Re: [RCSE] He who launches highest wins...NOT!
Keep on dreaming Bruce! --- GG On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 02:35:21 Got2soar wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: No other event at Nats last year showed a turnout loss like this. Because all the westerners were scared the locals were gonna kick their asses:-) Bruce Davidson Louisville, KY RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your boss reading your email? Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [RCSE] Titanium rods wanted?
Yes, actually. try www.smallparts.com ... Good Luck, Brent -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 12:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RCSE] Titanium rods wanted? Anybody got a source for Titanium rods, tubes etc.? (Other than DOD or NASA). RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Low HL turnout at NATS, Weather or DLG related?
Dudes One point that I did notice regarding lower turnouts was that all of this was new and guys were hanging back waiting to see what developed. They were waiting to buy a plane till it all sorted out a little. After the Nats when HL season should have been winding down a little a lot of planes were delivered. I think you will see a lot of guys back on the roster this year. DLG's are expensive and a lot of guys weren't ready to plop down the whole handlaunch budget early in the year only to find out they bought the wrong plane. (you know, someone else's:-) Sorry I couldn't resist:-) Denny Maize Polecat Aeroworks (717) 789-0146 [EMAIL PROTECTED] A HREF=http://www.polecataero.com;http://www.polecataero.com/A RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Messy shop thread
My new shop is neat and clean (mostly). I posted more pictures http://adesigner.com/brass/room.htm I took up 3 rooms in the house and had to build a 30 x 32 shop. Now my wife has the house back. Stephen Syrotiak wrote: That's disgusting! Or is that the part of the shop where the sitting and thinking is done? :) Seriously, are you building out in the barn or something Regards, -- Stephen Syrotiak Building Service Southern Connecticut 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 Member BBB (Better Business Bureau) AAM (American Association of Museums) VAM (Virginia Association of Museums) BRIC (Blue Ridge Inventors' Club) AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics) RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: [RCSE] Fusion from NSP, a slightly biased report
As I understand it, the model with Joe's airfoil is so good, you don't have to do any flying to get the time, and the MPX radio is programmed to do all the landing. I guess you won't have to go to contests anymore. Just send the model and transmitter and let someone hold it while the model and radio wins the contest for you. Cool. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Fusion from NSP/quote OTW
If DP says it, I believe it, but Do I smell the quote of this week?? Brian Smith With the Profi, you can accomplish miracles, both for landing, and for normal flight. I thought it would be this one: I'm going to make it easier to fly. The planform may be a bit aggressive for most of you. Dieter RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] HLG Practice Tasks and Flight tasks
CAn I get some ideas as to what pilots are doing to develop their skills for HLG tasks? What are the tasks for contest? I know of Poway, the NAts, the F3 series. What else? Any real fun stuff. Anyone still doing limbos and loops? At one time there was an event where your inverted flight time was scored. Thanks, Chris RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Fusion from NSP/quote OTW
Good. But I thought the best quote was: Very controllable even at stupidly slow speeds. I played some today with running it out of energy short, just to learn it... I've used this excuse many times myself. :-) Rick At 07:31 AM 1/28/02 -0800, Dieter @ ShredAir wrote: If DP says it, I believe it, but Do I smell the quote of this week?? Brian Smith With the Profi, you can accomplish miracles, both for landing, and for normal flight. I thought it would be this one: I'm going to make it easier to fly. The planform may be a bit aggressive for most of you. Dieter 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] Fusion from NSP/quote OTW
In a message dated 01/28/2002 9:36:58 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I thought it would be this one: I'm going to make it easier to fly. The planform may be a bit aggressive for most of you. Dieter Headlines of the week of Arizona Contest: Aggressive Planform Holds most of Contest Attendees Hostage An aggressive planform, armed with a German transmitter held police at bay when it threatened entrants in a sailplane contest last week. Sources close to the event said that police are trying to contact a shadowy character known only as DP who is suspected of having sent the device to the event. He is said to be one of only a handful of people known to be able to control the planform. He is said to reside somewhere in California. Bill Wingstedt RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] DLG
John Erickson has it right. To paraphrase an old saying Launch for show, fly for dough. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Messy shop thread
In a message dated 1/28/2002 9:23:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://adesigner.com/brass/room.htm Kool Beans Thomas They finally got you that padded room they have been reccomending:-) Denny Maize Polecat Aeroworks (717) 789-0146 [EMAIL PROTECTED] A HREF=http://www.polecataero.com;http://www.polecataero.com/A RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] The saga of Hard Luck Gomez
