[RCSE] For Sale Tragi 705
Tragi 705 cross tail NIB White over blue with blue faded tips. Obviously perfect since it's new. My Icons are just too good so will not be needing this incredibly nice plane. I have no idea what the availability is on these through Tom but mine's ready to ship NOW! No giveaways this time as I could easily just keep it. Still, it's a good deal at $1300 shipped between oceans. Please, no hard time on this one guys, just really interested folks. Anyone out there got a light Icon they want to trade? Bet not. Thanks, Randy McCleave RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
Re: [RCSE] Radial vs. Turbine
What about the whoosh of an aerobatic Fox cruising across a slope at full boogie? Isn't this a soaring list? :) So the question boils down to either a Radial or Turbine engine. Sorry Dan, I'll vote for a radial every time. Multiple radials in formation are even better. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
RE: [RCSE] FAI Licenses-Eligibility
Jim, Thanks for the info. I guess Mark will just have to choose. Jerry Miller SOSS-Medford, OR -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 11:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RCSE] FAI Licenses-Eligibility From the current FAI sporting code Section 4 (Aeromodeling), Volume ABR, Subsection 4B.3.2 I paraphrase the following: The team members (pilots), team manager, and assistant team manager must hold valid FAI sporting licenses to participate in International competition. Since team selection contests are not International contests, technically FAI licenses should not be required. It is customary to have them, though. We did so for the 2000 F3B Team Selection contest in Sacramento, even though it was only an AMA sanctioned contest. I don't recall if it was required by AMA or by our AMA-F3B liason Buzz Averill, or just something we did. I also don't know what was done for the 2002 Team Selection contest, I didn't attend. Jim Thomas, retired 2003 USA F3B Team Manager RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
Re: [RCSE] Radial vs. Turbine
At 06:16 PM 10/17/2003, Steven Bixby wrote: What about the whoosh of an aerobatic Fox cruising across a slope at full boogie? Isn't this a soaring list? :) * BING * 8-) That get's my blood flowing. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
Re: [RCSE] Radial vs. Turbine
I'll take sitting in an F86 at full throttle just before brake release. The rush is overwhelming. Ed Whyte / Whyte Wings 780 Mohican Dr. Lake Havasu City, AZ 86406 - Original Message - From: Bill Swingle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chuck Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 4:10 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Radial vs. Turbine So the question boils down to either a Radial or Turbine engine. Sorry Dan, I'll vote for a radial every time. Multiple radials in formation are even better. Bill Swingle Janesville, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
[RCSE] Laptops? need advice from the nerds.....
OK guys I need advice from the super geeks.(I know there are a few of you out there) It is time for a new laptop (or a desktop AND a laptop) for Aerofoam. I have been looking, but haven't made any firm choices. It must have: P4 at least 2.4ghz. 60 to 80gig HD. Video inputs so I can use it in the field as a UAV monitor. Good video performance for editing. Good performance with flight simulators. Good graphics processing. onboard wireless would be nice. Reasonable battery operation, 3 hours + would be good. Nvidia video card with 64meg video ram for 3d CAD operations. I am still hacking away on a 380mhz Compaq so I am seriously deprived, if you can think of other useful features, let me know. I was very impressed with the LCD screen on the new Fujitsu, it even looks good from way off to the side, I would like to get that type of screen on whatever I end up with. I won't even consider a pc with a celeron processor and also won't buy a Compaq or HP. Mark Mech www.aerofoam.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
RE: [RCSE] Laptops? need advice from the nerds.....
Take the advice from someone that... 1. Has owned 4 personal laptops... 2. Works for a software development company that buys a lot of laptops... Stick with the Compaq line. Buy yourself a new one with all the bells and whistles. Don't fall for all the slick marketing from Gateway, Dell and others. My first laptop was a Compaq. My latest is a Compaq and any future ones will be Compaq. I've learned my lessson... the hard way. I have horror stories, either experienced personally or through my company, associated with all brands except Compaq. I'm sure there are people with Compaq horror stories as well but from my point of view and, IMHO, Compaq is your best bet! My boss, who has the money to buy whatever he wants, bought himself a Compaq... partly after listening to my line of reasoning. Dave RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
Re: [RCSE] Laptops? need advice from the nerds.....
