[Aus-soaring] Self Rig

2011-07-17 Thread Anita Taylor
Pretty simple idea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcRipsiPgdk ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring

[Aus-soaring] Junior World Gliding Championships Musbach

2011-07-17 Thread Mandy and Peter Temple
The Australian Junior team will soon be leaving Australia to compete in the Junior World Gliding Championships in Musbach Germany. We have a team of 4 pilots - Matthew Scutter and Nathan Johnson in Club Class and in Standard Class we have Nick and Andrew Maddocks. They will be ably assisted by an

Re: [Aus-soaring] Junior World Gliding Championships Musbach

2011-07-17 Thread gstevo10
Hi Mandy, Good luck to you and Peter, and especially to the selected pilots - they are without doubt the cream of the OZ Junior crop. I am certain they will give it their all. It will be interesting to see what weather Musbach turns on for the comp, and how our boys handle the conditions.

Re: [Aus-soaring] Self Rig

2011-07-17 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 05:43 PM 17/07/2011, you wrote: Pretty simple idea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcRipsiPgdk The carpet covered tube is brilliant. It is easy to make something complicated. The hardest solutions to arrive at are the simple and easy ones. That's why you want smart, lazy people. There

[Aus-soaring] Uvalde PREWORLDS Team Blog

2011-07-17 Thread Anita Taylor
How exciting: we leave on the weekend, and the rest of the Team is preparing or on the way as well. Team Members: CaptainTerry Cubley (assist by Mandy Temple next year) Open John Buchanan and Gerrit Kurstjens 15m Peter Trotter and Lisa

Re: [Aus-soaring] Uvalde PREWORLDS Team Blog

2011-07-17 Thread Dion Weston
Go Aussie go! I don't believe I typed that. Whatever - the sentiment is meant in the best competitive spirit. My very best wishes. Dion On 18/07/2011, at 09:50 , Anita Taylor wrote: How exciting: we leave on the weekend, and the rest of the Team is preparing or on the way as well. Team

Re: [Aus-soaring] Uvalde PREWORLDS Team Blog

2011-07-17 Thread Tim Shirley
Oi Oi Oi? Cheers /Tim/ /tra dire e fare c'è mezzo il mare/ On 18/07/2011 10:00, Dion Weston wrote: Go Aussie go! I don't believe I typed that. Whatever - the sentiment is meant in the best competitive spirit. My very best wishes. Dion On 18/07/2011, at 09:50 , Anita Taylor wrote:

Re: [Aus-soaring] Self Rig

2011-07-17 Thread Tim Shirley
Yes, as one who often crewed for Bruce Tuncks at that time I can affirm that his system of extending the rails to the outside of the trailer worked very well. He did it with the fuselage dolly tracks also. As I recall it was still a two-person rig, but the basic idea was dead simple, cheap

Re: [Aus-soaring] Self Rig

2011-07-17 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 11:04 AM 18/07/2011, you wrote: Yes, as one who often crewed for Bruce Tuncks at that time I can affirm that his system of extending the rails to the outside of the trailer worked very well. He did it with the fuselage dolly tracks also. As I recall it was still a two-person rig, but

Re: [Aus-soaring] Self Rig

2011-07-17 Thread tom . wilksch
Another reason to put the roller on a stand, is that rolling the carpet on the floor may pick up rocks and stones and deposit them in the wing.  The carpet on a bit of pipe works ok on a nice grass surface, but maybe not the ground cover more common in Australia.  Still a very good idea though!

Re: [Aus-soaring] Junior World Gliding Championships Musbach

2011-07-17 Thread Pete and Mandy Temple
Hi Gary Thanks for you support and questions. We've done a couple of things to mitigate the European conditions; firstly we had a training week at Kentucky in NSW with very challenging conditions (see report on the website) and we have enlisted the help of a local German competition pilot to

Re: [Aus-soaring] Uvalde PREWORLDS Team Blog

2011-07-17 Thread Peter F Bradshaw
Hi Anita; If you want the Facebook page to be interesting to third parties then you need, at the very mininmum, answers four questions (on the Facebook page): What, why, where, when. I know the answers to these questions but, if I did not, nothing on the Facebook page would inform me. Without

Re: [Aus-soaring] Self Rig

2011-07-17 Thread DMcD
Do you think something like an inflatable boat roller could be used instead of the carpet one? They're normally PVC or Hypalon inflated to 4 psi or so and are reasonably stable and easy to pack away. D ___ Aus-soaring mailing list