I was just wondering how the OLC scores are calculated. I was looking at a case today where a higher performance ship Ventus 2 versus my Ventus B flew a shorter distance and slower yet gets a slightly higher score. Here is the raw data from August 20th on the USA section: 304.96 Hunter...

Anyone using an Aviat Husky A1-B, 180 hp, as a tow-plane? I just purchased one w/ tow hook and would be interested in hearing the experience of others. This Husky also has an 80" Hartzell for improved climb (stock is 76"). * * * FS, beautiful 46' Aeronca Champ 7AC "tow-plane" . . . ah, er, doesn't...

Is anyone out there capable of delivering a sailplane from the San Jose, CA. area to Albuquerque, NM. in the next serval weeks or know someone who can? Thanks in advance! WDM Respond to the following email: wd mors e @ eart hlink . ne t

Contest pilots in the US know Charlie Minner but they know him as the enforcer, the face of authority. I was with Charlie today at Hobbs and saw another side. For many years Charlie has been traveling the contest circuit as the authoritarian or the enforcer. He is the contest manager or the...

While in NZ last year I was struck by how a tagline for NZ is "The Land of the Long White Cloud", yet I could not find in any tourist spot or museum a really good, poster size lenticular image. One lady at the Auckland museum said, "It's a myth!", whereupon I corrected her with the explanation of...

Hi, As part of a distance course I am taking, I need to analyse a "real world" issue. Rather than taking a work-related topic, I thought I'd think about my hobby instead. So, my question to you is: In your opinion, is gliding / soaring gaining in popularity? Answers (in either English, German,...

Ted, If you want to try wiring in a different mic (and flipping a switch under the cover of the radio to change to the other mic style setting), the wiring diagram is available at: http://www.wingsandwheels.com/AR4201%20Manual.pdf Assuming here that it is a 4201 you have. Otherwise, Rex's...

Has anyone a source for a trim spring, part number AB.51.000.07.00 from the elevator system of a Krosno, KR-03A? We have had one break, and need a replacement either new or used. Thanks in advance Mike

I am a bit disappointed to see this thread going the way the Yahoo Winch design group did. I still watch there and am interested in what comes of it. It started off (Or so I thought) with the notion of designing a simple but reliable winch that a small group of people could afford to build so a...

CONGRATULATIONS TO HANGMAN ON HIS 489 KM STRAIGHT-OUT FLIGHT IN #042 FLOWN YESTERDAY FROM WARNER SPRINGS, CA TO JACKASS, NV ! http://www2.onlinecontest.org/olcphp/2005/ausw_fluginfo.php?ref3=218525&ueb=N&olc=olc-usa&spr=en&dclp=a56bf54808357a48de44578d4e50a822 WAY TO GO, DOUG ! THAT WAS SOME...

Might want to wire up for and try a hand mic before you ship your radio off, Ted. I have heard of several people (My Dad, for one) that have had boom mics go bad. Works fine with the hand mic, and worked fine when a new boom mic was installed. Steve Leonard

Is the Ventus 2c manual available in PDF format? I'll be the new owner of one in about a month and would like to familiarize myself with the contests. I don't believe the factory has a soft version, perhaps someone has scanned it? -ted/2NO

Does anyone know of a good publication or web site that discusses the specifics of auto tow launches. In particular, what type of tow vehicles are appropriate and what release altitudes are possible for various length runways, etc..... Thanks, -- Mike Schumann

I've seen several remarks lately in Soaring Magazine and on my home club's internet forum about the characteristics of this particular sailplane. Though not directly bashing this ship, comments made seem to imply that it's a difficult or dangerous sailplane to fly. I think that's wrong. Some of...

Folks, If you haven't made plans yet - one of the premier international events in soaring is just a few days away, and here in the USA! The International Vintage Sailplane Meet (IVSM) is held every five years in the USA, on historic Harris Hill near Elmira, NY. This is the site of our National...

Hi, We looked around the net but it's hard to find any detailed information about how this plane was constructed. Is there any problem with this metal-wood-composite mixture? How can these planes maintained? How does it fly? Is it difficult to assemble/disassemble? Or any other experience is...

CRUMMY!! This is the best description I can think of to describe the pump-up canopy seal on my PIK-20B. The concept is good, since like on most side-hinged canopies, the sealing surfaces are both horizontal and vertical. But in practice the seal never was great and it leaks so re-pumping is...

Nice one Al. I think I got the same one at sunset. Was yours on July 1st? http://home.earthlink.net/~xcnick/imgp3091- 800.jpg

On August 4, 2005, about 1515 mountain daylight time, a Burkhart Grob G103 Twin Astir glider, N153SS, registered to and operated by the pilot as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, collided with the terrain at the northeast end of the Reed Memorial Airport, Driggs, Idaho. Visual meteorological...

Is there a way to search OLC results for flights in a particular type? Of course, the 1-26 Association Club listing makes it easy for (most) 1-26's, but for the rest it seems to be a matter of searching through the whole list of flights for a given period to find those by a particular glider type...