Re: [Aus-soaring] Flarm Firmware Update

On 9 March 2017 at 08:15, DMcD wrote: > My experience of FLARM has generally been OK with the exception of > gliders approaching head-to-head. FLARM does not seem to pick these > other gliders up anywhere near as well as for a glider which is more > abeam or astern. >

Re: [Aus-soaring] L2 Independent Ops

On 11 February 2017 at 14:39, Mike Borgelt wrote: > ​I a​ > m talking about very poor judgement/ability on the part of the people who > are meant to be doing the supervising. > > Who guards the guardians? > Quite some time ago an Australian Air Force crew

Re: [Aus-soaring] L2 Independent Ops

On 11 February 2017 at 14:05, Mike Borgelt wrote: > When will the carnage end? > ​When people decide to be sensible. No amount of training will mitigate against poor judgment at a particular instance in time. Bruce Taylor, cleary a glider pilot with loads of

Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] L2 Independent Ops

Interesting, but potentially meaningless as the study acknowledges that the it cannot differentiate between the many limitations that have been applied at the same time. Given the information from the study below, is 100 hours counter productive? Supervised driving 40 hours: ■ 16-year-old crash

Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] Re: Positive advertising for clubs

Well I am not a board member, but I am very pleased. Given the posts I have seen from John, he clearly is not the right person for the job. To continually willify current members on the basis of age, clothing they may wear or even how they smell is totally counter productive. Surely he should

Re: [Aus-soaring] more light hearted WAS: MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

around to writing it up for the magazine soon. > > Longer recovery is something we all need to be mindful of, especially as > we get older. > > > > On 3 Feb 2017, at 8:46 pm, Paul Bart <pb2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sorry Richard, please accept my apology. > > &

Re: [Aus-soaring] more light hearted WAS: MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

Sorry Richard, please accept my apology. Cheers Paul On 3 Feb. 2017 18:40, "Richard Frawley" <rjfraw...@gmail.com> wrote: > ahh, not when your unconscious > > > > On 3 Feb 2017, at 7:08 PM, Paul Bart <pb2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > LS8

Re: [Aus-soaring] more light hearted WAS: MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

LS8 decided to land in tree Gliders never make decisions, pilots do. Ultimate denial? Cheers Paul On 3 Feb. 2017 13:40, "Richard Frawley" wrote: > this is chilled, happy to really lash out if you want. this is good rehab > from the 12 weeks in hospital after the LS8

Re: [Aus-soaring] MEMBERSHIP AND A WORLD REVIEW

Mark Newton wrote: nearly 700 members have worked out that it’s easier to get an instructor rating than a Level 2 Independent Operator rating. Also easier to get a crew organized if you’re an instructor and you offer to run a day. That’s a perverse outcome, isn't it? I mean, in an ideal world,

Re: [Aus-soaring] JS3

On 14 December 2016 at 11:25, DMcD wrote: If there was more money involved, I don't think these kinks would > exist and the leading edge would be a smooth transition from root to > winglet. > ​Or one could by a SZD-55, which has precisely that, there is a good one for sale

Re: [Aus-soaring] JS3

On 13 December 2016 at 08:44, Mike Borgelt wrote: Note also locations of pitot static and TE *probes on the tips of the > tailplane* ​A glider repairer dream I would guess. Cheers Paul ___ Aus-soaring mailing list

Re: [Aus-soaring] Flarm antenna connector

Or, depending on design, you could cut several mm of the antenna, plenty of calculators on the web Flarm radio transmission frequency: Europe between 868.0 and 868.6 MHz In Australia around 921 MHz. Cheers Paul On 31 October 2016 at 14:08, Mark Fisher wrote: > Dear WPP, > >

Re: [Aus-soaring] spinning

Hi Mike Just put Aviation Safety Network Puchaczs into Google and up they come. Checked all the fatal ones, it would seem to confirm that Puchaczses indeed stall and spin, which of course is in the manual. Cheers Paul On 10 May 2016 at 08:00, Mike Borgelt

Re: [Aus-soaring] Update from Flarm on Unsolicited Email Circulation

On 8 March 2016 at 12:47, Al Borowski wrote: Open protocols brought us things like free email (imagine if each one > cost 5 cents to send!) > ​Right now I wish it was at least dollar:) Cheers Paul​ Cheers Paul ___

Re: [Aus-soaring] Serial to USB

Did you check on which port it is on in the device manager? They tend to end up on some unusual numbers. Cheers Paul On Nov 30, 2015 10:28, "jim crowhurst" wrote: > Hi all, > I've had limited (no) success with a serial to USB connector I bought from > Jaycar for my