CNv Club Software is now available for download at http://www.clearnav.net/main/cn-downloads.html Please read the release notes and instructions. You will want the vario software as well as the companion PC configuration tool (also updated). Good Soaring & Good Variometry! Evan Ludeman for CNi

My newsletter has received some new interest, and folks want to know how to subscribe. It is free. Go to http://www.eglider.org On the right side of the screen, in the indicated box, enter your email address.

Can anyone help with references for glide ratios for basic training gliders, Blanik, K13, Puchatek etc, with full brake or half brake deployed? The internet is not very helpful for finding this information. A reference of 29 to 1 for a K6 -no brake and 7.1 full brake is about all I can...

Both Pawnees at the local glider club suffer from leaking front crankshaft oil seals. One has had several oil seal changes and the problem is not cured, the other started leaking within a few hundred hours of a major overhaul. One is in original fixed prop configuration and the other was...

Can anybody suggest a suitable solvent for removing the adhesive. So far i`ve used Acetone and it`s only 50% successful.

What can you tell me about the 304 CZ from personal experiance? I have read the posted reviews.

Came across this the other day.. The wingtip belongs to an Eurotech E-310 drone. http://www.defence24.pl/media/cache/inside_article_image/uploads/images/232f9343cc38284572617537f44aae96.jpeg Looks like a mix of a standard winglet and the experimental tip on the...

BMI (Body Mass Index) is a number calculated from your height and weight. On the logic that pilots with BMI over 40 are likely to have Sleep Apnea and therefore more likely to fall asleep when piloting, the FAA is planning to require AMEs to use BMI to trigger evaluation for sleep apnea when...

My club is considering implementing a wing runner checklist. The wing runner would perform this mental checklist at some point before they give the Begin Takeoff signal. "CATP" Canopy....CLOSED AND LOCKED (to the best of their judgement) Airbrakes....CLOSED AND LOCKED (to the best of their...

I have people ask me about gliding all the time. I always send them to the http://www.letsgogliding.com/ site and forward them links for Bruno Vassel or Balleka videos on YouTube. Does anyone else have any favorite sites that they send people to in order for them to get interested in gliding?

Dell Streak 5 package for XCSoar. Everything you need to put in your glider and connect to to C-302 & ships power. All tested, all works, all perfect condition. http://www.glidersource.com/cgi-bin/post.cgi?id=294 Small Winter vario http://glidersource.com/cgi-bin/post.cgi?id=291 Schuemann...

We are examining the Type Certiifcate for the K13. The original indicates aerobatics including spins "not approved". in 1967 Schleicher issued an AD approving semi aerobatics and spins, and printed a modified page 22 to the flight manual. Does this automatically modify the type certificate? ...

Please contact me at tedcwagner at g mail dot com or call 480-296-9022. ~ted/2NO

Hi All, In the process of trying to install a TOST towing system on a Super Cub. Original part received was a different design and no longer made by TOST, and there was no way we could make it fit, so it's having to be returned to the dealer. So now, we are thinking of putting the current...

The movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" includes no soaring and no gliders, but in one scene there is a _picture_ of a sailplane hanging on the wall. http://home.comcast.net/~johan.larson/soaring/sunshine_sailplane.jpg Can anyone identify the sailplane from the picture? It's white,...

What are the diffrences betwenn the L/NAV an S/NAV?

I notice that a Schweizer 2-32 with a published L/D of 33 is handicapped at 1.500. This seems like a great bargain, the same as a Falke SF-25C at 1.500 but with only about 22 L/D. Are there other equally great deals out there ? Or any outstandingly heavily handicapped types ? Ian

There is no spar stub. The price is reasonbable. Free. Come and get it in north Atlanta, Georgia USA. Skins are okay. No aileron/spoiler. Bob Gaines Marietta, GA

hello all, I am thinking of replacing a K-7 elevator and possible the whole horizontal stab + elevator with one from a K-13. I guess I will be asking Scleicher if such action is approved, but are there any oppinions out there about it ? has it been done before ? incidentally, can you do the...

Paul Adriance: I missed your original post regarding the accident. Will you be kind enough to post it again or send to to me by e-mail. Thanks in advance, Charles V.