[RCSE] "Soaring Masters, the Spectacle on the Field, from the Field!'
I got to the field at about 6:30 and there are those huge Hollywood type spot lights criss crossing the sky, there must be a dozen of them. The temp is already warm and friendly, they have the entire field groomed really low, it looks a lot like a golf green, with diagonal cut lines in the grass. The tent is glowing in the morning dark like a huge flying saucer from outer space and I can hear thermal duration music coming from the tentbut its the smell that is most amazing! They have flown in chef's from as far away as Tullahoma who have sort of an Iron Chef set up going making all sorts of omlets, the waffles look so crispy that you can hear them crunch just looking at them. One table has a multiple selection of just syrups, warming above Sterno cans. JoJo sent some maple syrup that he personal drained from a rare maple specie only found near his home in Norway, and the line is forming in front of it. Kind of hard to describe the flavor but I heard one of the Chicago guys say it reminded him of gorgeous Egyptian belly dancers. The vendors have all the latest new contest ships on display, I am not talking old crap like Supras, Perfects and Espada's, I mean new designs not yet named, and I have to tell you, soaring is gonna get knocked on its butt,when this new turn in designs is released! JW doesn't have shoes on. More later Gordy, On the field
[RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #8312
I want to see pictures. Somehow I don't think so! Best Regards, Ed Anderson - Original Message - From: "Soaring" To: Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 6:46 AM Subject: Soaring V1 #8312 SoaringFri, 22 Sep 2006 Volume 1 : Number 8312 In this issue: Re: "Soaring Masters Pre-Report" -- Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:55:13 +0200 From: "Jo Grini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: "Soaring Masters Pre-Report" Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You are KILLING me slowly! I HATE not being able to be there! Does not matter if it is true or not. Your write up is so cool Hilsen (Regards) Jojo NEW: www.jojoen.no > -- > > Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:54:49 EDT > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Soaring@airage.com > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: "Soaring Masters Pre-Report" > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ---1158893689 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Guys I have to tell you, the vendors and sponsors have done this thing up > RIGHT! > > Driving into the entry to the site, is a huge banner spanning over the > entrance "Welcome to the World Soaring Masters! > > Along the road to the flying area are banners on poles flying in the wind > about every 20', in various colors, kind of like walking the gauntlet to > King > Arthur's big joust contest! > > At the site is a huge circus style tent, with even more banners, each > banner > having a different sponsor's name and logo. > > Inside the tent is a hospitality set up for Pilots and vendors to chat, > long > tables (again reminiscent of a King Arthur challenge), filled with trays > of > fresh cut fruit, giant shrimp, wings, BBQ ribs, various selections of > rolls (I > think they were shipped in from Germany!) with thin crunchy wheat crusts > and a slight honey flavor inside. > > There is a stage and what looks like a band being set up. (someone said it > was Lenard Skynard) > > On the field I think I can see two TV crew trailers with those telescoping > satellite antennas on each. One on each end of the field. > > There is one of those jumbo-tron things, showing clips of JW, DP, BC > proudly > displaying their world championship medals and of course their "I beat > Gordy" badges too.. along with other rc soaring clips which include events > such as > Visalia, MidSouth, and the recent Casa contest (which is kind of funny > because all you see is Phil Barnes butt as he bends down to fix a winch! > > There's a nice segment of Joe Melchoir's (Deleware's top TD pilot) > Mooney > flying in to the event. > > It all looks more like some medieval competition than a rc soaring > event > > The field has been manicured with the words "World Master's RC Soaring > 2006" > > The only thing that would really complete it is JoJo. > > There was a lot of talk about how David Hobby keeps avoiding flying > against > me, but I think they were mostly kidding. :-) > > I stopped in at the Roberts hotel, and a bunch of guys were out having a > brew or two, and as I walked up I was faced or butted with a line of > moons, as > in full skin cheeked! Of course I had to retaliate! :-) > > Wish you guys were here! > > Weather is supposed to be sunny with calm winds all weekend! > But if the wind comes up, the word is the champ will be.Rich > Burnowski. > > Considering conditions, I put $100 on Rusty Shaw, odds were just too good > to > be true and I saw him fly in Iowa recently, the guy is deadly. > Gordy > Holiday Inn Express, yep a Jacuzzi room :-) > > ---1158893689 -- End of Soaring V1 #8312 *** 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
Re: [RCSE] World Soaring Masters: Setup Day
It will be both. Soaring and definetly landing. Tom Kiesling doesn't fly with a skeg anymore at any contests to use it as prep for FAI events. It will be a landing contest as well, balanced by 12 minute (not an absolute) flights. But it's man on man... you don't have to get 12, just beat everyone else. Good to see you back John... John Roe wrote: Wet grass with an 80-point tape and 12-minute tasks will no doubt make this a "soaring" contest and not a landing one :) nope ;-) Good luck to all... -- John Roe www.roenation.com 949-458-8544 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 -- Jeff Steifel 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] "And So It Begins!"
