[RCSE] Re: 14MZ

2004-12-14 Thread mode1

My JR radios have all been trouble free. Including my 10X.  BUT...if I
needed a new radio I would be tempted by the newest Futaba.  WOW factor
alone would be worth it. We are living/flying  in a great place in time
for RC. It's all good.


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[RCSE] Sharon Pro 3.7m V-Tail - anyone have any construction pictures?

2004-12-14 Thread Russ Light
Hi,
I was hoping someone could send me some pictures/advice of how they did the 
V-tail linkage on a newer Sharon Pro 3.7m V-Tail.  On mine the V-tail has 
music wire control horns that extend down.  The linkage provided for 
engaging the music wire is a clevis like link with a ball that can 
rotate.  The ball has a hole that the music wire passes through.  I believe 
other Sharon models use a more traditional ball link setup.  The linkage is 
straightforward but a trail fit of the v-tail on the fuselage showed that 
the tail of the fuselage is too long and block the music wire horns.  It 
seems like I have two options: 1) cut the fuselage back so that the 'horns' 
clear but expose all the linkage 2) slot the fuselage to allow the motion 
of the horns but this looks like it might be a little tight.  I'd 
appreciate any feedback especially a picture or two, thanks.


Regards,
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Re: [RCSE] Re: California Foam -Home Depot?

2004-12-14 Thread Len Revelle
wow! Guess that's the price you pay for a year round flying season. ;}
Schwemmer wrote:
Lowes and Home depot in SOCal require the buyer to purchase a minimum of
500 sheets before they will fill one order.
 


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[RCSE] California Foam- THANKS

2004-12-14 Thread Scobie Puchtler
Thanks to all for replies and suggestions and offers of help. My young
genius experimenter found white foam at a local Home Depot in the bay area,
which was perfect for his needs... cheap and plenty good for early cutting
experiments. His over the top excitement was just too cool. Check it out:
 
I went to home depot today. it was GREAT they only hade white foam but it
was really great they had allsorts of thicknesses. I bought one that was 1
1/2 inch sheet 2 feet by 4 feet i think it was $4.50. I also got a same
sized sheet but a little more then 3/4 it was like 3.50. really great
prices.
 
He had a crude flying wing cut, radio installed and gliding within a day of
his finding this 'foam goldmine'. 12 years old, built his own foamcutter.
Awesome. 
 
Lift,
Scobie at Liftworx
www.liftworx.com http://www.liftworx.com/ 
 
 

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[RCSE] Fut 14MZ - Same old revolutionary Multiplex ideas

2004-12-14 Thread Mike Shellim
 WOW factor alone would be worth it.

With all that computing power and memory, what a wonderful opportunity for
Futaba to develop a truly unlimited architecture like the 4000, married to a
truly elegant easy-to-use interface. However the blurb mentions 'supports 7
wing types' (groan!), which at a stroke indicates that the architecture is
essentially knobbled - if a little less knobbled than last years model.

As regards the programming interface, am I the only one to be underwhelmed
by screen shots on Jason.net?

http://www.jason.net/heli/helimain.htm

Look closely, and there doesn't appear to be any clever thinking as far as
the UI is concerned. The servo ATV, subtrim and rate adjustments are all
scattered among different menus and the screens look as if they've been
designed by a graphically challenged committee (read 'awful'). Even the
relatively cheap Evo which manages to integrate all the servo adjustments in
a simple, attractive screen.

I fear that once the chrome and froth are stripped away, the genuine
innovation lies in the transmission system and 14 fast response channels,
which although technically interesting, are not of great use to the F3X
flyer.

Mike


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Re: [RCSE] Question for Modelers Familiar w/Shellac

2004-12-14 Thread Jim Holliman
FlyByMike on 12-8-04 11:18 AM wrote:

 FWIW - Hairspray is Shellac :)
 -Mike

What do you know, I thought hairspray was a lacquer, I assumed the
nitrocellulose kind. There are other kinds of lacquer such as that referred
to in my dictionary definition as made from the sap of some un-named eastern
Asian tree -- new to me.  A cursory bit of looking showed up references that
hairsprays are lacquer or shellac.

So, which of those references are out dated and which correct, probably
both.  Spray some on a hard slick surface, let dry, and try to dissolve with
alcohol.  Shellac ALWAYS dissolves in alcohol.  But shellac has a very short
shelf life once mixed, about 6 months, if memory serves.  (This test is the
standard for mix your own shellac too.)  Any hairspray would have to have
additives to extend its shelf life.  I believe Zinsser does this with its
canned shellac products to extend its shelf life to a claimed 3 years.

