets and wont let anyone join...

Hi all: I'm getting a new instrument panel for my LS7. Does anyone have a CAD file, PDF file, or similar electronic file for the LS7 panel that they can upload to assist in instrument hole placement? Thanks in advance, Jordan