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Electrically Powered Ultralight Aircraft by Larry Dighera
Electrically Powered Ultralight Aircraft Below is a report of an electrically powered ultralight aircraft. Further down is information about Sonex's electrically powered home-built aircraft, and below that is information about Royal Aeronautical Society's 2007-8 design competition (submissions...
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December 31st 07 09:53 PM
by Larry Dighera Go to last post
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How Low to Spin?? by Paul M. Cordell
How Low to Spin?? I was proudly shown a IGC file this weekend. This file show the aero tow thru a thermal and a release into sink. Our proud pilot was unable to find the thermal and started a downwind leg for a landing. As he turned base leg, he flew into a 2-5 kt thermal. Instead of completing...
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September 14th 04 07:17 PM
by Robin Birch Go to last post
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Purists are from Pluto, Motorgliderists are from Mars - #2 by Eric Greenwell[_4_]
Didn't make it to a new thread on the first attempt... ----------------------------------------- I moved this to a new thread, as it seemed to go in a different direction than Bob's original conversation starter. ----------------------------------------- Guy Acheson wrote on 4/9/2021 8:51 PM: ...
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May 8th 21 06:58 AM
by 2G Go to last post
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poor lateral control on a slow tow? by Doug[_5_]
As an aerodynamicist/flight dynamicist recently re-soloed after 25 years off, people keep asking me hard questions. One that has come up recently is why a heavy glider on tow feels horrible, but thermalling in the same glider at lower speeds is fine? (see also Mike Fox's article on aerotowing...
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January 7th 11 12:08 PM
by Martin Gregorie[_5_] Go to last post
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$1 billion BMS Ooops... by Dave Nadler
https://insideevs.com/news/490300/hyundai-announces-massive-battery-reacall-82000-bevs/ Discus amongst yourselves...
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April 6th 21 05:50 AM
by 2G Go to last post
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Safety of winch launch vrs. aero tow? by Gary Boggs
Someone must have already compared the safety of these tow launch methods. What do the statistics show is the safer method of launch? Aero tow seems to involve more inherent dangers to me. For one thing, there is just more time for things to go wrong. What could be more dangerous than to tie...
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November 13th 03 07:59 PM
by Eric Greenwell Go to last post
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End of Season Sunset Warning for SSA-OLC Participants by Doug Haluza
This is cross posted from the SSA Home News & Information General News: As the days get shorter as the end of the soaring season nears, the SSA-OLC Committee has been receiving complaints about flights after sunset without required aircraft lighting. Although the requirements for night flight...
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September 29th 06 10:35 PM
by Doug Haluza Go to last post
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US Dollar sinks to new low against Euro by Mike Stringfellow
The US dollar is now valued close to 0.75 Euro, down from its peak of 1.25 a couple of years ago. Analysts say it may go even lower, with some projecting exchange rates of 0.7 (1.4 dollar to the Euro). This has pretty much put the kibosh on my goals of buying a new European sailplane. A model...
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November 19th 04 03:12 AM
by Brad Go to last post
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Flarm in the US by Steve Freeman
Curious about the use of Flarm in the US. Was told by another pilot that the frequency used by Flarm is not approved for that category of use in the US. Is that true? If it is, do they make units that use a US approved frequency?
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August 15th 10 12:12 AM
by Westbender Go to last post
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Glider accident while filming commercial in 2011. NTSB Report updated by Steve Leonard[_2_]
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20111013X31821&ntsbno=WPR12FA010&akey=1 Happened to be looking through the NTSB Database and saw that they updated the report about a month ago.
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July 10th 13 04:30 AM
by flgliderpilot[_2_] Go to last post
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Fatal crash Arizona by Waveguru
Premature termination of the tow at 100ft. Did not complete the turn back to the runway. http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2014/05/wickenburg-maricopa-county-arizona.html?m=1 Boggs
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September 14th 16 09:18 AM
by Don Johnstone[_4_] Go to last post
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IDAHO FATALITY by Bob
I heard there was a stall spin on base to final fatality at the recent Idhao flying get-together. Anyone got any specifics? Tough summer for gliding!
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September 11th 11 05:40 PM
by Bill D Go to last post
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Benalla by JS
Everyone is airborne for practice day 1. http://www.livetrack24.com/events/WGC2017 Jim
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January 24th 17 11:54 PM
by John Bojack J4 Go to last post
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US Competition Pilot Poll and Election by [email protected]
Hello US contest pilots. The annual competition rules poll and election of rules subcommittee members is now open at http://www.adamsfive.com/a5soaring/survey/surveys.php The poll and election is open to all pilots on the ranking list. Please take the time to fill out the poll. provide comments and...
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October 31st 16 04:31 PM
by Steve Leonard[_2_] Go to last post
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Cheap GPS Loggers for FAI Badges - Status? by Papa3
I notice from the brief minutes of the FAI meeting in Lausanne that a proposal to use Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) flight recorders was not accepted. In other words, the widely available, cheap units are again rejected in favor of expensive, proprietary units. I'd like to know...
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June 17th 04 10:33 PM
by Ian Strachan Go to last post
154 7,319
Another stall spin by Jp Stewart
From TA's Dansville contest write-up: "Unfortunately, we were also saddened to hear of yet another apparent stall-spin fatality; Jim Rizzo, Finger Lakes club president and FAA Designated Examiner for the area was killed when his glider crashed into a farmer’s field not far from the Dansville...
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September 14th 12 07:25 PM
by Bob Whelan[_3_] Go to last post
153 7,991
Does anyone use a tug tow hook that releases automatically whenglider kites? by son_of_flubber
This topic was buried in a drifting degenerate thread. I'm wondering if anyone knows more about the tow hook innovation mentioned below by UH. On Saturday, February 8, 2014 9:31:13 AM UTC-5, son_of_flubber wrote: Why does the pilot need to pull the release if the glider kites? Why is the...
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May 4th 14 06:01 PM
by Chris Rollings[_2_] Go to last post
151 5,037
Glider near miss with Airliner (emergency climb) near Chicago yesterday? by Sean Fidler
I just listened to this news on a major news network and pseudo confirmed it he http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1374687 The newsperson actually said, "Why didn't this glider have a transponder, why wasn't this glider talking to someone, how is this possible…" live on the...
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October 30th 17 03:55 PM
by Chicago Pilot Go to last post
150 7,146
Kawa rough landing? by Jonathan St. Cloud
Not sure how accurate FB translate is, but it appear as if Mr. Kawa had some sort of incident with an electric motor not working and a rough uphill landing. Gas, electric or jet be careful guys!
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September 27th 19 11:11 PM
by 5Z Go to last post
148 9,780
Soaring already DOA for the season??? by Matt Herron Jr.
Airsailing in NV has closed down, and now Willliams in CA is closed. will contests be cancelled next? Does SSA have a position on this? Are there things we can do to mitigate exposure so we can fly? Inquiring pilots want to know...
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April 6th 20 12:06 PM
by Andreas Maurer[_2_] Go to last post
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