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Caution - Arizona Airspace and Borders by
Andy[_1_]
Turnpoint Exchange includes airspace files. The airspace files listed
under Arizona Soaring Association were not provided by ASA, are not
approved by ASA, and are known to not properly depict the location of
the US Mexico border.
In the file asa_2010_sua.sua the border is defined by the...
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September 15th 10 03:09 PM
by Tuno
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Key to aviation safety revealed! by
Andy[_1_]
The key to aviation safety has finally been revealed! Who would have thought that the reef knot, which has been familiar since early childhood to anyone with the simplest knowledge of knots, could make such a difference. I had previously thought that knot tying was only of great importance to...
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Region 9 day 1 Std Class by
Andy[_1_]
On a day when all but one competitor did not attempt the task, apparently due to thunderstorms, one competitor completes it and takes 1000 points. The contest is pretty much over. Are we rewarding the right behavior? Why wasn't the day devalued?
Comments invited especially from the Std class...
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June 25th 14 01:19 AM
by Mike C
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Power FLARM battery temperature by
Andy[_1_]
I am using NiMh rechargable cells in my PowerFLARM portable.
Yesterday, while charging, I noticed that the base of the case was hot
and I disconnected the unit immediately. When I opened the battery
compartment I found all cells were hot to the touch and that each was
about the same...
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FLARM Portable Recall (US) by
Andy[_1_]
October 3 2012, FLARM wrote:
"FLARM RF transceiver:
'Bricks' have a bandpass filter to reduce 'out of band' signals.
All 'Bricks' report a more than adequate range for FLARM signals.
'Portables' do not have that filter and will be recalled to add it.
They will then have a FLARM RF circuit...
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PF Portable PCAS performance by
Andy[_1_]
I'd like to hear other people's experience of PCAS performance for the
portable unit. I'm particularly interested in side by side comparison
with ZAON MRX.
Yesterday I flew my PA28-180 with both the ZAON MRX and the portable
on the glareshield. Several times I saw traffic reported by the...
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FLARMnet file update by
Andy[_1_]
Several PowerFLARM purchasers have wondered about the frequency with
which the FLARMnet file is updated and why the number of records in
the Butterfly FLARMnet file has not changed recently.
The good news is that FLARMnet folks are responsive to questions. The
bad news is that you won't like the...
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Power FLARM power by
Andy[_1_]
Can anyone comment of why Power FLARM transmit power appears to be
much less than the transmit power allowed by FCC for this class of
FHSS device? (ref test report on file with FCC)
Is this a limitation of the RF module that was selected? Was it to
increase battery life? Was it expected that...
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New PowerFLARM display? by
Andy[_1_]
Anyone have any inside knowledge and able to explain what this means:
"A new superior display is being developed in parallel to make sure
the user experience and features of portable PowerFLARM and the
‘Brick’ with remote display are the same."
Superior to what? Is this display in some way...
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SSA Copyright by
Andy[_1_]
I had a look at the on-line SSA Sailplane Directory and have to say it
looks like a very nice addition to our information sources. I noticed
that there were no pictures of the ASW-28 and was thinking of
submitting some.
I then found the conditions for posting pictures:
"It is a condition of...
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sport airplane from private glider by
Andy[_1_]
In a recent thread it was asserted that it was possible to get sport
pilot airplane privileges without taking a knowledge test and flight
test if the pilot held a private glider rating. For some reason I
cannot see that thread. I had doubts that this was true and followed
up with AOPA.
The text...
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Perry Scores Day 5 by
Andy[_1_]
What happened to Day 5 Unofficial? It seems to be Day 4 republished?
If today is going to be rained out it would be nice to know what
happened yesterday.
Andy
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April 25th 10 05:10 AM
by T8
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2010 Proposed US Sports Class Handicaps by
Andy[_1_]
On Jan 3, 6:25*pm, Brian wrote:
On Jan 3, 5:12*pm, Andy wrote:
On Jan 3, 12:17*pm, Deltasierra wrote:
The proposed Sports Class Handicaps are now available for viewing on
the SSA Website:...
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GNII Max Alt warning by
Andy[_1_]
As implemented in the latest version the maximum value of Max Altitude
is limited to 15,000ft which is not useful in SW USA. It should be
obvious to anyone that the limit should be setable at least as high as
18,000ft. In fact there is no reason for any hard limit at all as the
pilot may fly in a...
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Turnpoint coordinate format by
Andy[_1_]
Special thanks to John Leibacher for TP Exchange in general, and for
his assistance at very short notice with creating files for an ASA
club contest remote site.
While working on the file preparation I was surprised to find that
some Cambridge format (DAT) files on TP exchange use...
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Recycle (USA) by
Andy[_1_]
I don't know what other people do with their dead glider batteries but
I have been saving mine with the intention of eventually disposing of
them in a "green" way.
Turns out Checker Auto takes batteries for recycling. Not only do they
take full size car batteries but they also take any size SLA...
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Separation after release by
Andy[_1_]
Was looking for a report of the Uvalde incident mentioned in another
thread and found this:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20080811X01215&key=1
Glad everyone got down ok but have to wonder why the glider and the
tug were at the same altitude, and in the same place, a minute...
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August 12th 08 08:18 PM
by sisu1a
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Gear position to rig by
Andy[_1_]
I noted in John's USA team Blog that he lowers the gear before
rigging. I know other pilots do this too. I have to ask why.
For modern glass gliders and Cobra trailers ...
Reasons for leaving the gear up until the wings are on:
1. If gear is down and a hydraulic trailer jack bleeds down...
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sport pilot airplane from pvt glider by
Andy[_1_]
For some reason I can't reply to the old thread that discussed adding
new ratings to sport pilot without a flight test. The reply option is
not available. Anyway...
It seems FAA has had second thought on this and has issued an NPRM.
Some of it reads as follows:
"Currently, to obtain additional...
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Cambridge data port pins by
Andy[_1_]
Can someone please point me to the connector pin specifications for
the cannon D connectors on the 302 and the mode 25 GPS NAV. I'd
like to find out if the Cannon D sub connector on the 302 has the same
pin specification as the GPS NAV. I could not find the info in my
manuals or on the...
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