[RCSE] Gordy is a good guy!
Not only did Gordy repair my Volz servo in a timely manner, he spent more on shipping to return it to me than I had enclosed to cover the cost! Thanks, Gordy, the bills will soon be in the mail. Dave 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] Wanted Image Fuselage
Anyone care to part with an old Image fuse? Dave 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] Glee
While some may enjoy exercising the mastery of their craft, others their piloting skills and others the challenges of competition, it is important to remember that many of us participate in RC soaring just for the glee! Check out this link. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2006/01/30/BAG7DGVJ571.DTLo=0type=printable Note the use of a plastic water/soda bottle for the pod, the stick for the boom and the foam wings from a toy store glider. Like the other components, the rocks are probably available to you locally. The glee comes from within. Dave Nasatir Berkeley, California (across the San Francisco Bay from Fort Funston) 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] casting lead
JIM EALY wrote:...lead is really bad for little kids I don't doubt it for a moment. I am sure that if had not spent so much time casting lead soldiers as a little kid I would be much better off today. For sure. 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] WTB Image fusealage
A tree ate my Image...anyone have an old fuselage they would like to part with? Dave 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] Just a moment?
What will be the flight behavior consequence of a very long tail moment? I have been working on a two meter full house ship of my own design based upon classic TLAR principles. To my astonishment, when I attached the wings today, things didn't look about right at all. The tail moment appears to be much too long. I will undergo cataract surgery tomorrow and maybe it will look right after that, but I doubt it. So I've got this glider with a longer than usual distance from wing trailing edge to V-tail leading edge. What flight characteristics (due to this particular factor) should I expect when I launch it? I believe it was about 1946 when I first realized that there is often a substantial distance between the way I envision things and the way they turn out after I have actuallty built them. It doesn't matter too much (at least to me) however, as I enjoy the process even though the product is usually so bad that friends have been known to take models away from me and then return them in a condition so lovely that I am uncomfortable trying to fly them. Anyway, what should I expect once the eye heals up and I get up the courage to launch this thing? Thanks, Dave 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] Aerotow?
A friend has offered to attempt to tow up my 3 meter, foamie, DAW KA6 e with his ...Razzle electric - it has thrust:weight about 1.25:1, big wings, will fly fairly slow if need be I have never done any aerotow and I am not sure if he has. What should we know in order to: 1) avoid disaster for one or both parties 2) have a succesful tow and realease? Thanks 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] flap aileron dimensions?
I would appreciate your suggestions for the dimensions to use for flaps and ailerons on a two meter wing. I acquired what appears to be a set of wings for the DJ Aerotech Spectre. These are bagged, with fg on top and cf on the bottom. I can determine the location of the servo wells (to be hollowed out) by inspection. I don't know where to make the cuts for the ailerons and the flaps. Thanks, 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] JrXP8103 Programming Question (Tow Release)
In response to my question regarding tow release programing, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote 3. The three-position FLAP switch just to the left of the display, but again, it's probably too useful to tie up as a tow release. (Of course this all depends upon how your plane's configured, but you haven't mentioned anything about that yet.) As it happens, I use the spoiler for trailing edge camber and butterfly switch for crow so, in fact, the three position FLAP switch is currently not in use. How should I proceed to program it to operate the tow release on channel 8 (Aux 3) on my Jr XP8103? Thanks. 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] JrXP8103 Programming Question (Tow Release)
1) What is the recommended action for operating the tow release mechanism, (currently on channel 8)? 2) In the absence of advice against this practice, I would like to open the release by activating the timer switch on my Jr XP8103. What would be the appropriate mixing instructions to do that? Thanks, Dave Nasatir Berkeley, California 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] Dymond RC of San Diego