First launches begin in about 3mins, Arendt Borst is in the first group, but heck, the names here make it 'everyone' is in the first group! Mostly Supras, and Perfects.( More later connection pending Gordy I won't say there is money down on who wins but JoJo seems to be the odds favorite!
[RCSE] Re: OT: Can anything be done with "frosted" headlight covers?
Stan, This topic came up recently on one of the car forums I frequent. One guy had success using very fine wet/dry sandpaper (used wet), the same stuff they use in auto body painting, progressively finer, and finally polishing compound. The sandpaper is available in Pep Boys and the like, and grit rating is in the thousands (don't remember the exact values). Mine are etched from our desert sun so I was going to try this soon, and I figure the worst that will happen is I screw them up and have to replace with new ones anyway! There are products available at the auto stores for polishing plastic headlight lenses, but they are not aggressive enough to get rid of the etching. Just so Gordy doesn't blast me for a non-soaring post, I suppose you can use this technique for getting rid of frosted canopies on your scale sailplanes ;-) The other Stan In a message dated 09/21/2006 4:37:32 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Soaring@airage.com writes: Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:18:03 -0500From: Stan Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: Soaring Digest Subject: OT: Can anything be done with "frosted" headlight covers?Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>My headlights on 98 Audi A6 are almost completely frosted. Any help out there?ThanksStan
RE: [RCSE] Re: OT: Can anything be done with "frosted" headlight covers?
Gentleman: The simplest thing to try with in house stuff is a soft fine weave cotton cloth and toothpaste. Use the paste to wet out the cloth, don't add much water, if any, unless the paste dries as it does. Many toothpastes have a very fine grit, whether is be silica base or titanium dioxide pigment, and I use it all the time for polishing crystals on watches (when plastic), and canopies. I also use toothpast to remove the tarnish on silver necklaces. Just put the closed necklace in the palm of your hand, add paste and rub. All simple stuff learned from and old jewelr boss. Chris Original Message Subject: [RCSE] Re: OT: Can anything be done with "frosted" headlightcovers?From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Fri, September 22, 2006 8:49 amTo: Soaring@airage.com Stan, This topic came up recently on one of the car forums I frequent. One guy had success using very fine wet/dry sandpaper (used wet), the same stuff they use in auto body painting, progressively finer, and finally polishing compound. The sandpaper is available in Pep Boys and the like, and grit rating is in the thousands (don't remember the exact values). Mine are etched from our desert sun so I was going to try this soon, and I figure the worst that will happen is I screw them up and have to replace with new ones anyway! There are products available at the auto stores for polishing plastic headlight lenses, but they are not aggressive enough to get rid of the etching. Just so Gordy doesn't blast me for a non-soaring post, I suppose you can use this technique for getting rid of frosted canopies on your scale sailplanes ;-) The other Stan In a message dated 09/21/2006 4:37:32 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Soaring@airage.com writes: Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:18:03 -0500From: Stan Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: Soaring Digest Subject: OT: Can anything be done with "frosted" headlight covers?Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>My headlights on 98 Audi A6 are almost completely frosted. Any help out there?ThanksStan 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] Re: OT: Can anything be done with "frosted" headlight covers?
