[RCSE] more Viking Race stuff
For those starving for VR info, Pierre Rondel just posted a good article about the goings on there on his web site. It also includes the results, along with who was flying what airplane... http://www.planet-soaring.com/ Pics too! Brett Jaffee: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brett's Slope and Power Home Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~jaffee OnTheWay Quake 3 server utility: http://www.planetquake.com/ontheway The Unoffical Extra 300 Home Page: http://bjaffee.tripod.com/extra300/ RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [RCSE] hitec eclipse 7, electric setup
re my problem with the Electric setup for an Eclipse, I did come up with a compromise. Since I have crow set up, I couldn't just assign the spoiler to motor easily (mostly because then you get into the game of throws: go to full throttle and flip the landing mode? turn off the crow and the motor fires up??). What I did was set the mixing switch (long one on the right) to be the control for the throttle - on and off for mixing, then the spoiler / left stick runs the motor linearily (sp?). I'm hoping this just is a stop-gap measure until this flyer gets used to using the on-off switch; I can't help but think that will be much less confusing. Thanks for the suggestions all, Brent RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Please read if you own a Stork or know someone who does
DECEMBER OR JANUARY PRIOR TO MY SONS DEATH IN MARCH HE, AARON, SOLD HIS STORK ON E-BAY TO SOMEONE I BELIEVE IN YOUR AREA. I DON'T KNOW THE GENTLEMAN'S NAME THAT BOUGHT IT BUT I KNOW THAT HE MET US IN MARYLAND TO PICK IT UP. THE SHIP IS WHITE WITH SOME SHADE OF PINK ON THE BOTTOM OF WINGS AND VEE'S AND ON TOP OF THE TIPS. I'M TRYING TO GET IT BACK IF POSSIBLE. I GOT HIS MAKO BACK THAT HE WON THE FLORIDA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH IN 99 WHEN WE LIVED IN FLORIDA. IF YOU MIGHT KNOW WHO HAS IT I WOULD APPRECIATE HIS E-MAIL ADDRESS. IF YOU DON'T I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ENERGY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PETE DARR[EMAIL PROTECTED] TG 32 Mount View DrAfton, VA 22920540 943-3356fax/ 943-4178
[RCSE] Sailplanes for Sale
Listed below are some sailplanes from a club member who passed away last year. Please contact the person listed below about these planes - PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO ME - I don't know anything about them. Wolf - WS 164, never flown, pale cream and blue - $800 or best offer (bo) Unknown scale Sail Plane - WS 134, air brakes, wood fus 60, open cockpit, radio - $ 700 or bo Unknown scale Sail Plane -WS 128, fus 69, air brakes, servos, 2 person cockpit, blue and red - $700 or bo Super Cub - WS 131' (1/3 scale), G62 gas engine, detailed cockpit, no flaps, servos, red, white and blue - $ 900 or bo Will welcome sale of complete package with large discount - Buyer pays all shipping and handling costs - Contact John Roenfeldt - e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 303.730.3995 or 720.351.0967 Jim Monaco Rocky Mountain Soaring Association Denver, CO -Original Message- From: pjawien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 5:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] DLG launch question FWIW, in learning to discus launch, I've found that it's more important to initially focus on correct footwork than arm motion. This clip of a world champion discus thrower shows the footwork clearly: http://www.throwfarther.org/videos/discus/lars_reidel_96.mpg I think I've seen that video about a thousand times, and practiced the footwork in my backyard, holding a stick instead of the plane (just don't let go!). If you download the adobe premiere demo, you can look at the clip in slow motion. The key to the windup is to have your lower body initially rotating faster than your upper body, allowing your body to 'coil.' If your feet are moving slowly, you will miss out on this, and rely too much on your arm. Once your footwork is really consistent, you will gradually throw harder and harder without having to 'muscle' the plane with your arm. The increase in launch speed will come from quicker feet, not your arm and wrist getting stronger. As with any sport, it's easier to develop good technique from the start rather than to fix hitches later on. Piotr --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Kevin Sheen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When using a momentarily on switch (like the snap roll switch on my JR 783) for launch presets, do you hold the switch on throughout the launch until right after release or do you just give it a brief 'blip' upon release? I'll be throwing an Uplink if that matters (no gyro). I used to play racquetball when I was in better shape and I had a decent wrist snap. When you launch do you try to minimize any wrist involvement or maximize it? When you first start throwing, can / should you start slowly in order to get the proper form before putting muscle behind it? I've checked out as many videos as I could find of people launching. I'm hoping I'm making a bigger deal out of it than it really is... Thanks in advance, Kevin 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] Computer crash
