Re: [RCSE] Looking for a 2-M
Have you ever tried to buy a Y2K? Randy - Original Message - I see a Duck commercial here. The most touted un-obtainable plane made. 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] Multiplex Cockpit
The earlier Cockpits had crap batteries. They would die early and with almost no warning. They may have improved them, but I would throw the stock battery away and get another one. Also, in earlier Cockpits, they would suddenly scramble themselves. Your plane would crash and you would look down and see garbage on the screen. On mine, I think the chip wasn't grounded right. They may have fixed this problem. Both of these problems caused crashes with several people that I flew with and I had two narrow escapes myself. Hopefully people with newer Cockpits have not had these problems. This was several years ago. My Cockpit has not caused any more problems since I sent it in to Ernie to be repaired and I replaced the stock battery. Randy 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] A defense of training beginners via slope
- Original Message - Not to mention the humbling experience of the famous Walk of Shame The Walk of Shame is usually associated with combat. My guess is most beginners won't be doing combat right way. The way I see it, learning on a slope has the advantages of: 1. No high start or winch to get used to. 2. Your plane is much closer to you so it's easier for a beginner to tell what it's doing. 3. The lift is much easier to find than with just thermal flying so the beginner will get longer flights which equate to faster learning. 4. There are a lot of slope EPP foam planes out there to choose from. Plenty of them fly slow enough for a beginner and are really hard to tear up. Tape and CA will take care of most field repairs and there is almost nothing Goop won't fix once you get home. The only disadvantage I see to learning on a slope is that a lot of people live in slope challenged places. Randy 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] Out of Touch
Save a tree. Build with carbon and glass. ;-) Randy - Original Message - Who is out-of-touch ? You don't think there is fun with non-wood airplanes? You don't need 100% wood to have fun! 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] Re: New Ky DS Record Set Today in Frankfort!
I know you're supposed to be pretty committed when you go in, but what's a good way to get started? I felt like I bled off all my energy before I even got started. By committed, it usually means having enough speed (energy) and diving deep enough to punch through the boundary layer. Think of it as the back side having three layers. Top layer is the air going in the same direction as the prevailing wind. Layer two is the boundary layer which can sometimes be a fairly ugly rotor. Layer three is below the rotor in what hopefully either calm air or even better, air going back up the hill. One of the most common problems when you are trying to learn to DS is to not dive deep enough to get through the boundry layer. The plane spends the whole time in the air that's going all over the place. When you don't go deep enough to get out of boundry layer, it just sucks all the energy out of your plane. It's really like putting on the brakes. It sounds like that is what was happening to your plane. Also, don't go back to far. Try to keep it close to the hill. Sometimes if the wind direction isn't correct, the rotor is the whole back side of the hill. If you aren't carrying lots of energy when you dive in, you won't make back to the top. Don't keep trying if it is like this. I hope this helps. Randy 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] Subject: RC and airports
I haven't seen foam wings collide with aircraft but I've seen them hit other vehicles and they don't seem to do noticeable damage. And how many of those vehicles were doing 120kts or more? Because of their construction and speed, planes are tremendously more vulnerable to strike damage than any ground based vehicle. The comparison with birds is ridicules. Birds don't carry lead ballast and nose weight. Lead, you know, the stuff bullets are made out of. Birds are also not under human control and don't understand planes. Foam planes are suppose to be in control of a thinking human. Obviously some are not. Over-reaction. Ok Martin. Let somebody put your life in danger and see how you over-react. Randy 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: New DS world records
Next time I would like to see the camera zoomed out a bit so you can see more than just flash of the plane. So when you set that 320 record... Randy - Original Message - Actually the video is here... http://www.slopeaddiction.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] OK Gordy - what are you building 2nite
Building? Why are you building? It's not winter yet. You are suppose to be out flying. Randy 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] WHO IS RESPONSIBLE ?
This does NOT belong here. Find a political BS site for this crap. Randy 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] De Solve It for Ice Plant Stain Removal from Molded Sloper Wings?
