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- Thu Nov 20, 2014 8:17 pm
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: Carabiner Recall on Moyes and Woody Valley Harnesses
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14407
- Sat Jul 05, 2014 8:54 pm
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: Launch incidents
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8607
- Thu Jun 26, 2014 10:28 am
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: Launch incidents
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8607
A comment relating to Lisa's post about ramp suck, and the earlier post about making the top flat: Flat tops with sloping ramps are often what makes ramp suck. Suck is frequently caused by the push from the rotor generated by the sudden change of ramp slope. The smoother the change in slope, the les...
- Thu Oct 17, 2013 11:21 am
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: Blown Launch Oct 6th
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5250
- Fri Sep 20, 2013 1:57 pm
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: Formula for staying a safe distance from clouds
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2653
- Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Flytec 5030 Displaying GPS Altitude
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1865
- Fri Aug 23, 2013 2:41 pm
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: Failure to hook in
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9238
- Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:17 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Yosemite 2013
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9738
Just FYI, the weekend of July 27/28 will also have a monitor - me. If you can go with the club, that's always nicer, but if anyone wants to come up the following weekend instead or in addition, I'll be there to monitor. Also, I plan on being available as monitor four full days: Friday 26th-Monday 29...
- Thu Feb 21, 2013 4:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: RIP Erwin - We had many good times!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12543
- Fri Jan 25, 2013 4:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cloud Types
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1611
- Fri Jan 25, 2013 4:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: CG-1000 harness
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4895
For simplicity and comfort and less drag (but not race-worthy) the CG1000 is great. I still have my (2nd!) one from earlier in my flying career, and still use it occasionally. Last I checked (and it was admittedly quite a while ago) it was significantly cheaper too. Maybe it isn't any more - you'd h...
- Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Avenue S on Saturday?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5029
- Thu Nov 08, 2012 4:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Grebloville 2013
- Replies: 50
- Views: 20299
Puppets? You've got to be kidding. The single underlying personality trait of the vast majority of hang glider pilots is the unalterable conviction that we are right and everyone else is wrong. Otherwise, we'd listen to our families, co-workers, friends, the public and the media and stop flying thos...
- Thu Sep 27, 2012 2:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Radio in the Gazebo?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 12440
The 3 USHGA frequencies are in the business band. As such, they are shared with other business users. The last time I tried to use them in Los Angeles, I heard all kinds of stuff about hotels, drivers, deliveries etc.. Of course, that may have been a busy day. Out in the boonies, it's useful. In LA,...
- Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:11 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: King Mountain Hang Gliding Championships
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3424
Yea, King can be real fun, and not too stressful in the evening. On the other hand, the weather can change dramatically in a few short minutes, so please keep an eye out. And remember that it takes a while to land from 12,000 feet, especially if you can't find any sink.... Oh, and the wind can often...
- Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: BRACELET
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2012
- Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Help me become a better pilot
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8749
- Wed May 30, 2012 9:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: BRACELET
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2012
- Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:53 am
- Forum: Lost and Found
- Topic: Found: Black hat with red Wills Wing logo
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1487
Found: Black hat with red Wills Wing logo
This past weekend, a bunch of us flew Avenue S. Afterwards, some of us went to Chilis in Palmdale. Someone left a black Wills Wing baseball cap inside the restraunt. Next time you are out you can pick it up from me, or next time I'm down at Kagel, I'll drop it in the lost-and-found box. I don't get ...
- Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Glide ratio beyond the curvature of the earth.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2343
......Flying close to the ground (say 5 feet) would get real interesting because it is hard to imagine too much sink (or lift) when so close to the ground. Cheers, Chad But those irregularities will bite you big time, and instruments are blind... One time, coming back from the Owens Valley, I saw a...