Re: [RCSE] Rubber ducky antenna's illegal in competition
Not to fan the Great Duckie Debate, but I agree with Jason. If a short or baseloaded antenna is type-certified by the manufacturer for that Tx, then it's useable. If not, then don't. Likewise, you _can_ get by with changing the Tx xtal to change channels or you can drive without wearing a seatbelt but that doesn't meant that it's good practice or it's prudent. --Bill From: Jason Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: RCSE [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] Rubber ducky antenna's illegal in competition Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 17:46:24 -0500 David, Not to blast you, but this has been discussed extensively in the past. The simple answer is this: The AMA requires that their members abide by the FCC and all local/national laws. The FCC type certifies the units and the modules to work. There are lists of certified combinations of transmitters, contact the FCC to get one. The transmitters are normally certified with their installed antenna, and can only be operated legally with that, BUT in some cases the manufacturer (or 2nd party) has made more than one antenna available and certified it. JR is a great example with their base loaded whip antenna as they spent the money to certify most of their Txs with it. So the answer is that most rubber ducky's and whips are not legal, but in some cases they are. As the user of the transmitter, it is your responsibility to know if your combination is legal or not, and abide b that. Your local FCC office can provide you with the certification papers. On the AMA and legal side. The AMA is not going to hunt you down. It is not their responsibility. BUT if you do cause injury/harm and a lawsuit results, there is a small, very small chance that since you were using illegal equipment (again technically), they you can be found at fault for that accident. On the practical side, if it works you should be ok. The likelyhood of getting caught or fined (the normal FCC sanction) is small. Accidents are rare also. Jason Werner - Original Message - From: David Goebel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: RCSE [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 3:19 PM Subject: [RCSE] Rubber ducky antenna's illegal in competition So are the Rubber Ducky (and all non factory antenna's) illegal in AMA competitions? If they're not certified by the FCC that is? Can I only use one for personal fun flying, or might that cause our AMA insured flying area too? -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Sorry to ask, but need to know, David Goebel 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] _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Receiver in an HLG
I was going to buy a feather for a HLG Im building. I thought the .60 ounces less weight was worth the limited range. Now, as more and more bad comments are raised against the Fether, I'm in doubt. Please help me anyone with experience in this matter. Thanks in advance. Marcio - Original Message - From: breck baldwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jeff Nibler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 10:55 AM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Receiver in an HLG Jeff Nibler wrote: Quick question: In a 60 HLG, could I get away with a Hitec Feather 4 chnl receiver, or would I need to use a Micro555? I'd like to go with a feather 4 but is the 1000' limited range going to be too short? Thanks in advance. Get the 555. The feather is not nearly up to the task. Even if it met the 1000' claim (more like a glitchy 200' in my experience) you want to be able to fly further out. breck Jeff _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp 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]
RE: [RCSE] cold (or cool) weather gloves
Instead of gloves I find it much more convenient to use a transmitter mitt. Here's the one I use: http://www.fatlion.com/bash/index.html If it gets very cold I'll combine the mitt with gloves. If it gets super cold I put hand warmers in my gloves. Cold hands kill the fun. Bill Swingle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Janesville, CA RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] For Sale - Emerald / Eclipse- Price Reduced
Molded Emerald GREAT shape -- NEVER wrecked -- a proven contest winner. White/Red Has HS225BB's + MG on flaps. New battery pack. Set up for RR Eagle Ballast. - $550 without receiver. Eclipse V - GREAT shape - All 141's. Contest winner -- wonderful thermaller and still a contender. White/Red $500 without receiver. Will ship in the US for cost of postage. This message is intended only for the use of the Addressee and may contain information that is PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please erase all copies of the message and its attachments and notify Space Imaging immediately. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Olympic II
I'm scratch building an Oly II for a friend and got to wondering what the airfoil is. Anyone have an idea? Thanks. Rick Van Clief RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] cold (or cool) weather gloves
Hey now, I use bicycle touring gloves. Nice, warm, and no fingertips so I can feel the sticks. They work pretty well for most NorCal coastal flying. There's als hunter's gloves set up so you can slide one finger and thumb out, even better... Then there's the transmitter mitts but they're too warm for my conditions. RobII *'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.* [EMAIL PROTECTED] Erica Frank Rob Carter II I believe in nothing; everything is sacred. I believe in everything; nothing is sacred. --The Chink RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] high lift pss!
