[Aus-soaring] Club and Sports Class Nationals

2011-09-20 Thread Tim Shirley
Hi All, The weather is starting to warm up at Benalla and it has been quite dry in the last month or so. With any luck we will have a much more normal start to the season. At this stage we have 46 entries, and still 6 weeks till earlybird entries close at the end of October. We can take

[Aus-soaring] Puchatek

2011-09-20 Thread David Conway
Hi All, Does anyone know of a spare undercarriage oleo for a Puchatek available? Or the original manufacturer? Cheers David ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit:

Re: [Aus-soaring] Club and Sports Class Nationals

2011-09-20 Thread Mike Borgelt
Hi Steve, About two more days and they will be shipped. Ready for final checkout now. We're fine. How was your summer? I read on the net it was fairly wet and cool. Regards Mike At 04:44 PM 20/09/2011, you wrote: Hi All, The weather is starting to warm up at Benalla and it has been quite

Re: [Aus-soaring] Club and Sports Class Nationals

2011-09-20 Thread Mike Borgelt
Disregard, Don't know what happened there. Mike Hi Steve, About two more days and they will be shipped. Ready for final checkout now. We're fine. How was your summer? I read on the net it was fairly wet and cool. Regards Mike At 04:44 PM 20/09/2011, you wrote: Hi All, The weather is

Re: [Aus-soaring] Puchatek

2011-09-20 Thread Ruth Patching
Are they the same as the other metal thingys. if not try Narrogin or Lake Keepit. Cheers Patch - Original Message - From: David Conway dcon...@adelaide.on.net To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Sent: Tuesday, 20

Re: [Aus-soaring] Puchatek

2011-09-20 Thread bjones
AFIK Narrogin don’t own a Puchatek anymore, i believe the bits left over are sitting in our AAFC hanger. Regards Ben WestOz From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Ruth Patching Sent: Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Re: [Aus-soaring] Glider visibility-UK-BGA

2011-09-20 Thread Anthony Smith
Not necessarily. A range of high intensity LED strobes are coming into the market. An example is: http://www.aeroleds.com/ It may soon be feasible to run a pair of wing tip strobes off a second battery for aircraft operating in high traffic areas. From:

Re: [Aus-soaring] Glider visibility-UK-BGA

2011-09-20 Thread John Parncutt
LED lighting technology has come a long way in the past few years and is still rapidly improving. Looking at the specifications on website http://www.aeroleds.com/ the average current draw at about 1 Ampere per light is still rather large for a glider. I suspect the efficiency will continue to

Re: [Aus-soaring] Glider visibility-UK-BGA

2011-09-20 Thread gstevo10
John, Your last 7 words sum the situation up nicely but possibly some genius may be able to turn this to advantage. As I recall the original research (and of course as we know from our own experience), the only useful positive finding was that the reflected flash of sunlight off a highly

Re: [Aus-soaring] Glider visibility-UK-BGA

2011-09-20 Thread Jim Staniforth
A friend has a daylight-visible passive strobe on his hang glider. To most, it would look like a small mirror ball hanging from the kingpost. Jim From: gstev...@bigpond.com gstev...@bigpond.com To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.

Re: [Aus-soaring] Glider visibility-UK-BGA

2011-09-20 Thread Colin Collyer
Hey Bernard I don't use them all the time because they only stand out while cruising under a cloudstreet or in slightly overcast conditions. In bright daylight they are less effective but I still turn them on while flying in areas of high traffic density. Isn’t that a bit selective... bit like

[Aus-soaring] AJGC Newsletter

2011-09-20 Thread Adam Webb
Hi All, The Australian Junior Gliding Club's latest news letter is out. It's available for download from the website at www.ajgc.org.au . Enjoy. Adam ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription