Re: [Aus-soaring] Flarm Firmware Update

[Paul Bart]

On 9 March 2017 at 08:15, DMcD  wrote:

> My experience of FLARM has generally been OK with the exception of
> gliders approaching head-to-head. FLARM does not seem to pick these
> other gliders up anywhere near as well as for a glider which is more
> abeam or astern.
>

​Antenna position?​


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Re: [Aus-soaring] L2 Independent Ops

[Paul Bart]

On 11 February 2017 at 14:39, Mike Borgelt 
wrote:

> ​I a​
> m talking about very poor judgement/ability on the part of the people who
> are meant to be doing the supervising.
>
> Who guards the guardians?
>


Quite some time ago an Australian Air Force crew ​managed to put a
perfectly flyable F-111 into a ground in northern NSW, killing both.

Not so long ago an Air France crew plonked perfectly flyable Airbus into
the Atlantic, three pilots combining their collective training / knowledge
/ supervision for about 10 minutes before they killed everyone aboard.

Quite recently an Asiana air crew flew a perfectly flyable Boeing in to a
seawall in San Francisco. Again all pilots would have been supervised
trained by a professional organisation.

I am sure you would be able to recall many more accidents of similar nature.

People will manage to screw up no matter what training they have received.


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Re: [Aus-soaring] L2 Independent Ops

[Paul Bart]

On 11 February 2017 at 14:05, Mike Borgelt 
wrote:

> When will the carnage end?
>

​When people decide to be sensible. No amount of training will mitigate
against poor judgment at a particular instance in time.

Bruce Taylor, cleary a glider pilot with loads of talent and currency has
recently written an article in the gliding magazine how he barely escaped
from a situation that he put himself into.

Should he be purged also?
​


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Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] L2 Independent Ops

[Paul Bart]

Interesting, but potentially meaningless as the study acknowledges that the
it cannot differentiate between the many limitations that have been applied
at the same time.

Given the information from the study below, is 100 hours counter productive?

Supervised driving 40 hours: ■ 16-year-old crash rates 21 percent lower
Supervised driving 50 hours: ■ 16-year-old crash rates 15 percent lower


Cheers

Paul


Cheers

Paul

On 11 February 2017 at 13:57, Stuart Wolf  wrote:

>
>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>> ​So there is an actual evidence to show this, properly corrected for
>> variables that may have also produced this results. Better cars, roads come
>> to mind, I am sure there are others.
>>
>> Are there less accidents for drivers certified under the new system? .
>>
>
> Yep
>
>  https://www.nhtsa.gov/document/traffic-tech-meta-
> analysis-graduated-driver-licensing-laws-effectiveness-specific-program
>
> A meta analysis of America GDL
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Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] Re: Positive advertising for clubs

[Paul Bart]

Well I am not a board member, but I am very pleased. Given the posts I have
seen from John, he clearly is not the right person for the job.

To continually willify current members on the basis of age, clothing they
may wear or even how they smell is totally counter productive.

Surely he should know that the direction the membership number will take is
based on both the retention number as well new acquisition numbers. I think
his rhetoric hurts both. Current members may very well feel under valued
and unwanted and prospective members, should they bother to read all that
has been said over the past two weeks or so on this forum would hardly be
to impressed to join the organisation.

Yet most that I have read were examples based on particular personalities,
this CFI did this that L2 instructed did that. Surely people should
appreciate that in any group of people some will be great other less so.
There are good teachers and there bad ones. There are good doctors and
there are bad ones. Such is life. Hardly surprising that we should find it
in gliding.

I am not saying that all is well with GFA, any organisation can improve.
However I am totally positive that it is not as bad as some contributors
have stated.

I sincerely hope that prospective members will not take the contribution in
this thread too seriously, as I am sure it will not help our cause.