Wal-Mart has it here in NorCal. Randy - Original Message - You know, I've never been able to find that here in California. BTW, is it foam-safe? 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] Retro winch
Some how I have a hard time with the image of chainsaw and Friendship in the same sentence. Things more like massacre come to mind. Randy - Original Message - The engine is from old Russian chainsaw Druzhba (Friendship). 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] Foam F3F
I would add an M60 to that list. It and the Gulp are very completive in all sorts of wind. Here is the link. http://www.northcountyflyingmachines.com/aircraft.htm Randy - Original Message - The planes I'm interested in are: 60 JW (Bowman) Super Tron or Screaming Banshee-60 (Tuffplanes) Gulp SR or GV-60 (Steve Drake) S-15 (Wowwings) 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] Thanks Jo Grini
install the condoms, tie the knots, WHOA!! This is more bonding than I want to know about. Randy 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] Need Acacia tail
Does anybody out there have an Acacia 2 v-tail for sale? Randy Bullard 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] Slope Sites in Western NC
I don't know why nobody else has answered this since as far as I know other people still fly there and I don't. When I lived in NC, I flew The Lump near North Wilkesboro. I think it's highway 16, but just go north from town and take a left once you get the Blue Ridge Parkway. Follow the Parkway for few miles and there will be a parking lot in front of a large grassy hill. Park there, hike up the hill and fly till you drop. In the summer, lift will be there until after dark. You will need a short high start to get your plane over the tall trees in front. If there is lift, there is always somebody flying there on the weekend and often during the week. Randy Bullard 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] JR Service rocks
I did a dumb thing the other day and plugged the wrong set of charge cables into my 9303 transmitter. I found out that this can damage more than the fuse. Center negative! Just one of the reasons I gave up on JR many years ago. Instead of worrying about all this, why not just rewire the charge jack? It's fairly simple to do that. That was the first thing I did on my 8103 when I got it. Randy 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] Re: Davenport ISR 2005
This was a great race! Fantastic flying and better weather than last year. A huge thanks to Mike Seto for being the CD. I took 93 pictures and I am in the process of culling them and getting them sized etc.. Once I have that done, I will sending the best one's to Mike and who ever I need to get them published. Randy Bullard NCSS grunt - Original Message - From: Falarski, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Davenport ISR 2005 is in the books and as some have already reported it was full of exciting racing, plenty of crashes and near record speeds. Special thanks to Mike Seto (VP NCSS) for setting up the event and for acting as CD. Also special tanks to all the workers that helped make the event run so smoothly and to all of our sponsors who contributed to the worker's raffle. Mike will be posting the results and filling in the details. We should have a ton of pictures on the www.davenportisr.com web site in a few days. Finally, special thanks to Bud McCrary owner of Big Creek Lumber Co for letting us stage the event at his site year after year. NCSS will be hosting this event again next year so start making plans on what planes you will bring and mark May 20-21 2006 for the next ISR. Mart Falarski President NCSS 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: Programming tricks help
The thermal mode has about 3 degrees of camber, lots of ailrud coupling, a bit of up elevator preset, and about the same differential as the speed mode. Now this is very interesting. Someone with a much lower AMA number than mine used preach to me that real pilots don't us ailrud coupling. They learn how to fly properly with both thumbs. So now I've wasted all those years trying to learning how to fly with both thumbs for nothing? ;-) In reality, I suspect most of the best pilots use a combination of coupling and two thumb flying. Randy 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] Dremel tool
Having worn out another Dremel tool, so I'm shopping for a new one. Tower has one for $64 which is the older version with less accessories. Home Depot has the fancy new version with more accessories for $79. The also have the new and more expensive cordless. Have any of you bought the new version? Is it worth the extra ? Is the cordless worth yet even more? Thanks in advance. Randy 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] AMA DVD and coin
Is he talking about South Carolina? Anyone who is not to keep it nor return it to AMA, please consider donor it, as I live in third country world and don't have access to that stuff. 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] was Cell Phones now DS
Interesting how you guys on that side of the world DS while on the front side or bottom of the hill instead of the top. Years ago, I stood down there while a plane was in the 175+ (mph) range. Terrifying! This is the area of most exposure should something go wrong. Looking back on it, I would never stand down there again with a plane at speed. But looking and Jo's video, I can also tell that the Opus is not wound up much at all. I've seen them go much faster than that, so I know it is no where near it's structural limit. And I also know that Jo's skill level can easily handle a plane at that speed so the chances of a crash are pretty small. I would guess that the layout of the hill limits you to DSing there instead of the top? Randy Bullard - Original Message - From: Jo Grini [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Soaring@airage.com Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:58 AM Subject: [RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #5040 I cant talk about the EVO synth or the synth Rx they sell. But I have 345hours of flying on my EVO 9 crystal version and talk on the phone all the time. I even fly light DS while talking on the phone: http://www.workflow.as/jogrini/video/ds_phone.wmv (1,2mb short .wmv movie) And since we are talking about flying / driving I even fly and operate the camera with the left hand http://www.workflow.as/jogrini/video/opus_slow_backside.wmv (4,5mb .wmv) 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] Woodie-mouldie thang.....
