Re: [RCSE] Icare
Try: http://www2.jonction.net/~icare/icare.htm Cheers, Brad --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Brian Smith" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can some one give me the web site for Icare with out a bunch of fuss?? TNX RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] CG test
II use both test for C.G.The inverted test helps me decide if it is close on C.G. While the sailplane airfoils do not fly very good inverted, It will let you know if you are close on C.G. depending how much down elevater is needed. I use this with the dive test. If inverted flight take alot of down elevater it probably is nose heavy. A more rearward C.G. will require less down. Mike Fox D) Inverted CG test is better then a dive test IMHO Where did this idea come from? Keeping in mind that the greater percentage of planes discussed on this forum have airfoils with some camber, what is the value of an inverted check of the CG and how is it performed? Jim Porter Bettendorf, Iowa USA "The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall." Orville RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Tennessee 'titan' kills in Orlando Open Class
Brian Smith decended Sunday with a vengence er I mean a Super V! Just goes to show that there is plenty of talent hiding in the flat lands of Tullahoma Tennessee. Brian has been at it for a while (probably psyching us all out waiting for his opportunity to pounce (or land :-) and really enjoys competing. Tied with getting to fly awesome places, flying with guys like Brian is the best part of my travels. Tullahoma has a couple of contests each year and their field is huge and full of thermals. Its surrounded by Pine tree forests and easy to get to off of Hyw 65 or even Hyw 40. You guys can fly into Nashville, do some sight seeing at the Opry, grab some Ribs, stop at Hobby Lobby, fly some slope at their Dam, then head down to fly. Yes there is great soaring between the coasts! You can contact Brian at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for congratulations and info on contests. You could do worse, Brian just won a contest! :) Gordy, Stahl'd in Orlando
Re: [RCSE] Foam cutting Template help
At 11:49 PM 2/26/2001 -0800, you wrote: Hi Daniel, I cut formica templates all the time. I sue a scroll saw So now you need a lawyer to cut formica? :-) Spell checkers won't catch typos like this one and I tend to read what I wanted to write, not what was written. Chuck Anderson. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Foam cutting Template help
At 11:49 PM 02/26/2001 -0800, you wrote: Hi Daniel, I cut formica templates all the time. I sue a scroll saw to cut the templates, then finish them off with my ScrollSanders. If you need to see it being done , check out my web site at http://www.scrollsander.com and click on the link for airplanes. I have a picture of using them on templates, and it is alot easier than any belt sander. Whe conplete I take 400 or 600 grit paper and go lengthwise on the edge to remove the final roughness. I cut great cores. Good Luck Chris Adams ."I sue a scroll saw,then finish them off with my ScrollSanders." I knew I should have taken my attorney's advice and bought one of those ScrollSanders for my ex-wife! VBG Jim Carlton RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Yahoo Archive Working!
Excellent!!! - Original Message - From: "Brad Willoughby" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "soaring" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 6:51 AM Subject: [RCSE] Yahoo Archive Working! Fellow RCSE'rs, It looks like all this talk about Yahoo's problems has kicked them into gear. The archive page is now up-to-date and I started getting digest messages from them today. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/soaring Woo hoo! Cheers, Brad Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie 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] Yahoo Groups - working!
I just received two digests from the Yahoo Groups Soaring group. It appears to be working again! If it continues it will great news for those of us that would like to use that interface for this forum. It actually looks like someone actually subscribed Yahoo to the list. Just thought you all might want to know. Burke Jones, AIA Howard Helmer architects p.a. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] DS, speed- and energy management
Everybody interested in theory of speed- and energy management of dynamic soaring have a look at www.lfm.mw.tu-muenchen.de/lfm_sources/albatros.html RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Soar
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[RCSE] Re: [soaring] Digest Number 802
Today I recieved the first mail for a few weeks - weird! Tord, Sweden URL:http://www.ozemail.com.au/~majali/Zagi-THL.jpg URL:http://www.ozemail.com.au/~majali/Zagi-N-big.jpg URL:http://www.tord.nu URL:http://home.beseen.com/hobbies/jebbushell/tord/tord.htm Local weather: http://www.reab.se/weather.html -- If reply difficulties - use [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tord S. Eriksson, Ovralidsg.25:5, S-422 47 Hisings Backa, Sweden Tel. (mobile): +46 (0)736 77 88 96 RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] beauty is only skin deep.