On the other hand, how would a person wash out nitrocellulose lacquer with
shampoo or put up with the vapors of lacquer thinner for that matter?  If
hairspray is shellac I would guess it has some modification to allow it to
wash out easily, not what we want on a wood finish.  Also consider Jeff
Steifel's post to this thread:

 BTW someone did a scientific study of shellac as a water
 (liquid) barrier and it was only marginally inferior to polyurethane. So
 it can be considered a liquid barrier

I don't think straight shellac hairspray would wash out well unless
modified, but that is just my guess.  The proof is in using the stuff and
some you have obviously had success with hairspray as a balsa finish.

-- 
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Re: [RCSE] Fut 14MZ - Same old revolutionary Multiplex ideas

2004-12-14 Thread Doug McLaren
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 08:24:54PM +0800, Jimmy Andrews wrote:

| This radio system is missing something very important - immunity to
| being shot down by a $50 parkflyer TX that is just around the
| corner...  Model Avionics had the solution, but it was snapped up by
| Horizon / JR.  http://www.spektrumrc.com/ Maybe Futaba wanted to
| provide a built-in excuse for crashing?

eh?

The link you gave points to somebody who appears to be selling R/C
equipment that uses the 2.4 gHz band and spread spectrum.

Don't get me wrong -- I do certainly believe that spread spectrum IS
the answer to a large number of the R/C interference problems (and
I've been shouting this from the rooftops for a while now.)  But it's
not a magic bullet, and these people are doing at least some of it
wrong.  (But perhaps it's better to do something, even if it's not
perfect, than nothing.)

1) The 2.4 gHz band is one of the noisiest bands out there.  WiFi,
cordless phones, video transmitters, Wireless ISPs, BPL access points
(yes, the last few hundred feet of BPL Internet access is often done
via WiFi), hams, leaky microwave ovens -- there's so many forms of
interference here that it's not even funny.

Yes, spread spectrum does tend to work even in noisy environments,
especially if the noise is from other spread spectrum applications.
However, many of the forms of interference I mentioned are not or are
often not spread spectrum.

Consider how well your WiFi works in your house with the microwave on,
or while you're using your non spread spectrum 2.4 gHz cordless phone
-- this could happen to your plane too.

2) The power limits on the 2.4 gHz band under the part 15 rules (which
is what this equipment would fall under) are only like 250 mW or so.
That's probably enough -- barely -- but wouldn't give you much extra
range.  With a big plane and good eyes, you could probably fly your
plane out of range and still see it well enough to fly it.  (of
course, any noise would reduce this range further.)

3) If you're an AMA member, you've basically already agreed to fly
using only the bands that the AMA has OK'd.  This isn't really a big
deal, but if there's an accident, they could easily use this as an
excuse not to pay your claim.

What we really need is 0.5 mHz or so of spectrum *dedicated* to spread
spectrum R/C use (land + air, no need to seperate bands), and allowing
about one watt of transmitted power.  Unfortunately, we can't use the
existing R/C bands, because it would interfere ith them (and the FCC
regulations wouldn't permit spread spectrum there anyways), so it
needs to be a new band.  And since spectrum is money, it might be very
hard to get.  But once gotten, a standard could be drawn up (so all
equipment works together) the AMA could approve it's use, and people
could start making equipment to use it, and it would be wonderful --
frequency pins would be for those still using the old equipment.  And
people would come together in harmony, and peace would reign, people
would love one another ...

But doing spread spectrum on 900 mHz and 2.4 gHz (and 5.8 gHz, for
that matter) for R/C plane use is pretty sketchy.  People have done
it, and it works, but it's a bit risky.  I imagine it's fine on a car
where you're never more than a few hundred feet away, but I wouldn't
trust it on a plane that you might fly half a mile away.  I'd really
hate to lose my plane because somebody decided to reheat a burrito.

Futaba does know how to make spread spectrum R/C -- most of their
industrial R/C systems seem to use it already.  But they can't go and
do it for our R/C uses, not yet.  Smaller manufacturers certainly
could, and there are several options out there already, but they're
going to suffer from the problems I've mentioned.  But boy would it be
nice if they could do it ...

As for the 14MZ, `blue screens of death' are not really a big danger.
WinCE is more reliable than the PC Windows, and the hardware is set in
stone, so it only has to deal with one specific system, and that can
be tested.  Also, the 14MZ has two computers in it -- the WinCE
computer, and a more standard computer that actually does the stuff
you need in flight.  WinCE is just used to set the options, and even
if it crashed in flight, your plane would keep on flying.  The other
cpu is probably very similar to what's in the 9C or 9Z and is well
tested.