Yes and probably more entertaining. This woodie/mouldie rant thing makes me think of what it would be like to put a Humidifier and a Dehumidifier in the same room and watch them fight.and it would be just as productive to boot. 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] Estimating the Airspeed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow
A radar gun would be much easier and more accurate. Of course since Tom is probably snowed in, contemplating such things keeps his mind active until the spring thaw and he can fly again. Randy 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] Ripley's...
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Re: [RCSE] Servo test was Reliable?
Whoa there Mr. Hotair. "Near weightless rc sailplane surfaces." Maybe for you when you are flying your Gentle Lady, but for hard core go fast planes, the loads on the servos can be quite high. Craig Toutolmin calculated that the down force on the tail of "Mofo" during his 202 mph. speed run was 90 pounds. Obviously the elevator servo was under a load higher than "near weightless." Randy Bullard Why the guy was burning lab time testing servos designed for tiny near weightless (in comparison) RC sailplane surfaces -which barely cycle at all in a days time Gordy
Re: [RCSE] hanging plane from wall/ceiling
I prefer to hang the cat from the wall. Randy 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] Surface flutter revisited
But in any case, mass balancing seems very impractical in foam-core RC glider wings. Not if what you are doing is trying to break the DS speed record as Craig is. I've seen the wing. You could support the wing tips and stand on the center section. And it probably wouldn't flex at all. Craig is one of several people designing planes to break the DS record. Surface flutter is one of the main causes of structural failure in DS record attempts and Craig is trying to eliminate that flutter. Hopefully Craig or one other true speed freaks working on the record will break the 200 mph barrier soon. Randy Bullard 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] smoke writers
I guess my new napalm spraying skeg wouldn't go over well.. Well maybe you could use it on your Skeeter while turning downwind to bash Sal. Randy 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] Skeg /Skag
Well if you put a skeg on your plane, it will then be a skag.. Randy Being raised in So Cal, I under stood that a skeg was the fin of a surfboard and a skag was an ugly girl. :-P 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] What's a skeg?
A skeg? I don't remember seeing them on any slope plane. Aren't they the thing you stick on to turn a beautiful plane into something with an ugly wart? Randy 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] Stylus question
Actually the thing with a Stylus that would catch everybody's attention is the loud beeping. If you don't move a stick for an extended period of time, the Stylus starts beeping loudly. I wish all transmitters would do this. Randy Bullard If you turn in your Tx at a contest and left it on. That Red LED will normally catch some ones attension and save some ones sailplane. 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] Fed-X,USPS,UPS
I have worked in a couple of positions where I got to see a lot of packages come in from the three big shippers. Here are my findings. Fed-X Air - Either one day or two day is the most reliable at getting your package there undamaged. Sure they screw up once in a while, but far less than the others. Fed-X Ground - These are contract shippers and not really part of Fed-X. Some are good, and some really suck. USPS - Very much made fun of, but in my experience, second best to Fed-X Air. A few months ago, I received a package form them that was mildly damaged. The contents were ok. Attached to the box was apology from USPS saying their machine screwed up. That same day, we got package from UPS that was three times as damaged. No notes what so ever from them. UPS - Absolutely my last choice. A very large percentage of packages come in all smashed up and often with holes in them. A few times we've even gotten packages that were totally flattened and had tire marks on them! About a month ago, we had a package that took over three weeks to make it from North Carolina to California. With the work being done by humans, they all screw up once in a while. But if I want to ship a valuable plane from one place to another, I use Fed-X Air. For lesser things, USPS works fine. Randy Bullard 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] Fed-X,USPS,UPS
Again, my experiences were not just me personally, but working at companies where we received a lot of packages. The larger the sample the more accurate the data. As I said, everybody screws up once in awhile. Randy Bullard IMRE, packages sent through USPS should be in a container than cannot be mishandled (1/4 steel is recommended). They are good at mangling things and then acting as if you're lucky to have them. As an added benefit, they age packages after crushing (presumably so you'll be so glad to finally get it that you won't notice an anvil has been dropped on the exact center of the box). [rant mode = off] Tom --- Original Message --- From: Randy Bullard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: RCSE [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RCSE] Fed-X,USPS,UPS USPS - Very much made fun of, but in my experience, second best to Fed-X Air. 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] Radio Indigestion
You might even argue that Karlton caused his own demise as a Multiplex dealer. After all, it was Karlton who worked so passionately to introduce Multiplex to the US and is directly responsible for their growth in the US. So is this the No good deed shall go unpunished thing? Randy 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] *Potential Virus*
I don't know. Maybe we should shoot Gordy just to be safe. ;-) Randy 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] Model Aviation Soaring Column
Are there really that many people doing control line? Based on the AMA's coverage you'd get the impression that soaring is a pretty small event in comparison (which I find hard to believe). Here is another way to look at it. How much do soaring pilots pay for planes, radios and supplies vs. how much do control line guys pay for planes and supplies. I'll bet the magazine's advertisers would rather see the guys that are more likely to buy more get more attention. Of course my big question is how do CL guys keep from getting so dizzy that they fall on their face? Randy Bullard 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] Tx batteries
I've been using 1600 mah. NiMH from Batteries America in my Stylus for over two years now. They work great and will let me fly for hours without recharging. Randy I replaced my batteries with 1100 mah nicads from Batteries America www.batteriesamerica.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.