Hey now, I must be learning to fly after all this time. I was given a very used BD-5 pss plane with a chunk out of the wing. I filled the hole with a large piece of balsa and cleaned the whole thing up. The thing's got a 42 span and weighs around ninty oz., talk about a hiugh wing loading! Well this weekend at pacifica the wind was up and I finaly got up the nerve to fling it off the cliff. I've never flown so fast (non-powered) This thing made my avocet feel like a floater! serious verticals, and rolls like I've never seen before, like eight or more in level flight! I'm hooked! Now to get rid of all my midlevel planes... My Bob Martin coyote, and wood fuse rennegade are slugs! The Avocet seems slow! GIVE ME FLYING BRICKS!!! This is just like flying a pattern ship! I gotta build a clean one next (the bd has had four previous owners and it's beat! but wooo hooo!). I.S.R. here I come!!! RobII P.S. thanks for leting me spew this at somebody, my wife just doesn't understand... *'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.* [EMAIL PROTECTED] Erica Frank Rob Carter II I believe in nothing; everything is sacred. I believe in everything; nothing is sacred. --The Chink RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] 2 NIB Artimus KC's....
For sale: 2 NIB Artimus KC's. One has a KC fuselage and wing $625 plus shipping. One has a standard glass fuselage and KC wing $600 plus shipping. There are pictures at: www.aerofoam.com/artipage.htm Mark Mech [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.aerofoam.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [RCSE] Receiver in an HLG
The 555 is .55 oz without the case. How can you save .6 oz? GET THE 555! Mark -Original Message- From: Marcio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 10:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Jeff Nibler Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] Receiver in an HLG I was going to buy a feather for a HLG Im building. I thought the .60 ounces less weight was worth the limited range. Now, as more and more bad comments are raised against the Fether, I'm in doubt. Please help me anyone with experience in this matter. Thanks in advance. Marcio ** This message is intended only for the use of the Addressee and may contain information that is PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please erase all copies of the message and its attachments and notify Space Imaging immediately. ** RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] cold (or cool) weather gloves
Erica and or Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use bicycle touring gloves. Nice, warm, and no fingertips so I can feel the sticks. They work pretty well for most NorCal coastal flying. There is also hunter's gloves set up so you can slide one finger and My solution exactly. The hunter style gloves can be terrific, even including fold back velcro down tips. I bought mine at Jay's, but sportmart, sport chalet etc. most likely sell them as well. MS _ Sign up for FREE email from 'Kids Love Guns' and other insane addresses at http://www.tshirthell.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Ellipse 2V for sale, includes rare electric Ellipse fuse.
I am making room for other toys and something must go. Ellipse 2V for sale. Perfect F3F glider or all around sloper.I am selling this with an additional Ellipse 2ET, the electric fuse. The 2V is a yellow fuse, wing is yellow top/ purple bottom and it has Ellipse 2 on the upper wing. It has hitec 85 MG's throughout. It has the usual minor scratches under the wing. One wing tip was damaged on the leading edge but it comes with a new tip plus the old tip. Nose cone has scratches from landings. Also included is an electric fuse for those days when the gliders are grounded. This Ellipse 2ET, T-tail fuse, brushless Kontronic motor, speed controller, Rx and Rx battery are all included. Fuse has damage from some crashes, all repaired. This plane goes up like a rocket and the pack gives u 3 climbouts to speck height! The wing from the glider is simply transferred to the electric or vice versa. It is very easy to access the battery and motor as the e-cone slips out of the e-fuse. As new the whole package would cost over $2700. Asking $1400 or best offer for whole package. Shipping extra From Walnut Creek, California. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Success! 1st molded fuse.
