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lost glider - 7/4/2008 10:05:12 PM   
t. stewart


 

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Status: offline 		i had a 2 meter glider with a novel 61 to take it up.told buddy to look couldnt beleive how high it was.I took my eyes off of it and never found it again.I held full left and down trying to see it but never we never seen it .it was flying stright into the wind hardly moving forward .there were 3 of us looking for it but its gone.just wondering if this happened to anyone else thanks terry
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RE: lost glider - 7/4/2008 10:10:30 PM   
soarrich



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RE: lost glider - 7/4/2008 10:26:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		You DID have your name, address and phone number on the plane, right? http://tinyurl.com/3gqhtd
So eventually it will be found and you'll get a phone call.

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RE: lost glider - 7/4/2008 10:33:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Terry!

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RE: lost glider - 7/5/2008 12:04:41 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yep...way way back in the day, lost my Magnum 12 on the slope in Diamond Bar, Ca...slope lift up to 1200' or so above the hill, then must have hooked a boomer or a secondary wave off of the taller hills in front of us, as full spoilers, elevator and rudder, and it kept going up.

Out of sight and well behind the hill...it was a big plane for the day (144" span), but the area behind the slope was undeveloped for miles (all homes and shopping centers now ), I am sure it was eventually found. No, it did not have a name/address label.... .

Barry


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RE: lost glider - 7/5/2008 12:08:12 AM   
Bill_Francis


 

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RE: lost glider - 7/6/2008 4:07:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		I lost a nice little 1/2A Texaco model that way in a thermal one time. I'm very careful now to never let it get so high that I can't make out the stabilizer. It's a rule of thumb that has served me well since then on a few occasions.


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RE: lost glider - 7/6/2008 4:28:13 AM   
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This is a picture of the 2T I lost. The scratch build sailplane's wing can just be made out to have a shape at the highpoint on the chart. The next flight wasn't recorded due to the memory being full in the recoreder when I got it maybe 1000' higher, I had to dive with spoilers full open for 5 minutes to get it down to where I could see the wing had a shape. I don't do that anymore, too old.


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RE: lost glider - 7/8/2008 1:56:12 AM   
SaskView


 

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Status: offline 		After almost losing my glider, I put my name and phone number in it. So far I been lucky: my Gentle Lady seems to want a divorce but I still keep retrieving her.

Don't let it get you down, it's just one of the many pitfalls we all will face.

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RE: lost glider - 7/8/2008 12:51:27 PM   
aeajr



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Status: offline 		Have never lost one in the air. Have come close a couple of times. But I fly pure gliders and electrics so I don't have a motor running that I can't control.

All of my airplanes have my name and number in 2 places as well as a beeping plane finder. For my larger gliders, which I might fly up to a mile out, I have a walston radio transmitter that I move from plane to plane.

Saturday we were winch launching into low clouds/fog. If you put any kind of zoom during the launch the plane disappeared into the fog. That was a bit unnerving. We had to work the thermals below 400 feet or so as that was about as high we could go. Still, I had an 8 1/2 minute flight at that altitude.

One of these days your plane will return and land in the middle of your field.

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RE: lost glider - 8/15/2008 4:02:17 AM   
eathay777


 

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RE: lost glider - 8/15/2008 12:58:58 PM   
Alex.schweig


 

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Status: offline 		Just happened to me with a friend of mine's MDM-1 Fox (lent it to me) . It is white. There were clouds. What can possibly happen? Ok, I was about 500 meters out from the slope, riding a strong wind current upwards into the sky, and it is very high up, so I decide to take the plane for a spin. I put it in an inverted dive, coming straight at the slope. And then... I cant see it at all. I know it is racing towards me but I cant see it until I hear the sound. So I push the stick and then: I saw the plane: It was right in front of me, barely a meter off, and climbing like a rocket because of the full down I had applied. LESSON: PLEASE DO NOT PAINT A FAST AND AEROBATIC GLIDER ALL WHITE!
BTW, my friend does not want to lend me his Fox. Anymore.

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RE: lost glider - 8/17/2008 4:22:54 AM   
Freewind


 

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Status: offline 		Ed,

I have a Sky King locator, but just had a miserable experience with a lost plane...one month in the weeds, but someone found it for me. I've been looking at the Walston equipment. I'd like to move the tx from plane to plane also. How did you mount it? I was thinking a small exit hole out of the pod and tape the antenna to the boom.

Dave

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RE: lost glider - 9/6/2008 12:16:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hey what I think is worst than a fly away, is to forget to turn on the plane. It happened twice now to me. You would think after the first time I would learn my lesson. It sure flys good under NO control from the radio. It circles and floats better than it has all day. Turns in to the wind and takes off. Luckly after four hours, I was able to find my beloved plane. And Yes my name is on it.

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RE: lost glider - 9/10/2008 6:41:22 AM   
davemax


 

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Status: offline 		As an AMA member, I know that you are required by their rules to have your name, address, etc. in your model for just that reason. But also keep in mind that if you lose your plane, and all your info is in it, you will be held liable for whatever it destroys when it comes down!

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