Re: [Aus-soaring] flap settings/Dynamis

2016-04-19 Thread Makoto Ichikawa
Same with ASG32, it has two climb settings and one neutral and 3 negative for cruise. (I do not own one yet but I have flown a bit). Ventus 2a/2Cx/2Cxa has L, +2, +1 for climbs 0 for neutral and four for cruise (-1,-2,S,S1) Good luck! Mac 2016-04-20 14:30 GMT+10:00 Thompson

[Aus-soaring] Nimbus 3 Panel Drawing

2016-04-19 Thread John Orton
Hi Has anyone have access to a drawing, with dimensions, of a Nimbus 3 instrument panel that they can let me have please. Regards, John Orton Mob: 0429357439 ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au

Re: [Aus-soaring] Windward Owl NTSB report

2016-04-19 Thread Mike Borgelt
Thanks Jim, So much for the seat belts and attachment points I guess. Derek, it may have been a case of target fixation on the test point and the glider was in the unusual attitude when he realised and elected to go inverted. At that point he should have pushed, waited for the speed to

Re: [Aus-soaring] Windward Owl NTSB report

2016-04-19 Thread Derek Ruddock
So apparently, despite having over 2000 hours in gliders, the pilot did not recognise a spiral dive. His hamfisted attempt to recover from the same, by rolling the glider inverted and pulling back on the stick pulled the wings off, Surprise surprise. I shudder to think of clowns like these flying