I've uploaded version 1.1 of GammaFV to: http://www.carrotworks.com/ GammaFV is a simple Mac OS X IGC file viewer that plots the geographic trace of a flight onto a terrain, satellite or road map. Version 1.1 can now colour the trace with vertical speed data. Vertical speed colouring might be a...

Thanks to Steve Leonard, I've been able to upload photos taken by his father at the 1969 Marfa National Championships and the 1970 Marfa World Soaring Championships. Thanks Steve, for allowing me to post these beautiful photos to the Public. 2C http://www.flickr.com/photos/49579078@N03/

I was talking to a big fan of motocross about a 13 year old who became a quadriplegic after a motocross accident. What is the difference between an adult consenting to taking the risks of flying and a parent assuming those risks for a child? My dad let me do plenty of dangerous stuff when I was a...

Hello Everyone: This past weekend when I submitted my flight data to OLC, my barogram trace has a lot of yellow peaks and the flight inititally refused to give me over 20 km. Is this yellow denoting engine noise? Kind of strange considering I was flying a 304C. No noise that I could hear - in...

Since installing my PowerFlarm Core I've had a frustrating problem with my LX7007: it goes into "in flight" mode when sitting still on the ground, leaving me unable to access flight logs, update flight info, or do any transfers. I basically have to baby-sit the logger, wait for it to believe it's...

When I was at the Perry contest last week, another pilot mentioned to me that the wing dolly plastic rollers that run in side channels to keep the dolly upright had worn out, causing his wing dollies to bind when rolling in/out of the trailer. We looked at mine, and they are badly worn as well, so...

A couple of years ago there was a video of a V-tailed glider spinning in a vertical wind tunnel. I believe this was of French origin. The model had about a six ft wingspan; the tester simply tossed into the wind tunnel in the spinning position and this could be maintained indefinitely. I cannot...

Does have the 18M nats delorme link for tracking? the SSA tracking is really feeble.

The waiver and requirements (below) will appear shortly on the SSA website. 1. The presence of the instrument must be made known to the CD or Scorer prior to the first contest grid. 2. Prior to the first contest grid, the prohibited functionality must be disabled using the vendor's lockout...

For sale just overhauled AR3201 radio. Fresh from Becker (jan2013), with new internal batteries, new parts, paperwork (Form 1 and repair specs). Tested, and ready to fly. Includes connector. Spacing 25 KHz, 57 mm round face. Very nice radio that should last for many years. From private aircraft,...

At the risk of jumping into something I'm really not in the middle of, I'd like to suggest that we are not presenting our sport in a positive light to those who are considering joining our ranks. It would be great to see an active thread on how to create buyers for gliders instead. We face a...

I recently downloaded a flight to the OLC and got a red V for validation does anyone know how to fix this or what the problem is? all this stuff worked last year. SF

Gliding season is almost here and I am happy to announce that flyWithCE Flight Recorders are back on stock. You can order them from distributors or directly from flyWithCE. This is one of the smallest, easiest to use and cheapest flight recorders on the market. Device is registered as position...

Hello Users, I am obviously too dumb to survive in the computer era. I can see posts to RAS online, but no matter what I do, I can't get them delivered to my inbox. Is there somebody who can walk me through the steps? I've tried several different addresses. Thankfully, I am a bit better at flying...

Suddenly, this season after my first flight, I was unable to download flight logs from my Volkslogger (VL) using SeeYou (v4.31). At first, I thought it was a broken version of SeeYou (having updated last Fall after my last flight). Turns out, the USB serial converter from usconverters.com Mini Pro...

Looking for replacement gas struts for a 1982 Komet trailer. Does anyone have info on a suitable replacement strut from a US manufacturer? I can measure the old ones but I don't know the force spec (Pounds or Newtons.

I thought I was aware of all the changes being made for 2013 but one slipped past me. I just realized that the rules now say that any logger that makes a Blue V on the OLC is acceptable for regional contest. Awesome!

Hello, I find it impossible to run the Flarm update software (flarmtools v5.xx) on any Win8 machine, even in XP compatibility mode. The faulty item is that, in the COM port selection box, nothing appears. Thus the program can't communicate with the flarm unit, and it freezes. I tried also with an...

Quick question -- for a mechanical vario (such as Winter), do most people hook up the static port to the TE probe, or the static line? It seems the TE probe would naturally compensate the vario for stick movements, but is there a disadvantage?

Regular rec.aviation.soaring contributor F2 wins day 5 in 18M against some excellent competition! Not bad for a relative new comer flying a LAK-17.