[RCSE] Baloon Glider Launch
When they tried it with full scale they had problems with the empennage getting tangled in the baloon tether line. Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Viruses are no joke
I did an alert on the RCSE about the Sircam virus which I've now received no less than 19 times at work - twice in Spanish. Before I did the post, I cheked out the virus warning at Carnegie Mellon (www.cert.org) and Symantec (www.symantec.com) . Nothing wrong with virus warnings, it's passing along un-verified scares that's wrong. Let's face it CNN is not a computer company they're the dread media, although I'm not clear that CNN actually had anything to do with the warning. Please don't pass along un-verified virus warnings without checking them out first, and include in your warning the URL on Carnegie-Mellon or Symantic (or similar) that gives the full story. Crying wolf is a bad thing, just ask Little Red Riding Hood. Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] EC Mark
The EC mark means you have tested your product to the appropriate European Community directive and it passed and you are authorized to sell it all over Europe in the European community, who now share common standards. There are many directives and more coming. For example there is the Machinery Directive and the Electrical Directive. They are pretty comprehensive. My employer manufactures welding equipment. To get the CE approval we had to pass the pull the handle off test and (believe it or not) the raindrop test. Plus, of course various electrical tests. Most electrical or electronic items that are sold internationally now bear the CE mark, the size and proportions of which are also defined! Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Ospreys in F/A 18 Blast
Birds are not brilliant, but they do what they do very well. Clearly the lift was better than you think and the bad effects of jet exhaust not as detrimental - or at least the Ospreys didn't think so! Richar Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Flames, etc.
OK, I'll step in iter - give an opinion that is. The text in the NSP ad sounds very like NSP's copy. I read some other copy and it has a similar cadence and vocabulary. Pictures are the same. Who took them? Is it possible that's a photo pack from the manufacturer? Enquiring minds want to know!!! Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Full Scale and Models
When I was stationed in France in the late 50's, I accumulated 10 hours in gliders. They wouldn't let me solo because the glider field was in the approach path of my USAF base and they figured if I wiped myself out, they'd be shut down. I loved the flying and vowed to take up sailplane flying later in my life. During my R/C sailplane career I investigated flying full-scale sailplane piloting. Too far, too expensive and I was having too much fun with R/C sailplanes. Eventually, I didn't miss the idea of full scale soaring at all. Recently, after a 20 year hiatus, the thermal I hit was just as magic as the very first one in 1971! If you can touch the magic, why not? That said, my opinion is that R/C sailplane pilots make fine full-scale pilots. They know how airplanes fly, respect them and let's face it - we've all crashed and know that things that fly can come down unexpectedly and suddenly; many full-scale pilots refuse to acknowledge this! I was told recently that several of my generation of late 70's R/C flyers are now nationally competitive in sailplanes. I think one was Rick Walters and there were a couple of the other guys whose names I can't recall. Maybe a lister will fill in some details. Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] IMS - AMA Show Report
To begin, if the AMA advertised that you get a buck or so off if you show a current AMA card - I missed it, so bring your card. IMS seems to be gone as a designation, its now the AMA show, whoopee. I couldn't find an exhibitor listing, evidently they passed them out the first day, people saw them, but nobody could lay their hands on one so I don't have a booth count. Off the top of my head, the exhibitors are divided about 40% hobby suppliers - batteries, glue, radios, balsa, composite stuff, etc. The remainder is about 30%-30% power and sailplane. The USA F3B team was there, go say hello to Joe and Daryl and buy a tee shirt. I didn't see anything that stopped me in my tracks, but the Pasadena Convention Center was pretty full and I have a limited tolerance for crowds. I did get to play with the Multiplex flight simulator flying a pattern plane. I've never flown a real pattern plane and it was fun. Crashed several times, once in a tree and the other as I was doing some wonderful manuver that just happened to be straight down! I told the kid I handed the transmitter to: "that was the ground." I thought he'd find that helpful. One of the vendors showed videos of the large power acrobatic models that I'd only seen in magazines and never saw fly in the flesh. The flight attitude hanging on the prop to touch the rudder on the ground was impressive. One hiccup from the engine and your no doubt expensive model is dead. The show is worth going to if you're in the area, but maybe after attending for the last several years I've got all the goodies I need and I'm getting jaded. Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Warps, etc.