Hey there, Karlton. I'm with you! Look at the intro to the LSF site. It refers to the aesthetic beauty of soaring in the opening lines: "A slim, graceful, long-winged craft arcs upward smoothly and steeply into the summer sky, accompanied only by the faint whistle of air accelerating past its gleaming surfaces.". While Bill is correct in stating that you don't get points for your glider's "looks" in a contest, you will earn the admiration of your fellow pilots for a clean, well built and beautifully finished model, regardless of type! Some of the lightest, strongest and best engineered models I've seen, and that includes good 'ol fashioned built up models, were also the most beautifully finished models. It shows a real attention to detail and a striving for technical excellence when someone goes to the trouble of engineering and then finishing a plane so that it looks as good as it flies, two goals that are not often compatible. Besides, a good looking plane is jus' w cl... :-) Keith M Hawaii - Original Message - From: "Bill Johns" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 4:39 PM Subject: [RCSE] beauty is only skin deep. At 06:22 PM 2/26/2001 -0800, Karlton Spindle wrote: This is an aesthetic sport and L@@KS do count... ...for what? They give points for time, sometimes for speed around pylons, sometimes for precision landings. I've not seen anyone, anywhere give beauty points. And if you don't pile on gobs of paint, the plane will weigh less and go higher and you can't tell it's ugly when it's 500 feet over your head. Bill -- There is no such thing as a pretty good alligator wrestler. Bill Johns Pullman, WA 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] Yahoo Archive Working!
Up-to-date date? More than a month missing is not my definition of 'up-to-date'. :~) But, yes, yahoo is posting to the 'soaring' list again. Regis -Original Message- From: Brad Willoughby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 6:52 AM To: soaring Subject: [RCSE] Yahoo Archive Working! Fellow RCSE'rs, It looks like all this talk about Yahoo's problems has kicked them into gear. The archive page is now up-to-date and I started getting digest messages from them today. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/soaring Woo hoo! Cheers, Brad Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie 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] input on setting up a shop
Consider putting your bench in the middle of the room with shelves on the walls and under the bench. It's much easier to manipulate a wing or large fuse without bonking a wall. Bill Swingle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Janesville, CA RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Music Wire
Where can I find music wire that is 4 feet long or longer? ThanksChris RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] beauty is only skin deep.
So true! Not to beat a dead horse but I get a hoot at setting a Hobie Hawk down at a contest where people who have never seen a R/C sail plane may be coming to and guess what plane they all gather around? WHY because it looks CLEAN and COOL! Smooth Sailing, Karlton Spindle http://www.MultiplexRC.com Hey there, Karlton. I'm with you! Look at the intro to the LSF site. It refers to the aesthetic beauty of soaring in the opening lines: "A slim, graceful, long-winged craft arcs upward smoothly and steeply into the summer sky, accompanied only by the faint whistle of air accelerating past its gleaming surfaces.". RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Music Wire
At the piano store. Chris Debby Hawkins wrote: Where can I find music wire that is 4 feet long or longer? ThanksChris RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TG http://adesigner.com/invention 32 Mount View Dr. Afton, VA 22920 540 943-3356 Fax 540 943-4178 RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Re: List Manager response
Rick, You really need some help. Yes I have been off the list for a couple of weeks and I will unsubscribe after I respond to you. I must have to ask why you are so obsessed with me? I must say for a person who keeps such a close look at the LIST subscribers as you, it must mean you have a boring life to keep such a close look at me...??? --- Rick Brown and Jill Wiest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: back on the list I see. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Members of list 'Soaring': [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] === message truncated === __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Mantis
