Re: [Aus-soaring] Easements in the air

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:10:32PM +1000, Mike Borgelt wrote: > >1.2GW of ultimate capacity offsets a gas-fired power station. > > > I'm not sure that is quite correct. If you build a 1.2GW peak load > gas fired power station you fire it up and it goes on line. The wind > - not so much.

Re: [Aus-soaring] Practice hook up procedure

On 23/03/12 08:58, Mike Borgelt wrote: At 09:25 PM 22/03/2012, you wrote: On 22/03/2012, at 19:19, Robert Hart wrote: I have experienced far too many radio probl

Re: [Aus-soaring] Radio (was something about the waggling of wings)

Mike (both Mikes), Spot on, thanks. Radio is most useful at the end of a flight. Whether to report an outlanding, announce our arrival or fit in to circuit traffic, it's nearly always in the last 10 mins of flight that it does most good. Therefore, we need batteries, wiring, and all the res

Re: [Aus-soaring] Radio ( the waggling of wings) and out-of-station flying

One very real problem with communicating between a tug and a glider on tow behind it is that often the antenna placement for normal use - on top of the fuselage of the tug - does not "see" a glider that is below and behind the tug at very close quarters. This is not uncommon that a glider and

Re: [Aus-soaring] Radio (was something about the waggling of wings)

At 10:48 AM 23/03/2012, you wrote: The difference in standards comes from a couple of reasons. The first is that most of the radios we use were designed with the assumption that a good supply of reliable power was available from the alternator, and probably little design attention was paid to

Re: [Aus-soaring] Easements in the air

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 05:33:22PM -0700, Jim Staniforth wrote: > ? Gary asked why these proposed turbines weren't going closer to > the grid, in an area where there are few of us pesky residents: Because they put wind turbines where the wind is, which tends to be on hilltops. - mark __

Re: [Aus-soaring] Practice hook up procedure

Well said Mark ~ lan M -Original Message- From: Mark Newton Sent: Friday, 23 March 2012 10:45 To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Practice hook up procedure On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 08:40:57AM +1100, ian mcphee wrote: > I think 50% rad

Re: [Aus-soaring] Easements in the air

At 09:08 AM 23/03/2012, you wrote: On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 01:55:49AM +1100, gstev...@bigpond.com wrote: > As you well know, we are in relatively early days for wind power > generation in Oz, and the odd wind farm here and there is more > or less a cute novelty - albeit VERY green - but reall

[Aus-soaring] Radio (was something about the waggling of wings)

The difference in standards comes from a couple of reasons. The first is that most of the radios we use were designed with the assumption that a good supply of reliable power was available from the alternator, and probably little design attention was paid to transmit performance with depleted

Re: [Aus-soaring] Easements in the air

First, apologies for having an opinion different to some. I think the safety zone around airports (or however it's worded) should be maintained.   Gary asked why these proposed turbines weren't going closer to the grid, in an area where there are few of us pesky residents: A good question! Er,

[Aus-soaring] Prime 7 and Other Coverage of the Australian Team at Keepit

We are getting pretty good coverage of the Australian team's visit to Keepit. See the following Prime 7 video of that focused on the local team members Brad and Bruce: http://au.prime7.yahoo.com/n2/news/a/-/national/13232131/dropping-in-for-tra ining-video/; The visit has also been covered

Re: [Aus-soaring] Practice hook up procedure

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 08:40:57AM +1100, ian mcphee wrote: > I think 50% radio problems could be fixed with new fuse,use > holder or circuit breaker, 16g quality wire, check SWR and replace > BNC or aerial if needbe, and use QUALITY charger with new dual > batteries. I think 100% of radio p

Re: [Aus-soaring] Easements in the air

At 08:26 PM 22/03/2012, you wrote: Hello from Zurich: The proposed wind turbines near KTSP and KL94 are above the FAA obstruction-free zone for both airports. Those on the ridge would put a line of obstructions between the normal glider release point and the airport, above the glide angle fo

Re: [Aus-soaring] Easements in the air

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 01:55:49AM +1100, gstev...@bigpond.com wrote: > As you well know, we are in relatively early days for wind power > generation in Oz, and the odd wind farm here and there is more > or less a cute novelty - albeit VERY green - but really neither > here or there in the lar

Re: [Aus-soaring] Practice hook up procedure

At 09:25 PM 22/03/2012, you wrote: On 22/03/2012, at 19:19, Robert Hart <ha...@interweft.com.au> wrote: I have experienced far too many radio problems in club gliders (and tugs) to give up the "whole glider as semaphore" method as a necessary fall back. If we

Re: [Aus-soaring] Practice hook up procedure

I think 50% radio problems could be fixed with new fuse,use holder or circuit breaker, 16g quality wire, check SWR and replace BNC or aerial if needbe, and use QUALITY charger with new dual batteries. I admit some radios are getting near their useby date~how many electronic items do you have th

[Aus-soaring] Darling Downs weather for the weekend of 24 - 25 March 2012 - updated

Hi The updated weekend forecast is available at http://the-white-knight-speaks.blogspot.com. Well - forecasting is fun - sometimes small changes have quite large results. This happened yesterday, with nearly 50mm of rain falling at Oakey instead of the 1-2mm I

Re: [Aus-soaring] Practice hook up procedure

On 22/03/2012, at 19:19, Robert Hart wrote: > I have experienced far too many radio problems in club gliders (and tugs) to > give up the "whole glider as semaphore" method as a necessary fall back. If > we are about safety - and we are - we need to make sure that we cover known > problems (a

Re: [Aus-soaring] Practice hook up procedure

Hi All, Never suggested we should abandon teaching visual hook up procedures and it should remain part of our training. However, if a functioning radio is available that is a safer, quicker and easier way of communicating. Having a rope go over a wing while signalling not very nice. Best to giv

Re: [Aus-soaring] Easements in the air

Hello from Zurich:   The proposed wind turbines near KTSP and KL94 are above the FAA obstruction-free zone for both airports. Those on the ridge would put a line of obstructions between the normal glider release point and the airport, above the glide angle for any glider. There's no safe landing

Re: [Aus-soaring] Practice hook up procedure

On 20/03/12 19:49, Mike Borgelt wrote: At 07:45 PM 20/03/2012, you wrote: Hi All,   After going through the hook up procedures with a trainee I always ask ”is this what you would do in a real emergency?” The answer is always

Re: [Aus-soaring] Easements in the air

At 04:41 AM 22/03/2012, you wrote: It's nice to be able to state that I'm not against wind energy As long as it inconveniences somebody else, not you. Mike From: Christopher Mc Donnell To: Gliding mail list Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 10:54 PM Subject: [Aus-soaring] Easements in