[RCSE] Cool club meeting ideas

[George Voss]

Some of us are so lucky.  You have clubs and meetings.  I wish OKC had
enough folks interested enough to have a club and meetings.  I'm jealous,
but in a good way.

Keep up the good work!  Gv   

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Re: [RCSE] Cool club meeting ideas

[Bill Swingle]

Club, meeting...

You guys are killin' me. There is now a grand total of ONE glider pilot in 
my area. And I'm him.


Heck I have meetings all the time. With 100% attendance. Woohoo!
But the fellowship leave much to be desired.

Bill Swingle
Janesville, CA


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Re: [RCSE] Cool club meeting ideas

[lomcovak]

grin But are there not many of you? 

Couldn't resist Bill, sorry :^)


Quoting Bill Swingle [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

.But the fellowship leave much to be desired.
 
 Bill Swingle
 Janesville, CA


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Re: [RCSE] Cool club meeting ideas

[Dudley Dufort]

Bill, I looked at a map.  You're not very far from Sacramento.  We have 
all kinds of stuff going on here.  www.svss.org


Bill Swingle wrote:


Club, meeting...

You guys are killin' me. There is now a grand total of ONE glider 
pilot in my area. And I'm him.


Heck I have meetings all the time. With 100% attendance. Woohoo!
But the fellowship leave much to be desired.

Bill Swingle
Janesville, CA


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[RCSE] Airtronics Stylus

[W5SWA W5SWA]

Is the Stylus going to be the last kid on the block with a synthesized tx 
module?  Anyone hear any reliable rumors?  Are Airtronics enthusiasts out in 
the cold when it comes to the 21st century? I'm getting tired of going to 
contests and hearing thats my frequency.  Plus I don't want to spend all of 
my money on tx modules (that only cover one freq.) and rx crystals.  I 
already have a couple of them and don't need anymore.


Walt


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Re: [RCSE] Airtronics Stylus

[lomcovak]

Did you speak to Airtronics?

Quoting W5SWA W5SWA [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 Is the Stylus going to be the last kid on the block with a synthesized tx 
 module?  Anyone hear any reliable rumors?  Are Airtronics enthusiasts out in
 
 the cold when it comes to the 21st century? I'm getting tired of going to 
 contests and hearing thats my frequency.  Plus I don't want to spend all of 
 my money on tx modules (that only cover one freq.) and rx crystals.  I 
 already have a couple of them and don't need anymore.
 
 Walt
 
 
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[RCSE] What happened to bondo?

[Brent]

I'm doing a wing fairing on a scale ship, and I just did a small batch of
short fiber Bondo - wow, does that stink.

I hadn't used this since my old Torino (back in the 70-80s), and it used to
be pink and fairly tame; at least that's what I remember.  Now it's green,
and my shop (the whole house) reeks.  I think I passed out at some point,
and I only mixed an apple sauce package worth.

I think I'm committed now, but is there a better way?  Epoxy and carbosil?
I got the bondo tip from a pretty good scale ship guy, but he must have a
better ventilation system than I do.

I think I'm off to watch The Wall and listen to the Wizard of Oz...

B.

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Re: [RCSE] What happened to bondo?

[Tim Engel]

Brent,

There's no-fiber,  short fiber,  and long-fiber versions of Bondo.   The
no-fiber is the creamy version you remember.

Bondo and the competitive polyester body fillers are all heavier than you
should use on a model aircraft.   A mixture of epoxy and micro-balloons is
much lighter and sands more easily.   Mix the epoxy then stir in enough
micro-balloons to make a dry, stiff mix.   More micro-balloons makes for a
lighter filler.More epoxy is wetter and heavier.

For small spot filling (less weight build up),  polyester spot filler is an
air-dry product (no mixing) that comes in a tube.   However,  it also
stinks...  all polyester resin products do.   Polyester is not
house-friendly unless you live alone and have no sense of smell.   Or,
unless you want to live alone.

Good luck,
Tim



- Original Message - 
From: Brent [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: soaring@airage.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 8:24 PM
Subject: [RCSE] What happened to bondo?


 I'm doing a wing fairing on a scale ship, and I just did a small batch of
 short fiber Bondo - wow, does that stink.

 I hadn't used this since my old Torino (back in the 70-80s), and it used
to
 be pink and fairly tame; at least that's what I remember.  Now it's green,
 and my shop (the whole house) reeks.  I think I passed out at some point,
 and I only mixed an apple sauce package worth.

 I think I'm committed now, but is there a better way?  Epoxy and carbosil?
 I got the bondo tip from a pretty good scale ship guy, but he must have a
 better ventilation system than I do.

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RE: [RCSE] What happened to bondo?

[Mark Howard]

I have not tried this for fairings, but I'd be tempted to use
lightweight spackle for roughing in - and then maybe an epoxy/micro
balloon mix for surface strength.

Mark


-Original Message-
From: Tim Engel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 8:30 PM
To: soaring@airage.com
Subject: Re: [RCSE] What happened to bondo?

