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$75,000 2-33 by
[email protected]
Just when you thought you've seen it all. Wings and Wheels has listed a beautifully restored 2-33 for a mere $75K http://wingsandwheels.com/classifieds
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sunlight readable iphone by
[email protected]
Does anyone have any data on whether the iPhone X OLED screen will be more sunlight readable than previous iPhones? The brightness spec looks the same (625cd/m2), but I see no data on the screen reflectance.
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May 27th 18 05:48 AM
by jfitch
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Refinishing Ventus b Fuselage by
Richard Pfiffner[_2_]
Pictures and process for refinishing a ventus b fuselage. Work in progress pictures and process as work is completed.
http://www.craggyaero.com/ventus.htm
Richard
www.craggyaero.com
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Canadian pilot posts ILLEGAL flight into US on OLC by
2G
This pilot made a DEEP entry into the US w/o, apparently, following the laws of the US:
https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=7436890
Here is what you have to do PRIOR to flying into the US, regardless of whether or not you are a US...
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AA Butterfly versus CNv LCD wind calculation by
[email protected]
The Air Avionics Butterfly has developed an outstanding reputation as having a competitive advantage for its ability to "instantaneously" calculate wind direction.
Does the CNv (with latest 3.3.3899 or beta 3.4.4089) calculate wind as quickly as the Butterfly?
T8, what is the wind direction...
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How dangerous is soaring? by
[email protected]
When I started soaring on mid 80's, everybody said that soaring is the
safest aviation sport, almost safer than most 'real' sports. You can't
brake your leg while flying :) Only when you hit the ground :D
Though on a first year 4 pilots that I knew got killed with glider.
Not a good start. And...
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FLARM.....for good, or evil?? by
[email protected]
From Sept 2010 "Soaring"...article on FLARM...
...."we were flying in big undiciplined gaggles"...
...."I received indications about one idiot who pulled in behind and
then passed 10 feet over me."...
...."I received many beeps from gliders following 20 feet behind and
just outside..."
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Question for US Rules committee on AH capability within LX NAV computers? by
Sean Fidler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wR4aBVyVW0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Please endure the music and watch this video, paying particular attention to 2:00 to 2:25 into the short video.
As was often argued with other PNA bases systems recently...why would these well known soaring manufactures offer...
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Test results LiFePO4 glider batteries after 6 years by
SF
I started using K2 LiFeP04 batteries in my glider in 2010. I have had excellent results with these batteries. The electronics, especially the radio, enjoy staying above 12V, and I've never run out of power inflight with them..
This winter after taking some of the instruments out to have them...
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ClearVav vs. LXNav by
Gerry Simpson
New glider on the way. Would like objective opinions from pilots who have flown with both ClearNav and LXNav and spent enough time to make an honest, educated evaluation. Let me preface this with the information that I have flown with ClearNav since being an early adopter. Both appear to have...
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March 12th 18 08:30 PM
by MNLou
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"Do It Yourself" airborne proximity warning device by
Linar Yusupov
Dear rec.aviation.soaring subscribers!
I would like to present you PDF slides of one DIY R&D project.
The slides are about open platform airborne proximity warning device.
It operates at ISM band radio but also capable to receive ADS-B reports at aviation frequency.
It is mainly targeted for our...
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Cheap sailplanes by
tango4
The 'which glider should we make cheaply' , 'glider classes' and some of
the traditional 'winter threads' seem to be based on the premise that if we
could build a 40:1 sailplane for some nominal amount then the steady decline
in worldwide sailplane pilot numbers can be stemmed.
I am yet to be...
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Devices for avoiding VNE? by
John Galloway
Through the contributions to the avoiding VNE thread
runs the theme of the difficulty of avoiding overspeeding
and/or overstressing some modern designs in accidental
spin recovery. This is made more difficult than in
older composite gliders because they had a little more
drag and a little more...
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August 6th 20 10:56 PM
by 2G
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Any sailplane pilots? by
Larry Dighera
On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 06:00:30 GMT, "Chuck" wrote
in Message-Id: :
My cousin just bought a Schweizer 1 36 sailplane.
I've some experience with the Schweizer 1-26. It had an L/D of 30
IIRC. Do you know the L/D of the...
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All US Records are Now Motor Glider Records by
Tango Eight
Winter isn't quite over yet, so...
The excerpt quoted below is from an email I received from my state record keeper (who owns two motor gliders). It is an extract from a communication to state record keepers from Bob Faris (who has been collecting records with his motor glider), US B&R Committee...
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The rudder waggle signal does not work by
Pat Russell[_2_]
The towplane rudder waggle signal has done more harm than good. We
have spent at least ten years trying to educate our pilots about this
signal, and we have failed. It is time we got rid of the signal.
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20110715X11650&key=1
-Pat
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