When I was in college I used a combination of toothpaste/WD-40 to do a knock 'em dead polishing job on my motorcycle rims. The rust dissolved rather easy and polished out great. Amazing what one comes up with practically no budget. Too bad to hear that polishing compound doesn't work on headlight covers. How am I going to break the news to my Mazda that the clear headlights it received when I polished them just last weekend with Johnson's rubbing compound - is nothing but an illusion. Blue skies, Capn Crunchie Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out.
[RCSE] Re: OT: Can anything be done with "frosted" headlight covers?
I'm sure Johnson's rubbing compound, toothpaste and WD40, and other combinations works fine for mild scratches, discoloration, etc., but the etching I'm talking about is a white glaze over the surface of the cover that is dense enough you can't see through, like an acid etch. I know from others who have tried that the sandpaper/polish worked while the rubbing compound didn't. Stan In a message dated 09/22/2006 10:39:35 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, the captain writes: Too bad to hear that polishing compound doesn't work on headlight covers. How am I going to break the news to my Mazda that the clear headlights it received when I polished them just last weekend with Johnson's rubbing compound - is nothing but an illusion. Blue skies, Capn Crunchie
Re: [RCSE] OT: Can anything be done with "frosted" headlight covers?
Hi Stan, I have sanded/polished my headlight lenses before. The Dodge/Chrysler Caravans are notorious for fogging up over time. Got to be so bad that I had to drive with my brights on just so I could see at night. Because it was too hard to sand the lenses on the van without scratching the paint, I removed the headlight assembly from the body of the van. I sat in the driveway, on a lawn chair in my shorts, with a towel on my lap and wet sanded the the lenses with progressively finer sandpaper. Have the hose there also and use plenty of water. I started with 320 and and worked my way through the progressively finer grits to 1200. I finished off with polishing compound. Total time start to finish about 2.5 hours and I saved about $500 for new lenses. My lenses ended up crystal clear with no scratches. You can get the finer grades of sandpaper at your local auto parts store by the paint section. Regards, Tom On 9/21/06, Stan Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My headlights on 98 Audi A6 are almost completely frosted. Any help outthere?ThanksStan 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] "Day one is Done!"
I am just heading off the field, and I have to tell you this was nothing less than expected! Tough pilots all! The Queen of the day isSharons! Supras as usual, and Espadas both sharing with the Sharons. Perfects have been perfect, so in the end its all good. Standings? Well I would have to hand out a lot of buttons today, but a lot of the talents took big hits. There were some planes blown up, (including one of JW's Icons, he's flying Supra now). All the blow ups were justified and no fault goes to airframes. About three hit the wires but none smoked, at least one plane is lost downwind past the museum (Icon). Arendt is flying Supra and super. Tom Kiesling took an off field zero, Josh and Mike Lacowski are also up there. Its great to get a chance to see Ben Clerx put the whooping on, and of course DP, Mike Smith, are both Sharon guys, and doing well too. Who's really hot? Do you need to guess? Here's a hint...it was windy all day :-) Yep the Wizard of Wind Rich Burnowski has been making his Espada dance. Young Cody picked up a really low score to a pop off early on but has stuck around to put the hurt'n on the likes of me and many others...great young man! Skip Miller flying Perfect is also strong, and well I could go on mentioning everyone because everyone is one of the 'mention-ables' in the hobby. Keep in mind, this is NOT an amateur eventthis is a cash prize event and its being run that way. "I's" are dotted and "T's" are being crossed, but considering the talent level, no one has needed warning for anything. 5 rounds, one round short than the goal because of weather moving in. So we had a good day...you?Gordy Home to see my wife for a day or two...36 years last Tuesday...I sent her an really nice email from Long Island...and heading back out this Tuesday
[RCSE] Re: OT: Can anything be done with "frosted" headlight covers?