Hi friends, This is your friend The Zagiist speaking! Recent developement is powering a Zagi THL with a geared 300 motor - not a success as yet, but I haven't given up on it, yet! But now to the subject: I have had a flakey PC for a long while - but after coming home from a short vacation to our capital its Window Milennium Edition system decided to be terminally ill, so no Windows no more! The Linux system is up since yesterday night, and works well, but not fully configured yet (pictures and mpegs are still a bit off), so I lost all mail addresses I had. Please send me a line, so I can rebuild my past mail address index! Yours, on a sunny September afternoon (20.5 degrees C), Tord S Eriksson www.tord.nu RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Receiver MOST Resistant to Interference?
Dear Bill, I can assure you there are none. If you want to prove that, just run the test we use to qualify every new receiver design: 1) Put the receiver in an airplane big enough for you to see at 2,000 ft up. That will have to be at least six foot span for the average person. Our Tim and Howie can see much better than that as the airplane always disappears from my 69 year-old sight long before he quits climbing the airplane. 2) Install any receiver you want to check 3) Pick a clear day; don't try it when foggy , cloudy, or high humidity 4) Fly the airplane to the max distance you can see it. You had best do this overhead as it is difficult to see an airplane at 2,000+ ft down low against clutter 5) Collapse the transmitter antenna (Better yet , have someone else do it as you may lose sight while doing it yourself. 6) Fly the airplane with the antenna collapsed just as you normally would. 7) Turn on at least one adjacent channel transmitter and a 3rd order interferer while doing this. 8) DON'T DO THE FOLLOWING AS WE HAVE ALREADY DONE IT WITH M5: Turn on a transmitter on the same frequency and watch the SMART decoder reject that transmitter. CAUTION: If you try this, be sure to have a helper stand by to pull the transmitter antenna to full length. All this in a package that weighs about 9 grams. Happy flying, Fred Marks - Original Message - From: Bill Swingle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: RCSE [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 5:15 PM Subject: RE: [RCSE] Receiver MOST Resistant to Interference? In my search for the MOST interference resistant receiver, I decided to throw caution to the wind and purchased an FMA M5. Any other worthy options that are known to be technically superior? Bill Swingle Janesville, CA [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] Soar Utah Pics
Hi all, I've been slow in getting the pictures to the web this go-around, sorry. I've got a couple of pages of thumbnails this year also, so there are more pics. I left a lot more on the web site just to let you see some of the scenery, hope you don't mind. Also, I lost an update to the Sponsors page so will have to go back and research who has been left off. The sponsors were great! The sponsors page has and will be a great bookmark page. I'll get if fixed real soon. Thanks to all that attended Soar Utah this year, I had a great time and met a lot of new people. ..you meet the best people at Soar Utah! One last item, I have not put very many captions on the pics yet, it you would like to send me accurate information to put on a picture I would appreciate it. Thanks again, -Craig Coles IMSF Webmaster http://www.silentflyer.org/su2002_pictures.html http://www.silentflyer.org/su2002_sponsors.html -- Soar Utah 2002, Aug 30 - Sep 2 (it was great!) http://www.silentflyer.org RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Soaring Specialties web site
http://soaringspecialties.com/ Thanks to Ryan Flowers, my new website is up and running. I have a photo of the Bird of Time fuselage and our next kit, the BAe Hawk. Check it out. gv RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Airtronics rx?
