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Transponder antenna installations by
Dick[_3_]
I am installing a new vane style antenna for my transponder. My
original antenna was located where the cg hook used to be on my
discus. This location often tangled with the trailer ramp when
loading the glider. Next I tried a whip style on top of my instrument
panel cover. All of the self...
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January 8th 20 06:08 AM
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KGARS - Kiting Glider Automatic Relase System by
Karl Striedieck[_2_]
Richard Green of the Wycombe Test Group, High Wycombe, Bucks. UK designed and tested an auto release and offered to sell me one back in 1980. His long hand letter to me said that he was "an old age pensioner" so maybe he and his BGA certified release are something of history.
The engineering blue...
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Affordable Oxygen by
John Foster
I was given an older MH EDS unit to install in my Phoebus glider which I got for a song and am restoring. The glider has a bracket for the oxygen tank, but no tank is installed. The bottom is a rounded fiberglass cup, and there is a flip bracket to go around the neck. It sits behind the seat pan...
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Tow Tracker by
Giaco
I have started tinkering around with the idea of developing a Tow-tracking for clubs to use that would not interfere with operations yet still be able to provide an upgrade to having a dedicated logger try and confirm release altitudes.
My current thought is to have a cell phone app that talks to...
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Why the cool kids do it.... by
Paul Villinski
Paragliding is the only soaring sport that's actually growing, and this pretty much explains it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjxkXNC31Z4
Or, any other vid by Jean-Baptiste Chandelier.
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New Nexus 7 with xc soar. by
glider12321
Any thoughts? Will the screen hold up in sunlight? It has GPS,
accelerometer and a gyro. Is the 16 GB enough?
Thanks,
Peter
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What happens if a sailplane has no horiz stabilizer or elevator? by
Mark James Boyd
There are some designs which have no horizontal stab: flying wings
for example. There are also canard setups (the speed canard, for example).
For a sailplane, I was thinking about how one might design away
the typical T-tail stabilizer and elevator.
First of all, how much dynamic stability does...
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Glider Batteries and Chargers by
Grider Pirate
VSLA? A123? Cycling chargers?? I think this subject should have it's
own thread. Unlike transponders, we almost all need them.
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September 1st 10 05:52 AM
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Losing time in Cloud-Streets? by
noel.wade
All -
I've been flying with the assumption that flying slow in cloud-streets
is always a good idea. But in looking at some of my OLC flights I
wonder if my logic is faulty and I'm hurting my speed. Anyone with
lots of OLC or contest experience care to offer feedback? Details
below...
My...
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Drop a day option for US regionals by
[email protected]
Pilots all:
The US rules have for several years had the option of "drop your worst
day" scoring. So far noone has used it, but I for one would like to
give it a try.
Most of all, I think pilots will like it a lot. Yes, in the end
somebody has to win, but that horrible feeling of “now I’m screwed...
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Fuselage Vents by
Ken Kochanski (KK)
The performance claims look extremely good ... is this plausible ?
http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/mandl-absaugung-e.html
KK
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Whatever happened to... by
Ian Johnston
I was just reflecting on the Bright Hopes for the future of soaring
which have appeared here in the past. What became of ...
* the American Spirit / Eagle?
* the Genesis?
* the PW-5 / PW-6?
I know a fair few PW-5's were made, but did it ever come close to the
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New Word 'SOARING' by
Ray Lovinggood
I just received my Feb 2005 issue of 'SOARING' today
and noticed a new word I'll have to add to my vocabulary.
It can be found on page 22, in the caption next to
the photo of the 2-33. The caption reads,
'The author's buyfriend at moment of touchdown.'
How right that word can be, for either a...
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February 5th 05 12:45 AM
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Mylar seals for elevator by
[email protected]
Hey guys, what's your opinion on the use of mylar seals at the
horizontal stab/elevator gap? Specifically for LS ships. Do people opt
not to use them for fear of "lifting" tape or mylar and causing
elevator effectiveness issues? Losing elevator effectiveness is
certainly a valid concern, but does...
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SSA Leadership after 12/31? by
Bullwinkle
Fellow soaring fans,
Early in the course of the SSA crisis, involving embezzlement and fraud on
the part of the SSA's CFO, the entire Executive Committee committed to
resign before the end of this calendar year (except Phil Umphries, who was
too new to have been tainted by the scandal).
Since...
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