Harry Fox wrote up a document for pilots new to flying the Pegasus and has been giving it out to BASA members making the transition to single seat, high performance gliders for a few years now.
That document is now availble online as well: Pegasus Transition Tips
We had lovely flying at Truckee last weekend, but the thunderstorms have been starting lots of fires, and fire-related TFRs have started to appear near Truckee. There is currently one between Stead and Sierraville from surface to 10,000 MSL, and another just northeast of Carson City from surface to 9000 MSL which includes the […]
Jonathan and I put together a weight and balance calculator Excel spreadsheet for the DG1000 that may be useful for quick estimates. Just enter the relevant data in the uncolored/shaded unlocked cells and it will determine if the glider is within limits and within max gross. There are sub-tables for data entry for […]
Some changes have been made to the DG-1000 electric varios to address intermittent problems with the rear-seat electric vario, with the front seat vario audio being very quiet and with poor total energy compensation on all varios.
The front-seat electric vario is now a Borgelt B400, the current replacement of the B40 that was previously installed. […]
Grob Wheel Brakes
Haven Rich and Peter Reischl have made further repairs and adjustments to the wheel brakes on 36L, and they seem to be working well now. They do engage a bit earlier than might be ideal, but that might work itself out as the pads get worn in and the cable gets stretched. […]
I flew the DG quite a bit the past week and thoroughly enjoyed getting back in the saddle. It is in great shape and flies as beautifully as ever.
I did notice on three occasions that the previous pilot had charged the batteries from the front charger. What this does is charge the main (removable) battery […]
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