Oops not meant for the list but if any pilots would be interested in
hiring there gliders to Juniors for the world comps in 2013 please
let Gus Stewart Know at Gus
At 03:24 PM 25/11/2009, you wrote:
Gus, some months ago I notice you were calling for any pilots
interested in loaning glider out
Hi Bob;
There is already a Web forum at:
http://www.gliderforum.com/
I have been using email forums sice the 1980s. So you are right - it is
so 20th century. But it is so much more efficient than a Web based
forum.
P.S.
I think you will find that there is not much activity on the Web forum
giv
No probs - probably tonight.
Regards,
Dave
From: "opsw...@bigpond.net.au"
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Cc: Dave Donald
Sent: Wed, 25 November, 2009 2:26:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Reflex car launching
Could I have the p
Gus, some months ago I notice you were calling for any pilots
interested in loaning glider out for a World Junior Gliding event if
we should procure one in Australia, did you have any respondents or
did it fall on deaf ears.
I know Mike is your line manager in this event but as the sports
Com
Could I have the photo's as well
Thanks
peter heath
opsw...@bigpond.net.au
Dave Donald wrote:
> Got some at home Cath - will send to your email address tonight.
Dave
From: Catherine Conway
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Austra
If some of you remember, I tried an aus-soaring forum a few years ago. It
even had an aus-soaring.com.au domain name. To get people in, I wrote a
script that would "gank" all emails on this list and put it the forum, so
the content was synchronised.
However, as people have rightly pointed out, log
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pulleylaunch/?yguid=261002521
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On 25/11/2009, at 9:08 AM, David Lawley wrote:
I tried to raise the subject some years while ago, and got nowhere.
I now try to think of it as delightfully rustic
Or set up and operate (& pay for) a forum yourself
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The glider drops the rope - there is no parachute - and it falls in a straight
line behind the launch vehicle. Very little lay-off is required. Since there is
a pulley under the launch vehicle the rope (going towards the fixed pulley)
continues to feed through the fixed pulley and the launch veh
Got some at home Cath - will send to your email address tonight.
Dave
From: Catherine Conway
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Sent: Wed, 25 November, 2009 12:02:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Reflex car launching
Any pics Dave?
Dave Donald wrote:
At Boonah we use an Auto-tow system with a 2-to-1 reduction and rope.
The rope goes from the glider, around a fixed pulley (fixed in the
ground but spins), under the F250 which has a pulley mounted
horizontally and then back to a fixed point (the bottom of the fixed
pulley
Any pics Dave?
-Cath
On 25/11/2009, at 9:41 AM, Dave Donald wrote:
> At Boonah we use an Auto-tow system with a 2-to-1 reduction and rope. The
> rope goes from the glider, around a fixed pulley (fixed in the ground but
> spins), under the F250 which has a pulley mounted horizontally and then
cover, as the doors are not carrying any
> structual load. I wonder about solar cells placed on wing roots however!
>
> Dave L
>
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Caboolture Gliding Club is again hosting this friendliest of competitions at
Chinchilla Airfield from Good Friday 02-Apr-10 to Saturday10-Apr-09.
The aim is to run a fun, safe event for competitors of all levels, with
satisfying challenges for seasoned pilots, on-task lear
FYI there will be display flying at the Temora Aviation Museum this
coming weekend with a Restricted Area during the displays and a
Danger Area 0900 - 1700 local time Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Temora Gliding Club does not operate during there three days and
requests other glider pilots to a
I do recall once seeing an SZD Pirat which had very large areas of
flouro orange on it. It was eye watering up close. You certainly could
positively identify it from a long way away.
Despite having bright or obvious markings, you still need to look
out. One of the (less
Hi Adam,
>From my experience that looks like the logger is empty or a fault. Does the
Cambridge software work with it?
Regards,
John Orton
2009/11/25 Adam Webb
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to connect a Cambridge GPS-NAV to SeeYou. When I connect the
> logger to my laptop (via a USB-Serial bridg
Try using the Cambridge software.
Mike
At 10:03 AM 25/11/2009, you wrote:
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Content-Language: en-au
Hi All,
I am trying to connect a Cambridge GPS-NAV to SeeYou. When I connect
the logger to my l
Cheers
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David Lawley to aus-soaring
> Nah, saw them thoroughly debunked as any kind of evidence late last week.
