[Aus-soaring] Rieti Pre-Worlds Day 1 Results

A great day for the Aussies. 1st and 4th in Standard Class and (just) 3rd and 10th in Club Class. All classes were devalued as the tasks were less than 3 hours. Bruce has 961pts Terry 858pts . In Club Class the winner had 959 second place 957 and Pete 954pts a very close race. Simon has 648pts.

Re: [Aus-soaring] Rieti Pre-Worlds Day 1 Results

A great day indeed, keep it up team and take care. I am getting myself into so much trouble surfing the net for the latest while at work. Its totally worth it. Cheers Mark R From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 17:34:32 +0930Subject: [Aus-soaring] Rieti Pre-Worlds Da

Re: [Aus-soaring] narromine wireless

Gday Wayne, Please dont call me Mr, thats my dad. I agree in the most part to what you say apart from the fine bit (I have to TELL people all day how they HAVE to comply, so it sticks in my crotch a bit) Best encourage uptake by showing the value of everyones actions. The specific part you p

Re: [Aus-soaring] OLC

Matt, Thank you, That is exactly the point. My fellow club members had a vision ten years ago to provide infrastructure and a fun environment for any punter to fly anything for their own personal goals only. In that last decade Chris Stephens has just about put wars on pause to be there, my

[Aus-soaring] Aussies at Rieti

The results from day 2 are out and Terry Cubley and Peter Temple placed 1st in their respective classes. This means that Bruce Taylor leads Standard class with Terry Second and Peter Temple is leading Club Class. Simon Holding is giving a credible effort given this is his first go at mountain f

[Aus-soaring] Chuckle

Mark Rowe said: "Please dont call me Mr, thats my dad." Watched the first episode of that patrol boat type show the other night to see what it was like and was not impressed but a Petty Officer (Sgt) came out with a great one liner to a rating who called him Sir. "Don't call me Sir. I work for

Re: [Aus-soaring] Chuckle

> Watched the first episode of that patrol boat type show > the other night to see what it was like and was not > impressed but a Petty Officer (Sgt) came out with a great > one liner to a rating who called him Sir. > > "Don't call me Sir. I work for a living." > An ancient one that one Som

Re: [Aus-soaring] Chuckle

Same same Anthony, but as good a chuckle :-) Chris - Original Message - From: "Anthony Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 10:22 AM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Chuckle >> Watched the first episode of tha

[Aus-soaring] Block speeds and wing loadings

Can anyone give some pointers for how to calculate the block speeds and optimum wing loadings for a particular glider? Examples from anyone who has already performed the leg work would be appreciated ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internod

Re: [Aus-soaring] Chuckle

That line is actually a ARMY line. and never laugh at the sargent who says it to you it snowballs back.. - Original Message - From: Christopher Mc Donnell To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 7:50 AM Subject: [Aus-soaring] Chuckle Mark Rowe

Re: [Aus-soaring] block speeds

My polish instructor said: "fill it up, fly fast" "if you cant fly fast, OK to fly slow" "if you cant fly slow, OK dump the water" May he rest in peace Wayne Carter ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change sub

Re: [Aus-soaring] Chuckle

Actually I heard it in the AIR FORCE many long years ago. Dennis Ben Jones wrote: That line is actually a ARMY line. and never laugh at the sargent who says it to you it snowballs back.. - Original Message - *From:* Christopher Mc Donnell

Re: [Aus-soaring] Block speeds and wing loadings

I'll be a bit more specific: I understand you can derive the speed to fly by drawing the tangent from the anticipated thermal strength to the polar. How do you determine the optimum weight and therefore wing loading for particular conditions? (Or do you fill it to the gunwhales and hope for the

Re: [Aus-soaring] Block speeds and wing loadings

There is a bit in Fred Thomas "Fundamentals of Sailplane Design" that discusses how to optimise aspect ratio and wing loading during the design stage. It shouldn't be too hard to reverse engineer it and work it out for a known design. I will have a look tonight for the relevant pages. The bigges

[Aus-soaring] Rivets

Perhaps someone can help. Does someone out there know an engineering supplies place in Australia that may have "drive rivets". These are a type of blind rivet, ie for use when you only have one sided access. There is a tapered pin down the centre and the pin head projects. One inserts the ri