I liked the subtle ticking noise of ye olde RICO VACS vario I had in the HP-14. And it was very good at pointing out weak lift. Alas that relic from the 1970s stopped working some time circa 2000. I sent it to its maker and he fixed it, but it later failed again, as has another unit I scrounged...

Here we go race fans.....Day 2 Hoo boy....we had to earn our pay today. Another TAT in the shape of a square, running south a bunch into a 5 mile ring called West, right turn West a bunch more into a 15 mile ring,...you get the idea. After dumping our water on the grid and doing the elephant walk,...

I just learned about this really great survival pack from Switzerland.Â* It's appears to be more useful than their Army Knife. They are currently being offered for free and I'm sure all of us cheap glider pilots will appreciate that.Â* If I miss out on the early promotion, I'll still buy two of...

https://www.facebook.com/LukaszWojcikPL/? hc_ref=ARQtJw7G3W8iTPAR8bRc0N9C7v2t2puCRZV9dLsLNeQbXYx1yhbBgb nkgGCPrPjwank&fref=nf After a promising start the KKB18KE/Diana 3 seem's to be having some technical issues. DNS yesterday and today. First the GP15, now the D3 - are the Pole's/Cezch's in...

Hey hey....looks like I have competition with Walt reporting on Day 3... TSA put on a left over cookout with plenty of BBQ, Burgers, and Hot Dogs with all the sides to go around. Beer of course and Ice Tea. Then I got side tracked with Rich Owens (999pts today) telling me about all the fighter...

Folks - I was doing this one local. Turns out we can do it as an SSA Webinar...?!! Sign in like usual, but I can't guarantee Wings Credit. Visual Landout Site Evaluation from In Flight - Cindy Brickner PDT 6pm to 7-15?? Different in that this is a live performance that is being simulcast. We...

Captain’s report: https://ussoaringteams.org/captains-report-day-3-july-31/ See pilot reports from 5E and ARC and video from Team PWR on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ussoaringteams/ (these reports will also be featured TODAY on www.ussoaringteams.org home page)

FYI... We had another pretty good Texas day DAY3, cloud bases 7.5-8k msl 2-5pct coverage. Mike won the day at 75.xx mph raw score. We're not going to fly Fri Aug 3rd due to blue conditions, but hope to fly the remainder of the days through Wednesday. No weather briefing or pilot meeting...

Short summary of the 2018 Mackay, ID regatta held from July 23 to July 29. Yes we did get smoked out by the CA, OR, NV and ID fires which cut the event short by 6 days. BUT the days we flew were awesome. -Total number of participants: 13 ( not all were there for the full term) -Makeup of ships: 7...

And today the big dogs ate. Two US team pilots beat the field by 5 mph. A 340 mile racing task was called in the shape of a bowtie with the last point 100 miles from home. Another US Team dog holds on to first place by a half a turn. We launch at noon taking quick climbs to a rising base at 5500'....

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Celebrating 7 straight competition days in Hosin, CZ, the organizers declared today a rest from flying; no briefing, airfield obligations. The team's social media crew here in the US, especially webmistress, Melanie Nichols has posted new blog posts on: https://ussoaringteams.org that comprise the...

How do you get the rudder cables "free" so you can inspect the section which lives in the S-tubes?

Good lord, who invented this torturous sport. The only fun part was the line finish. So, here we go. A 300 mile assigned task that took us across Bush Ranch twice. The first leg 100 miles SW into a quarter headwind that took the mortal pilots a couple of hours followed by a right turn for a 60...

Hey everyone, I'm thinking of upgrading the fabric seating of my DG-101. I currently use about 10kg's of lead to reach the minimum weight of 74kg and was thinking of integrating lead into the seat. Is this something ever done before? What are your opinions on this? Regular fabric is used now, would...

I attempted to update my Oudie 2 to v8.03 yesterday and it seems to have broken it. It now starts with an error window: Application error Not found Applitaion! Please install it from SD/MMC.

I am working on a fluorescent pouch, comprising a helio-graph, hi intensity LED lamp with SOS function, thermal blankets and an EPIRB/mob phone pocket. Smoke flares cannot be used. This is a low profit safety product. I will produce some decent photos and costs in due course.

From the cockpit, I want to transfer my flight log to my phone and email it to the contest scorer. If your IGC approved logger is Bluetooth equipped and it is paired to your phone, is it just a simple matter of downloading log to phone and emailing the file? Are there any "security" issues or 3rd...

I am looking for information about the size of lug bolts used on Cobra trailers. Spindlebarger is currently closed until 10 August. The Cobra manual indicates some lug bolts are 14 mm, instead of the usual 12mm. It also indicates a 15" wheel is sometimes used instead of the usual 14" (or 13" on...