Cheers


Paul
DDSC


On 6 Feb. 2017 16:20, "Luke Pavy"  wrote:

>
> Would a GFA board member please explain the reasoning behind this?
>
> Better move with the times and take the discussion to Facebook then.
>
>
> On 6 Feb 2017, at 3:58 pm, John Styles - GFA Chair Mktg & Development <
> c...@glidingaustralia.org> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> Be advised that I am no longer able to participate in this open and lively
> discussion about our sports future as I have had a gag order placed on me
> by the Board forbidding to participate the Australian Gliding Forum
> anymore.
>
> However do not let that stop you from having an open mind receptive to new
> ideas and to explore ways to achieve success as yu never know someday
> someone may hear, but I doubt any day soon though.
>
> “Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.”
> ― Benjamin Franklin
> 
>
>
>
>
> On Monday, January 30, 2017 at 8:23:22 PM UTC+11, anthony.smith wrote:
>>
>> For what it’s worth:  An idea that has been lurking in the back of my
>> mind for a while now (it probably isn’t new) is this:
>>
>>
>>
>> A gliding club approaches the local high school and enquires whether they
>> have a ‘media studies’ course in years 10 or 11.
>>
>>
>>
>> If they do, is the course looking for a media project?  Pitch the idea to
>> the school that the club is looking for a 25 min promotional video to be
>> put together by the class.
>>
>>
>>
>> Give the class plenty of latitude as to how to promote the club.
>> Remember the target audience is their peer group.
>>
>>
>>
>> Do whatever it takes to get the class out to the airfield (during the
>> week and during school hours or immediately after school hours) during the
>> year.  Initially orientation and safety, planning and scripting and then
>> recording etc.
>>
>>
>>
>> Publish the finished product on YouTube and approach the local community
>> tv station to broadcast it (they are normally begging for local content).
>>
>>
>>
>> Repeat the above every two (?) years with variations on a theme:  What is
>> it like to learn to fly a glider (aka’ Lucy learns to fly’.  Don't show
>> this video to the class, let them try and come up with the creativity and
>> then compare it later), Provide a documentary on the club’s annual regatta
>> (the regatta would need to be scheduled to fit in with the school year) etc
>> etc
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> It is a win – win situation if the school allows the project, with the
>> real aim of exposing a bunch of 15 year olds to gliding.  Plus you may get
>> a reasonable promotional video at the end of it. A video made by high
>> school students for high school students.
>>
>>
>>
>> Admittedly some clubs might not be close enough to a local high school
>> and the school system is likely to put a few hurdles in the way.  It may
>> also cost a bit of money depending on the schools resources / equipment.
>>
>>
>>
>> But it is certainly some potentially positive advertising that can be
>> achieved at a club level that may result in gaining some younger members
>>
>>
>> regards
>>
>>
>>
>> Anthony
>>
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Re: [Aus-soaring] more light hearted WAS: MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

[Paul Bart]

Thanks for the explanation Richard. Will read the article for sure.

Cheers


Paul

On 3 Feb. 2017 21:08, "Richard Frawley" <rjfraw...@gmail.com> wrote:

> all ok, was not offended.
>
> heat stroke (not dehydration), was the cause, very hot, too long
> struggling in difficult conditions and my fault for not giving myself
> longer to recover from bad gastro (a week before)….
>
> fainted on short final. hit a tree (luckily) which saved my life as did
> the farmer in the paddock who saw me crash and stopped me bleeding to death.
>
> I will get around to writing it up for the magazine soon.
>
> Longer recovery is something we all need to be mindful of, especially as
> we get older.
>
>
>
> On 3 Feb 2017, at 8:46 pm, Paul Bart <pb2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Sorry Richard, please accept my apology.
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Paul
>
> On 3 Feb. 2017 18:40, "Richard Frawley" <rjfraw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> ahh, not when your unconscious
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3 Feb 2017, at 7:08 PM, Paul Bart <pb2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> LS8 decided to land in tree
>>
>> Gliders never make decisions, pilots do.
>>
>> Ultimate denial?
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> On 3 Feb. 2017 13:40, "Richard Frawley" <rjfraw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> this is chilled, happy to really lash out  if you want. this is good
>>> rehab from the 12 weeks in hospital after the LS8 decided to land in tree
>>>
>>> > On 3 Feb 2017, at 2:09 PM, Mark Newton <new...@atdot.dotat.org> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> get grief, go get a life […]
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > How about y’all just chill out a bit.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >   - mark
>>> >
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Re: [Aus-soaring] more light hearted WAS: MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

[Paul Bart]

Sorry Richard, please accept my apology.



