[RCSE] Blasters I have known
Vladimir Models Blaster that is, via Kennedy Composites. In the case of DLG's, I am about as savy as I am about REStotal newbie...and don't mind admitting it. Since Bruce Davidison is a clubmate, and I am lucky to call him my friend, I figured I'd get a DLG to chuck with him and the others on soaring days prior to the winch being set up. I have 'had' other HLG's and one other DLG but they were all baggies. The Blaster is an 'organic/moldie' construction that can be assembled in about two or three nights if you put your mind to it. There are a couple of good instruction sites offered and Barry will be adding some detail to his site to speed up first timers construction. Pretty much you put some good masking tape on some micros and splooge them into the nose, space away from the front so that you can fit your battery pack and RX ahead. They fit inline, with one slightly tipped for pushrod clearance. I was able to use 4 650mah AAA Nihms in the nose with a chunk of dense foam to keep the pack from blasting thru the front ona hard nose in, and a small 6channel RX behind it and in front of the servos. The tail boom is a snap, Vlad has added some carbon rod on each side of the vertical's tail boom slot to protect against snapping the boom off there on a hard spin landing. If you forget to slide the horizontal's Vmount on to the boom before glueing the vertical in, no worries, just slot the bottom and it will snap over the boom and can be CA'd back together yet still have plenty of diameter to fit in the right spot for stab clearance. The pushrods go on the top of the boom, I attached them to the horns in the back, routed them thru the holed I drilled in the back near the boom, and pulled them snug from the front to keep them straight, then dabbed some 'flex CA' on them along their length. To get horizontal alignment to the wing, I use a piece of balsa stock with some two way tape, stuck to the saddle to simulate the wing being mounted, it makes eyeballing the rear stabs a breeze while glueing. CA works in all spots. I'm partial to Flex CA because it really doesn't crack but it is heavier if that's a concern. I built this one for flying, not competing. The throw peg has a reciever tube molded into the wing tip at the appropriate angle, so you just slide the supplied carbon tube throw peg into it. Definitely an ARF, but is looking like its a DLG moldie on performance expections on par with current top TD comp ships...but for DLG of course :-) I just wanted a quick build and a good flyer that was durable. Gordy Off to Wisconsin where its warmKentucky is freezing!
[RCSE] Tis the season
To Old Friends, New Friends and Friends we havn't met yet A note of thanks and appreciation for all your support in 2004. May you all have a safe and happy Holiday Season and a prosporous New Year! Happy Holidays Denny Maize Polecat Aero 717-789-0146 www.polecataero.com
Re: [RCSE] Blasters I have known
So what is the name of the band and song playing in Blaster Video 2? They rock. http://www.kennedycomposites.com/blaster.html P.S. your new toy looks like fun too. At 06:39 AM 12/24/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are a couple of good instruction sites offered and Barry will be adding some detail to his site to speed up first timers construction. 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 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] Looking for Tiplets for Zenith wing
Here's another stretch for parts guys. I need just the little three inch tips for a Zenith wing. They come with two sets, one being winglets and the other just nice little curved tips. Either would do if anyone has them. 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] Blasters I have known
Pretty plane. Santa can I append to my list? That Drela airfoil/planform is very effective in doing rolls. The DLG has become a good plane to learn aerobatics without having a slope. Couple a DLG and a Midwest slope and that should spell fun. Steve At 09:29 AM 12/24/2004, James V. Bacus wrote: So what is the name of the band and song playing in Blaster Video 2? They rock. http://www.kennedycomposites.com/blaster.html P.S. your new toy looks like fun too. At 06:39 AM 12/24/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are a couple of good instruction sites offered and Barry will be adding some detail to his site to speed up first timers construction. 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 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] Re: Blasters I have known
I believe that was Bowling for Soup. Also, Austin Williams was flying his Blaster in the video. He rang up a near perfect win in HLG at the TNT contest this year with the original Blaster that is about 2 oz heavier than what is being sold now by Kennedy Composites. Note that he is just as comfortable flying upside down as he is right side up. Not sure I ever want to be on a corporate jet (which he also flies) when he is piloting, LOL! Look out California if he ever makes it to the HLG Festival. Merry Christmas All Glider Guiders, Bill Heishman Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 09:29:51 -0600 From: James V. Bacus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: soaring@airage.com Subject: Re: [RCSE] Blasters I have known Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] So what is the name of the band and song playing in Blaster Video 2? They rock. http://www.kennedycomposites.com/blaster.html 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] Interesting Club Traditions
At 06:24 PM 12/23/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course we don't always guarantee the good weather like that. One year we had a pilot that 'lost' 2 planes and he didn't even get to fly. Okay. Your going to have to explain that one. You can change the names to protect the... ah innocent. :-) Steve 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] \Blasters I have known\
