A 2012 VW Golf is rated to tow 3000 lbs in Europe and 1000 lbs in the USA. Why? I'd expect that a Golf towing a 1800 lb trailer at 60 mph would be no problem, until I had a wreck and the insurance company tried to deny my claim. Here's a guy towing an AirStream trailer with a Golf...

Dear All I am in the market for a used Sparrowhawk. If you have your ship for sale, please shoot me an email with a short description, a couple of good pictures, and your idea of the sales price. I am looking around for a ship in good condition, trailer would be nice too. Thanks, Heiri

My 302 won't go. When you turn it on it just starts up with "CAI 300" on the LCD and thats as far as it goes. It did this a couple of times last year but seemed to sort itself out after a while. This time its well and truely stuck. Any ideas?

Hey, I just finished my soaring video, and would love to get some feedback. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-3xxWJDFUI What do you think?:) -soaring

Hi All, I only recently discovered this group. I'm in the US Army stationed in Germany as a mobilized Reservist. I'll be returning home to Augusta, GA, the end of January. Shortly before I came to Germany in 2011 I did an add-on glider rating so I'd be able to fly while I was here "for a year"...

Anyone looking at developing an XCSoar on a Nook ST system could look out for this deal on Black Friday. http://shopping.yahoo.com/blogs/digital-crave/black-friday-deals-electronics-234251773.html Any news on an XCSoar greyscale version for E-ink readers? Bob

Has anyone tried to connect a Nano, PowerFlarm, or V7 vario to a Nexus 7? Thanks ES

For those of you interested in trying your hand at Grand Prix Sailplane Racing (short of qualifying for the real deal), here is your chance! Each weekend (alternating Sat/Sun) one of the US Nightly Soaring races will now become US Nightly Soaring Grand Prix. These races will be scored as a brand...

Qualcomm's Mirasol products and supposedly project were discontinued in July, rumored difficulties with production (yield cost etc ?). Fletcher imported a Mirasol PDA from Korea and it looked good running XCsoar (well, the replacement for the first unit that died looked...

After doing an extensive panel upgrade, I have several instruments for sale: Cambridge 302 DDV and Cambridge 303 Display--$1000.00, including ground shipping within the USA. This includes all the bits to go along with the system--including a GPS antennae, OAT probe, and a serial to USB cable for...

I'm planning to give a couple of talks on 'glider racing' to local groups in Ohio this coming December. One group is at least nominally aviation minded, but the other is a local engineering club. I am planning for a 30-45 minute presentation followed by a Q/A session, and would like to know if...

Hello My gelcoat start to show it's age. When is it appropriate to refinish; early or wait when it is really bad? Thank you Gilles

Hi all, The Cleveland 10-20 cylinder in my AS-W20C is leaking a little from the top and I'm thinking of rebuilding it. An O-ring kit is $13 and a new cylinder is $260, any thoughts on whether or not it makes more sense to replace the whole thing and be done with it? I don't have any experience...

Claim Check – an Excel-based spreadsheet – provides a comprehensive analysis of FAI badge flights in 2 minutes or less. Now, with new Sporting Code rules effective 1 October 2012, a newly updated Claim Check version 1.15 and two new utilities are available...

We have room in the Region 4 North Soaring Contest at Fairfield, Pa hosted by M-ASA. Contest days are October 7-13, 2012 with the practice day on Saturday October 6, 2012. We'd love to have you join us for some beautiful fall flying. For information please visit midatlanticsoaring.org, ssa.org...

Hello, Has Anyone connected a PowerFLARM Brick in a LX Zeus? I'm also curious to hear about experience with the LX Zeus. It doesn't seem to be widely used. The LX9000 is everywhere, but the Zeus? Documentation (manual) is also very poor for the Zeus compared to the LX9000. Thanks, gabriel

My wife has a ten-day teacher training gig in January in Tempe. I'm considering dragging the trailer down for a week or so of soaring, but I know zip about what conditions are likely to be at that time of year. I emailed the Estrella gliderport, but never got a response. (Bad sign?) Can anyone...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AsnxNIrzDBg#! enjoy? Brad

There were several long wave flights in Utah on Saturday. Dan Wrobel posted a flight of more than 700K in a Ventus B 16.6 to OLC and York Zentner flew over 1000K in LM (ASG-29) but appears to have had a logger failure. His spot trace will be around for a few...

I'm looking for some metric cable pulleys used on the rudder pedals and release for a Grob 102. I believe they are nylon, maybe glass filled? Any one know of a supplier in the USA? Thank you all in advance.... Steve