The end of last week saw some great soaring conditions with Lasham members achieving some very long distances on Thursday in particular. The Crown Services gliders saw plenty of action with FJX being in the air for 13 hours over […]
I had a look at radio/microphone wiring today but couldn’t see anything obvious, to delve further would require de-rigging. I changed some of the microphone configuration settings (all mics to one mic and dynamic to auto) and did a radio […]
Yesterday (10th May) I experimented with collapsing the port wing trestle just before putting the glider away. I found that this makes it much easier to push the glider back in to position on my own. The trestle is easy […]
I flew FJX on 4th May and the audio vario does work. I also read the manual on the radio and figured out how to get 8.33 kHz frequencies. Hold down set button for 5 seconds to get the configuration […]
Alex has unkinked the tubes and the electronic vario now works. I haven’t fully tested it as my last attempt at soaring was rubbish, hopefully I’ll give the vario an extensive test in lots of lift soon. I’ve put a […]
Cadet Pilot Dylan casts a weather eye..
Andrew McCrorie soaring in the Grob, taken from the K8. One of the first good days of the year, plenty of gliders out. Went blue not long after I landed the K8 for Sheila to fly, but still plenty of […]
We went to the mountains… We went to the fields…. And afterwards we had to eat… It was tough! Anne Knight, Peter Fenner, Paul Wheatcroft and Alex McAtamney hijacked the Lasham expedition to Jaca this year. We flew the Lasham Duodiscus and […]
The re-finishing of the Sport Vega wings has taken much longer than expected and the workshop fees for spraying have been higher than expected. At least 18 members have helped in some way with the task. The glider is currently […]
On Thursday 30th September I, my daughter Hannah and some willing helpers from the Wednesday daytime group de-rigged the Sport Vega in preparation for our trip to the Long Mynd. After some head scratching and several re-readings of Trevor’s very […]