I am seeing Brookville Dam in my dreams with my Blaster... --- Original Message --- From: Steve Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 10:02:46 -0600 To: soaring@airage.com Subject: Re: [RCSE] \Blasters I have known\ Pretty plane. Santa can I append to my list? That Drela airfoil/planform is very effective in doing rolls. The DLG has become a good plane to learn aerobatics without having a slope. Couple a DLG and a Midwest slope and that should spell fun. Steve At 09:29 AM 12/24/2004, James V. Bacus wrote: So what is the name of the band and song playing in Blaster Video 2? They rock. http://www.kennedycomposites.com/blaster.html P.S. your new toy looks like fun too. At 06:39 AM 12/24/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are a couple of good instruction sites offered and Barry will be adding some detail to his site to speed up first timers construction. 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 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-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] January 2005 RCSD
The January 2005 issue of RC Soaring Digest (PDF) is now available for downloading from either the RCSD home page http://www.b2streamlines.com/RCSD.html or the current issue highlights page http://www.b2streamlines.com/highlights.html. The download is free, as usual. Contributors this month include John Godwin and RCSD Staff columnists. Articles include Dave Garwood's A-4 Skyhawk conversion, visits to Calgary Canada, Marion Ohio and Hermanus South Africa, information on RC-HLG and insight into the piloting skills of Dary Perkins, plus Tom Nagel's ideas for new soaring events at the NATS and elsewhere. This issue has 34 pages and is 4.3 MB in size. Lots of information and color photos, no ads. Questions and comments regarding RCSD can always be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Thanks for your readership! -- B^2B2Streamlines.com Bill Bunny Kuhlman 'a resource for aircraft modelers' [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] P.O. Box 975http://www.b2streamlines.com Olalla WA 98359-0975 USA 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] Interesting Club Traditions
That one is easy. We got our first round in when the 'sprinkles' started. We all ready had 2 tent like shelters set up with our 'feast'. Trying to outhink Mother Nature, the CD called for a Lunch Break and we proceeded to the chow line. About the time everyone's hands were full with plates and cups, the wind came whipping across the field. One late arrival had set his planes near the tents. Well, we all tried our best to grab what we could but one of the corners got away from us and the aluminum pole was slammed downright across the fuselage of both planes. That is how Jim got to be the only pilot that lost 2 planes and didn't get to fly. R/Gene Juno Gift Certificates Give the gift of Internet access this holiday season. http://www.juno.com/give 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] Interesting Club Traditions
Here's another downside. NO MOUNTAINS. Sure it has it's place but flat land gets tough to stomach after a while. I pity folks who don't know real sloping. When your setup includes simply flipping the ON switch, it's hard to imagine lugging and setting up a winch. Bill Swingle 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] Blasters I have known
Jim, Austin did the flying and scored the music. The band is Riddlin Kids doing I feel fine Best Regards, Barry Kennedy Kennedy Composites www.kennedycomposites.com 1935 Highvalley Trail Grand Prairie, TX 75052 972.602.3144 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] dead battery question
On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 08:47:59PM -0800, D Hauch wrote: | I seen I left a 4 cell, 1100 mah Nicad RX pack on for 24 hours. | Does this harm the cells at all ? Presumably the cells are all now 99+% empty ... By itself, that's just fine with NiCd or NiMH cells, but the problem is that in any pack of more than one cell, one cell is the `weakest', and when all the pack is completely discharged, that weakest cell gets `reversed charged' by the other cells after it goes completely dead, which weakens it further. Yes, it damages the pack -- in particular, it makes that weakest cell a bit weaker. However, assuming that the pack is made up of approximately identical cells (not carefully matched, but not mixed cell capacities either) the effect is going to be small. Doing this once, your pack is probably fine -- perhaps it's lost 1% of it's capacity or so. Just don't make a habit of it. If you have a cycler, you could cycle the pack and measure the capacity just to reassure yourself that it's ok. -- Doug McLaren, [EMAIL PROTECTED]lp1 on fire 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: From Me to You
To all a Merry Christmas and happy new year. I hope everyone has as good as I have had this year. It the friends that make life GREAT. THANK YOU ALL -15 in the middle of nowhere Martin Doney Baldwin, MI(the middle of nowhere) LSF 7429 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] Happy Holidays!!
To one and all, Have a happy and safe Holiday Season. This has to be the largest family I never meet eh!! Been in the Little Rock Arkansas area for 14 years now and we finally will have a white Xmas. From Michigan stuck in Arkansas (could be worse I guess) and retiring from the Air Force to Virginia hh Mark Wales Soaring Is Life!! MMORPG is Life also!! 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] Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to All! (no snow to speak of here but well below zero temps) 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 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] Looking for??
Would anyone out there happen to have a JR NER-649S receiver in new or like new condition laying around they may want to sell? Thanks Mark Soaring Is Life!! 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] Blasters I have known
Nice video, thanks for the info on the song. iTunes and 99 cents and it's on my iPod already. At 01:34 PM 12/24/2004, Barry Kennedy wrote: Jim, Austin did the flying and scored the music. The band is Riddlin Kids doing I feel fine Best Regards, Barry Kennedy Kennedy Composites www.kennedycomposites.com 1935 Highvalley Trail Grand Prairie, TX 75052 972.602.3144 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. 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 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.