I like mine so much that after flying it the first time at the contest, I know this would be my plane of choice so I ordered a second one as a back up. I take it out and fly it even on the coldest nastiest days this winter just so I can see it in the air. I like to make tight circles just above the ground and am always amazed how little altitude it loses. G. Tom Kathi Pack wrote: As a Mantis owner I have had to put up with a lot of negative comments concerning the look of my plane. I happen to think is as beautiful as any plane out there. In fact in the air it looks like a big pink Flamingo with it's head held straight out in front and it's legs and feet straight back. It is one of the most graceful thing to behold and when it comes to landings it can't be beat. Just another satisfied Mantis owner, Gordon. Gordon, I totally agree.I own the fourth Mantis kit madeMantis Classic...as their known ..and it looks REAL good when it takes home the wood! Tom 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] Mold maker
You could post any info you have about a mold maker out there on the list as I'm sure there would be other's interested in finding a good source for molds. I'm sure other's would appreciate this info. Thanks, RB B R wrote: I had a guy build my mold and he also molded several fuses for me. I must say I am very happy with the price, I didn't have to deal with this or any of the molding problems you are having. I can give you his Email address if you or anyone on the list needs a mold made at a reasonable price. Can't say he has the time to do it since he dose a couple of molds that are the most popular h/l planes offered on the list today. You have to understand his molds are so good that a mold can produce a lot of money if you plan on using it for production. I had my mold made and fuse's laid-up and have the mold, I paid shipping for everything of course. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.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]
Re: [RCSE] Focus 3
The Focus 3 is the typical choice for the Boomerang and other wings when it is a first plane. The mixing is automatic and easy. If he had a computer radio then the advantage would be in using exponential control for pitch and roll as recommended by the designer. Larry Scaramella - Original Message - From: "Michael Ackerman-Simpson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 7:53 PM Subject: [RCSE] Focus 3 Flyers, A young friend of mine has aquired a Boomerang and a Hitec Focus 3 transmitter. I wanted to know if he can use the "coupling" function of this transmitter for elevons on his 'rang. I have read Dave Register's article in the April '99 issue of RC Soaring Digest (don't worry Gordy some of us do read 'em, and love 'em by the way!) but he only mentions v-tails and flaperons. Will I need to donate my Ohmark mixer to this guy? Also, he did not get a NiCad Rx pack for this plane, it seems like bad form to me, but will loose cells stay in the spring clip battery holder I'm assuming he has under combat conditions? I would think not. Wondering in Arcata, Mike 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] Beauty is in...
The discussion about beauty brought to mind a comment that Dave Sanders made about non-scale R/C sailplanes. He called 'em "Tool" planes. I never heard anybody call a shovel "ugly". And about the Mantis: after two days in the hot sun at the '99 AMA/LSF Nats, watching Mantis's (Manti?) nail landing after landing, they started to look pretty nice. And, while on the topic of beauty, I don't think GM would sell many natural colored 'Vettes - why is natural fiberglass so popular for R/C sailplanes? Note: The weight issue has already received enough bandwidth. Stirring the pot, Jim Deck RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Mantis
Go "1-800-BUTT UGLY"!!! Tom Kathi Pack wrote: As a Mantis owner I have had to put up with a lot of negative comments concerning the look of my plane. I happen to think is as beautiful as any plane out there. In fact in the air it looks like a big pink Flamingo with it's head held straight out in front and it's legs and feet straight back. It is one of the most graceful thing to behold and when it comes to landings it can't be beat. Just another satisfied Mantis owner, Gordon. Gordon, I totally agree.I own the fourth Mantis kit madeMantis Classic...as their known ..and it looks REAL good when it takes home the wood! Tom 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] Ugly!
snip when you are coming in a little hot and high the Mantis can be driven right into the spot without suffering any damage what-so-ever Sounds like an ugly landing to me... Doug RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Redundant Batteries
My Tragi has lots and lots of room in the nose so I was wondering if there is a way to have two battery packs on board, one as the primary and one as a backup should the primary fail. I know the scale glider people use a redundant setup like this but I have not done it before. I figure I might as well make good use of the space since I have the room and need the weight in the nose. Otherwise, I will use the space to carry an extra sandwich to the hill. Thanks, Doug RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Ugly!
