I have purchased a self launching glider (DG808B) and our beautiful LS10-a demo is now for sale. It is available at a very attractive price.Fly the latest this spring. See details on our website www.solairecanada.com Look under "specials" or call Ed Hollestelle-Solaire Canada for details....

Hi, I have a question regarding the ew logger: the place it has it listed up for sale differentiates between the engine version and a pure glider version. Mine will be used mostly in the glider, but I'd like have the ability to use it in a motorized glider as well, for vacations, training etc....

Posting for a Friend... Mfg in 1982,N3XA, Sn#252, Komet Trailer, zander computer, Cambridge GPS w/ Palm & Glide Navigator, Radio, mechanical & electrical vario, ELT, wing wheel & tow bar. Glider is updated Std. Cirrus with a fixed tail and a ventus type fuseladge. Double blade spoiler...

Needing a replacment, my transponder shop told me that above 15k' the FAR's require a 250 watt transponder (125w below 15k'). True? I'm pretty sure that sailplane owners are mostly installing 175 watt units and flying them to 18k' (and higher in wave windows). Right? If this 15k' rule is real,...

Hi Can anyone point me to a place where I can download patterns for instruments in AutoCad (2002) format? Matts

With 9 contest days complete the weather seems to have stopped cooperating for the moment. Tomorrow is that last day. Andries Bester appears to be unassailable in the Club Class and, barring major upsets, the 1-2-3 in the 15Metre-Std and 18Metre-Open Classes seem to be set. Only 2 out of the 3...

Am researching the brake system for my glider project and am pretty sure a disc brake is the way to go. The cost for a suitable drum brake is about 2x what a disc brake from Grove or Matco costs, Azuza makes drum brakes, but they don't seem robust enough for my needs. I plan on using a bike grip...

Hello, for anyone interested I'm selling my portable system now that I have my own ship with a cradle and solid mount. Proved to be a great set up for moving between club ships. Dell X30 Color PDA: This PDA includes Bluetooth, WiFi, IR, PPC2003. Unit works great, always has had a screen protector...

My 3970 that runs Winpilot has died and I need to replace it. I have a 3900 cradle fitted to the cockpit. What can you guys recommend that will run Winpilot? I believe the 5500 series IPAQ will fit in the same cradle. Can anyone confirm this? What about other models? The IPAQ 214 is more powerful...

Looking for a left flapperon for my LS3

2009 SOARING SEMINAR 2 Days – March 28-29, 2009 Begins 10 AM Saturday, Ends 4 PM Sunday. Location: The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel Innovation Park 200 West Park Avenue State College, Pennsylvania 16803

Hi Gang I have been using Spot on every flight (about 120 hours total) since last May and have not had to replace the batteries yet. Today I found that I had left the unit on for 2 days since my last flight. Since the aircraft had been in its hanger Spot was unable to get a GPS fix and had turned...

Interesting subject needs new thread. It strikes me that a glider designed to soar in weak thermals is well off its design point when running fast in a wave XC or, for that matter, in strong thermal conditions. Ballast helps, of course, but the basic airframe aerodynamics are wrong for extreme...

January is the big month for mountain wave in Minden, but this January seems to have been slow to live up to our reputation as the best wave location ever. We've had 2 or 3 days of wave, but it's been somewhat tame compared to previous years. Finally today we got a super lennie over the Carson...

Mark, I've thought of something along those lines, but the file would be a more general control file, containing things like the full path location(s) of the IGC files, output options, local time, flight time calculation rules, etc. I avoided this because I wanted to keep the tool's interface as...

PC console program to create tab-delimited files for importing into a spreadsheet-based logbook. http://www.justsoar.com/public/igc2tablog/ (Yes -- free!) 2NO

The preliminary 2009 GTA schedule has been posted, if you are around, please join us for some races, or get the word out others that might be interested in joining us: http://home.att.net/~g.t.a.race/index.htm Chris

Caesar Creek Soaring Club is investigating the possibility of winch launching on our field. As expected there are very polarized opinions on the merits, value, and safety of winch launching. I would appreciate any rational inputs on the merits of winching or reference data from other sites on...

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I mentioned in another thread that I had been experiencing incorrect mode C reports when the airplane was cold. Since a few people offered suggestions, I'm following up with a report. Installation: PA28-180, ACK A-30 mod 1 encoder, KT 76A transponder. Observation: Mode C reports in error in...