Re: [RCSE] September RC Soaring Digest

[Pat McCleave]

Guys,

I hate to sound like Gordy, but I just read the design article about the 
Kinetic in this latest issue and have to say it is the best article I have 
ever read in a model magazine.  It is very well written, has great pictures 
and tons of great history of how this plane came about. This is a must read 
no matter what your level of interest is in this great hobby of ours.


See Ya,

Pat McCleave
Wichita KS


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Subject: [RCSE] September RC Soaring Digest





We're pleased to announce the September 2008 issue of RC Soaring Digest is 
now available for downloading from the RCSD web site 
. The issue highlights are now available 
at .


This issue has 34 pages and is 6.1 MB in size.

If you are using a dial-up connection and desire a smaller RCSD PDF, 
consider downloading the highly compressed version of this issue (2.4 MB) 
from the RCSoaringDigest Yahoo! Group Files section. The image quality is 
reduced, but download time is significantly less. You must be a member of 
the RCSoaringDigest Yahoo! Group to download these compressed PDFs.


If you're using a broad-band connection, you may want to download the 
"original" high quality PDF of this issue (12.4 MB) from the RC Soaring 
Digest web site .


In the interests of bandwidth and server usage, we ask that you download 
only ONE version of each monthly issue from the RC Soaring Digest web 
site. That is, download either the "normal" size issue from the main or 
highlights page link, or download the "full size" version from  
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Re: [RCSE] 6 volt battery for retreiver - one solution

[Hilaunch]

In a message dated 8/20/2008 6:29:26 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Charging  is one of them.   Any ideas? 
  Jim,
 
Buy a cheap set of jumper cables and run  the retriever  with these 
hooked to a 12 volt battery.  I ran my  Rham that way for several years.  If 
you 
have two 12 volts hooked in  parallel, just use one of them for the retriever.
 
Don  Richmond
San Diego, CA 
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Re: [RCSE] RV rental for Fall Fest?

[Craig Allen]

Hello David,

I asked the same question and was told the company that did it two years ago 
ripped a lot of people off by not returning their deposits, so they were not 
recommending anyone anymore.

Craig

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From: David Zucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [RCSE] RV rental for Fall Fest?
To: soaring@airage.com
Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 6:53 PM

I'm looking into renting an RV for the annual Visalia Fall Fest. I 
remember there is a rental Company that
will bring the RV out and pick it up after the contest. Can someone 
refresh my memory as to the name
of the Company?

TIA

David Zucker
Vice-President
Pismo Beach Soaring Society

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[RCSE] RV rental for Fall Fest?

[David Zucker]

I'm looking into renting an RV for the annual Visalia Fall Fest. I 
remember there is a rental Company that
will bring the RV out and pick it up after the contest. Can someone 
refresh my memory as to the name

of the Company?

TIA

David Zucker
Vice-President
Pismo Beach Soaring Society

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[RCSE] RE: 6 volt battery for retreiver

[Robert P Buxton]

NAPA #7244 815 CA   650 CCA

Jim I use the above battery for retrieving my winch line at the end 
of the flying session.  I have a Tim McCann winch and I find the 12 
volt battery a bit daunting when reeling in the line when the day is 
done.  The 6 volt battery is perfect for this task and I must say 
much safer.  I think it might just fill the  bill for what you want 
the battery for.  Back in the early 80"s I bought a winch from a 
company in Idaho(I think) that had 3 solenoids and a 3 position foot 
pedal which allowed for 6 volt, 9 volt and 12 volts depending on how 
far you pushed the pedal down.  It was perfect for different types of 
planes and I still have it and always liked the idea of reeling in 
the line at the end of the day at 6 volt speed.  Maybe, someone on 
the exchange will remember the name of this winch.  I know there was 
an ad in the National Soaring Society magazine back then.

Hope this will help, sorry for the rambling.

Best Regards,

Robert

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[RCSE] September RC Soaring Digest

[Bill & Bunny Kuhlman]

We're pleased to announce the September 2008 issue of RC Soaring 
Digest is now available for downloading from the RCSD web site 
. The issue highlights are now 
available at .