Guys, I recently acquired a little slope foamie, ready to fly with servos and rx etc... The rx is an airtronic 92745 dual conversion with 51 xtal. I don't have that channel, so anyone either have an mpx cockpit tx 51 or an airtronics rx 55, 47 or 18? Sell or trade? Also what shift is airtonics? jr/mpx or hitec/futaba? --pat __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Airtronics rx?
Airtronix is same shift as JR, but is this an old Airtronix rec or a newer Z type. If it is the old one, be careful with the servos, as the wiring is not campatible with JR/Futaba/Hitec. If the connextors are same as Hitec, it should be Z type and pos is in the center of the three pin plug. If the plugs are thicker with ridges or grooves on one side of the plug, they are probably the older style and the Neg is in the center. .bc([EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.widomaker.com/~conk Williamsburg, VA 23185 On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Pat Sloan wrote: Guys, I recently acquired a little slope foamie, ready to fly with servos and rx etc... The rx is an airtronic 92745 dual conversion with 51 xtal. I don't have that channel, so anyone either have an mpx cockpit tx 51 or an airtronics rx 55, 47 or 18? Sell or trade? Also what shift is airtonics? jr/mpx or hitec/futaba? --pat __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.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] Slope Trash Magazine is back!
Greetings fellow Slopeheads, Thanks to an arrangement with the original publisher, Roy G. Biv, slopeflyer.com has agreed to provide server space so STM can again bring you the kind of stories you learned to love in the past! Here is a direct link to the Slope Trash Magazine home page: http://www.slopeflyer.com/artman/publish/cat_index_10.shtml Here is a bit from the new home of Slope Trash Magazine on what this site is all about: Slope Trash Magazine¹s future expansion and development will be driven by contributions from on-the-edge slope soaring fanatics (homo slopiens), and we look forward to presenting the writing and photography of as many contributors as we can. STM is not for kit reviews or promotion of any specific maker's products. Rather, it's a place for stories and images that express the spirit, irreverence and boldness of extreme R/C slope soaring in both humorous and solemn terms. Our aim is to publish the highest quality text and images, so send your best work. Like much of slopeflyer.com STM now incorporates a Content Management System that allows authors to post stories directly from their browser. If you would like to know more about how you can post to Slope Trash Magazine anywhere you have access to a computer and an Internet connection, please contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I will fill you in. You can always go to slopeflyer.com and find the link along the left nav bar as well. -- Greg Smith Slope Soaring Resource http://www.slopeflyer.com US distributor for Airtech Psychos and Pixels RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Slopin' After Reno Races
Does anyone plan on flying at Red Rock after the races on Saturday? Paul Siegel RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Older futaba modules in 9c?
Hello All, I have just bought a Futaba 9C and was wondering if some of the older modules made for the Super7 series of radios are compatible. Best Regards, Marc Webster RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [RCSE] 5ch. rx 8ch. tx
Your question illustrates a big advantage of the MPX transmitters. With MPX you're not limited which channel does what. You can select any channel to do any function. Very handy. Bill Swingle Janesville, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Soar Utah Pics
At 08:35 AM 9/12/02 -0600, Craig Coles wrote: Hi all, I've been slow in getting the pictures to the web this go-around, sorry. I've got a couple of pages of thumbnails this year also, so there are more pics. I left a lot more on the web site just to let you see some of the scenery, hope you don't mind. Also, I lost an update to the Sponsors page so will have to go back and research who has been left off. The sponsors were great! The sponsors page has and will be a great bookmark page. I'll get if fixed real soon. Thanks to all that attended Soar Utah this year, I had a great time and met a lot of new people. ..you meet the best people at Soar Utah! One last item, I have not put very many captions on the pics yet, it you would like to send me accurate information to put on a picture I would appreciate it. Thanks again, -Craig Coles IMSF Webmaster Craig, I looked at the sponsor list and it looks like Dave Sanders (Dave's Aircraft Works) didn't make it on the list. Tom Hoopes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
