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32.881678,-111.854982,Francisco Grande, Casa Grande, Arizona,
USA
http://soaringspot.com/scfr14/Jonny Durand writes:
Day 2 100km triangle with about twenty pilots making goal! Kraig
wins the day ahead of Robin with Chris Arai in 3rd just in front of me. Five
Moyes Boys in the top six today.
The task for open class and Swifts and Jim Yocom on... mehr

The first day, a short task, weak lift, low top of lift, Mike
wins
32.881678,-111.854982,Francisco Grande, Casa Grande, Arizona,
USA
http://soaringspot.com/scfr14/Mike Bilyk wins the day:The task:East wind supposed to decreased during the later afternoon (and it does).I get knocked off tow low but after getting down to 700' AGL climb out... mehr

Unless you wish to greatly diminish the sail cloth's bias
strength
Had a nice conversation with Steve Pearson, head designer at Wills
Wing, about the many aspects of sail cloth. As an aside he mentioned that using
AP 303 (http://www.amazon.com/303-Products-AQ303AP-Protectant-oz/dp/B004MAOEKG#)
on your hang glider sail, although praised in... mehr

32.881678,-111.854982,Francisco Grande, Casa Grande, Arizona,
USA
Taking the second clock these three whipped around the course
together and did it in an hour and a forty minutes.http://soaringspot.com/scfr14/results/flex/daily/day1.htmlThat speed overcame the arrival advantage of the next seven pilots who started
earlier and got there before... mehr

32.881678,-111.854982,Francisco Grande, Casa Grande, Arizona,
USA
A short class, but a tough day. Mike gets quite close at 2 km
short on a Sport 2.http://soaringspot.com/scfr14/results/club/daily/day1.html mehr

32.881678,-111.854982,Francisco Grande, Casa Grande, Arizona,
USA
Chris had three flights on Greg Chastain's Swift back at his home
field (actual home field) in Georgetown with Mike Degtoff towing him on his
light trike. That was apparently quite an experience as Chris learned how the
Swift responded to his inputs.Looks like Chris isn't... mehr

32.881678,-111.854982,Francisco Grande, Casa Grande, Arizona,
USA
And a Wills Wing T2C 154: mehr

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Hadewych Van Kempen's sail:

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J. Gibson <<gibson.gds>>
writes:
Icaro 2000 offers a hybrid Technora/Dacron sailcloth construction.
Their Laminar model appears to have an option for a high-tech Dacron rear panel
in the sail.

Icaro's MastR and Orbiter models also have this option (I believe Icaro calls
this Dacron material 'Square' for the rip-stop pattern. I... mehr

Does it matter whether you use a Technora/Carbon laminate for the
trailing edge or PX 15?
Jonny Durand test flew this one on Thursday:Wills Wing test flew these on Thursday:So what are the reasons for and against a full Tehnora laminate sail? mehr

Paragliding and hang gliding meets in Canada and Mexico count the
same as US meets. There is a restriction that only two foreign competitions
count toward your NTSS score. But Canadian and Mexican meets count not as
foreign meets but as US meets. Therefore you can have three or four meets
outside the US and have them count as though they... mehr

Kent Erickson <<alphamale1399>>
writes:
http://www.angelwingscharity.org/

We raise funds, to provide tandem flights in paragliding, hang
gliding, powered paragliding, and trikes (mostly free flight, however) for
physically and mentally challenged kids and adults, as a way to just love and
encourage them, and build goodwill for... mehr

http://bit.ly/ZhTjNL
Thanks to Dara Hogan mehr

http://www.wcax.com/story/26460193/destination-recreation-hang-gliding
CHARLESTOWN, N.H. -Dean Funk remembers the first time he saw hang-gliders. He was hooked."I'm driving down a mountain road and something swooped overhead. I thought it
was a giant bird carrying a man and I couldn't believe it," he says.Now, he's an instructor at... mehr

32.881678,-111.854982,Francisco Grande, Casa Grande, Arizona,
USA
Larry Bunner <<lbunner>>
writes:
Moyes Matrix XC Harness skid I made for Kris Grzyb. I plan on
taking impressions of the Moyes Race harness at SCFR to make prototypes of both
sizes of this harness. The skid is black and made of ABS plastic like the Covert
version. mehr

http://www.xcmag.com/2014/08/safety-notice-woody-valley-chest-buckles/

Woody Valley have issued a safety notice about their lightweight automatic
harness chest buckles. Some of them have been found to be faulty: the side
buttons ‘stick’ when squeezed, and don’t pop out to their original position.Check your harness if it is... mehr

http://gizmodo.com/new-autonomous-3d-robotics-drone-follows-you-wherever-y-1631694870
But the Follow Me feature is definitely the coolest upgrade. This
third-person view mode will be immediately exciting for anyone doing action
sports, since it not only follows you around but also controls the gimbal to
keep you in the center of the camera... mehr