I am having difficulty contacting Helmut Goestl at Dymond Model Sports, 3904 Convoy St. in San Diego. No one answers the phone at 858 495 0092 and I get no response to faxes sent to 858 495 0096. I am unaware of any email addresses. Part of a shipment is missing . I would like to clarify the matter and would be grateful for any info that would permit me to do so. Thanks, Dave Nasatir 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] Fw: Gas to reach 3 dollars a gallon
This appears to be an urban legend A check with Snopes.com produces the following: *Origins:* If it weren't for all the gross statistical errors and the nave grasp of oil industry economics exhibited here, this piece might actually have some validity. Although the message quoted above doesn't address /where/ (outside of the Middle East) we import oil from, many people come away from reading it with the mistaken impression that most of the USA's crude oil is imported from the Middle East. It isn't. According to some recent figures http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/petroleum_supply_monthly/current/txt/table_35.txt regarding crude oil imports, only 31% of the USA's imports came from Arab OPEC countries (Algeria, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia) in January 2002. The top six countries (by percentage of total USA imports) supplying crude oil to the USA in January 2002 were: Saudi Arabia: 16.9% Mexico: 15.1% Canada: 15.0% Venezuela: 14.4% Iraq: 11.4% Nigeria:5.9.% (Henceforth, our definition of Middle East will encompass the five countries identified by the U.S. Department of Energy as Arab OPEC nations: Algeria, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. This definition does /not/ include other oil-exporting countries identifed by the DoE as Persian Gulf exporters, such as Bahrain, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates.) Moving along, we find that nearly all of the statistics offered in the piece quoted above are erroneous or outdated: By the way, 86% of all middle eastern oil comes from Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Sorry, but no. According to the chart below, straight off the U.S. Department of Energy's (DoE) web site http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/pgulf.html, only 56% of the oil exported from the Persian Gulf in 2001 came from Saudi Arabia and Iraq, and that figure is probably even lower now that Iraq has cut its oil exports in protest http://fyi.cnn.com/2002/fyi/news/04/08/iraq.oil/ of Israel's recent actions on the West Bank. Here are some large companies that do not import much Middle Eastern oil: Citgo 0 barrels of oil Sunoco 0 Conoco 0 Sinclair 0 Phillips 0 BP Amoco 62,231,000 Wrong again. The DoE tracks oil imports by company http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/historical/2002/2002_02/data/import.txt each month, and although the raw data are a little hard to follow (fortunately, the DoE also provides an explanation http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/cli_explanation.html of their symbols), for February 2002 the totals were as follows: * CITGO http://www.citgo.com/Home.jsp is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the national oil company of Venezuela, so naturally most of its crude oil comes from there. However, in February 2002 CITGO also imported from Middle Eastern countries in the following quantities: Iraq: 1,342,000 barrels Kuwait: 437,000 barrels * Conoco http://www.conoco.com/ imports primarily from Mexico, Venezuela, and Canada, and not from Middle Eastern countries. However, they are planning to merge http://www.conoco.com/investor/cp/index.asp with Phillips, which /does/ import from Middle Eastern countries (see below). * BP http://www.amoco.com/index.asp imports from a variety of oil-producing countries, but in February 2002 BP North America also imported from Middle Eastern countries in the following quantities: Iraq: 470,000 barrels Kuwait: 415,000 barrels Saudi Arabia: 2,123,000 barrels Algeria: 3,853,000 barrels * Phillips http://www.phillips66.com/phillips66.asp also imports from a variety of oil-producing countries, but in February 2002 Phillips imported from Middle Eastern countries in the following quantities: Iraq: 717,000 barrels Saudi Arabia: 1,100,000 barrels * Sinclair http://www.sinclairoil.com/ imports from Canada, not the Middle East. * Sunoco http://www.sunoco.com/ imports primarily from Canada, Angola, and Nigeria, not Middle Eastern countries. So, doing the math and multiplying these monthly figures by $30/barrel and projecting them over the course of a year, supporting only the companies listed above would still be putting $3.76 /billion/ dollars per year in the coffers of Middle Eastern countries. Statistics aside, the glaring fallacy here is the suggestion that we could possibly buy our gasoline only from these selected companies. This notion is like claiming that we could put the big grocery chains out of business if we all bought our food only from small mom pop stores, but ignoring the fact that these small shops couldn't possibly come close to supplying all our grocery needs. The oil companies named above are relatively small (which is a large part of the reason why they don't necessarily
Re: [RCSE] What do you have in your toolbox?