The Saga of Hard Luck Gomez At some point each of us comes to one of those moments in life that change everything, where the future course of one's whole existence can take this path or that, and there's no ducking it. When that moment came for Hard Luck Gomez, he may have made the wrong choice; or maybe not. See what you think. He could see it creeping up on him as the seasons came and went. He used to chat about it with his old buddy Chris Aliss as they hung around the dusty shop. Chris hadn't been out to the field for a long time, and was begining to recognize that his own career was over. Sometimes when HLG would come back from the field, he would fill Chris in with stories of what was happening out there, and HLG's stories made Chris nervous. HLG, said Chris Aliss, don't talk to me about those new guys spinnin' around and whirlin' up in the air outa sight. If I'm gonna launch, I want to see where I'm goin' and no spinnin' or none of that new-fangled stuff for me. Hard Luck didn't argue, but he was tempted to point out that Chris hadn't left his shelf for over a year. Still, Hard Luck was himself sticking to the old ways, and had never spun or whirled in his life. The very thought of it made him dizzy. He saw how the others did it, how excited they looked when they came down, and heard their chatter; but he clung to the idea that it just wasn't for him. It wasn't for him, that is, until the fateful sunny spring day when he met Daisy Lee. Hard Luck was lounging in the pits, trying to spit out a bit of grass that had slipped into his hatch, when a slinky composite with six servos sat down next to him. She was so close that she was almost touching him, and HLG felt a quiver in his boom. His mind raced. How could he start a conversation with this fox? Finally, he just blurted it out. Whoo, you look sleek! I'm Hard Luck Gomez. What's your name? She answered in a soft purr. Hi. I'm Daisy Lee Glitz, she murmured. My friends call me Diz. Pleased to meetcha, HLG offered. The ensuing silence was deafening. He had to think of something So, Diz, I have to ask. What is it like? What's what like, Hardy? she said in her throaty voice. I mean, what's -- what's it like to do all that spinning and zooming? Why Hardy, she replied. Are you one of those straight-ahead Boy Scouts? Not that there's anything wrong with that, she added quickly. Hey, big guy, if you've never tried it, you should. I mean -- it's a rush. She flicked her flaps demurely. Look, she volunteered. Watch me. I'm about to take off. Oh Hardy, just watch. See how I do it. It's so wonderful. Really. HLG stared transfixed as DLG stretched her wings and began to spin. Faster, faster -- zowie, what velocity! And then, with just the slightest fetching wiggle of her shapely tail, she was gone. Whooof! Look at that! Adrenalin surged through HLG's skinny frame. He knew that there was no turning back. When Daisy Lee returned, she was flushed with excitement. Her servos were buzzing. HLG could stand it no longer. Mustering up his courage, he whispered to her excitedly. Diz, can you show me? Do you think I can do it? It's easy, she assured him. Come on to the disco with me, Hardy. We'll spin together. It'll be fabulous. I dunno, Diz he faltered. Nobody has ever touched my tip -- that way, you know his voice trailed off. HardyHardygive me your tipspin with me Daisy Lee's voice was entreating, very soft, but Hard Luck heard nothing else. Let's get high, Hardy, really really high. Let me take you up. HLG felt his fears melting, replace by a sudden resolve, a passionate desire... Okay, he said forcefully. His spar was as stiff as carbon. Let's give it a whirl. The rest was just a blur. He seemed to see the world revolving at the speed of light, the horizon rising and falling like a carnival ride, and then -- just when he thought his body would fly apart -- he felt himself rising, not like before, but rocketing, zooming, far above the floodlights where he used to level off, up, up, up --- whh!! Back in the shop the next day, HLG slumped next to Chris Aliss. He ruefully surveyed his body. He had a break at one poly joint and incipient cracks in numerous other places. His tail was ragged, his horns were partly pulled out, and his fuse was blown. I guess I just wasn't made for it, Chris, he groaned. He waited for the burst of disapproval that he was sure Chris would register. But to his surprise, Chris gave him a kind look. Oh, what the hell, Hard Luck, he said in a reassuring voice. Never regret it, old friend. You did what all of us ought to do. You went out with one last great fling. And he raised his tail and gave HLG the V-sign. __ 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] She is only in highschool...how could she be so evil?
I resubscribed to RCSE just in time to read DPs post on the all new Fusion. Take a tip from Bozo... You will NEVER see The Great and Wonderful Bozo actually fly a contest... Why , You might ask. Because The Bozo always wins...so what would be the point...yawn...Bozo has to win, it's in the rules right on page # 8788...part 3...Look it up some time. But he does fly the best stuff...And Mike Lachowski has it right. You dont have to fly to win. I think DP is just beginning to understand this. (It has taken a few extra contests at the worlds to push him over the edge) And now in the words of the great CLIFF CLAVEN: Beer Norm? Why Not. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [RCSE] HLG tweaking tips?
In my opinion, a lot of the performance is gained or lost in HL in the amount of drag from the plane. With enough flying you can tell with a gentle launch how a plane is gliding; does it slip through the air, or does it drag like flying through molasses. But another big factor in drag, is how you fly. Any extra movements can really kill the performance in light lift. Over the weekend I was flying on a small slope and discovered a great difference in performance when I flew extremely smooth. My two cents, Bill Kuhl RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
