So your owner's manual states a mechanical compass is required as minimum equipment. Fact is the sailplane has three GPS sources all with separate batteries. Has anyone been extended a "pass" by a FAA inspector on this? If you license your sailplane experimental...would the FAA still insist the...

Hello All, I recently bought a Standard Libelle and would like some guidance/recommendations/ideas/etc if you guys would be so kind. Below is basically a list of things I would like some help with and the overall status of the glider as it sits. 1) Recommendations for epoxy, primer, and...

You've read on another thread that, since updating the firmware in my PF Portable and updating the FlarmNet data file in my ClearNav II, I've not been receiving Flarm targets on the ClearNav or on my wife's Streak. Yesterday, full of hope, I downloaded and installed the just released FlarmNet...

Glideport is refusing to verify my new Garmin Inreach map sharing address. I am using the listed address obtained from the Garmin Inreach site. This address works on the SSA site. Anybody got any ideas?

or fantasy of flight? On page 52 of the September issue of Soaring magazine Jim Payne is listed as having flown an out and return course of 300 km at an average speed of an amazing ground speed of 189.62 MPH ! Can someone please explain how he did this when the Vne of the Arcus M is 174 MPH. It...

Long time ago I saw a neat movie about a father and daughter(?) learning to soar in New Zealand. Great scenery. Remind me the name of the movie? Also, if my 14 YO son gets instruction and solos in New Zealand does the flight time and solo endorsement from a Kiwi certified flight instructor count...

Does anybody who is using a Kobo eBook reader to run XCSoar measured its screen refresh rate? If so, I'm curious to know whether it can match the usual XCSoar full screen refresh rate of 1 per sec on a WM/WinCE-based PNA? -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |

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...

I'm about to upgrade my Discus 2 panel with a more modern flight computer (5.6" class 640x480 display) and in reviewing the various options I am interested in user opinions about input devices. My panel is just out of easy reach, so I'll need some input device - either stick-mount or cord-mount....

On aerotow in Oz in a Libelle std ( with ballast) behind a Pawnee, the airspeed decayed to a value uncomfortably close to stall; full back stick failed to hold the the low tow position and I sank low enough ( with my hand on the (release) that the rope contributed enough nose up to stabilise the...

Just checked it at http://parowan.soaringweb.net/Entry.html and I have made a BIG move, all the way from 50th to 27th ? What happened? It looks as though Karl has redesignated it as Region 2 West and let in himself and a whole lot of easterners in. Right on Karl, I like a man who isn't afraid...

http://www.whoi.edu/cms/images/oceanus/albatross2_132253.jpg -- Roberto Waltman

I recently purchased a Speed Astir IIB and I'm in the process of getting it sorted for the next flying season. I'm interested in getting information from current and previous 104 owners regarding their tips, hints, and suggestions on flying the 104 as well as maintaining it and possible...

Hi everyone, I fly a Discus bT at the moment and absolutely love it. However, I am thinking of upgrading to a flapped turbo in the next one or two seasons and the Ventus bT/cT would seem to be the natural choice. I have heard conflicting opinions about the various models: i) The bT has...

A new thread, for Rick and John (and me and anyone else): On Jan 26, 8:56 am, John Cochrane wrote: Rick asked about the insane (my opinion) 13.5 meter class, including the momentous issue of water ballast. People will race anything they can. I support that.

Well got everything plumbed the other day and need to wire the entire electrical system...not a whole lot to do really New 12v 9.0 amp battery 5 and 3 amp Klixon Breakers for the Tasman and the Microair 760 Aux. Power source Car Cig type plug-in Bus Bar Master Switch

I stumbled across this ACE AquaFix 406 ELT EPIRB while looking for a transponder: http://www.anchorexpress.com/acr-aquafix-406-epirb.html It contains a GPS that transmits your location in an emergency. ACR also has a $75 rebate for participating dealers (and they DO have to be participating),...

To all of my flying friends, Glider Training is what seamlessly enabled me to switch gears and take this event in stride on this one. A guardian angel might have helped as well. I was talking to Detroit Metro tower, circling over a densely populated site 8 miles east of Detroit Metro (DTW)...

DG Flugzeugbau: DG-505 (incl. AMS) 5 DG-808 15 DG-1000 17 LS8 2 Scheibe SF 25C Falke 11 Schempp-Hirth: Discus CS 3

I am (I think) a proud owner of a model 20 which is driving me up the wall. Yesterday, I was flying our clubs Discus B with my logger attached under the glare shield. On my flight, after I was off of tow, the recorder recorded what looked and was shown as engine noise. The engine noise also showed...