A collapsible pole and a wrist rocket with monofiliment and nylon string attached to a weight. 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] What do you have in your toolbox?
Oh, and I should add, I fly with Rob Carter and expect him to have everything else. David Nasatir wrote: A collapsible pole and a wrist rocket with monofiliment and nylon string attached to a weight. 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] Thanks to Anonymous Spotter!
I want to thank the dad of the visitor from the San Diego area who was flying at Vollmer Peak in Berkeley, California this morning. Not only did you make it possible for me to fly by doing an excellent job of launching my 3M Synergy 91 into what the records show to have been a 48mph gust on a day with steady winds at 28mph. you also made it possible for me to fly another day by pointing out the tree I clipped on my landing approach and the likely spot where the plane might be found. You were absolutely right on!! The retrieval was relatively straightforward but I did have to give it some thought. How much was it worth to me, I wondered, to get an absolutely certain case of poison oak rash? I discounted the possibility that the local venomous snake population was active yet even though temperatures had been in the '70's. I knew however, that I would have to make my way through a serious thicket of broom without a machete and the likelihood of my falling a way down the slope was real, as well, and making it back up without doing any further damage to the model was going to be a problem. All went well, however, and I hope the TekNu treatment will ward off the rash. Next time I will follow one of the mantra of my mentor, Martin, and ballast, ballast, ballast. Had I done so, I think I might have made the landing without having been blown into the tree on final approach. Anyway, thanks to the anonymous spotter. My bad for failing to introduce myself other than to ask if it was OK to turn on Channel 38...and failing to get your name (and your dad's) in return. Dave Nasatir In Berkeley, California 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] In the spirit or the rule? LSF Topic:-)
And to make it soaring related, go to the Otago peninsula and watch the albatross take off and land. A relatively rare event for each bird...but there are lots of them there and the approaches are wonderful to observe. John wrote: Gordy, My wife and I just retuned from 30 days in New Zealand in November/December. If this is your first trip you should really put the planes away and see that beautiful country. Go to 90-mile beach, Rotorua; see the geothermal sites, all on the north island along with all the great beaches and cultural sites. Then take the boat over to the south island and the tour all the wonderful landscape. Lord of the Rings was filmed in New Zealand because of all the wonderful nature. The south has glaciers, fjords, wildlife, Milford Sound, Queenstown, Nelson, Arthur's pass, Mount Cook, etc.etc.etc. My wife is usually ready to come home after a month away and she wanted to extend our stay because it is one of the most wonderful places we have ever visited. Do yourself a favor, if you have not seen the counter before, and see the country and fly when you get back home. John --- So I am in the lifty New Zeland air yesterday, 14mins left for my LSF4 one hour flight task, and my TX starts beeping for food. I have a couple of options: Give up and land. Swap packs Turn off the tx and attempt a mini fast charge to finish out the flight (if I had PCM for hold) BUT what if I didn't have a battery problem? I just wanted to set the TX on the ground or hand it to someone while I had a drink or put on my hat or some sun screen. Does the flight cancel when I am not in possession of the TX, or the TX is off and I am not controling the model any more? Would I have qualified for my one hour if the TX died and the model flew off to Australia? How about Tazmania? or to McDonalds? Would I have truly achieved one hour if I was not in control of the model and TX the entire time of the flight...by the rules...AND the spirit? Just a little research for an upcoming RCSD article...By the way if you have not downloaded this months RCSD,,,you are totally missing out! http://www.b2streamlines.com/RCSD-2005-03.pdf Gordy 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] Rare earth magnets as wing retention devices?
Is there an easy way to compare the shear strength of a magnetic wing hold down with that of a nylon bolt without actually doing the physical testing? Martin Usher wrote: I have a question. Do two apposing magnets generate twice the force or should you use a small low weight steal attraction plate? (John and Linda) Two magnets will grip a lot stronger than a magnet and steel plate. If the magnets are set up so that both poles are used (small horseshoe type) then the grip will be very strong, possibly too strong. (If you overdo it you may have problems pulling the wing off without damaging something.) Industrial magnets have a mechanism to pry the magnet away from what's attracting it -- you only have to move it a short way to significantely reduce the attraction. Martin Usher 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] Breakaway fuse?
