[RCSE] Wanted: RnR Millennium Wing Joiner
Hello, OK, one last try. Earlier this month I asked if anyone had a Millennium fuselage and wing joiner that they wanted to part with. I had great success finding a fuselage but I still need a wing joiner. I know I can order one from RnR, but I thought I would give the list one more try. Anybody??Please contact me at my email address if you do. Thanks! Keith Lutz Olympia, WA [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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] Push Rods
Concur on the Sta-Brite kit. Often found in local hobby & craft shops. Worked great with the stainless tube push-rods (actually tubes) that came with my Muller Esprit. Have used the flux with other solder on "stubborn" joints too. Best to use an iron vice a torch, torch burns away flux too quickly. Do thoroughly clean away flux residue, water/detergent & paper towel works. Good Lift!
Re: [RCSE] Graupner Winch #2
This sounds interesting... At 07:54 PM 4/15/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: oh Sheldon ,tell them the whole tale.Let them know how it went from bad to worse .Don't forget about the 4 wheel drive part lol..Reece Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR AMA 592537 LSF 7560 Level IV R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net
Re: [RCSE] Graupner Winch #2
oh Sheldon ,tell them the whole tale.Let them know how it went from bad to worse .Don't forget about the 4 wheel drive part lol..Reece
[RCSE] Graupner Winch #2
Anyone have ANY idea what kind of motor is used on the Graupner winch? Looks like the one I have needs to be rebuilt or replaced as some of the special, magic smoke escaped...(sigh) TIA, -Sheldon~YNT-
[RCSE] Supra #16.
Well gang, finally after a long winter here in Michigan The Supra #16 flew today and fly it did. At 65 oz it launches as if it were on rails, zooms without hesitation, excellent speed range and lands where you want it to land with out complaint. The air today was gusty and bumpy but #16 flew as though it were smooth and calm. Barry, this is the a great sailplane that you, Dr Drela and Vladimir have put together and I can hardly wait to get some more time on it as the weather improves here in Michigan. For those of you who don't have one yet don't wait to order as the list is bound to get longer. As Gordy would say, wait and wail. Regards, Dave Corven. 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] Push Rods
Rick, The Sta-Brite silver solder kit that Tower Hobbies et al. has carried is the one I've used. I use a 40 watt iron or 100 watt soldering gun. Aradhana Singh -Original Message- From: Rick Van Clief [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 4:40 PM To: soaring@airage.com Subject: RE: [RCSE] Push Rods At 02:28 PM 4/15/2006 -0600, you wrote: >Nothing that's not already on the MSDS for the Silver Solder / Acid flux >(typically Zinc Chloride and Hydrochloric Acid) kit. I appreciate this. In the past I have used regular lead and tin solder after having used an acid flux. It works well enough I guess (never had one fail) but it always took considerable effort to get any kind of a decent looking joint and then I never was happy with it. This was for a stainless push rod to a mild steel push rod at the clevis. Silver solder that I am aware of requires a torch. Will the kit you are talking about here work with a soldering iron? And is there a special kit for the work we are talking about? Thanks, and sorry for the ignorant questions. RVC 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] Push Rods
Silver solder that I am aware of requires a torch. Will the kit you are talking about here work with a soldering iron? And is there a special kit for the work we are talking about? This one, from Tower, says it flows at 430 F. http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXFS75 I use the Great Planes silver solder kit, shown below. Tower no longer carries it. http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXK363&P=7 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] Push Rods
In addition to the other comments you also need to be sure to use enough heat. The steel pushrod must be hot enough to melt the solder. The three big reasons why solder won't flow out are; 1. Not enough heat. 2. Surface not clean. 3. Wrong flux or not enough flux. michael On 4/15/06, Shape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm working on a new plane that has.080 steel push rods and they don't seem > to solder well. I have sanded them, fluxed them and all the solder does is > bead up. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong. > Jerry > 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
RE: [RCSE] Push Rods
At 02:28 PM 4/15/2006 -0600, you wrote: Nothing that's not already on the MSDS for the Silver Solder / Acid flux (typically Zinc Chloride and Hydrochloric Acid) kit. I appreciate this. In the past I have used regular lead and tin solder after having used an acid flux. It works well enough I guess (never had one fail) but it always took considerable effort to get any kind of a decent looking joint and then I never was happy with it. This was for a stainless push rod to a mild steel push rod at the clevis. Silver solder that I am aware of requires a torch. Will the kit you are talking about here work with a soldering iron? And is there a special kit for the work we are talking about? Thanks, and sorry for the ignorant questions. RVC 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
[RCSE] CF cloth. . .can anyone spare a little?
