Kite Strings

Tad Eareckson wrote:What if you're accidentally holding a sharp rock in your hand while you do that? You could do a lot of damage to those wires that way. Sorry dude, bad idea.

You crack me up sometimes!

Tad Eareckson wrote:... And, aside from Yours Truly, we haven't heard a single peep about there not having been a single peep.

Be assured it hasn't gone unnoticed!

... "Hopefully you're not describing the setup in which you broke your wrist (but you probably are)." Yes indeed poor judgement (and some bad luck) has put me out for the rest of the flying season. My cast comes off in a few hours and I can't begin to tell you how much I'm looking forward ...

The Discus example is not the best you could have picked out of the many others as I think the spreader is a bit wider than some. However, it would still be a more effective if moved up a bit with no trade off I can see. Twice I've seen WW gliders with the spreader bar as low down the strap as possi...

Can you tell what's wrong with this: 17-11422 http://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8546/29432805605_c0c2c710bb_o.png https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8546/29432805605_22e9d61fbd_c.jpg picture? Thousands of glider jockeys see thousands of pictures like that without batting an eye. I'm sure this glider is a Dis...

What landing option would you choose? The day is thermic with a wind speed of 8mph a bit gusty but assessed as not too bad. Rape seed is a crop you don't want to be messing with at any cost being about 5' tall and made from Velcro. The crop on the other side of a long, rough grass runway is about 2'...

"Any amusing anecdotes regarding your competitor and how he got himself in that class?" A fellow '70s flyer XCs a lot and talks sense, good enough for me. No amusing anecdotes but I will add one of my own on the subject of injuries. This is a true story. After a day's flying I loaded my gl...

Dang, Mike! I'm real sorry to read that you busted your wrist. I sure do hope the damage isn't too severe and that it heals up good. Did you get a prognosis from the Doctor on this? A small chance of flying again in 2014, but I'll be fine once healed. I've a wager with another injured flyer. A race...

Ok I was wrong (some time ago now). One busted wrist later. I want to know all about wheels, wheel landings what's good, what's bad, what surfaces you can get away with, landing techniques, wheel sizes. Everything please. I always fly with 5" wheels but only to help with mishaps. I am consideri...

Super Tadism What IS your "normal" approach pattern? In my "normal" approach pattern there's no such thing as too high 'cause it's a helluva lot easier to get a glider to go lower than it is to get it to go higher and I don't get too low until I'm in the field and it doesn't matt...