>
Given that there was approximately 157MB of unzipped data they must have got
a real wriggle on to "thoroughly debunk" it all. Wish they put that effort
into collecting and interp
I believe the red nose and wingtips were painted on the white fibreglass
gliders in Europe to enable them to be seen against snow - mainly in the
mountains for S&R.
Whilst flying in Austria, a Ka6e was lost and because it was all white,
was not located for about 3 days. It was only 2-3 kms fr
I noticed in the press the other day that Internode got praise for the
quality of it's ISP sevice ahead of all the rest.
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From: "Catherine Conway"
To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 10:18 AM
Subject: R
At 09:48 AM 25/11/2009, you wrote:
You may also not be aware that Simon/Internode provides this for free
as a service to the gliding community. One of many services provided
by Internode. Have a look at the sponsorship for Joeyglide and the
Multiclass Nationals.
I also dislike web forums - th
Hi All,
I am trying to connect a Cambridge GPS-NAV to SeeYou. When I connect the
logger to my laptop (via a USB-Serial bridge by ATEN), seeyou finds the
logger (in the connection wizzards first screen it appears in the "Connected
to" section at the bottom). When I click next, the flights on the l
Anyone have an email address or phone number for Val Wilkinson at Warwick.
Regards
John Hudson
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You may also not be aware that Simon/Internode provides this for free
as a service to the gliding community. One of many services provided
by Internode. Have a look at the sponsorship for Joeyglide and the
Multiclass Nationals.
I also dislike web forums - this is much quicker to check an
I presume so are you (20th century, that is). Does not mean it is bad.
Personally I hate forums.
Cheers
Paul
2009/11/25 Bob Dircks
> It seems I'm not doing it wrong, just that I've bbe spoilt by real forum
> format.
>
> Would this group consider a change to a real forum ?
>
> This is 20th c
At Boonah we use an Auto-tow system with a 2-to-1 reduction and rope. The rope
goes from the glider, around a fixed pulley (fixed in the ground but spins),
under the F250 which has a pulley mounted horizontally and then back to a fixed
point (the bottom of the fixed pulley) and attached by a sha
Not as long as my ass points to the ground.
"real forums" are a pain in the freckle, I know I'm a member of a couple and
you loose interest in having to log into a web page.
besides as some one else has mentioned you have signed up for a "Mail list"
too different beasts.
regards
Ben
-
At 02:53 PM 24/11/2009, you wrote:
Nah, saw them thoroughly debunked as any kind of evidence late last week.
Less than 1% of the stolen hacked files were actually leaked.
Those which do not suit the denialist agenda of the hackers did not
appear-odd eh?
There has been no confirmation that a
I was considering middle distance rather than far distance.
Being able to determine the orientation of the glider quickly, rather than
just being able to detect its presence.
Bob
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On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:38 AM, David Lawley wrote:
>
> I agree Bob, but the current list maintainer, Mark Newton is firm in his
> belief that this list is better than a threaded web forum.
>
Very firm it seems.
>
> I tried to raise the subject some years while ago, and got nowhere.
>
> I now
Ron,
I'm doing some work with synthetic helicopter long lines that have zero stretch
so there is no stored energy in case they break.
Will ask some questions about the rope suitability. it is far better than steel
cables.
Was looked at as an alternate for aerotow at a couple of nsw clubs. I
> From: Bob Dircks
> Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] forum format
> It seems I'm not doing it wrong, just that I've bbe spoilt by real forum
> format.
>
> Would this group consider a change to a real forum ?
>
> This is 20th century stuff!
I agree Bob, but the current list maintainer, Mark Newt
On 25/11/2009, at 8:55 AM, Bob Dircks wrote:
> Would this group consider a change to a real forum ?
No.
- mark
I tried an internal modem,new...@atdot.dotat.org
but it hurt when I walked.
It seems I'm not doing it wrong, just that I've bbe spoilt by real forum
format.
Would this group consider a change to a real forum ?
This is 20th century stuff!
Bob
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 1:20 AM, Mark Newton wrote:
>
>
> On 24/11/2009, at 22:35, Bob Dircks wrote:
>
> Am I doing it wrong ?
Hi All
Re David L's note, my experience is just the opposite. I fly free flight, and
seeing the models from a distance is important, as you can't time it if you
can't see it. Generally dark colours on the bottom to stand out against sky,
and bright colours on the top and 'sides' to stand out o
Hi Ron,
we did some reflex launching at Bacchus a while back (10-15 years?) and it was
good fun. We
used aerotow rope, approx 1000 feet if my memory is correct - the stretch meant
that you could
actually get (slightly) greater altitude than that. I can't remember the car
speed as it took off
Hi all,
On the subject of visibility markings.
