The new season will be on us before you know it and there are a few issues to think about before that time. 1. The inactive Ka8 will probably never be sold at...
Hi Phil, I think we should simply keep trying to sell it. If you think we should lower the price further, you have my proxy but we should probably expect a...
Phil and all, If the #2 K-8's wings punch test OK. Why not strip and repaint and use those wings next season. Then repair that nasty left wing needing...
I think we should continue to try to sell K8 #2. Probably nothing will happen until we get closer to spring though. We are discovering that old gliders...
Regarding the K8 #1, don't forget the delamination on the right elevator where the control horn attaches. If we decide to do wings on K8 #2 (or #1), I would...
Keith would like to sell his chute, at a very reasonable price ($350). We should "jump" on it. K8 wings and especially elevator root rib must at least be...
Sometimes it's nothing more than the wrong kind of paint on top coat. Our 8's have different canopies, not sure if the turtle decks are the same. Using...
What liabilities might we incurr if we had a club chute. I've jumped with many experienced jumpers who made jumps out of strange aircraft and had disasterous...
Ya know Joe, Len's on the right track. It's adding unnecessary annual expenses for the club. When chutes are sorta like underwear "sweat and get wet"...
There shouldn't be a problem getting insurance for K8 #2 if we want to fly it. It was insured once before. I don't want to fly anything without insurance....
JJ, You're probably right about it being the wrong kind of paint on top coat. Could the old paint be stripped off without damage to the fabric? ... coat....
Poly fiber makes a product called rejuvenator that works! It will take it down to the silver coat and will take some of the silver off too. Also seems to...
Phil and all, here's my nickel's worth for future Club efforts for the next few seasons: * Nix the club parachute. I agree with Len & JJ. This opens up a whole...
Wow! Larry, Didn't realize how much you've been holding back...You did good! Don't wait so long on those releases, it's not good for the body. You sure that...
Lot's of good thought there. Even the President one. :-) Let's keep the dialog going. Dave Davila had some ideas as well, but he hasn't posted them here. I'll...
Nah!! Phil just asked for our thoughts, and I jotted some down in a Word document over the past several days and just copy/pasted them into a Post here. And I...
Good comments Larry. I agree that the K8 is a good club glider. It's a good first single seat glider. Putting both K8s on the flight line might be a good...
Larry and all, Joshua is doing fine, salamander blood...probably used most of it up tho. Left wrist has full arm cast. (scaphoid bone) slow healing, so looking...
I went back through my log, only flew K8 #2 only twice. It flew pretty well though. The first flight was for 1.6 hrs. It could have been longer, but I had...
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David Davila
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Dec 16, 2005 1:21 pm
Phil and all, I am thinking about our K8 problems, instead of repairing our two ships lets sell them for whatever we can get.Then take that money and some club...
Hi folks, Selling one of our K8 is a good idea, particularly if arrangements can be made with Biker Paul to use his K8. I would wait for April/May and then get...
Fellow AERO'ers, My thinking is running along two lines. First is that we provide a developmental path for our student/low time pilots. IF we keep using the...
There have been some comments about upgrading to a 2 place glider with a higher payload or maybe a single seater other than a K8. There is a new file on the...
More thoughts. I'm not suggesting we upgrade. The comparison is just so you can see the differences in the gliders. I have not flown a G- 103 or ASK-21 yet,...
Dave, Has there been a punch test done on #2 wings lately? If it test on the high side of the scale let's strip and repaint. Meanwhile we need a quart of...
Happy Holidays from the left Coast! Flying this fall in the Bay Area has been very good, and I have logged a some nice flights out of Hollister with the Bay...