Cheers


Paul

On 3 Feb. 2017 18:40, "Richard Frawley" <rjfraw...@gmail.com> wrote:

> ahh, not when your unconscious
>
>
>
> On 3 Feb 2017, at 7:08 PM, Paul Bart <pb2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> LS8 decided to land in tree
>
> Gliders never make decisions, pilots do.
>
> Ultimate denial?
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Paul
>
> On 3 Feb. 2017 13:40, "Richard Frawley" <rjfraw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> this is chilled, happy to really lash out  if you want. this is good
>> rehab from the 12 weeks in hospital after the LS8 decided to land in tree
>>
>> > On 3 Feb 2017, at 2:09 PM, Mark Newton <new...@atdot.dotat.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >> get grief, go get a life […]
>> >
>> >
>> > How about y’all just chill out a bit.
>> >
>> >
>> >   - mark
>> >
>> >
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Re: [Aus-soaring] more light hearted WAS: MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

[Paul Bart]

LS8 decided to land in tree

Gliders never make decisions, pilots do.

Ultimate denial?


Cheers


Paul

On 3 Feb. 2017 13:40, "Richard Frawley"  wrote:

> this is chilled, happy to really lash out  if you want. this is good rehab
> from the 12 weeks in hospital after the LS8 decided to land in tree
>
> > On 3 Feb 2017, at 2:09 PM, Mark Newton  wrote:
> >
> >
> >> get grief, go get a life […]
> >
> >
> > How about y’all just chill out a bit.
> >
> >
> >   - mark
> >
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Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

[Paul Bart]

Mark Newton wrote:
nearly 700 members have worked out that it’s easier to get an instructor
rating than a Level 2 Independent Operator rating. Also easier to get a
crew organized if you’re an instructor and you offer to run a day.

That’s a perverse outcome, isn't it?  I mean, in an ideal world, it
wouldn’t be that way?


Well not really, at best it is a perverse supposition you have made.
Potentially there may be some other explanations.


Cheers


Paul

On 1 Feb. 2017 23:02, "Mark Newton"  wrote:

Registration doesn’t expire, so an aircraft stays on the register even if
it’s wrecked in a blown-over trailer in a corner of a gliding field that
its deceased owner hasn’t visited for ten years.

The real point of interest is the number of form-2 kits the GFA sells each
year.

Mandy Temple’s “Mande-news” on June 10 last year included an extract from
the GFA’s Salesforce database, which said there were 738 gliders with a
current form-2 as of that date.

So - slightly over half of the total number of registered gliders are
airworthy.

The same extract said 2584 members flew GFA aircraft for 115,100 hours from
68,200 launches in 2015-16 (based on form-2 returns).  That means every
airworthy GFA aircraft *averaged* 156 hours and 92 launches, making
the *average
*GFA aircraft flight 102 minutes long.

Not sure what to make of that. Must be some absolute bladder-buster long
endurance flights to compensate for the thousands of 6 minute circuits all
the winch clubs spend most of the winter flying.

Also means the average GFA member logs about 45 hours per year. Once again,
some pilots must be absolutely cranking out the hours to make up for the
trainees who only log between 5 and 20 hours per year.

The other weird numbers worth noting: GFA had issued 932 GPCs, and had 189
AEIs, 97 Level 1 instructors, 306 Level 2 instructors, and 97 Level 3
instructors. That’s 689 members with instructor ratings (out of 2584 total
— over a quarter of GFA’s membership base), and each Level 3 having their
very own personal Level 1 to train.

Let me put it another way: There’s an instructor for every three
non-instructor GFA members.

The ratio is even stranger if you compare instructor headcount to GPC
holders, and observe that 689 of those 932 GPCs are actually supposed to be
instructors.

I reckon GFA members get instructor ratings instead of Level-2 Independent
Ops.  If you want to fly club aircraft whenever you want without needing
anyone’s permission, nearly 700 members have worked out that it’s easier to
get an instructor rating than a Level 2 Independent Operator rating. Also
easier to get a crew organized if you’re an instructor and you offer to run
a day.

That’s a perverse outcome, isn't it?  I mean, in an ideal world, it
wouldn’t be that way?

