[RCSE] re: adjustable towhook
I have an organic with the same tow hook and it isnt very adjustable, but it is strong and light. If someone has it rigged as adjustable, I would certainly like to see it or read how they did it... Would be nice to have an adjustable towhook on my organic. Matt Message: 1 Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 08:45:18 -0500 From: Ben Diss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] Adjustable tow hook Kurt, Check out the titanium hook that Star Flight sells. This is the one used on the Organic, Graphite, etc. http://www.jutstar.com/sf/tow_hook.htm -Ben Zimmerman, Kurt wrote: Looking for a source for an adjustable tow hook. Want to know what is commercially available before I consider rolling my own. Thanks in advance. Kurt 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] __ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] re: adjustable towhook
Simple. Extend the hole aft and slide the hook back. Loosen one screw and remove the other. Extend one hole and replace the removed screw. Reverse the process for the other screw. -Ben Matt Fair wrote: I have an organic with the same tow hook and it isnt very adjustable, but it is strong and light. If someone has it rigged as adjustable, I would certainly like to see it or read how they did it... Would be nice to have an adjustable towhook on my organic. Matt Message: 1 Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 08:45:18 -0500 From: Ben Diss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] Adjustable tow hook Kurt, Check out the titanium hook that Star Flight sells. This is the one used on the Organic, Graphite, etc. http://www.jutstar.com/sf/tow_hook.htm -Ben Zimmerman, Kurt wrote: Looking for a source for an adjustable tow hook. Want to know what is commercially available before I consider rolling my own. Thanks in advance. Kurt 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] __ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.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] re: adjustable towhook
Matt, It is very easy to make the stock Organic hook adjustable. Where you currently have holes drilled for the machine screws just make a slot in the bottom of the fuse. The inner piece of the tow hook is wide enough to carry the loads as is the fuselage bottom. I have been using this method for years with the standard tow hooks that mount in a blind not that is glued in a plywood carrier in the fuse. See Ya, Pat McCleave Wichita, KS Ps, I first heard of this method from Ed Slegers. - Original Message - From: Matt Fair [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 4:40 PM Subject: [RCSE] re: adjustable towhook I have an organic with the same tow hook and it isnt very adjustable, but it is strong and light. If someone has it rigged as adjustable, I would certainly like to see it or read how they did it... Would be nice to have an adjustable towhook on my organic. Matt Message: 1 Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 08:45:18 -0500 From: Ben Diss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] Adjustable tow hook Kurt, Check out the titanium hook that Star Flight sells. This is the one used on the Organic, Graphite, etc. http://www.jutstar.com/sf/tow_hook.htm -Ben Zimmerman, Kurt wrote: Looking for a source for an adjustable tow hook. Want to know what is commercially available before I consider rolling my own. Thanks in advance. Kurt 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] __ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.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] Adjustable tow hook
In a message dated 1/25/02 You wrote: Looking for a source for an adjustable tow hook. Want to know what is commercially available before I consider rolling my own. Kurt, I have a few aluminum adjustables with SS hooks available. Check my web site www.hilaunch.com Don Richmond San Diego, CA
Re: [RCSE] re: adjustable towhook
The adjustable towhook is a complex piece of equipment. Don't attempt this without adult supervision. I was disappointed that I could make a towhook without having to use my milling machine. See http://www.eclipse.net/~mikel/towhook/towhook.html RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Adjustable tow hook
For those who like fancy machined hooks, these are really nicely done. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a few aluminum adjustables with SS hooks available. Check my web sitewww.hilaunch.com Don Richmond San Diego, CA RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [RCSE] 6.0v rx packs for hitec rx's
Not really IMHO...I say that because when you up the voltage by going to a 5-cell pack you do the following: 1) Over-stress the equipment when using a freshly charged pack. A 5-cell pack, freshly charged, puts out almost 7 volts. 2) Increase the current draw of the equipment resulting in less flying time 3) Increase the speed/torque but you also decrease the life expectancy of your servos 4) Some equipment seems to get a little nervous on 5-cells yet is fine on a standard 4-cell pack My question would be WHY? If you want more speed/torque the best way to get it is to upgrade the servos. That's my $.02 FWIW Sheldon YNT uDesign You Need This! Home of the BC6 Flight Monitor -Original Message- From: bcourtice [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 6:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RCSE] 6.0v rx packs for hitec rx's I am thinking of trying some 6v batteries in my hitec 555 and supreme 7 rx's. Is this a good idea? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 1/21/2002 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: Height of wings (was:Re: [RCSE] Print Screen Function GOT IT !)