As for Multiplex doing everything before that Futaba is now catching
up to, well, the 9Z (and other radios by JR and others) has done many
of these things for a long time now.  I don't think Multiplex was the
first to put a synthesizer and a scanner into a radio -- didn't the
Tracker II do it before Multiplex did?  You don't have to go out and
buy something from whomever did it first -- you want to buy something
from somebody who did it best.

Either way, there's no way I'm spending $2200 on one of these.  I'd
rather have a Multiplex for half the price, and even that's a bit more
than I want to spend.  I'll stick with my 9C 

Re: [RCSE] Fut 14MZ - Same old revolutionary Multiplex ideas

2004-12-14 Thread Darwin N. Barrie
Okay, I can't take it anymore. Futaba comes out with a new radio that
utilizes excellent technology with many new features and everyone is bashing
it.

First of all, there are only a few people in the US that really know what
this system is capable of doing.  Second, the seven wing types are those
that are in standard templates. Keep in mind all channels are fully mixable
and you can do anything you want. Third, as has been said many times,
Windows does not control the flight system only the ancillary stuff.

Now, I will be willing to bet that Multiplex, Airtronics and JR will be
coming out with a new super radio before long. If Multiplex would have put
the 4000 in a US type case and made the programming easier I think it would
have caught on.

If this new system WAS from Multiplex or Airtronics most would have shorted
out their keyboards from wetting themselves.

I've got one of these coming and am confident it will be everything it is
supposed to be and more. In the meantime I believe it would be prudent not
to bash until we know more about it.

Darwin N. Barrie
Chandler AZ
Team Futaba
- Original Message - 
From: Mike Shellim [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 11:05 AM
Subject: [RCSE] Fut 14MZ - Same old revolutionary Multiplex ideas


  WOW factor alone would be worth it.

 With all that computing power and memory, what a wonderful opportunity for
 Futaba to develop a truly unlimited architecture like the 4000, married to
a
 truly elegant easy-to-use interface. However the blurb mentions 'supports
7
 wing types' (groan!), which at a stroke indicates that the architecture is
 essentially knobbled - if a little less knobbled than last years model.

 As regards the programming interface, am I the only one to be underwhelmed
 by screen shots on Jason.net?

 http://www.jason.net/heli/helimain.htm

 Look closely, and there doesn't appear to be any clever thinking as far as
 the UI is concerned. The servo ATV, subtrim and rate adjustments are all
 scattered among different menus and the screens look as if they've been
 designed by a graphically challenged committee (read 'awful'). Even the
 relatively cheap Evo which manages to integrate all the servo adjustments
in
 a simple, attractive screen.

 I fear that once the chrome and froth are stripped away, the genuine
 innovation lies in the transmission system and 14 fast response channels,
 which although technically interesting, are not of great use to the F3X
 flyer.

 Mike


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RE: [RCSE] Fut 14MZ - Same old revolutionary Multiplex ideas

2004-12-14 Thread Anker Berg-Sonne
I'll bash Futaba mercilessly until they demonstrate to me that they are
capable of delivering decent customer service! They owe me an apology and
restitution for the stunt they pulled on me and their subsequent behavior.
When they do, if they ever do, I'll give them credit for it. Until then I'll
hammer them because no company with bad customer service deserves to exist!
It doesn't matter how good the stuff is, if there's a problem, a good
company deals with the problem and takes care of its customers.

So they give you free stuff! Obviously they think that's great PR and you
are going to tell the world how great they are. You can tell them that I am
bad-mouthing them because of a horrible customer service experience and if
you point them to me I'll be happy to tell them again. My friend John, who
bought three of the crappy, useless pieces of junk from them deserves to be
treated well too, as does every customer who spent money on radio systems
that didn't work and couldn't be made to work! I still have the useless
radios, and they are the only ones I had to stop using because they were
crap and killed planes. Even my old Tower Hobbies Gold radio got used until
it wore out.

Anker

-Original Message-
From: Darwin N. Barrie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 3:09 PM
To: Mike Shellim; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [RCSE] Fut 14MZ - Same old revolutionary Multiplex ideas

Okay, I can't take it anymore. Futaba comes out with a new radio that
utilizes excellent technology with many new features and everyone is bashing
it.

