Re: [RCSE] Manti Home Page
The hosting service that had the Mantis web page has gone under. Luke Waters was the original creator of the site and transferred a lot of the material to me. I plan to have it back up around the first week of January. Phil is most definitely still in business. The bookmark for the Mantis home page that I have saved doesn't seem to work anymore, anyone knows what up? Is Phil still in business? Did he get a new web page? Thanks Bill RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] hi-start segment connectors
Rich Hollyday recommends using hardware-store "linch pins" inserted into his highstart rubber for connecting pieces. Similar to the "plugs" that you mentioned. I use them on my Hollyday histart rubber and they do hold very well. On my earlier histart (a Pinnacle standard) the rubber was tied to the welded rings. This worked well, but the knot did tend to "creep" and untie itself. I think that the inserted plugs are the best way to go on this. I don't know if any are available to fit the rubber on your histart. Hobby Lobby http://www.hobby-lobby.com/ sells commercially made plugs (European) and might have something to fit. --Bill On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 23:30:28 -0500 "David A. Enete" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi (ha). I've got a huge hi-start (Pinnacle XL) that I would like to split into two segments (66' and 34'). I'm wondering what the best way would be to connect the two segments when using the full length of the rubber. I've heard about using plugs or rings. This is a monster piece of rubber (looks like a garden hose), so I want to be sure that it wont let go under stress. Also, what is the best method to attach a welded ring to the rubber (when the tubing is as large as this is)? - David 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]
Re: [RCSE] WOW!!! Lift Ticket is beyond AWESOME
In a message dated 12/20/00 9:10:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: OK, OK where can I buy it! Thanks for asking :-) Lift Ticket is in stock and ready to ship. Contact info at the bottom of this message. Total run time approx. 1 hour 52 minutes. Below is a list of scenes in order of appearance. Killer soundtrack ( over $700 invested in this alone) DS soundtrack pretty cool too! Start Golden Gate bridge, Scott Hewett flying F-20 with Smoke-Riters during opening shot and some other smoke flights shot on the Monterey Bay, CA. ( 5 minutes) Wallowa Road trip Mt Howard, Imnaha Canyon, Dixie Lookout, Abert Rim, Goose Lake, Tick Point and another Golden Gate bridge flight without smoke. All of the above slopes are in Oregon except Tick Point the Golden Gate Bridge, duh) ( 15 minutes total ) Scale Events Los Banos SBSS scale event 1998 ( 2 flights ) ( 3 min) Soar Utah 98 , 4 flights, 2 each at Point of the mountain and 9000 foot Francis peak. ( 6 minutes ) Cajon ISR PSS Spring Fest, (20 min approx) lots of flights from the 1999 2000 event held at Cajon summit in SoCal (Scale footage total minutes 29 ) Got Foam? EPP intro, Tuffpuppy chewing a foamie to pieces (1min) EPP interview w/Pat Bowman Joe Wurts including first ever EPP sailplane made. Los Banos Bash combat footage. Kiona Butte combat and unique commentary by Mr. Scott Hewett. This footage is rated PG because of some suggestive remarks regarding TX antenna's. ( EPP/Combat segment, 12 minutes total ) Slope footage Eagle Butte Chandler Butte Washington State. Big Lift! (a few smokeriter flights) ( 9 minutes ) Dynamic Soaring some extreme :-) Interview with Joe Wurts about his first time Dynamic Soaring followed by various pilots DS'n at Parker. Joe clocked at 156 mph with a radar gun. DS Los Banos (some extreme, Mickey Crowley w/Vindicator) DS Sunset State Beach (2 spots) DS Cape Blanco ( including plane exploding ) DS The Mecca ( two, dual DS flights with F3B type planes ) DS The Dump ( Awesome spot ) DS Kiona ( Paul Naton's Plane clocked at over 170 mph) ( Dynamic Soaring 41 minutes ) End Lift Ticket retails for ($29.95). Shipping via priority mail ($3.50) California residents add 8% sales tax ($2.40) US postal service will not guarantee Christmas delivery and say that (priority mail 2-3 days normal service) delivery may take up to 7 days from the shipping date to arrive this time of year. PAL versions also available ($29.95 US) shipping will be at cost. Currently I can only accept cash, money orders or a personal check. I should have a website up and be able to except credit card orders by next February. Please send your check or money order to the address below and I will ship your order right away! Please email me if you have any questions. all the best, Dave Reese 151 Bohnen Road Santa Cruz, CA 95065 831-454-9948 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [RCSE] Aluminium cases at Walmart
