I have a US NE hi res map files which displays correctly. However the .sua file only overlays half of the map, No info for the RIDGE! What do I do? I am very perplexed by the file system. John F

Hi Everyone, Logged my 1st OLC flight yesterday from my Android phone which I thought was quite cool ... havent in the past ever got around to having a personal GPS logger or PDA, just used the club ones including the hassle of downloading from a Cambridge with a RS232 serial port .. yuk...

I decided traveling with a tablet computer in a touring motorglider would be easier than lugging around my 6+ pound Windows laptop, so I took advantage of a good deal on an iPad mini. I thought it's wealth of aviation apps, including soaring apps like iGlide, and others was a plus. It's a...

I am wondering what people think about using the Condor simulator to improve gliding and soaring decision making -- things like when to turn back given lift, weather, continuing to exploit lift along a ridge, and so on. Does the simulator present enough varied challenges to help with this sort of...

I've been reading the messages about the DG-400 oxygen system with some interest. In the DG-1000 that I often fly, we have a US oxygen bottle, the AL-647 listed on the Mountain High site: http://www.mhoxygen.com/index.phtml?nav_id=28&product_id=359 The DG-1000 has a factory made oxygen cut out...

Greetings, This may get many comments, but I'm curious as to the consensus. On a recent training flight (wasn't me...) the student was advised to go to about 2/3 spoiler just before the flare. Normal approach, field was made, on target for a nice touchdown. When I was getting instruction, I...

Hi I have been using mobile SeeYou (in competitions and every day soaring) for two seasons and have helped a number of others with their installation and use of the necessary hardware and software. As a result of this I am writing a series of articles about how I use mobile SeeYou - # Part 1:...

A question respectfully submitted to the pundits who lurk in these halls: Please forgive me if this topic has been covered before; I have done a general search on this forum and have found no mention of it anywhere. Having been away from Soaring for about 35 years, and having just come back...

We recently converted from 3/16 7x9 cable to 3/16 plasma rope on our winch. "Plasma", made from Honeywell "Spectra" fiber, seems to have some real advantages over wire or cable. Some benifits include light weight, 11.48lbs per thousand, (that's not much even converted to metric!!), hollow braid (no...

I know this is done for navigation in gliders. I'm interested to know whether the Nook can be converted to a GPS for cars and whether there is an app it would accept for showing compass headings based on satellite info instead of using the magnetic poles. Does anyone know about this or can...

Not knowing any better, I used Aeroshell 4 when I bled and topped up the hydraulic brake system in my Discus 2b. Initially it got the sponginess out of the brake. After working on it some more about a week later, I found it impossible to bleed the system further ( I thought I might still have a...

Greetings, I used to have a batch file set up on a previous computer which would download 6 images of soaring data each day from dr.jack's site. This worked but used the cookie info within wget to get access to future day data. My new computer is not playing nicely with cookies so I tried to use...

Our club has gradually moved to winch over the last few years and now we use ordinary aerotow rope on the winch (its cheap,made everywhere ,easy to splice and wears extremely well)Rope bungees slightly so pilots have to be trained how to keep an even load on the cable (makes you a smoother pilot as...

Hi, A customer has asked me whether or not it is legal to install and use a non-FAA-approved radio such as the XCOM 760 or FlightLine FL-760 in a type certificated glider. XCOM's statement on the subject is copied below. Some aircraft mechanics and avionics shops seem OK with installing those...

http://flighttraining.aopa.org/magazine/2010/December/Cover_soaring.html A nice story about the Naval Academy's soaring program. Maybe they'll develop it to the same level as the Air Force.

Excellent article on the USNA/M-ASA summer soaring program... http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2009/091015soar.html?WT.mc_id=091016epilot&WT.mc_sect=gan M-ASA members Mike Higgins, Bob Jackson, Dave Pixton, and George Simms have been instrumental in working with the Naval Academy,...

Having heard great things about soaring in Utah, I'm a but confused about where each outfit is based. A call to the USA didn't help. It might be a lot to ask, but much appreciation to someone who could review the various soaring opportunities (towing? guest flights? Season?) in the state....

Hello All, A friend and I are thinking of a soaring vacation in Utah around the third week of June. I have a self launcher but he needs tows. I've flown at Parowan, Nephi, and Logan. Can anyone tell us where there are full time tows available in Utah in June? Of course, we'll need...

I had a utility program that I downloaded ( I think fro the camdridge site) that displays the nmea data received from a logger on the PDA for diagnostic purposes. I lost data on my computer, and with it this program. Does anyone have a copy or can anyone remember the name of the .exe file, so I...

In September, Eric Greenwell started a thread on UV exposure and how much canopies absorbed. I bought one of the Oregon Scientific units he recommended (Amazon has a good price, roughly $20, esp if you buy something else to get over $25 for free shipping. I have not yet had a chance to try it out...