I used a product named "Flitz" with very good results on my CRV's headlights covers. This product is very usefull for all kind of polishing/cleaning. It is mild enough to polish blued metal gun parts without removing the blue. I also used it to polish fiberglass fuselages. see : *PASTE METAL, PLASTIC, FIBERGLASS POLISH & PAINT RESTORER* http://www.flitz.com/ I think this is a "must have product" I also used products made by Micromesh. They produce sandpapers that can be used to polish aircrafts canopies. They produce sandpapers up to 12000 grade... : see : http://www.ss-sci.com/micromesh.htm p.s. : I have no monetary interrest related to Flitz but I like it very much -- Louis Cimon. 141 rue Mistral Beauport, QC Canada G1E 5V4 tél : (418) 664-1023 http://www3.sympatico.ca/louiscimon 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
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[RCSE] World Soaring Masters: Day One
Got off to a little bit of a late start today, on account of rain showers that started up *right* as my alarm went off in my tent here on the spacious AMA Flying Site. CD Mark Nankavil (apologies on the spelling) got things rolling as soon as it cleared up and we got in 4 remarkably rain-free rounds before calling it while we still had light to pack up. With the weather being as it is, you could call this the Fall 2006 Soaring NATS! Winds were a steady 15 MPH the entire day, gusting to 25 MPH according to wind gauges. I could count on one hand the number of honest thermal turn attempts I saw today - surfing was the name of the game. I'm not sure if anyone got their 12 minute tasks, though I know a few who got very close. Thornburg mentions in The Old Buzzard Goes Soaring, and I'll paraphrase here: "fly in all types of weather if you want to win contests", and that is where those Soaring Masters in attendance beat the pants off of the non-Masters. There are plenty of guys out there who stay at home if it's overcast or blowing too hard - today would've no doubt made them think twice about getting off the couch. But where's the challenge in flying in pristine conditions? To me, this hobby is about challenging, learning and expanding, and that's why I'm here. As far as what I've learned today, I figure that this high-wind stuff requires a mindset that is similar to, but altogether different than your normal calmer-air flying. If normal TD work is "macro", then high-wind stuff is very "micro". Fine, clean control of your plane and accurate deduction of what the fast-moving and quick-changing air was doing in front of your ship were the keys to success today. The Masters here did those things - and the rest of us hung on for dear life. Me? Well, while I'm here at the Soaring Masters, I'm no Master yet! My goal is to get on the first page of the results tomorrow :) Yes, there was some carnage along the way - though honestly today was the day to test the limits of all manner of equipment, airborne or otherwise. Model throwers were the rule, not the exception along the flight line today! Safety was on the minds of everyone after the incident at the NATS with a pilot struck on the ground, and the winch bosses where quick to hand out warnings and kindly suggest that someone toss your plane. There were line breaks, but with NATS-like efficiency, they were easily handled and the contest continued on. And while there aren't "official" Turnaround Trolls, there was a good crew of kiddos and of-legal-age volunteers out there doing a thankless job. Not to forget Marney and the well-oiled machine in the transmitter impound - flawless! The weather was heinous, and at the end of the 4 rounds, there wasn't a perfect 4000 on the board even out of some of the best pilots from the West Coast, East Coast or beyond the lower 48 states. I don't have the Day One scores, unfortunately, but suffice it to say there are some familiar names up there, but there are some unexpected as well. A good contest, and anything could happen in the next two days. Thunderstorms this evening and Saturday isn't looking any better - "may be severe with damaging winds" in the afternoon. Another challenging day, but one that hopefully the "Soaring Masters" will make the most of. ben wilson louisville area soaring society http://www.louisvillesoaring.org 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
