Glue on your tail boom and never charge your battery again. https://www.solarblvd.com/product_info.php?cPath=1_269&products_id=3082

Hi everyone :-) GR8 to have service 'back'! Question for any / all interested: What is your travel time / distance (round trip?) from home to gliding / soaring club - site? Not that will make any difference to actual journey I need to take but knowing what fellow enthusiast 'endure' to enjoy...

Well done to the british team Std Class 1st 15m Class 4th 18m class 2nd and 3rd (Steve and Phil Jones, 1st time brothers have been on the podium?) Open Class 4th Not bad for a soggy little island Nigel

I have to refurbish/replace my wing wheel assembly and need some suggestions/insights. The current one is the typical aluminum wing cuff and bicycle wheel. It wasn't well made to start with and it's falling apart. I want to take this opportunity to improve the thing. One of the biggest issues I...

Nimbus 3D SN # 11 1992 ~630 hrs TT. Alum. Cobra. SN-10B both seats with Garmin GPS , Ilec SB-9. CAI GPS and PDA cradles both cockpits. Dittel Radio, Becker Transponder, EDS O2, Full Jaxida covers, 2 Softie Parachutes. Full System ready to Fly ...

ASH-25E - Rotax 275 Having flown some of them, I noticed a couple of recurrent problems: 1. Actuator cannot start to lift the engine out of its well. The usefull lever to start moving is short... Manually opening the hatch helps. Door sandows are original. Battery voltage is OK (a car...

I'm some distance removed from my POH. Does anyone reading this know the speed at which a Discus B sinks at the rate of 2 meters per second?

I use to fly on the SF28 for a few years and would like to buy a 2 seats touring motor glider as the Dimona HK36, Grob 109 or the Taifun E17. I'm a bit concerned by poor soaring performances reported by occasional flyers or good performances reported by the vendors!! Who could report on owner...

Question: The Seniors contest was held in FL a few weeks ago employing rules to reduce group gatherings and attempts to maintain social distancing. Just for informational purposes, has there been any reports of any of the contestants, crews, organizational people, volunteers, etc., being tested...

I have a vertical-stabilizer mounted TE probe of the type that has 3 ports: ram, static, and venturi. I have been having problems with my varios and LNAV and had previously checked out the plumbing but had only looked at the "outside" end of the TE probe itself, which I remove after each flight. ...

http://silentflight.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=16&vmcchk=1&Itemid=16 Al - Tell us what it can do!

Not much happening the past two years? https://akaflieg-karlsruhe.de/tag/12-modell/ Anyone know of further progress? Mike

Hi All, I would like to announce IGCDroid, an Android near real-time Glider Tracking App. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ajw.igcdroid Description IGCDroid, partnered with GlidePort.aero (aka www.SSA.org's Sailplane Tracker) will change the way you record and track your...

I'm looking to buy a Ka6E but all of the current owners are being stingy and won't sell. :-( Can anyone give me a comparison b/t a Ka6E and a Ka6CR? Also, are there any comparable ships you might consider in lieu of a Ka6E? Thanks! Jeff

I'm growing weary of my PowerSonic (PoS) batteries crapping out a few minutes after their 1 year warranty expries. Are Werker batteries any better? ... or are they essentially the same? The salesman at Batteries Plus said they pretty much stopped selling PS because they were having quality...

Hi All, I'm aware of and use the math formula to get my rental Cirrus back to home base, but I like to back it up with SeeYou mobile. I know it's recommended to use required LD to target making sure you have entered a correct polar and safety altitude. But this doesn't account for winds does it?...

Good Day fellow sailplane racers, Unfortunately this is not the email saying I have found a coed volleyball team that will be traveling around to different glider contests to help run wings. Nor is this an email to say I found a new sponsor for soaring contest. I am trying to gain support for...

I have a 1983 Komet Standard glass top trailer. The gas strut(s) just went kaput! Anyone out there know the specifications? I'd be very appreciative of the info. TIA -- Hartley Falbaum

Folks, I've been playing with $10 key cams lately. Here's the result of last sunday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjSHjfEdwLs Have fun. Don't forget to turn up the volume.

I promised Bill Daniels that I'd burn him a DVD of some of my winch videos and the result is pretty horrible quality which is a result of two things. A. I'm using Pinnacle Studio 8 and it's given me some problems and I'm more than a bit peeved that in less than 6 months I am foced to buy Version...