  - mark



On 1 Feb 2017, at 6:04 PM, steph...@internode.on.net wrote:



>From the aircraft register of  2013

1220 gliders and motor gliders

950 privately owned

270 owned by clubs/cadets/societies etc.


last year

1276 gliders and motor gliders (+4.6%, 56 actual)

981 privately owned (+3.3%, 31 actual)

295 owned by clubs/cadets/societies etc. (+9.3%, 25 actual)


Only about 3 years difference, I'd be reluctant to say too much about
trends, have to go back and dig up a really old one. But private ownership
(in absolute terms) increasing more than club ownership (and as others will
point out, only about half of the gliders in Australia are given an
annual in any one year, so it all may be moot anyway).

gliders on the register newer than 3 years old in 2016 - (64 total)

36 private

28 club

Of those 64 new gliders 18 "pure" (mostly DG1000s, and 10 of them air
cadets), 46 with some sort of motor. That's a clue to the future right
there.



For pilot flying times, much more difficult to get a handle on.





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to put a different spin on it, how about asking some different questions

1) how many gliders are there now?

2) how many are privately owned (percentage change)?

3) have the annual flown hours per pilot gone up or down?







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Re: [Aus-soaring] JS3

[Paul Bart]

On 14 December 2016 at 11:25, DMcD  wrote:


If there was more money involved, I don't think these kinks would
> exist and the leading edge would be a smooth transition from root to
> winglet.
>

​Or one could by a SZD-55, which has precisely that, there is a good one
for sale right now :)



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Re: [Aus-soaring] JS3

[Paul Bart]

On 13 December 2016 at 08:44, Mike Borgelt 
wrote:

Note also locations of pitot static and TE *probes on the tips of the
> tailplane*


​A glider repairer dream I would guess.



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Re: [Aus-soaring] Flarm antenna connector

[Paul Bart]

Or, depending on design, you could cut several mm of the antenna, plenty of
calculators on the web

Flarm radio transmission frequency:
Europe between 868.0 and 868.6 MHz
In Australia around 921 MHz.

Cheers

Paul

On 31 October 2016 at 14:08, Mark Fisher  wrote:

> Dear WPP,
>
> Your European Flarm Antenna is not tuned to the Frequencies Flarm use in
> Australia.
>
> What you need is a new Flarm Antenna.
>
> Your helpful ex-Flarm man
>
> Mark
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Adam Woolley 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I've just imported a new glider from EUR, it sports a flarm antenna with
>> the wrong connection for my Australian PowerFlarm.
>>
>> I don't want to buy a new antenna & I don't want to use an adaptor to
>> change the sex of the lead.
>>
>> Does anyone know where to buy a flarm connector to solder onto the end of
>> my current lead, or have a solution for me?
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
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Re: [Aus-soaring] spinning

[Paul Bart]

Hi Mike

Just put

Aviation Safety Network Puchaczs

into Google and up they come.

Checked all the fatal ones, it would seem to confirm that Puchaczses indeed
stall and spin, which of course is in the manual.




Cheers

Paul

On 10 May 2016 at 08:00, Mike Borgelt 
wrote:

> At 08:57 PM 5/9/2016, you wrote:
>
> The Aviation Safety Network website lists 77 occurences with Puchaczs with
> the first spinning fatality on July 01 1982 in Poland, the latest March 17
> 2016 in Japan. In between there are numerous spinning accidents.
>
>
> Beats me how you found that on the website.
>
> Do you have a link. I can't even find "gliders".
>
> Mike
>
>
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Re: [Aus-soaring] Update from Flarm on Unsolicited Email Circulation

[Paul Bart]

On 8 March 2016 at 12:47, Al Borowski  wrote:

Open protocols brought us things like free email (imagine if each one
> cost 5 cents to send!)
>

​Right now I wish it was at least dollar:)

Cheers

Paul​




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Re: [Aus-soaring] Serial to USB

[Paul Bart]

Did you check on which port it is on in the device manager? They tend to
end up on some unusual numbers.

Cheers

Paul
On Nov 30, 2015 10:28, "jim crowhurst"  wrote:

> Hi all,
> I've had limited (no) success with a serial to USB connector I bought from
> Jaycar for my laptop (running windows 8 64 bit) to talk to my Lx 5000. Has
> anyone else had issues with these connectors, or is there one make better
> than the others that works reliably?
>
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