Walmart also sells pistol cases. They are plastic but quite substantial. Mine has an embossed eagle graphic. Holds one, possibly two Txs. 4 pistol Case - Protector Series - Model 1404. Less than $15. Regis -Original Message- From: Stephen Syrotiak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 8:17 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [RCSE] Aluminium cases at Walmart Gentlefolk, A short while ago someone on this list mentioned that Walmart sold cases that would work well as tx carriers. I toured my local W y'day to no avail. What were these cases being sold as? (according to Walmart) TIA -- Stephen Syrotiak, bent and stooped walking with a lantern up and down the aisles. Southern Connecticut http://pages.cthome.net/stephen 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] Vision Tx for sale
Vision 8 ch tx with ch 32 module for sale. Good shape. $300.00 RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [RCSE] Twist on Forward Swept Wing
Not so odd. That is the accepted 'planform' for FAI combat and FAI Team Race (control line). Regis -Original Message- From: Scott Hewett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 8:43 AM To: Dennis Phelan Cc: Soaring List Subject: Re: [RCSE] Twist on Forward Swept Wing Dennis- You're talking about Pat Bowman's "JW"'s. Incredible performance. They don't even seem like foamies, but they are. Another friend just built a composite one, and I'm waiting to hear his reports of its DS qualities, especially after the high winds in the Berkeley Hills lately. Check out the "JW"'s, you'll be impressed with the performance. And yes, as you said, they seem "odd". Scott Dennis Phelan wrote: Dudes, Consider a plank wing with a straight LE, TE swept forward. It seems like twist should be the reverse of a sweptback wing and be more positive at the tips. It also seems odd. Since this is a relatively stable planform, is it the right way to go? The spreadsheet doesn't help me on this. Whaddayathink? = Dennis Phelan In a crisis, you don't rise to occasion. You sink to the level of your training. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ 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-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Virtual Slope Combat
Just finished a virtual slope combat session with Capn' Jack in Ohio, (I'm in Chicago) at Devil's Bowl with E-Zagi's, what a HOOT! He's been practicing I can tell, like he got the first 3 or 4 kills on me. But then I got in the groove and caught up, and went to combating inverted and scored my last one, upside down! ROFL Who has Cockpit Master and wants to do a little slope combat this eve? The more the merrier just like real life! Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of Chicago SOAR club ICQ 6997780R/C Soaring Page at http://www.mcs.net/~bacuslab/soaring.html RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Nosecone Fuses
Check out my pages at http://www.scrollsander.com as I have shown it done with 2 methods. Chris' -Original Message- From: Bruno Pavani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: RCSE [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 5:05 PM Subject: [RCSE] Nosecone Fuses Hi there guys, anyone there with any page/info on making molds/fuses with nosecone? [ ]'s Bruno Pavani ICQ 2377003\__|__/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] O PT-8238 Brazil 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]
Re: [RCSE] highstart and backside air
Dieter, I'll just make sure to bring my toxic waste disposal gloves and maybe an anti-radiation suit for good measure! Keith RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fw: [RCSE] Landings: a complete waste of time?
- Original Message - From: "Keith McLellan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Dennis Phelan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 10:33 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Landings: "a complete waste of time"? Dudes, I'm not a skeg guy but you're missing one point. How many seconds was he off the "Mark" when he touched down? Dennis Milt was off 8 sec on his worst attempt, and probably on average about 3 to 4 secs. Mine were on average within 2 secs. That's stopping the time on touchdown, not when the model stopped sliding, though at best that was only 1 to 3 sec. Why doesn't everyone just go out and TRY it? I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised! Keith M Hawaii RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] (RCSE) Landings, etc., etc.......