This issue has 34 pages and is 6.1 MB in size.

If you are using a dial-up connection and desire a smaller RCSD PDF, 
consider downloading the highly compressed version of this issue (2.4 
MB) from the RCSoaringDigest Yahoo! Group Files section. The image 
quality is reduced, but download time is significantly less. You must 
be a member of the RCSoaringDigest Yahoo! Group to download these 
compressed PDFs.


If you're using a broad-band connection, you may want to download the 
"original" high quality PDF of this issue (12.4 MB) from the RC 
Soaring Digest web site 
.


In the interests of bandwidth and server usage, we ask that you 
download only ONE version of each monthly issue from the RC Soaring 
Digest web site. That is, download either the "normal" size issue 
from the main or highlights page link, or download the "full size" 
version from  folder - not both.


Thanks for your continued readership!



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Re: [RCSE] 6 V battery for retreiver

[DUWorm]

Go to an auto part store and ask for golf cart batteries.  We ran Rahm  
retrievers for years on these batteries.  you also need a charger that will  do 
6 
volts.  The battery does not need to be very large.  About half  the size of 
the 12 volt battery for the winch.  The retriever is under much  less load and 
the smaller 6 v retriever battery would out last two  batteries pulling the 
winch.  
 
 
Sherman L  Knight
Team JR
425-576-4028 wk pacific std  time
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

 
 
In a message dated 8/20/2008 10:10:10 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:



Jerry,
The pulley trick won't work for the Rahm retriever, it is direct  drive.  
Only way to slow it down is electronically, either with a 6 V  battery or 
cutting 
the voltage of a 12 V battery.
 
JT  








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[RCSE] 6 V battery for retreiver

[jamesathomas]

Jerry,
The pulley trick won't work for the Rahm retreiver, it is direct drive.  Only way to slow it down is electronically, either with a 6 V battery or cutting the voltage of a 12 V battery.
 
JT

Re: [RCSE] 6 volt battery for retreiver

[JMiller]

Jim and Jim,
  Another thing you can do to slow or speed up the retriever is change 
the gearing ratio of the pulleys being used.
The one I built was just fine for speed, it's the same the TPG uses, 
sized from the plans the designer sent me.  Sal Peluseo.


  Jerry Miller

Jim Monaco wrote:
*Hi Jim – what I did for my Rahm retriever is get 2 big honking diodes 
from the surplus store and put them in series with the power line.  This 
cuts the voltage down so the retriever runs nice on 12v.  There are also 
cheaper alternatives, I think on RCGroups there was a discussion about 
using a home made resistor to do the same thing.  All it was was a 
bottle with some lower gauge wire in it filled with water as a heat sink 
run inline with the power line.*


* *

*I hated getting and maintaining a separate 6v battery, plus if you used 
it up, there are generally no spares just laying around…*


* *

*I can give you pics of my setup if you want.*

* *

*FWIW - Jim*

* *

* *



*From:* James MacLean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* Wednesday, August 20, 2008 7:29 AM
*To:* soaring@airage.com
*Subject:* [RCSE] 6 volt battery for retreiver

 

Hello All from stormy east coast of florida,   I am looking for a model 
number and source for a 6 volt battery for our Rham retreiver.  It 
should have about 50 to 60 amp hours of capacity.  This will be a 
reasonable sized package - not too grunt heavy!  Up to now I have been 
using three Trojan T-105 for the winch and retreiver but they are old 
and tired.  Everyone else around here uses 12 volt winch batteries in 
parallel for various reasons.  Charging is one of them.  So I might 
follow suit but I need a smaller retreiver battery since I don't want to 
lug a T105 if not required!  12 volts makes the retreiver run too fast.  
The new fully automatic retreivers work very well but the club budget 
will not stand that this year.  Any ideas?  Somebody has to make a 
reasonable sized 6 volt battery larger than the 20 AH things for 
motorcycles.  Thanks,   Jim



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RE: [RCSE] X9303 service bulletin

[John Diniz]

You can now enlarge the photos to get a better look.