First of all, there are only a few people in the US that really know what
this system is capable of doing.  Second, the seven wing types are those
that are in standard templates. Keep in mind all channels are fully mixable
and you can do anything you want. Third, as has been said many times,
Windows does not control the flight system only the ancillary stuff.

Now, I will be willing to bet that Multiplex, Airtronics and JR will be
coming out with a new super radio before long. If Multiplex would have put
the 4000 in a US type case and made the programming easier I think it would
have caught on.

If this new system WAS from Multiplex or Airtronics most would have shorted
out their keyboards from wetting themselves.

I've got one of these coming and am confident it will be everything it is
supposed to be and more. In the meantime I believe it would be prudent not
to bash until we know more about it.

Darwin N. Barrie
Chandler AZ
Team Futaba
- Original Message - 
From: Mike Shellim [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 11:05 AM
Subject: [RCSE] Fut 14MZ - Same old revolutionary Multiplex ideas


  WOW factor alone would be worth it.

 With all that computing power and memory, what a wonderful opportunity for
 Futaba to develop a truly unlimited architecture like the 4000, married to
a
 truly elegant easy-to-use interface. However the blurb mentions 'supports
7
 wing types' (groan!), which at a stroke indicates that the architecture is
 essentially knobbled - if a little less knobbled than last years model.

 As regards the programming interface, am I the only one to be underwhelmed
 by screen shots on Jason.net?

 http://www.jason.net/heli/helimain.htm

 Look closely, and there doesn't appear to be any clever thinking as far as
 the UI is concerned. The servo ATV, subtrim and rate adjustments are all
 scattered among different menus and the screens look as if they've been
 designed by a graphically challenged committee (read 'awful'). Even the
 relatively cheap Evo which manages to integrate all the servo adjustments
in
 a simple, attractive screen.

 I fear that once the chrome and froth are stripped away, the genuine
 innovation lies in the transmission system and 14 fast response channels,
 which although technically interesting, are not of great use to the F3X
 flyer.

 Mike


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[RCSE] Futaba 9C Super Problem(one of them)

2004-12-14 Thread Brian Chan

Can anyone uses a 9C Super with V-tail confirm that the same problem 
Futaba corrected on the 9C  pop up again on the 9C Super?

When using the V-tail mixer, the crow elevator compensation did not 
work on the 2nd half of the V-tail (normally would be the rudder 
channel)?

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Re: [RCSE] Sharon Pro 3.7m V-Tail - anyone have any construction pictures?

2004-12-14 Thread Steve Richman
Russ, I have an older Sharon Pro 3.7 meter electric v-tail. Your description of 
the v-tail linkage sounds just like mine. Are the v-tail servos in the fuse?

Regards,

Steve
 
 From: Russ Light [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: 2004/12/13 Mon PM 11:06:35 EST
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: [RCSE] Sharon Pro 3.7m V-Tail - anyone have any construction 
 pictures?
 
 Hi,
 I was hoping someone could send me some pictures/advice of how they did the 
 V-tail linkage on a newer Sharon Pro 3.7m V-Tail.  On mine the V-tail has 
 music wire control horns that extend down.  The linkage provided for 
 engaging the music wire is a clevis like link with a ball that can 
 rotate.  The ball has a hole that the music wire passes through.  I believe 
 other Sharon models use a more traditional ball link setup.  The linkage is 
 straightforward but a trail fit of the v-tail on the fuselage showed that 
 the tail of the fuselage is too long and block the music wire horns.  It 
 seems like I have two options: 1) cut the fuselage back so that the 'horns' 
 clear but expose all the linkage 2) slot the fuselage to allow the motion 
 of the horns but this looks like it might be a little tight.  I'd 
 appreciate any feedback especially a picture or two, thanks.
 
 
 
 
 Regards,
 
 Russ Light
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (personal)
 
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RE: [RCSE] Fut 14MZ - Same old revolutionary Multiplex ideas

2004-12-14 Thread Brian Courtice

Your trusty Tower Hobbies gold radio was a re-labeled Futaba product.  

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[RCSE] Where to get?

2004-12-14 Thread Rick Walba
I do have the bondable #10 Teflon in stock for .05-.08
cf rod. Tailboom.com.

Another source for rod aside from those previously
mentioned is:
http://www.continuo.com/marske/carbon/carbon.htm. They
have lower minimums than Avia, better prices than ACP
or CST.

Rick

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Where to get?
Carbon fiber about 1/16 solid rod in Teflon tube?