I'm planning on holding a TD contest sometime next year with a precision landing task that will be a "real" test of skill: a 1.5m wide "runway" that is 7m long - if the nose of the model stops anywhere in the first 2m it's 25pts., in the second it's 50pts, in the 3rd it's 75pts. and in the last meter 100pts., with a big ZERO for going past the end of the runway or for landing "short". Now for the real "ba--buster"! The ENTIRE fuselage of the model (includes the bottom of the trailing edge of the rudder) must rest within the 1.5m lateral boundaries of the runway! So that means no coming in from the side, or landing outside and spinning or sliding your nose into the box. Won't work here. You'll have to be able to accurately fly your plane precisely down a centerline to a controlled landing. If there is a crosswind, well then you better know how to coordinate rudder and ailerons properly (gee, we have to do that with power planes all the time). Too much of a challenge? Oh, well. There's a bunch of guys in SoCal that have been doing this for years with slope gliders of all kinds, without the benefit of flaps or "crow", etc. and going a lot faster than most TD ships will ever have to on landing. Now, that's just the landing task! The soaring tasks will be just as creative! First round is a 7 min "warm up" duration with the precision landing, with 1pt per second deducted for up to 10 sec off the mark, and 2pt per sec for 11 up to 20 sec off, and finally, 3pt per sec for anything over 20 sec off the mark. The second round will consist of a 12 min task and precision landing, with the same scoring. The third will be a 10 min task with precision landing, but will have the added challenge of having a prescribed path to be flown after launch before being able to chase thermals (and yes, that means if you fly through a thermal before you complete that path, you just have to keep going until you reach the "release point" at the end of that flight path). The flight path chosen will be very easy to fly and to enforce, and relatively short. So there you have it folks! Anyone interested in competing in such an event, email me offline. I'd like to hold this contest someplace in SoCal this summer, but I'll consider going to any field in the country and CDing it personally, with support from any club willing to host it! The contest could be flown as a two day "IronMan" event with additional tasks that I have thought of to test the all around skills of the pilots involved. Any takers? Keith M Hawaii ...have jet, will travel. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Whereabouts of Jimmy Prouty
Hi all, Hate to bring it here but it's already been done. We bend over backwards to make sure that our customers are satisfied and get exactly what they want. Once in a great while that can't be done and rather than drag things out we decided to give a refund, even if it means sending a customer to the "other guy". Making custom products is a very time consuming process, especially when the Christmas rush is in full swing. Time to take our losses on this one and press on. Enough wasted bandwidth. Have a very merry and safe Christmas. Jimmy JTModels At 11:21 PM 12/19/2000 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He refunded my payment after I posted the notice tonight, rather than deliver the product I ordered. I will try to place the order elsewhere. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] LSF Bean Recipe
I was trying to get in a 30 minute flight this summer, in my continuing quest to reach LSF III. I had about 15 minutes gone, and I was in trouble, low and scratching for lift. Don Harris and Bill Hoelcher were standing by trying to coach me a little, and another club member (who shall remain anonymous but whose initials are Chuck Rumele) was standing by. As Don and Bill were trying to coach me, Chuck let fly with a resounding donation of greenhouse gasesand my Gnome began to gain altitude. I got my 30 minute flight, and only had to repair a relatively small portion of the monokote. If any other LSF aspirants out there are interested, I will try to get Chuck's LSF III bean recipe for you. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] (RCSE) Landings, etc., etc.......
At 10:10 PM 12/19/00 -1000, you wrote: I'm planning on holding a TD contest sometime next year with a precision landing task that will be a "real" test of skill: a 1.5m wide "runway" that is 7m long - if the nose of the model stops anywhere in the first 2m it's 25pts., in the second it's 50pts, in the 3rd it's 75pts. and in the last meter 100pts., with a big ZERO for going past the end of the runway or for landing "short". snip I think you have it backwards. I have been flying real ones since 1950 and have 3500 hours flying in everything from a J3 Cub to an F86 and a C130 and I have never seen a situation where landing long gets a better grade from my instructor or check pilot. :-) How about 100 points for landing in the first 2 meters, 50 points for landing in the second 2 meters, and 25 points for the last 2 meters. Increases the importance of good depth perception too. Landing anywhere along the length of the runway is a good landing only for helicopters and VTOL aircraft. :-) Chuck Anderson RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Need Help
At 09:53 AM 12/20/2000, J S. wrote: I have been to Sal's web page and looked around but can't seem to determine what would be a alternative choice then the Mantis. SchpotDorker LT. Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of Chicago SOAR club ICQ 6997780R/C Soaring Page at http://www.mcs.net/~bacuslab/soaring.html RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