My hands-down always-recommend for laptops is the Dell Inspiron series. I have an Inspiron 8000 from a couple of years ago, and while it's getting dated (only 1ghz), it fills most of your conditions as is. The LCD is great! I like high resolution and the 1600x1200 is awesome, to me. The fonts are a bit on the small side for some people at that resolution and standard size fonts. Other comments: Battery operation Horsepower and Long Battery Life are pretty much mutually exclusive. You can buy a second battery pack for the Inspirons that goes in place of the removable floppy drive. (When's the last time you used a floppy?) As it is, my I8K gets around 2.5 hours if I'm not spinning a CD/DVD or surfing the wireless network. (I use a 802.11b PCMCIA card). If I'm doing either or both, it goes down to around 1.5h. I think newer laptops with the new mobile versions of the processors are a little better in this regard. Also - bear in mind that most laptop designs are normally configured to run the CPU at a lower speed to preserve battery life, so you depower a little while on battery. Point being - you can consider trading battery life for more power and V/V. Wireless - most new 'tops have the built-in wireless chipsets now. Memory - don't pay the maker too much for extra memory - check Crucial.com and see what their matching memory goes for before splurging from the maker. Dell offers the 64MB DDR NVIDIA® GeForceT 4 4200 Go video option, that should suit your video needs. Hard drives - the price a goes up somewhat exponentially for larger drives, and battery life goes down a bit with the faster drives. I like using a 200G firewire drive at home for holding most of the stuff I wouldn't use away from home anyway. So balance your space needs against the quickly-rising extra 20 or 40G of drive space. I'm unfamiliar with the Fujitsu screen you mention, but the new Dell screen is apparently the Bees Knees. Good luck and have fun! I'd bought mine while contracting for a company that essentially dot-commed, and they were supposed to reimburse me, so I picked out what I felt was a solid machine for me and for a little bit of the future. It's been phenomonally great. No question about it in my mind, Dell Laptops are excellent. - Original Message - From: Aerofoam [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: RCSE [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 4:21 PM Subject: [RCSE] Laptops? need advice from the nerds. OK guys I need advice from the super geeks.(I know there are a few of you out there) It is time for a new laptop (or a desktop AND a laptop) for Aerofoam. I have been looking, but haven't made any firm choices. It must have: P4 at least 2.4ghz. 60 to 80gig HD. Video inputs so I can use it in the field as a UAV monitor. Good video performance for editing. Good performance with flight simulators. Good graphics processing. onboard wireless would be nice. Reasonable battery operation, 3 hours + would be good. Nvidia video card with 64meg video ram for 3d CAD operations. I am still hacking away on a 380mhz Compaq so I am seriously deprived, if you can think of other useful features, let me know. I was very impressed with the LCD screen on the new Fujitsu, it even looks good from way off to the side, I would like to get that type of screen on whatever I end up with. I won't even consider a pc with a celeron processor and also won't buy a Compaq or HP. Mark Mech www.aerofoam.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
Re: [RCSE] Laptops? need advice from the nerds.....
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Re: [RCSE] Laptops? need advice from the nerds.....
Mark, Go here: http://www.winbook.com/ Dan --- Aerofoam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK guys I need advice from the super geeks.(I know there are a few of you out there) It is time for a new laptop (or a desktop AND a laptop) for Aerofoam. I have been looking, but haven't made any firm choices. It must have: P4 at least 2.4ghz. 60 to 80gig HD. Video inputs so I can use it in the field as a UAV monitor. Good video performance for editing. Good performance with flight simulators. Good graphics processing. onboard wireless would be nice. Reasonable battery operation, 3 hours + would be good. Nvidia video card with 64meg video ram for 3d CAD operations. I am still hacking away on a 380mhz Compaq so I am seriously deprived, if you can think of other useful features, let me know. I was very impressed with the LCD screen on the new Fujitsu, it even looks good from way off to the side, I would like to get that type of screen on whatever I end up with. I won't even consider a pc with a celeron processor and also won't buy a Compaq or HP. Mark Mech www.aerofoam.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. __ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
[RCSE] De emphasized landings at Midsouth???