At 09:55 PM 2/27/2001, Gordon wrote: James, what kind of landings do you do? What type of contest? If we are talking sport flying this guy named Inge taught me a new trick... 8-) 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] Tennessee 'titan' kills in Orlando Open Class
At 09:00 AM 02/27/2001 -0500, you wrote: Brian Smith decended Sunday with a vengence er I mean a Super V! Just goes to show that there is plenty of talent hiding in the flat lands of Tullahoma Tennessee. Brian has been at it for a while (probably psyching us all out waiting for his opportunity to pounce (or land :-) and really enjoys competing. snip Brian has always been good! He just got a little distracted by the EVIL POWER PLANES for a while. His return is going to move a lot of us down a notch in the Contest Results Pecking Order but it will be worth it to have Brian back. He is one of the nicest guys I have ever met. Even when he wasn't flying Sailplanes, he would bring his winch set-up to contests and sit out all day in the hot sun operating it. WELCOME BACK BRIAN Buddy Roos RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Mike Stump, Where Are You?
Does anyone have Mike Stump's E-Mail and/or Telephone number? I need to get in touch with him. Thanks, Buddy Roos[EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [RCSE] Mantis
Yes, but who ever saw a flamingo land on its head? Thanks Eric Weder, P. Eng. Calgary, Alberta, Canada Kenonic Controls Ltd. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: (403)258-6237 Cell: (403)607-9617 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home: (403)289-8844 As a Mantis owner I have had to put up with a lot of negative comments concerning the look of my plane. I happen to think is as beautiful as any plane out there. In fact in the air it looks like a big pink Flamingo with it's head held straight out in front and it's legs and feet straight back. It is one of the most graceful thing to behold and when it comes to landings it can't be beat. Just another satisfied Mantis owner, Gordon. G RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] DS, speed- and energy management
Everybody interested in theory of speed- and energy management of dynamic soaring have a look at www.lfm.mw.tu-muenchen.de/lfm_sources/albatros.html In a nutshell, this page shows and summarizes the results of theoretical calculations designed to optimize the DS flight path. In the graphs, the green portions have a positive energy budget, while energy is lost in the red portions; the yellow horizontal arrows are wind vectors. The study reports that satellite observations have shown albatross flying up to 1000 kilometers by DSing the wind gradient between roughly 0 and 20 meters above the water surface. The pictures of the glider show a DS path on the UPwind side of a mountain range but downwind of a smaller ridge. The text does not address the significance of the large range is or why it is included in the images. It does say that the special head-up display is designed to help the pilot attain the optimum flight path, and that simulated and real-world experiments are being conducted to determine the feasiblity of such aflight path. Those with gobs of bandwith can download a 33-megabyte animation: albi2.mpg Dieter RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Precision Landing Runways, Scoring Software???
I have a couple of questions related defining a "runway", and software for scoring. First, for the actual landing zone. For contests that use runways several meters long, what are the runways made of? A line, cord, ribbon, or what? I figure ribbon would not work well since the wind would tend to blow it to one side, even when laid out into the wind at the start of the round, changes in wind direction happens. And a thin line like a hi-start line would be too hard to see. And second, can someone point me to database and/or spreadsheet templates that are used for scoring precision landings? Whether for AMA or F3 events. - George Gassaway RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Precision Landing Runways, Scoring Software???
At 01:41 AM 2/28/2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a couple of questions related defining a "runway", and software for scoring. First, for the actual landing zone. For contests that use runways several meters long, what are the runways made of? A line, cord, ribbon, or what? I figure ribbon would not work well since the wind would tend to blow it to one side, even when laid out into the wind at the start of the round, changes in wind direction happens. And a thin line like a hi-start line would be too hard to see. The two best ways I have seen this laid out are at Nats and another midwest contest. Nats uses a material that is like what is used to web lawn chairs, red in color, with white stripes painted on for contrast. There is a metal eye at each end and the tape is spiked in very tight and flat. It is so strong and flat that if you nail a 100 your nylon skeg will slide down it like it is on ice... (tell me how I know, or ask Joe Hahn...) 8-) The second way is just spray painting the landing zone on the turf. And second, can someone point me to database and/or spreadsheet templates that are used for scoring precision landings? Whether for AMA or F3 events. Check you email... 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]