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Re: [RCSE] Fut 14MZ - Same old revolutionary Multiplex ideas

2004-12-14 Thread James V. Bacus
Don't include me with everyone, I clearly stated on this forum last week 
that I would have nothing to say about it until I actually saw one in person.

At 02:08 PM 12/14/2004, Darwin N. Barrie wrote:
  Okay, I can't take it anymore.
Futaba comes out with a new radio that
utilizes excellent technology with many new features and everyone is bashing
it.
Jim
Downers Grove, IL
Member of the Chicago SOAR club,  AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV
ICQ: 6997780   AIM: InventorJim   R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net
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[RCSE] P-38 Again

2004-12-14 Thread Jim Deck
Ok, so while I'm shopping for my grandson's Christmas gift, in Wal-Mart
I find this truly excellent 1/18th static scale model of one of my favorite
WWII planes, the FW-190-D.  Beautifully done with correct markings and
correctly garbed pilot figure.  So, I examine the box and find there's a
series including a razor-back Thunderbolt P-47, a Spitfire, and a P-38
Lightning.  BTW, the models are made in China.  Now, these replicas are sold
at Wal-Mart under the Motorworks label.  Upon closer inspection I discovered
that Motorworks is a subsidiary of Wal-Mart.  On the box it says the
Thunderbolt appears under license from Republic Aviation but there's no
mention of a license for the P-38.After the recent Aerotech incident, I
found this interesting.
Jim Deck

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[RCSE] FOR SALE

2004-12-14 Thread Mark Wales

Complete NIB Dodgson Designs Saber fuse kit, w/tail cores and obechi 
sheeting and all the hardware for $110

Mark
Soaring Is Life!!
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[RCSE] Fw: Glenn Clifton Passed Away Today

2004-12-14 Thread Ron L Adams



 This is for all that knew Glenn. He 
wasourBest Friendand he will be missed. Glenn was a 
person whogave to everyone,his family, The club and all of 
it's members, his neighbors, and was loved by all.

Silent Wings Soaring Association 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:10:58 EST
Subject: Glenn Clifton Passed Away Today



From Frank Corsaro

Glen Clifton passed 
away today, Tuesday, December 12, 2004 at3:00 A.M.
Graveside services will be 
held Saturday, December 18, 2004at 2:00 P.M.at Pomona Cemetery, 502 
E. Franklin Avenue, Pomona, California. 
(Franklin Avenue is an 
East/West street in the southern part of Pomona, just north of the 60 Freeway. 
Towne Avenue is a north/south street east of Garey 
Avenue.)


Re: [RCSE] Fut 14MZ - Same old revolutionary Multiplex ideas

2004-12-14 Thread Steve Richman
Amen, Mike. I just don't get it. IMHO there is nothing simpler on the face of 
this earth than the universal model approach of the Profi 4000. It is the 
essence of simplicity and totally intuitive yet is incredibly flexible. Why 
does every radio mfgr feel compelled not to offer this mode?

Perplexed,

Steve 
 From: Mike Shellim [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: 2004/12/14 Tue PM 01:05:12 EST
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: [RCSE] Fut 14MZ - Same old revolutionary Multiplex  ideas
 
  WOW factor alone would be worth it.
 
 With all that computing power and memory, what a wonderful opportunity for
 Futaba to develop a truly unlimited architecture like the 4000, married to a
 truly elegant easy-to-use interface. However the blurb mentions 'supports 7
 wing types' (groan!), which at a stroke indicates that the architecture is
 essentially knobbled - if a little less knobbled than last years model.
 
 As regards the programming interface, am I the only one to be underwhelmed
 by screen shots on Jason.net?
 
 http://www.jason.net/heli/helimain.htm
 
 Look closely, and there doesn't appear to be any clever thinking as far as
 the UI is concerned. The servo ATV, subtrim and rate adjustments are all
 scattered among different menus and the screens look as if they've been
 designed by a graphically challenged committee (read 'awful'). Even the
 relatively cheap Evo which manages to integrate all the servo adjustments in
 a simple, attractive screen.
 
 I fear that once the chrome and froth are stripped away, the genuine
 innovation lies in the transmission system and 14 fast response channels,
 which although technically interesting, are not of great use to the F3X
 flyer.
 
 Mike
 
 
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[RCSE] Lil' Help

2004-12-14 Thread Bob Peck
Hey Y'all
   Looking for square carbon joiners for a three piece wing. Around 5 
degrees would be nice. I remember Gordy writing something about it. Maybe 
for the PIKE. It's for a building project and I have to make the boxes 
anyway, so, size doesn't matter.

   TIA
   Bob 

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