By now you should be use to my chatty ways. :-) The layup was 1 layer 0.75 oz FG, 4 CF tows down sides and around hatch and wing saddle area, and 1 layer 3 oz satin weave FG (on bias). Came out of the mold at 0.5 oz. The lost foam too-much-epoxy fuse weighed in at 2.3 oz. Since I made the nose a tad longer on the new one, I hope to not have to add the nearly 2 oz lead to balance the new plane and I hope to be able to keep her around 10oz, compared to the 15.4 oz I had for the last one. The layup I used seems a bit squishy in a couple of areas between the seams and the tows, especially the bottom under the wing saddle area. I figure the ply blocks I'm going to glue into the saddle to bolt the wings down will help that be less of a problem. God willing, I will have the plane built by this weekend. Lots-o-fun! Although I looked at a lot of web sites to get information, I kept coming back to Chris Adams site at: http://scrollsander.com/Soaring-Fuselayup.htm and the photos provided by Tracy Brown at: http://www.monkeytumble.com/hlg/ If you are out here, thanks a bunch! John Gossett = John Gossett, Austin Texas RC Soaring Site: http://www.geocities.com/johntestsgo/index.html __ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [RCSE] cold (or cool) weather gloves
What I've used in the past has been glove liners for motocross gloves. They're thin wool gloves that are designed to go inside your existing motocross gloves. Where they differ from what you're using now is that the palms up through the finger tips are covered with a polka dot pattern of rubberized dots, giving you good grip even when wet. The ones I have are several years old and made by JT. You can get them from most motorcycle accessory places. Rick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 5:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RCSE] cold (or cool) weather gloves As winter approaches here in Southern California, I'm wondering what other guys use to keep their hands warm while flying in reasonably cool, or cold conditions. I have a pair of thin wool gloves. They do a pretty good job of protecting my hands from the wind chill, but they make it very slippery when trying to handle a plane for launching, or even just holding a radio. Anyone have a better suggestion for a thin (i.e. not cumbersome) glove that is fairly grippy? Brett 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] Re: Olympic II
I'd guess a size 12W tennis or maybe the Aquila airfoil. If you're scratch building, why not do something like a d-tubed Clark Y? Would probably fly better, tho more work. You'd have to work to keep the tips light. THere's probably a hi tech equivalent that would be just a bit better, I suppose, but that's not as much fun. I think Selig has done a flat bottom high lift airfoil, but I don't know if it's any good. BTW, I don't mean a generic that reminds me of a Clark Y, I mean a REAL CLark Y with the exact coordinates. The Oly flys really well, but it is rather slow. I think the Clark Y would slow down about the same but go faster when needed. I put my stock Oly in the trees earlier this year when I flew aggressively and couldn't get back. vanclief wrote: I'm scratch building an Oly II for a friend and got to wondering what the airfoil is. Anyone have an idea? Thanks. -- Lincoln Ross RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] predator
Supposedly an inverted v-tail is more efficient, isn't it? OTOH, it could have to do with not blocking some of the transmit/receive antennas from an overhead view. Bill Harris wrote: Interesting weapons we can come up with. I wonder what the advantage of the inverted v-tail is? --Bill From: tony estep [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RCSE] predator Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 20:46:08 -0800 (PST) for a 3-view of the Predator UAV that killed Mohammed Atef and performed other heroics, check out: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2001/military_fact_files/support_predator.stm __ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com 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/intl.asp RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- _ Brett Jaffee [EMAIL PROTECTED] R/C Slope and Power Homepage http://home.earthlink.net/~jaffee The Unoffical Extra 300 Home Page http://members.nbci.com/bjaffee/extra300/ OnTheWay Quake 3 Server Utility http://www.planetquake.com/ontheway _ RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Simba
I have 5 Simba F5b models available for immediate sale, first come first serve.; Call, email for great price. John D. Endless Mountain Models 570-596-2392 eve eastern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.scalesoaring.net/EMM/rand.htm RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Shoron Pros due in
I have Sharon Pro's due in one week, one is available, special price of $785.00 FOB My shop. red bottom wing white on top with in the mold painted lettering. John D. Endless Mountain Models [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.scalesoaring.net/EMM/rand.htm RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