Brent,

There's no-fiber,  short fiber,  and long-fiber versions of Bondo.   The
no-fiber is the creamy version you remember.

Bondo and the competitive polyester body fillers are all heavier than
you
should use on a model aircraft.   A mixture of epoxy and micro-balloons
is
much lighter and sands more easily.   Mix the epoxy then stir in enough
micro-balloons to make a dry, stiff mix.   More micro-balloons makes for
a
lighter filler.More epoxy is wetter and heavier.

For small spot filling (less weight build up),  polyester spot filler is
an
air-dry product (no mixing) that comes in a tube.   However,  it also
stinks...  all polyester resin products do.   Polyester is not
house-friendly unless you live alone and have no sense of smell.   Or,
unless you want to live alone.

Good luck,
Tim



- Original Message - 
From: Brent [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: soaring@airage.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 8:24 PM
Subject: [RCSE] What happened to bondo?


 I'm doing a wing fairing on a scale ship, and I just did a small batch
of
 short fiber Bondo - wow, does that stink.

 I hadn't used this since my old Torino (back in the 70-80s), and it
used
To...
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Re: [RCSE] What happened to bondo?

[Dan]

Many, Moe,  Jack bought it all :~)

DanTim Engel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Brent,There's no-fiber, short fiber, and long-fiber versions of Bondo. Theno-fiber is the creamy version you remember.Bondo and the competitive polyester body fillers are all heavier than youshould use on a model aircraft. A mixture of epoxy and micro-balloons ismuch lighter and sands more easily. Mix the epoxy then stir in enoughmicro-balloons to make a dry, stiff mix. More micro-balloons makes for alighter filler. More epoxy is wetter and heavier.For small spot filling (less weight build up), polyester spot filler is anair-dry product (no mixing) that comes in a tube. However, it alsostinks... all polyester resin products do. Polyester is nothouse-friendly unless you live alone and have no sense of smell. Or,unless you want to live alone.Good luck,Tim- Original Message - From: "Brent"
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Re: [RCSE] What happened to bondo?

[Michael Lachowski]

Try West Systems fillers.  The 405 and 407 would be suitable for 
building up fillets that require some strength.  If you just need to do 
some filling and want the easiest sanding, use the 410 microlight 
filler.  It is easier to sand than microballons.


Brent wrote:

I'm doing a wing fairing on a scale ship, and I just did a small batch of
short fiber Bondo - wow, does that stink.

I hadn't used this since my old Torino (back in the 70-80s), and it used to
be pink and fairly tame; at least that's what I remember.  Now it's green,
and my shop (the whole house) reeks.  I think I passed out at some point,
and I only mixed an apple sauce package worth.

I think I'm committed now, but is there a better way?  Epoxy and carbosil?
I got the bondo tip from a pretty good scale ship guy, but he must have a
better ventilation system than I do.

I think I'm off to watch The Wall and listen to the Wizard of Oz...

B.

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[RCSE] RC Soaring Frappr

[James V. Bacus]

I set up a Frappr map for RC Soaring at http://www.frappr.com/rcsoaring

Please feel free to join, and please add a picture. 8-)

To see what this looks like after it gets going, here is an example of 
another frappr map I belong to:  http://www.frappr.com/corvetteforum



Jim
Downers Grove, IL
Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR
AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV   R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net

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Re: [RCSE] What happened to bondo?

[Brian Chan]

At 9:24 PM -0400 10/25/05, Brent wrote:

I'm doing a wing fairing on a scale ship, and I just did a small batch of
short fiber Bondo - wow, does that stink.

I hadn't used this since my old Torino (back in the 70-80s), and it used to
be pink and fairly tame; at least that's what I remember.  Now it's green,
and my shop (the whole house) reeks.  I think I passed out at some point,
and I only mixed an apple sauce package worth.


 Try these:

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/cm/fillers.html

I use the Superfil., it is light and sands easy.  It will feather to nothing.


Brian
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Brian Chan
An Electric Airplane [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mateo.Ca.USA
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[RCSE] DESS ECHLGF05 Photos

[Don Vetter]

I would like to thank the folks from the Down East Soaring Society for
putting on a great contest with great eats!

I've posted a few photos at:

http://www.dvetter.com/WebAlbums/DESS_ECHLGF_21Oct2005/
http://www.dvetter.com/WebAlbums/DESS_ECHLGF_22Oct2005/
http://www.dvetter.com/WebAlbums/DESS_ECHLGF_23Oct2005/

You can navigate with the icons at the top of the page, and click on small
image to enlarge it.

Thermals,
Don Vetter


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[RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #6586

[MSu1049321]

In a message dated 10/25/05 12:54:24 PM, Soaring@airage.com writes:

 You guys are killin' me. There is now a grand total of ONE glider pilot in 
my area. And I'm him.

Heck I have meetings all the time. With 100% attendance. Woohoo!
But the fellowship leave much to be desired. 

At least you can count on collecting the dues!
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