Hello Richard, hello all!
For those of you who are proud owners of “Advanced Soaring Made Easy” it might
pay you to have a closer look at pages 181 - 183 of the third edition.
Kind regards to all!
Bernard
> On 28 Apr 2015, at 5:01 am, Richard Frawley wrote:
>
> And there it is... Having
>>To my observation, They all struggle to effectively differentiate strong
>>horizontal components from the vertical components and for good reason when
>>one takes the time to fully understand the physics and resolutions of systems
>>involved.
Agreed. However, once you understand the effects o
And there it is... Having now tried at least 8 different manufacturers modern
(released in the last 5 years) varios, in terms of gust rejection I find they
all work very well until they get hit with the strong, narrow, gusty summer
thermals we get between trigger time and the late afternoon when
Mike was the first to include this feature, but...
Every electric vario can have a backup battery.
Pardon the Text-O-CAD.
Jim
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>>The Winter got me home on the last weak thermal of the day a couple of times.
>>The electrics were still working fine, but the Winter had greater sensitivity.
Agreed. Although I use the audio from an electrovario, there's
something about the way the Winter needle moves which tells you far
more
Another report on the new CNv from a user in the states.
I concur on 1 sec time constants for pointer and audio. The vario signal is
very smooth at this speed.
I am in love with the new climb audio!! It's much better at communicating
lift in the 0 - 3 kt range than anything Cambridge or "
Thinking about it, I have had 3 failures, all in state comps. The first two
were due to rain getting in the statics, so the Winter varios did not work
either ( tape up the statics if rain imminent) and the other in Keepit’s LS7
when two well meaning individuals ‘fixed’ the vario just before laun
Twice. Both in state comps.
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[mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of James Dutschke
Sent: Monday, 27 April 2015 7:55 PM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] varios, redunda
Hi James,
Good question, deserving an answer.
In a lifetime of flying, here is my experience with instrument failure:
Direct failure of the vario – once only. Ironically it was the mechanical
vario that failed, but I had an electronic “ back up” – not a big deal.
Experienced a plugged
Straw poll.
Has anyone, had a vario failure.
Yes, Catherine lent me her son and newly arrived 2 seater with its
single vario which chose to rest the needle in the top right corner, so
we had to use the back up on the bottom of the back seat.
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Aus
It's easy: point the nose away from the field and wait. You'll be out of
gliding distance in no time.
- mark
On 27 Apr 2015, at 8:55 pm, Matthew Scutter wrote:
>
> Which turns out to be remarkably self enforcing, because for someone who's
> only ever flown with a vario it's extraordinaril
Yes, on several occasions. First time was halfway around the task in the
Nationals.
Always due to main battery failure so I lost the main flight computer and audio
as well. The Winter got me home every time. I learned to soar on manual varios
with no audio so it was just back to basics.
On t
Nick,
I used the faster time constant Winter mechanical on every single flight (the
standard Winter is a nice instrument, but the faster version is magnificent).
It wasn't there as a backup (although it obviously could have served that
purpose). It was there as the primary. It was better than a
Not a failure as such. But I did do a flight in a club aircraft with only an
airspeed indicator, altimeter and a radio functional. I knew that was all
that was working at take-off though. I flew in thermals for over an hour.
Fortunately the launch before mine marked a thermal for me. But
Which turns out to be remarkably self enforcing, because for someone who's
only ever flown with a vario it's extraordinarily hard to get out of
gliding distance without one.
On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 8:38 PM, Sean Jorgensen-Day <
sean.jorgensen...@bigpond.com> wrote:
> *“*For the paleo engineless g
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"For the paleo engineless gliders you are likely to risk an outlanding with
its attendant hazards. Pretty stupid to risk breaking your glider or
yourself over lack of a backup."
So you are saying that a outlanding is a risky occurrence?
People are outlanding all the time, except for a few occasi
YES in the Nationals. It felt like the wings had fallen off. I had no backup…..
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[mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of James Dutschke
Sent: Monday, 27 April 2015 7:55 PM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in A
Straw poll.
Has anyone, had a vario failure.
Sent from my iPhone
> On 27 Apr 2015, at 19:14, Nick Gilbert wrote:
>
> Surely a backup electric vario is a more useful backup than a mechanical?
> With its own emergency battery you get a backup audio and averager as well as
> the needle. With a
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Surely a backup electric vario is a more useful backup than a mechanical? With
its own emergency battery you get a backup audio and averager as well as the
needle. With all the stress that goes with a power failure having to stare at
the instrument would make things worse.
Nick
> On 27 Apr 2
Hi All,
Don’t usually give free plugs but Mike’s B700 is about as good a backup or main
vario as it is possible to obtain. It has the works. A back up battery and a
good audio, averager and vario. About the same cost as a manual vario but many
times better. I have an expensive bells and whistle
I have just been choosing instruments for a new glider.
I did wonder for a moment after reading Adam's post whether I had wasted
money on the Winter Vario.
However I agree with Mike. A set on basic instruments (redundancy) is good
insurance. In my case I have something in case of electrical fai
At 05:32 PM 27/04/2015, I wrote:
If you decide to join the 21st century for your backup vario get in
touch and I'll sell you something you'll be happy to fly with when
you need it.
We sold 1000+ B40's from 1995 to 2005.
My US outlet told me many many US pilots were installing them and
tu
At 08:14 AM 27/04/2015, you wrote:
Thereâs no need for a winter backup now
Maybe not a Winter vario as backup but you should
have a backup. Adam's advice is probably the
silliest thing I've read in a long time.
The only time you may reasonably want to rely on
one vario is in a motorglider
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