[RCSE] play
While play is what we like to do, it is not something we like in our control surfaces. Today I was trying to discover why my new Statos SR had play in both the flaps and ailerons. The at the speeds this plane is designed to go, getting flutter because of play was a concern. I found that the Great Planes clevises had a small amount of play where it connects to the flap and aileron horns. But when I tested some Sullivan clevises there was no play. I changed out the clevises and both the Statos and I are much happier. Your mileage my vary. Randy Bullard [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bullarddesigns.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.
[RCSE] filiment tape
I can't find 3M filament tape used for building foam planes. I've looked in Office Max, Office Depot and Home Depot. Who carries it? Thanks, Randy RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] shipping
And he is so I rest my case. Randy So by your reasoning Sal is the worst sailplane provider because he is the largest? Bill RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] shipping
UPS is the biggest shipping company in the world. Its percentage is growing every year. There is a reason. Dear B.goat. Your theory is flawed. AOL is the largest internet provider. It is also the worst. Randy RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] 8103 Transmitter Fuse
It is about as easy to re-wire the charging jack as it is to change the fuse. I re-wired mine after getting to the field one day with out the adapter cable. Now no more worries about charging the JR along with my other brands of transmitters. If you for some reason send it back to the factory, I would wire back or at least send them a note saying that it has been rewired. What I did would depend on whether or not it is still in warranty. Randy Bullard RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Beginner Sailplane...which one???
If you are just beginning, your choices are: Balsa = fly, crash, repair, repair, repair; fly, crash, repair, repair, repair and so on until you give up or learn. Foam = fly, crash, dust it off, fly, crash, laugh, dust if off, fly, crash, laugh some more and so forth until you learn. Tough choice. Randy RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Stylus Question
The Stylus God has spoken. I am not worthy, I am not worthy :-) I'm just wondering when he is going to write the Stylus book. My check would be in the mail right away. Randy Bullard RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] skills vs tech planes
The current idea of several messages lately would lead you to believe that you have to be an expert pilot to own one of the newer type planes. That indeed you should be so good that you automatically know where the CG is. To that I say bull. You guys selling them should have something in the box that at least gives the CG and a few other basic things so that the first time high tech plane buyer knows where to start. It is true that you cannot go straight from flying a Gentle Lady to a molded plane, but you don't have to be nationally ranked to have a great time flying one either. Most of the new high tech planes fly so well that they do exactly what you tell them to do and nothing else. They are stable and don't have nasty habits like unexpected tip stalls. Yes, many of them do tend fly a bit faster, but they more than make up for it in predictability and flying qualities. I can still vividly remember the first time I launched my first molded plane. The fist thing I thought after launch was, Wow! I should have gotten one of these things a long time ago! If you have been flying 60 slope glass planes or open class sailplanes and are comfortable doing so, then you are ready for the high tech planes. Shoot, if I can fly one, anybody can learn to do so. Randy Bullard RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Logic HLG
We heard that you could, so we tried it with my aging Logic. One of my friends who has very good DLG experience would toss it and I would fly it. I wish a video camera had been running because I would like to know what really happened. About .02 seconds after release the plane snappedinverted at aboutthree feetoff the ground. Before I could decide what control input to give it, the Logic met the ground. Total flight time was probably a second or two. The fuselage was broken, but nothing that hasn't happened before. It is back flying again, but not as a DLG. Randy Bullard I was wondering if the Logic could be made a DLG or what would be a fair price to sell a like new Logic?