Is there any virtue to designing a fuse to break in a desired spot? How would I do that? I am scaling up a favorite, but long gone 60 to 2M. The fuselage is built up balsa. The original tended to break due to my landing style. I am reinforcing the new one from the nose to a point behind the wing saddle but at that point, the construction gets lighter. I suspect I will experience some broken fuselage landings as a consequence. Is there a way to construct the fuse (basic built up balsa box with longerons on the corners of the square) so that it will absorb the energy of a bad landing by coming apart in a pre-planned fashion so that I can simply reassemble (no glue) and launch again? Where I fly and my general lack of skill raise the likelhood of destructive landings and...no matter how much I might practice, I don't see that changing. Thanks. Dave 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] DAD Tina Servo Arms
Is there a source of a replacement servo arm for the DAD Tina? Thanks, Dave 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] DAD Tina Servo Arms
Is there a source for a replacement servo arm for the DAD Tina? Thanks, Dave 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] counter rotating prop ?
I have enjoyed sloping my EPP P-38 and now want to electrify it by adding two speed 400 motors. By reversing the wiring on one of the motors the motors now rotate in opposite directions. It is not at all clear to me what kind of prop to put on the motor that is rotating clockwise (when viewed from the front). Simply putting a regular prop on backwards does not seem to provide thrust in the proper direction. Suggestions appreciated. Dave in Berkeley, CA 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] First plane
Around 1950, I think, I built a Condor with, as I recall a 6' wingspan. The box said the glider was to be launched by towing it. I did a little playing around with an army surplus receiver and transmitter (six meter?) and used a relay to activate a rubber powered escapement that moved the rudder. My buddy and I took it to a meet/contest of some kind that was being held at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Northern Illinois. He ran with the tow (we presumed it worked like a kite...had never tested this thing, but wanted to give it a try). Much to our delight, it seemed to work!! And then we discovered that we could not get it down! Every time we tried to let it sink onto the (hot, Illinois summer) concrete runway it would go up. Hadn't a clue what was happening. Eventually crashed it, took the pieces home and returned to U-control for about a year and then abandoned the hobby for 45 years. Dave Nasatir in Berkeley, CA 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] Mano y Mano
Oh. I thought this thread was about hand launch...mano Y mano...perhaps it was about contests...mano A mano? 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] V tail angle?
How will a 120 degree rather than a 110 degree angle of the V tail affect performance? OK, so I'm hard at work on my 2 meter pod and boom V tail hand launch/slope soarer built according to the strictest TLAR criteria.. I thought I had everything properly rigged to get a 110 degree angle on the V tail but, like the craftsman, himself, somethings seem to have sagged. So now I have a 120 degree angle. I do have ailerons but will I have enough yaw stability? Should I rip off the empennage and try again, or will I be able to compensate in flight? Note: I never enter competitions, I just like to go hang with the guys who do and have an excuse to watch and listen to them. Thanks. 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] Blade slope ships.
Try this http://www.soaringusa.com/products/product.htm?product_id=16141category_id=260 ron wrote: Does anyone know where I can get in touch with the manufacturer of these slope ship? I beleive they are made in Southern California, but forgot the web site of the maker given to me by an owner. Thanks, Ron 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] Lots of sailplaners not sleeping this week!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Banos or bust tomorrow and thursday, be there or be bored! Nah, I'd rather stay home and ballast up for Vollmer given the following weather report: ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES- 230 PM PDT TUE OCT 1 2002 ...HIGH WIND WARNING ABOVE 1000 FEET TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... WINDS ABOVE 1000 FEET WILL INCREASE TONIGHT TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH...WITH STRONGEST WINDS IN THE EAST BAY HILLS. WINDS AT LOWER ELEVATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. (the other) Dave, in Berkeley, California (at 1064 feet ASL ... listening to the wind picking up, the Eucalyptus groaning and humming along to Nessun Dorma) 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.
