Re: [Aus-soaring] New Non Controlled Aerodrome ops

2010-05-20 Thread Catherine Conway
Don't know how many tugs would conform either -Cath On 20/05/2010, at 3:49 PM, Tim Shirley wrote: And by the way, a rule requiring a glider to be established on final at 500 ft could be used as an example in a dictionary definition of the word "silly". _

[Aus-soaring] LS4 for sale

2010-05-20 Thread Ian Mc Phee
A friend not on this list and not much on the net has asked me to mention his LS4 is for sale *LS4 -great glider to fly (winglet ready but LS4 does not need them!!) with All 57mm instruments -Cambridge 302/303 with PDA+Winter mini Alt, ASI and vario, new bags, peddle mechanism etc all re bushed,

Re: [Aus-soaring] TECHNICAL ALERT

2010-05-20 Thread Geoff Vincent
Tim, I think your last paragraph says it all. This is entirely supported by the following extract from the EW MicroRecorder Manual, confirmed by a physical inspection. From personal experience I know that attempting to power a MicroRecorder via a "Flarm cable" does unspeakable damage to the

[Aus-soaring] Darling Downs weather for the weekend of 22 -23 May 2010 - updated

2010-05-20 Thread Robert Hart
Hi folks The updated weekend weather forecast is available at http://the-white-knight-speaks.blogspot.com -- Robert Hart ha...@interweft.com.au +61 (0)438 385 533 http://www.hart.wattle.id.au ___

Re: [Aus-soaring] New Non Controlled Aerodrome ops

2010-05-20 Thread Mike Cleaver
All this seems to be the sensible advice - make the proper radio calls and you can continue to use the low finish permission in CAO 95.4 (of which the straight-in is the most efficient use of airspace and time), so long as you are not stuffing up other traffic by doing so. If you know you have

Re: [Aus-soaring] New Non Controlled Aerodrome ops

2010-05-20 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 06:14 PM 20/05/2010, you wrote: No, provided you broadcast your intentions and give way to all / any circuit traffic, who have right of way. John H Well, do they really when one aircraft is a glider and it is low and trying to land? Mike Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality s

Re: [Aus-soaring] TECHNICAL ALERT

2010-05-20 Thread Mike Borgelt
Yes, you are missing something. The IGC spec is actually a suggestion, not a requirement. In order to provide all the EW functionality, all 8 wires on the Ethernet RJ connector are used (yeah it isn't Ethernet either) and it is impossible to comply with the IGC wiring standard. Unfortunately

Re: [Aus-soaring] New Non Controlled Aerodrome ops

2010-05-20 Thread John Hudson
No, provided you broadcast your intentions and give way to all / any circuit traffic, who have right of way. John H -Original Message- From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Robinson, Peter B (Information Systems)

Re: [Aus-soaring] TECHNICAL ALERT

2010-05-20 Thread Mike Borgelt
So did they get fried as I described? Were the batteries properly charged? Were the various setup numbers properly entered in EWUser.txt? What exactly doesn't work? No record? No GPs record? You need to very carefully read the full instructions(available from the EW website). Mike At 0

Re: [Aus-soaring] TECHNICAL ALERT

2010-05-20 Thread Tim Shirley
Hi Urs, I'm also puzzled by this. Since the EW flight recorder is an IGC approved device, it meets the IGC specification and therefore any cable wired to this spec should work, whether it was designed specifically for EW or for any other IGC approved Flight Recorder. As you correctly say, it is

Re: [Aus-soaring] New Non Controlled Aerodrome ops

2010-05-20 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 03:50 PM 20/05/2010, you wrote: Also I think all glider pilots should be aware the correct procedure in the event of a radio failure at a certified or registered airport (they now all require radio) So what are the correct procedures? I haven't seen any in writing? I It is not the norm

Re: [Aus-soaring] TECHNICAL ALERT

2010-05-20 Thread McLean Richard
I have been using mine for about 3 years with no issues.   Cheers,   Richard McLean  --- On Thu, 20/5/10, Robert Hart wrote: From: Robert Hart Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] TECHNICAL ALERT To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Received: Thursday, 20 May, 2010, 2:52 PM O

Re: [Aus-soaring] TECHNICAL ALERT

2010-05-20 Thread Urs Rothacher
1) IGC Flight Recorder specifications require pin 1&2 and pin 7&8 on the RJ-45 connector of a IGC compliant cable to be in parallel... http://www.fai.org/gliding/system/files/tech_spec_gnss.pdf#page=32 2) There is no such thing as a "FLARM cable" or "FLARM connector". FLARM has never ship

Re: [Aus-soaring] TECHNICAL ALERT

2010-05-20 Thread Robert Hart
On 20/05/10 16:17, Patching wrote: My EW is the biggest piece of dud I have ever had. Its been back 2 times to the manufacturer to be fixed and it still doesn't work! Wasted $1200 on it. It now sits in the junk pile. Not real happy about that. 2 out of the 3 we purchased don't work. Int