Re: [RCSE] Re: Cardboard Templates
> Where do you find a source for aluminum tape? Home Depot! Metal Duct tape for air conditioning ducts. It's about 2 1/2" to 3" wide (like duct tape) and I cut it into thin strips the length of the Chord. And you know, freehand actually does work ;) Wali RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] R/C sailboat for sale or trade
I know some guys out there are sailing boats during the winter season, so here goes. Its a Victor Wildcat, can be seen at www.victor-model.com. The boat has been sailed only a handful of times. Its in good condition. I have added wider beams to the boat. The paint job is not the best, the hulls are all blue, but its not very shiny. The beams and mast are varnished. The radio is a 2 channel Futaba Attack. The TX and RX need alkaline batteries. The rudder servo is a Futaba standard. The winch is a modified standard servo with a drum on top. It turns one way to "wind up" the sheets, other way to let them out. The winch is completely enclosed. An arm type servo requires the arm to hang out in the breeze. The sails are pretty much stock. I have added some battens and a better vang. The boat is pretty fast, enough to keep someone interested. The main reason I am getting rid of the boat is because I would rather spend my time flying. Make an offer- Kristopher Harig Tulsa, OK RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Jeti receivers ?
I just notices some receivers in a German magazine, brand Jeti, FM 7-channel, weight 14 grams, not too expensive (79DM) and the ad says it has full reach (I don't know the English expression, in German it's "volle Reichweite"). They are also marked "single conversion", while my Hitec 555 reveiver says "dual conversion". Can somebody explain me what exactly those single and double conversion mean, and if there's a practical difference I should care about ? Thanks, Stefan. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Advanced Airbrushing tutorial
>I am still curious about the actual painting process... James, Thanks for bringing these questions up. You are very right. I have unintentionally omitted much of the actual technical details regarding the process. It is easy to over some issues when discussing a topic like this. The irony of it is that I have only airbrushed mylars a total of three times (not counting a few practice strokes on paper). You don't need to be worried about not becoming proficient in a short amount of time! Masking is another good point you make. I've only done it once on a v-tail feather. I masked the tips, painted the inner panels, let the white paint dry, masked over the whites using some post it notes pressed gently against the painted mylars. I found I that pulled up a very small amount of the white paint, but it did not ruin the paint job. The only thing that I wonder about with masking is that when the airbrush is spraying, it can be very forceful depending on the amount of air you select. This airforce might blow the masking away. I am sure that there is a simple solution to this, but painted mylars are a unique application of airbrushing. You have to work from the back out. Another words, the first layer of paint to hit the mylar is going to be the outter most layer of paint when the wing is bagged and the mylars are removed. You need to keep this in mind. Most artists will airbrush the background colors onto things (t-shirts) and paint over that to make their images. With mylars, this would be hard to do. You could try the reverse, but like I showed on the web tutorial, blending colors by overlapping did not have the intended effect that I wanted. Of course, because I am a newbie as well, there are probably already solutions to many of these issues. One more point I'll make. You were wondering about the opaquiness with the paints and if it was readily noticable. On my very thin v-tail feathers, the bottoms are mylar'ed red, the tops have black, red and yellow. The black is opaque and does not allow the light to bleed through. The red just looks a little more red, but the yellow does look somewhat orange, buy only when held up to the sun directly and looking at it only a few inches away. The effect starts to disappear the further away you get. Also, I used pink foam, which might have had and effect with the color play. I will say this also. I don't personally have any molded ships, but I've seen a lot of them. Most of them have great paint jobs. The FC wing bottom was painted with Gloss Cherry Red from testors and it truly does look like a molded paint job. I not exaggerating at all. By making sure that the paint coverage was consistent, I did not get any light areas of paint coverage. The top of the wing is nice, but the bottom is where all of my pride is. Let me get back to the drawing board and work in some more details giving the specifics. I'll announce when completed. Joedy _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] where to get some Hobby Poxy epoxy?
Hello list, I am trying to find place to buy some HobbyPoxy Formula 3 "Thixotropic" epoxy. Any one know a place that stocks Hobby Poxy? Thanks Pat. __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] CSS Turkey Fly
Is the CSS Turkey Fly still on for tomorrow -or- is everyone gonna go slopin' ...? Brad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Advanced Airbrushing tutorial
I have finally gotten together an Advanced Airbrushing tutorial page. It is located at: http://home.rica.net/joedy/airbrush/ I've done some checking on this, so it should work fine. Let me know what you think. Joedy _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] HLG for sale.
The Psychologic is sold. Thanks for the space. Barry Baskin. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Question?