On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm, (I'm guessing here), but I would think it would not matter where the cg was located vertically. The CG is generally checked horizontally on the underside of the wing surface only. If it's balanced correctly what difference could it make? The only detrimental thing about a low wing is the loss of stability through packing a fuselage rather than carrying one. But couldn't you increase the dihedral enough to make up for it anyway? I think you could *decrease* dihedral, and this is why: if roll is normally gained by the increase in lift on the outside wing, then, on a less stable (read: changes attitude faster) plane, it will roll faster. To compensate, the dihedral should be less. It can't be zero, of course, because then there would be no roll to start with. Good discussion, I'm scratch building one here myself, and had been thinking about ways to keep the tail section from trailing through the wing vortices. That was my thought. Also, cooler. I've seen some slope racers that have a low wing (I'm looking through my ooold RCSDs fromthe 80s that someone gave me and I see a couple; one called Penetrator, one called the Song Bird, another called Slopar, ...damn, I think the one I really liked was in a book I no longer have.), and I think that the low fuse may be prevalent because of the javlin throw and the necessity to have something to hold. The fact that this isn't widely done, though, leads me to feel not that it's not a good idea, but that it *may* not be, and it would be good to proceed with caution. Dammit, tomorrow will be a beautiful flying day, and me with nothing to fly. -J RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] 6.0v rx packs for hitec rx's
I have had experience with the JR 610 reciever not liking 5 cell. It will glitch on a fully charged pack. This showed up on a 1/6 scale extra that I had. I switched back to 4 cells. I saw a guy with a BIG DC-3 fight a glitch problem for 30 min. I suggested to him that it might be his 5 cell pack. He did not think that was it but the problem went away after the radio had been on a while. Mike - Original Message - From: Sheldon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'bcourtice' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 8:21 PM Subject: RE: [RCSE] 6.0v rx packs for hitec rx's Not really IMHO...I say that because when you up the voltage by going to a 5-cell pack you do the following: 1) Over-stress the equipment when using a freshly charged pack. A 5-cell pack, freshly charged, puts out almost 7 volts. 2) Increase the current draw of the equipment resulting in less flying time 3) Increase the speed/torque but you also decrease the life expectancy of your servos 4) Some equipment seems to get a little nervous on 5-cells yet is fine on a standard 4-cell pack My question would be WHY? If you want more speed/torque the best way to get it is to upgrade the servos. That's my $.02 FWIW Sheldon YNT uDesign You Need This! Home of the BC6 Flight Monitor -Original Message- From: bcourtice [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 6:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RCSE] 6.0v rx packs for hitec rx's I am thinking of trying some 6v batteries in my hitec 555 and supreme 7 rx's. Is this a good idea? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 1/21/2002 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] More Southwest Classic Contest Updates
More SWC info has been posted to the web site to answer many questions I am receiving. The link below goes straight to the page and covers the flight tasks, landing tasks, schedule of events, practice days and locations etc. The weatherman is predicting possible rain on Wednesday from a winter storm up north. They predict clear but cool through the weekend. The temp was 75 here in Phoenix today and the flying was great out at the club field. The highs on the SWC weekend may only be 64 or 65 so be advised. Night time temps at Schnepf Farms might be in the mid 30's but it warms up quick when the sun is out. The hand launch golf event on Friday is still accepting entries. http://www.swlink.net/~ghanson/golf.htm Additional SWC info: http://www.scalesoaring.com/swc2002/generalinfo.htm Dave Wenzlick Mesa AZ SWC home http://www.rcaz.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Profi related: Thanks to...
...Cap'n Jack. He sorted out how to get the Combi Switch for my rudder coupling kickin' in as I pull flaps. I've set it so it comes in at about 25-30% flap movement. Now I just need to put my landing flight mode on the same stick, and sort out how to program a delay on the elevator, but only as it compensates in pitch for flap use. Doubtful I'll mess with the delay for Phoenix, but I will have the landing flight mode kicked in by the flap stick. More to come on the Fusion after some more time on it tomorrow. I am pretty impressed with it's slow speed performance. If anyone wants the instructions on how to put the combi switch on the flap stick, send me an e-mail offline, and I'll forward. Thanks Jack!!! Daryl RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] SWC Night Pylon Race
Pilots Same as before. Stock Speed 400 motors , 6 or 7.2 volts, Battery 7 or 8 cells, 500 or 600 ma. Foam only for safety. For more info. contact Merrill or Ron at the addresses's below. Signups at the MM Glidertech booth. Cylumes will also be available there . Thank You, Merrill , Margaret, and Ron, P.s. Ask Margaret for best price on the Wedgie if you mention this pathetic post.!!! - Forwarded message -- From: Merrill Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ronald L Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 25 Jan 02 17:02:34 -0800 Subject: Night Pylon Race Subject: Night Pylon Race Sent:1/25/02 5:01 PM To: Ronald L Adams, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ron can you post for about the night Pylon race. And add pilots should bring some kind of head safety gear( bike helmet). Merrill RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] For sale: 2 meter Prodigy kit NIB
For sale: 2 meter Prodigy kit NIB. Not many of these RES built-up kit around these days. $100 shipped any where in the USA. If no bites here, off to Ebay it goes. Aloha to all on RCSE, Al Battad-WH6VE AMA #506981 RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
