Pete wrote:
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 23:17:13 +1030
Mark Newton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[ Blanik improvements ]
I'd start by encasing them in fibreglass in the shape of an ASK21,
then pour acid into the glass shell to dissolve and wash-out all the
aluminium.
Improves their looks no end!
Naah, that
John Giddy wrote:
Battery, tie-down kit and instruments are normally included during the
weighing of the glider. The usable cockpit load only includes the
pilots, parachutes, water bottles, lunch, maps etc.
Hi John,
Your second statement is perfectly correct but I'm not sure that your
first
Robert Hart wrote:
Caboolture has three Blaniks - and these fly within their weight limits
and dual every flying day.
Well done. We even have to turn people away from our K21's with a
genuine 110kg limit.. Must be more blimps down this end of the country.
Blaniks may not look 'sexy' to the
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 21:33:02 +1030, you wrote:
John Giddy wrote:
Battery, tie-down kit and instruments are normally included during the
weighing of the glider. The usable cockpit load only includes the
pilots, parachutes, water bottles, lunch, maps etc.
Hi John,
Your second statement is
John Giddy wrote:
cockpit placard should show the cockpit
load as I stated. i.e. eveything which is not normally part of the
glider.
Again , all correct. The issue I was making is that the figures you see
for cockpit loads on the manufacturer's brochures/web sites etc, are not
what you will see
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 23:17:13 +1030
Mark Newton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[ Blanik improvements ]
I'd start by encasing them in fibreglass in the shape of an ASK21,
then pour acid into the glass shell to dissolve and wash-out all the
aluminium.
Improves their looks no end!
Naah, that would
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 23:04:15 +1100, you wrote:
At 22:39 13/03/2005, you wrote:
Yes, but any pilot should check the loading placard, which must be current,
otherwise the glider is un-airworthy and should be grounded.
Roger Browne
Hi Roger
..but if the placard is wrong, how is the next
March 2005 11:04 PM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] Iranian - was public display
At 22:39 13/03/2005, you wrote:
Yes, but any pilot should check the loading placard, which must be current,
otherwise the glider is un-airworthy and should
Robert Hart wrote:
Blaniks may not look 'sexy' to the public, but they are still very
functional. We are, however, in the process of refurbishing our three
Blaniks to improve their looks!
I'd start by encasing them in fibreglass in the shape of an ASK21,
then pour acid into the glass shell to
Anthony Smith wrote:
I recall some one mentioning an Iranian two-seater before and said it looked
suspiciously like an ASK-21 copy.
I see in its specs that the usable load is 180kg. Take instruments,
battery, tie-down kit and other odds and sods from that weight and it
doesn't leave a lot
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 21:35:29 +1030, you wrote:
Anthony Smith wrote:
I recall some one mentioning an Iranian two-seater before and said it looked
suspiciously like an ASK-21 copy.
I see in its specs that the usable load is 180kg. Take instruments,
battery, tie-down kit and other odds and
On Fri, 2005-03-11 at 21:35 +1030, Leigh Bunting wrote:
So that leaves you to fly it solo or fly it
overweight like I imagine how most Blaniks et al are used these days.
Caboolture has three Blaniks - and these fly within their weight limits
and dual every flying day. We have recently trained
This web site gives some info:
http://www.aii-co.com/
I recall some one mentioning an Iranian two-seater before and said it looked
suspiciously like an ASK-21 copy.
Anthony
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At 07:00 PM 10/03/05 +1030, you wrote:
This web site gives some info:
http://www.aii-co.com/
I recall some one mentioning an Iranian two-seater before and said it looked
suspiciously like an ASK-21 copy.
Anthony
Maybe that's why there isn't a good picture of it on the website?
Mike
Borgelt
: Re: [Aus-soaring] Iranian - was public display
At 07:00 PM 10/03/05 +1030, you wrote:
This web site gives some info:
http://www.aii-co.com/
I recall some one mentioning an Iranian two-seater before and said it
looked
suspiciously like an ASK-21 copy.
Anthony
Maybe that's why there isn't a good
Title: RE: [Aus-soaring] Iranian - was public display
Haven't looked at the quoted site BUT I think I saw some stuff on this a while ago on rec.aviation.soaring (if it wasn't this one, it was something similar from some just as unlikely country).
If the glider was designed to do a similar
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