JD

-Original Message-
From: Jack Strother [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:34 AM
To: John Diniz; Soaring@airage.com
Subject: Re: [RCSE] X9303 service bulletin

THANKS JD!
this is what I call service

--
Jack Strother   
Granger, IN 

LSF 2948
LSF Level V  #117
LSF Official 1996 - 2004
CSS Gold



 -- Original message --
From: "John Diniz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> All,
> 
> Please see the link below for an important service bulletin regarding
> the X9303 radio. We have recently discovered that the aileron gimbals
> wire harness is chaffing on the RF board regulator. It is a simple fix
> but an important one. If you find your wires exposed please contact
> Horizon Service Dept at 877-504-0233 
> 
> http://www.jrradios.com/Articles/Article.aspx?ArticleID=1822
> 
> Thanks,
> JD
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RE: [RCSE] 6 volt battery for retreiver

[Jim Monaco]

Hi Jim - what I did for my Rahm retriever is get 2 big honking diodes from
the surplus store and put them in series with the power line.  This cuts the
voltage down so the retriever runs nice on 12v.  There are also cheaper
alternatives, I think on RCGroups there was a discussion about using a home
made resistor to do the same thing.  All it was was a bottle with some lower
gauge wire in it filled with water as a heat sink run inline with the power
line.

 

I hated getting and maintaining a separate 6v battery, plus if you used it
up, there are generally no spares just laying around.

 

I can give you pics of my setup if you want.

 

FWIW - Jim

 

 

  _  

From: James MacLean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 7:29 AM
To: soaring@airage.com
Subject: [RCSE] 6 volt battery for retreiver

 

Hello All from stormy east coast of florida,   I am looking for a model
number and source for a 6 volt battery for our Rham retreiver.  It should
have about 50 to 60 amp hours of capacity.  This will be a reasonable sized
package - not too grunt heavy!  Up to now I have been using three Trojan
T-105 for the winch and retreiver but they are old and tired.  Everyone else
around here uses 12 volt winch batteries in parallel for various reasons.
Charging is one of them.  So I might follow suit but I need a smaller
retreiver battery since I don't want to lug a T105 if not required!  12
volts makes the retreiver run too fast.  The new fully automatic retreivers
work very well but the club budget will not stand that this year.  Any
ideas?  Somebody has to make a reasonable sized 6 volt battery larger than
the 20 AH things for motorcycles.  Thanks,   Jim

[RCSE] 6 volt battery for retreiver

[James MacLean]

Hello All from stormy east coast of florida,   I am looking for a model number 
and source for a 6 volt battery for our Rham retreiver.  It should have about 
50 to 60 amp hours of capacity.  This will be a reasonable sized package - not 
too grunt heavy!  Up to now I have been using three Trojan T-105 for the winch 
and retreiver but they are old and tired.  Everyone else around here uses 12 
volt winch batteries in parallel for various reasons.  Charging is one of them. 
 So I might follow suit but I need a smaller retreiver battery since I don't 
want to lug a T105 if not required!  12 volts makes the retreiver run too fast. 
 The new fully automatic retreivers work very well but the club budget will not 
stand that this year.  Any ideas?  Somebody has to make a reasonable sized 6 
volt battery larger than the 20 AH things for motorcycles.  Thanks,   Jim

Re: [RCSE] X9303 service bulletin

[Jack Strother]

THANKS JD!
this is what I call service

--
Jack Strother   
Granger, IN 

LSF 2948
LSF Level V  #117
LSF Official 1996 - 2004
CSS Gold



 -- Original message --
From: "John Diniz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> All,
> 
> Please see the link below for an important service bulletin regarding
> the X9303 radio. We have recently discovered that the aileron gimbals
> wire harness is chaffing on the RF board regulator. It is a simple fix
> but an important one. If you find your wires exposed please contact
> Horizon Service Dept at 877-504-0233 
> 
> http://www.jrradios.com/Articles/Article.aspx?ArticleID=1822
> 
> Thanks,
> JD
> 
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