For Genie #30's wing, I have enough of the ACP 80/20 unidirectional 4.7 oz. CF cloth for the center section and one tip. I'd much appreciate it if someone can spare enough of it or something similar in weight for the other tip. I can make do with pieces that measure at least the following: A single piece 16" x 44" or a single piece 10" x 79" or 2 pieces 10" x 44". Anyone? 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
RE: [RCSE] Push Rods
What Clarence says. In addition, here's a note about the acid flux that comes with the Silver Solder. If you don't want to be tasting metal for the next few months, wear a NIOSH respirator, solder outside, wear disposable gloves, and station yourself up wind. If you get any on you, wash it off immediately. And if you don't want residues that attach to local surfaces getting back on yourself and other things, wash every surface near the actual soldering. Nothing that's not already on the MSDS for the Silver Solder / Acid flux (typically Zinc Chloride and Hydrochloric Acid) kit, but worth reminding. Get lazy once, earn yourself a metallic taste for a long while. Aradhana Singh Khalsa Espanola, New Mexico -Original Message- From: clarence [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 2:17 PM To: Shape; RCSE Subject: Re: [RCSE] Push Rods Are you using rosin core solder...if you are that's it.you need to use silver solder and make sure you are using the acid cleaner with it. Clarence Ashcraft ( [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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
[RCSE] Push rods
I'm working on a new plane that has .080 steel push rods. I have sanded and fluxed them and all the solder does is bead up. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? Jerry 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] Push Rods
Are you using rosin core solder...if you are that's it.you need to use silver solder and make sure you are using the acid cleaner with it. Clarence Ashcraft ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) InterMountain Silent Flyers Home of Soar Utah 2006 www.soarutah.org If you would like to learn to fly R/C gliders and electrics, contact our club at : http://www.silentflyer.org - Original Message - From: "Shape" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RCSE" Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 2:12 PM Subject: [RCSE] Push Rods I'm working on a new plane that has.080 steel push rods and they don't seem to solder well. I have sanded them, fluxed them and all the solder does is bead up. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong. Jerry 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
[RCSE] Push Rods
I'm working on a new plane that has.080 steel push rods and they don't seem to solder well. I have sanded them, fluxed them and all the solder does is bead up. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong. Jerry 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
[RCSE] Fw: GENIE PAGES UPDATED
- Original Message - From: "Harley Michaelis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 8:32 PM Subject: GENIE PAGES UPDATED While building big Genie #29, numerous new things were tried, worked well and have been incorporated in the Genie web pages at http://genie.rchomepage.com/ along with some new pics and text changes. Friend Jay Decker gets the credit for updating the pages. The end of File 1 now has a picture showing the final installation of the removable "single tooth skid" that can be put into the nose of composite fuselages not using slip-on cone. File 2 has better material on knuckle hinging the rudder with Fourmost Snap Tight hinges. File 3, the bagged wing file, from about page 18 on has better stuff about making servo mounts, servo wells, covers, RDS installations. File 4, the Materials List and 5 on COSTS have been updated. File 6, The RDS file has been materially revised. Something new is always being learned about this all-internal system of moving surfaces. On #29, I bonded a sleeve of 1/8" OD brass to the 3/32" SS flap drive shafts and got a significantly stiffer installation in a very simple manner. File 7, on the composite fuses has new pics and having done 4 such ships over the fall/winter, good things were learned about installing, guiding and supporting a carbon fiber pushrod for the stabs. File 8 is unchanged, but so useful in getting a new ship ready for first flights and progressively fine tuning it. I sure never have to ask anyone about a CG placement or balance or throws, etc. Finding that stuff on your own should be a no brainer. After getting more experience with friend Winston Okerlund's Individual Kevlar "Easy Hinges" system, I've decided it beats all hinging systems for our sailplanes and have revised File 9 to reflect new things learned about it. I've moved skinned hinge details to the end of the file. I doubt I'll ever use them again. File 10, the supplemental file for the LT/S has some new pics and new material. Remember that the next issue of the on-line soaring magazine, the RCSD at http://www.rcsoaringdigest.com will have an additional and extensive installment of Chris Boultinghouse's build of his big Genie. In the April issue, you'll find the first installment and a "centerfold" of the plans. I've gotten out a few times with #29 on a short high start and am so pleased with it. Can't wait to do a go-for-broke launch on a good winch. I'm already thinking about #30. Got a couple of new things to try out. 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
[RCSE] test-ignore
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[RCSE] Midsouth motels
What motels are available at special rates for Midsouth? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] F5J or X5J Contest - August 19-20
Jack, Sign me up in both classes on ch 56. My Wood Crafters 06 will have MOM Speed 400 duration, group launching too, should be a lot of fun. WC 06 Rules are "up to" Speed 400 can motors, 9.6 volt battery, any size plane. Ray Hayes http://www.skybench.com Home of Wood Crafters - Original Message - From: "Jack Iafret" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Soaring Air Age" Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 8:46 PM Subject: [RCSE] F5J or X5J Contest - August 19-20 Having decided that electric launched sailplanes are still sailplanes (same as HL, winch launch, hand tow), we the Greater Detroit Soaring and Hiking Society have decided to have a contest this year to try out this format. Basically it is an F3J format with electric motor power rather than people power and you can read the rules etc on our web site at www.gdshs.com under the "F5J Contest" button on the navigation bar. I put this out on the RCGROUPS (electric sailplane forum) a month ago and got a lot of positive feedback from the NEAC fokes. This first year will no doubt be a learning experience for us as our normal fair is open winch TD because of past field limitations making a 5 or 6 up MOM difficult. This spring the park has opened up our field and a 5 or 6 up MOM with electrics should be fine. I wanted to get this out to the contest sailplane contigent that may be interested so they can see if it fits in their schedule. Hope some of you can make it to help us get a handle on this new event and if I am correct (unlike Gordy, I was wrong once) this format and launch system is going to be a big boost for the sailplane community. We now do impromptu MOM duels that would never happen with one winch out. No one has to run the retriever and we use a count down tape in a boom box for a timer so timers are not needed (not super accurate but good enough for fun)---great when sport flying. We (the club) got a lot more flying in this winter because none of us would put up a winch in the snow and we could also fly at several different fields that could not sustain winch line length. Now that spring has spung the winch is coming out more, but not much. What to fly? We fly a lot of small stuff (about 2 meters) but I have a Graphite II electric and a Super AVA coming for electric so size, and performance is not an issue. Check www.kennedycomposites.com and www.nfmodels.com for examples. I am a dealer for both of these fine guys in my area as Barry has the big stuff and Kurt the little stuff and that way the field is covered. Kurt got me going on this last year and I am hooked. Sorry I took so long, but I got wound up about this. -- Jack Iafret Home and Hobbies 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
