Aviation Forum / General / Soaring / July 2009

Question for any weather guru's out there:
I have had a wonderful season so far this year.  I've had many 4-5
hour flights cross country.  I'm trying to figure out the XCSkies
weather features.  The CAPE has shown 0-300 almost everytime I've gone

Okay guys, here's your new thread.  Please...
Del asks "how well will pilots react if they unexpectedly get into a
spin or a spiral dive? Normally you gird your loins up first before
doing a deliberate spin!"

I just noted that the times in the igc file from my Volkslogger are several
hours differant from the actual times.  Is there someplace to set the UTC
offset that I haven't found?  I am looking at the file with SeeYou.  I
don't see this issue when looking at the igc file generated by ...

WTB Rear seat repeater for Cambridge 302

Anyone now where you can purchase the rubber blocks for the Schwizer
tow hooks (airplane hook) ?

Spotted this unintentional(?) plug for gliding on the main RV homebuilt
site:
http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=45291
The poster is the Lead Flight Director, Space Shuttle Operations. Doubt

My favorite gliderport to fly from in real life (79N, Ridge Soaring in
Unionville, Pennsylvania, USA)
is incorrectly located in FSX.
The gliderport is placed about 300 yds too far NW. This puts the whole thing

Can anybody tell me what battery life you get in practice, when
running a transponder from a dedicated lead-acid battery, and what
size battery that is? And what model of transponder is it?
Has anybody measured the actual current drawn during operation, if so

Updated US Airspace files for the charting cycle effective July 2,
2009 are now available in the airspace area of the Worldwide Turnpoint
exchange.  The same files are available on my website at
www.xmission.com/~lalley/aviation.

If I had one of these ......
http://www.batterystuff.com/solar-chargers/
.....would I be able to fly continously without ever removing the
battery and charging it overnight?

I have a little problem that has been discussed here before. Every
time I press my push to talk my vario freaks out. I have a Dittel FSG
2T radio and an LX 1600 vario. We typically fly on 123.5 or 123.3. any
Ideas on how to get rid of the interference?

One of our members created this promotional video for our club, soon
to be on our web site.  I thought you should do the same!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvUsEAsoHl4
Enjoy, John

With Paul Remde's assistance I just fixed an issue with a "problem" I
had with my HP IPAQ 2215 (2210).  You might want to know about this.
My problem was that the unit would not power on when using battery
power.  On AC (or cradle) it was OK.  I thought it was a battery

I have an old Soaring Aids variometer that I am installing in the Cherokee.
It has ports on the back for static/TE and capacity flasks.  They are not
labeled. One is red and the other is green.  Any ideas on which is which?
Thanks!

Several months ago, AOPA launched a program aimed at the general
public to improve the image of General Aviation. Harrison Ford agreed
to help us launch this program, and to date, it has proven very
successful. We started by focusing on GA's impact on the economy.