Spending lots of money for molded planes is no assurance that they are absolutely straight, flat or square. In any manufactured item there are "production tolerances". I have no idea what the tolerances or acceptable deviations are, or should be, for molded models, but I've certainly never seen any published by the manufacturers, who are so small they are unlikely to have a QC manual. To be honest, I have no experience whatsoever with molded wings, but I have some experience with fiberglass fuselages which commonly have bends, twists or corkscrews built in - at no extra cost. What you did with your Eclipse makes sense and yes, the "experts" do it as a matter of course. I do wonder if the "wash-in" along the entire trailing edge isn't actually reflex on the airfoil that's supposed to be there? Comments from other Eclipse owners? Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Free Magazines - So Cal
In a rush of tidyness we (me under pressure from Barbara) can now park two cars in the garage! We can also see the top of my bureau. Next to be given away is several years worth of Electric Flight International, Quiet Flight International, Flug + Modell Technik, etc. The stack is over two feet high. I won't pack them, you pick them up. Home Phone (310) 459-1813, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] First come, first served! Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Re: Fletcher
try: http://dutlhs7.lr.tudelft.nl/~frits/fletchtxt.html Incidentally, a lot of questions on the RCSE about "where can I find" can be located with the Google search engine: www.google.com All I did was put in "fletcher sailplane" and it was the second or third citation. Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Yoshioka
I found the following on the Google.com search engine, Richard Shilling: Yoshioka Model Factory Yoshioka, a Japanese company, offers only one model, the "3ch Radio Control Balloon" with a volume of 100 liters. (They traditionally manufacture gliders and electric sailplanes). Like all ultralight indoor blimps, it is very fragile. But it offers an insane amount of fun. You can maneuver around furniture, make precision landings and fly races because six different frequencies are available. In addition it is impressively fast. Its price is affordable (ca. 350.- Swiss Franks in Switzerland = ca. 250.- US$) and for purely flight related fun it offers a maximum of bang for the buck. You may contact Yoshioka by mail at: Yoshioka Model Factory, 1-1-19 Hagimachi, Kochi City 780, Japan. Tel: 0888/33'25'32; Fax: 0888/33 68 94. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Re: Graupner
www.graupner.com It looks like their site is improved. It looks like you can download the 2000 catalog. I didn't try it, my 1999 catalog is 862 pages, so if you get the whole thing I think my computer would die. Maybe one of you brave guys will download it and tell us how it works. Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Towhook
I responded to an ad on the RCSE from Ziegelmeyer Enterprises for an F3J towhook. He's got a web site which address I lost, but the e-mail is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. As advertised, a husky, sturdy looking towhook. Said to be heat-treated. 2. For the information of our service and shipping fans, I ordered on Saturday and got the hook on Wednesday with a shipping charge of..55 cents! Came in a padded envelope. The only flaw is that he forgot to put L.A. County sales tax on the web site but since I live here I asked about it and included it. Signed: Richard Shilling who has studied maps carefully and can now point to Australia (the big one) and New Zealand (the long skinnny one). RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Re: Marios Italian Site
I agree with the guys who visited the site, it's really interesting. Mamma mia, what a big first page! The photos of the mountains are stunning and there's a lot of interesting technical stuff as well. Somehow I think you'd feel pretty insignificant launching a foamie in those mountains! Welcome Mario, keep us notified when you post new things on the site. If you missed the URL its: A HREF="http://users.iol.it/maudib/"http://users.iol.it/maudib/ /A Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Answer to Kevin re: CA
Curt at Model Research Labs: A HREF="http://www.bestpc.com/mrl/"http://www.b estpc.com/mrl//A claims to have the best stuff around. I don't know, I havn't tested it. It's interesting that you have some UHU and like it. I've been a fan of some of the UHU products for years and on the occasions I get to Germany, I always go in a hobby shop and buy some. It's possible that the difference between their CA and ours is that the EPA got involved. At work, we've had problems with several of the plastics that were re-formulated because of Volatile Organic Compound regulations. The re-formulations were'nt as good as the previous versions. Maybe the German EPA hasn't gotten there yet. Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] SWC Pictures by Skip