I was told by DJ Aerotech that the Monarch/Wizard series was discontinued earlier this year in favor of the Spectre. Parts (wings, fuses, tails) will still be made available separately, but no kits. Sheldon's Hobbies may still have kits in stock; I bought one from them several months ago and their index still lists them. - Original Message - From: "Charles Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Soaring listserver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 9:53 AM Subject: [RCSE] Question? > When I purchased a Spectre I was told that the Monarch would be > discontinued,,, I have monarchs,,, I really like this ship,, > I saw on DJ's website that the Monarch is offered > Whats up??? RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] carbon d light hlg
Hi Louis, My experience with the Unlimited version of the sailplane has been alright. As far as I know, the only difference between the 1.8m & 1.5m versions is an added bit to the wing, so it should be academic for what I'm about to say. I ordered mine from www.ecmc.com, but I got the cruisform version because it was on sale. Don't do that - go v-tail. The airplane was looking to have to have 2.5-3 oz of lead in the nose! I ended up making it an electric boosted glider simply because that amount of lead puts this airplane out of the competitive weight range (that was a bit of a disappointment to me). My sailplane now flies well w/ S-400 & 7 600mah cells @ 19.4 oz, but I don't consider the Carbon D-Lite it to be a very competitive hand launch. It doesn't penetrate very well unballasted, but it does thermal happily in calmer conditions. Now if only my Encore would come sometime this year. Four months and counting, not that it matters at all since we're under a layer of snow and it's a balmy -14C. Cheers, Adam www.geocities.com/sunbirdz/Sailplane_Homepage.html >From: "Louis Gonzalez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Louis Gonzalez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "soaring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [RCSE] carbon d light hlg >Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 10:15:59 -0800 > >any carbon d light owners that can comment and compare this hlg >with a dartar hlg or similar.? > >im want to get one since my dartar is preety worn now., but im curious if >it >will have similar performance to a vaccum bag wing hlg. > >it looks preety good for 139 from icare sailplanes., >also ..does anyone know if there are distributors other than icare and >nesail. > >thanks > >luis > > >RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and >"unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [RCSE] Receivers....FMA Quantum?
Use them all the time. Have about 6 of them in a variety of planes from foamies to a F3B Cobra Calypso. Work great. Bob Bingham http://www.gliderking.com > -Original Message- > From: Matt Lydon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 3:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [RCSE] ReceiversFMA Quantum? > > > Has anyone used one of these yet? FMA's calling it "Super" performance, as > opposed to "high" performance with their Fortress seriesat .5 oz it > sounds great! > > Matt > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send > "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Question?
When I purchased a Spectre I was told that the Monarch would be discontinued,,, I have monarchs,,, I really like this ship,, I saw on DJ's website that the Monarch is offered Whats up??? Charlie RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] carbon d light hlg
any carbon d light owners that can comment and compare this hlg with a dartar hlg or similar.? im want to get one since my dartar is preety worn now., but im curious if it will have similar performance to a vaccum bag wing hlg. it looks preety good for 139 from icare sailplanes., also ..does anyone know if there are distributors other than icare and nesail. thanks luis RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Super Grand Esprit
Kirk, You are certainly in the right town to find out what you need to know. Contact George Joy (of TPG). He flew a Super in the first year of Nostalgia competition at the LSF Nats 3 or 4 years ago. He elected to put the thing up on a hi-start, seemed to take forever in our man on man flight format. But, it did keep the wings at one with the fuselage. Jim Thomas RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] RE: For Sale - Pico Jets, etc...
The Airtronics '141's are gone, the Pico Jets are still up for grabs. Had plenty of offers for some of the parts, but I really don't want to part them out. I think there's more value to the end user as a whole. -- Original Post: I have a NIB Combat Pico Jet with Multiplex Speed 480 motor for sale. I also have a standard Pico Jet for sale. Flown twice, landed once, repaired once. I fiberglassed the canopy nose back together. Still have the original decal sheet for this one also (currently still undecorated). Warning, this plane is perfectly flyable, but kinda ugly. It will look better once its decorated with paint and stickers. A new Combat Pico retails for $88 + Motor A new Std. Pico sells retails for $79 including Motor. I have an 8 cell 800AR mah pack, and two 7 cell 500AR mah packs, plus a really nice Multiplex BEC controller. The RTF Std Pico has two micro servos installed and included. Add it up, and You get about $280 worth of equipment. I'll sell it all, INCLUDING a Hitec Focus III AM transmitter and Receiver for $175 plus shipping, or hand delivery to SoCal region (preferred). OR BEST OFFER! Cheers, Nathan (needs-cash-for-good-servos) Woods Orange, California [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