The only way to de tune the landing value is to not have landing points. George Joy won the world electric soaring class...on landing points. Most every soaring event ends up with landing points being the decider. When we show up at an event we have a tool with us...our partner.. you might refer to it as your sailplane. The two of you walk up to the pilots meeting and get your assignments. "here's the target tasks and heres the landing tasks". And we head out to do our taskswe CAN''T beat anyone else cuz we have no way to affect what the other guys do that day. We can simply do our best to perform the tasks as assigned. The team that does the tasks the best gets paid the most. Now if we take out half of the event tasks (PRECISION landings), and turn it into a (snore) marathon of sitting in thermals until its time to come downfly over the field until the clock says one second left then push the model down for the ground based object touch, we then have models all over the field to walk for. Why not be whacky? and really this is a crazy conceptwhy not EMPHASIZE practicing precision landings when you go out to practice for the season of contests? PRACTICE its like going to the field, flying every flight on purpose...that is with your talking timer counting you down. NEVER land without a target DARE some contest director to create a fun and challenging landing target ? The Mid South Soaring Championships is not a fun fly. It is one of the major Thermal Duration Soaring Events held in the USA. if any of you don't believe that, just ask the guys who have hosted it Its not a weekend club contest, its not a state contest. Its a contest where RC TD guys can challenge theirselves to do what ever task is offered. Contestants who show up at Visalia, Phoenix, Nats or Midsouth head there with an attitude of determination. They have prepared and practiced and practiced more. One of them gets the best trophy the rest of us get to share the fun..and hopefully learn somethings by being pushed to fly better, read air better, and control their sailplane better. Dumbing down an AMERICAN contest is not what Americans have ever been about. We fear nothing and will face anything. WE created Extreme sports. Don't worry about whether its a soaring priority or landing priorityjust come and have some fun. Thermal duration RC Sailplaning has nothing to do with 'soaring'...it is specifically about doing the assigned tasks..offered when you get to the field. You can 'soar' at home and not lose any landing points. :-) Stand up tall, ONLY in AMERICA will you find Pac Man as a landing task, or a shuffle boardand SKEGscuz Americans love a crazy challenge. Gordy Just love being crazy :-)
[RCSE] Short circles for landings.... are still landing points that will...
determine the winner of the event. If the claim is that you guys can always make your time but can't make landings, it doesn't matter if they landing was 5 points in a 50' circle. All that will do is get evey one sort of landing in a general area...and possibly cause a bunch of ties for fly offs. And if you make the flight tasks 20mins, then you'll have lots of guys sitting for most of the day. You have lots of guys sitting way up in thermals saying to their timers, is it over yet? :-) Spot landing, with a 10' tape, marked from 0 to 20 at center might be better (2 points per foot from spot). ESL uses 3' tape spot landing, 25 points in or out , at times. Very few ties. Bill G.
[RCSE] I know where there is a cherry Sharon for sale loaded too!
$990 with all Volz gear...ready to fly. V tail and in excellent shape. Not flown much. I saw it. That's over $300 in servos and the plane alone sells for around $900. A Sharon managed to win at the Nats ! If you want it shoot me a note and I get you the guy's email. Gordy
[RCSE] Ties...I love ties
Nothing quite as exciting as being, or seeing the two biggest dogs of the weekend going head to head for all the money..That is C00L.. ;o) What's wrong with ties other than it prolongs the fun?? Brian RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
[RCSE] Re: Skies Over Tullahoma
Big Red is probably my favorite airplane in this world. If I had whatever I wanted in this world that Staggerwing, with the leather interior, would be mine. I heard that Mr. Parrish (the owner) owns a factory that makes baseball gloves and he'd had a bunch of skins specially selected for the interior. It's a thing of beauty. If you ever get to Tullahoma I'd recommend a trip to the Staggerwing museum. Maybe I'll have to make a road trip. happy trails - Rob Glover The skies over Tullahoma today were filled with the wonderful sounds of the big radial engines of Beechcraft Stagerwings. The annual Stagerwing Fly In is being held this weekend at the Stagerwing Museum located at the Tullahoma, TN airport. Nothing sounds better than a formation of Stagerwings flying overhead. That's what airplane engines are supposed to sound like. Chuck Anderson RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
[RCSE] Re: Rx Switch
Pastor Bill - While I like the switch jacks for hand launch gliders, I still like a slide switch for bigger planes. On my Addictions and Compulsion I make the servo tray large enough to mount a standard slide switch. The nose cone comes off easily enough that it's not inconvenient to open the nose up to get at the switch. I've never had one fail yet, knock wood. happy trails - Rob Glover I'd like your recommendation for a high quality SWITCH between the 800 mAh battery and JR R700 Rx in my Compulsion? I have several switch jacks from ShreadAir (great quality), but don't like drilling holes in the fiberglass fuse to mount it. Will any switch do? Your thoughts? Pastor Bill RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