Skip may be a self-described beginner, but his pictures are really the way to show a contest. Volume. Volume is the answer! Plus low res JPEG for fast loading. Congratulations. Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] RCSE Woes
I haven't gotten an RCSE since Thursday, so I know something's wrong. I unsubscribed and re-subscribed, sucessfully, I think because the server sent me messages acknowledging the un- and re-subscribe. I did do it for the Digest, so maybe that's the problem and the RCSE is operating OK. Would someone getting the digest e-mail me, please. And, if anyone has the e-mail address of the guy at Model Airplane News who runs the RCSE, please e-mail me. I must be hooked, I really miss the RCSE. Plus I wanted to read the posts about Joe Wurtz' seminar and see if any of the 40 attendees thought it was as terrific as I did. Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Storing Nicads
How to store Nicads? The references I've read said to store them discharged. I look forward to other opinions. Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Electric Gentle Lady
Harold Ochs wrote about where to get a battery pack. I'm sure www.srbatteries.com (site's not complete use the site to get the phone number) or Cermark (714) 680-5888 can provide. But, I must comment that a 05 motor with a 12 X 8 prop on a Gentle Lady seems like gross overpowering and might rip the wings off! I flew a SR Batteries X-440 on a Speed 400 with a 7-cell KR600AE pack and it did fairly well. It's better with a brushless 020 and a 11 X 8 prop, but it's also bigger than a Gentle Lady. The 800 maH pack will also be heavy and quite a load for a Genle Lady to lug around. If you havn't visited the on-line electric flight magazine the E-Zone Magazine (www.ezonemag.com), take a look. Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] HLG Kit for Sale
For Sale - Simprop Champion HLG. Cleaning out the garage and I'll never get to build this one. Foam wings with balsa covering, nice fiberglass fuse with slip-on nose cone. Needs new leading edge stock - the stuff in the kit is warped and the wing tip balsa is too heavy. I thought the dihedral was too skimpy and consulted with Blaine Rawdon whose eyeball and spreadsheet agreed - you get the new dihedral recommendations. This is what I'd call a middle-level HLG. You won't win the IHGL with it but it's a nice kit. $50.00 including UPS. Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Visalia Results
For a comple results report and photos go to: www.rcsoaring.com What's the Grey cup? In honor of Lee Grey? Old dudes like me? Please enlighten me. Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Personal Airlift System
Regarding: http://www.solotrek.com/mjet/photos.html 1. I e-mailed Tord so he wouldn't miss it. 2. You (underlined) be the test pilot! 3. Did anyone other than me think "Buzz Lightyear"? Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Vinyl Covering
Back in the good 'ol days, Bill Watson discovered kitchen shelf covering which is made from plastic. At the edges of my memory was one of his slope combat plane with a tasteful sunflower motif on the wings from the shelf covering. It also comes in white. The stuff is available in hardware stores and probably home stores. It's made from a slightly stretchy plastic with a sticky back and it's not too expensive. I know it was applied to styrofoam wings and it may well stick to EPP, which was unknown back then. If someone tries this and it works - do a post. I have no idea how it compares to sign vinyl but it may well be cheaper, plus think of the design possibilities! Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Joe's Seminar
It is a great idea to video tape the seminar. But somehow I missed when and where. Please enlighten me. Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] DFS Reiher
I think that Jimmy doesn't need a canopy. The original had a framework. It was a 1937 - 1938 German high-performance sailplane. Somewhere I have some history and will look for it tomorrow. In the meantime, take a look at: A HREF="http://www.segelflug.de/vereine/oscwasserkuppe/reiher/histpic.htm"Wa sserkuppe Page/A Just in case the hot link doesn't work: http://www.segelflug.de/vereine/oscwasserkuppe/reiher/histpic.htm Richard Shilling RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