Some years ago I found one of my comp F3B models hard to see at a distance in
its all white paint scheme.
I put large flurescent geen/orange and red stripes on the wing-and it made no
difference.
Even gliders with red noses and rudders are no
Surviving the wires of a fence seems to be not the only problem.
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Welcome Bob,
I believe part of the answer is that any inconsistencies to the smoothness
of the high pressure (underside) of the wing will be highly detrimental to
its efficiency.
The solar panels you speak of are usually placed on an engine hatch or
behind the pilot on the fuse, a low-pressure ar
Battery power is an issue, but, since Flarm is in widespread use, why not
modify it, to trigger strobes top and bottom for say 10 cycles, when close
to another glider ?
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Hallo Bob and welcome
30+ years ago Bob and his wife Jan were driving by and helped me derig and
lift a Bergfalke over a fence (gate locked) after I outlanded after a 400km
flight. Now that kids are grown up he has come to gliding. Perhaps we
should be all leaving something small with farmer aft
Glider conspicuity trials held at RAF Bicester in June and October 2002
Dr Tony Head, Human Factors Group, School of Engineering,
College of Aeronautics, Cranfield University.
http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/Data/glider-conspicuity-study.pdf
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At 12:20 AM 25/11/2009, you wrote:
On 24/11/2009, at 22:35, Bob Dircks wrote:
Am I doing it wrong ?
Yep.
...OR. am I suggesting that the forum finds a supplier
of better format ?
Aus-Soaring is a mailing list, not a web forum. You're supposed to
interact with it using your
HA
There is an article about markings on the DG website and it is worth a
read. It concerns tests done in the UK using various different
markings and different levels of pilot skills from RAF pilots to us.
The washup, so far as I remember, is that standard high-vis colours
don't work at all, even
Bob Dircks wrote:
Maybe I'm not using it properly But
This is by far the clumsey-est chat forum I've ever used.
Most forums I've been involved with have a clearer thread display,
with many more options for replying, editting, attaching etc etc.
Most email programs can display threade
On 24/11/2009, at 22:35, Bob Dircks wrote:
Am I doing it wrong ?
Yep.
...OR. am I suggesting that the forum finds a supplier
of better format ?
Aus-Soaring is a mailing list, not a web forum. You're supposed to
interact with it using your mail client.
It's entirely poss
Does anybody remember the old "reflex launch" I am not sure if it was
ever legal but at Cunderdin I can remember sitting in a Kooka and upon
the ready advice the car took off straight down the runway at full
bore with no uptake of the slack or anything---the shock was absorbed
by a flexible (nylon
Bob Dircks wrote:
What raised it in my mind recently was.
last week when the club nats were on here at Keepit, I was sitting out
on my lawn with binoculars watching the gaggle just before the gate
opened I could pick out the gliders with significant markings much
easier than the all w
Maybe I'm not using it properly But
This is by far the clumsey-est chat forum I've ever used.
Most forums I've been involved with have a clearer thread display, with many
more options for replying, editting, attaching etc etc.
At the very least I would expect to be able to click "reply" o
What raised it in my mind recently was.
last week when the club nats were on here at Keepit, I was sitting out on my
lawn with binoculars watching the gaggle just before the gate opened I
could pick out the gliders with significant markings much easier than the
all white ones, and the (smal
At 08:57 PM 24/11/2009, you wrote:
Hi,
I'm a newbie here but I have a question that has intrigued
me for some time
I have read the GFA/AN53 regarding conspicuity markings, and wonder
why the large under surfaces of a glider are not recommended for
bright marking.
If heat is the i
At 08:57 PM 24/11/2009, you wrote:
Hi,
I'm a newbie here but I have a question that has intrigued
me for some time
I have read the GFA/AN53 regarding conspicuity markings, and wonder
why the large under surfaces of a glider are not recommended for
bright marking.
If heat is the i
At 08:57 PM 24/11/2009, you wrote:
Hi,
I'm a newbie here but I have a question that has intrigued
me for some time
I have read the GFA/AN53 regarding conspicuity markings, and wonder
why the large under surfaces of a glider are not recommended for
bright marking.
If heat is the i
Hi,
I'm a newbie here but I have a question that has intrigued me for
some time
I have read the GFA/AN53 regarding conspicuity markings, and wonder why the
large under surfaces of a glider are not recommended for bright marking.
If heat is the issue with anything other than white, and
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