Re: [RCSE] NATS changes
(Sigh) It's going to be a long winter. Randy
Re: [RCSE] Recommend an Airfoil plotting program?
I just got a new system with XP. Compufoil will not install. Theere is nothing is wrong with the master disk. So far, this is the only program of any value that doesn't run on XP. Randy Bullard - Original Message - From: Sam Ward To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Recommend an Airfoil plotting program? I have been using Compufoil, but I have moved, changed computers,had a hrddisk die and accidently broken the source floppy etc...The floppy based copy protection has finally driven me to look forsomething else.The same thing happened to me, so I started using a program by Chuck Anderson.Info. is available at http://www.dchobby.com/airfoil/It is not as detailed (as many functions) as Compufoil, but it doesn't cost nearly as much and I never used everything Compufoil did anyway.
[RCSE] Placerville.CA
Are there people that fly in the area of Placerville, CA? We are trying to decide if we should move to CA with a job opportunity and can't afford the areas around San Francisco/San Jose. Sacramento has no slopes. (A slope head here.) It is also flat and hot in the summer. Placerville looks nice and is still close enough to an airport for work travel. Any other suggestions from you guys that live out there? Randy Bullard RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Unbelivable - Aphrodisiac add in Model Airplane News!!!
What is this hobby coming too when I can turn to Model Airplane News to order an Octane Booster for my cologne that is supposed to attract women? I'm Outraged!!! What the H___ as M.A.N. thinking when they decided to put that add in there? What's it gonna be next? Cigarettes, Viagra, Liquor, 1-900-XXX ? Dear Outraged, Ads pay the bills. Would you rather they increase the subscription rate? I suggest that you find more important things to get outraged over. Randy RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Charging NiMh's with Sirius Pro Charger?
For the record, I've been charging my tx 1600ma. NiMh pack off my Sirius Pro for about 8 months now and have had no problems at all. I gotten *much* longer run times from it than from my 1100 ma. Nicad pack. Randy RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Photo contest
As a lot of you know Karlton is running a photo contest. I just took a look and the two top pictures are helicopters!! Yuk!!! Come on soaring guys. Vote for some glider pictures, even if you don't vote for mine. ;-)) Oh yea, the link is: http://www.multiplexrc.com/contest_air.htm Randy Bullard RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] tranport again
Just before I went on a trip I asked on this exchange how best to transport a Boomerang on the airlines. I got several good suggestions. Thanks to all that responded. However, things did not go as planned. I got charged $75 by Delta on departure for having an oversize box. Some suggestions I got were to wrap it in bubble wrap and take it on board. While this has worked for some people, the new size limits that were posted all over the place here clearly stated the nothing as long as a Boomerang wingspan would be allowed on board. If I was flying first class, I would be allowed to hang it up front. Otherwise, it might end up in the baggage compartment. I don't think bubble wrap would have prevented damage if a lot of suitcases were piled on top of it. I ended up taking the plane in the box I've always used. I think the main reason I got charged $75 is because the woman behind the counter was training another woman and she wanted to show how it was done. I have never been charged extra before for this box and Aloha did not charge me extra on two later flights. I also tried to find a bow case as was suggested. I think this would have worked great except that nobody had them in stock here because it wasn't hunting season. Also, if you got the b---h I got you might still get charged Part of the problem I think is that the airlines are continuing to make travel harder and harder so that they can squeeze out as much money as possible. You can expect to not be able to do things you could do in the past. Also, I would suggest trying to avoid young or in training check-in people. None of the Aloha airlines people even blinked when I handed them the box. Some people were even arriving with surf boards! On a positive note, I got to fly the plane lots and lots of hours and on some slopes that I can guarantee that I was the first person to fly on. Aloha, Randy Bullard RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] L.T. interviews
To me, one of the coolest parts of Dave's Lift Ticket video was the interview with Pat Bowman and Joe Wurts on how Pat dicovered EPP for making planes. Later there on is an interview with Joe about how he discovered DS. This is real history. Ok, only a small part of history, but still cool stuff. Great Video Dave. Randy Bullard [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.bullarddesigns.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] for real virus
Hi folks. I hate to bother you, but I just go the joke.exe virus from "Hahaha". It talks about Snow White in the body. This virus was to me and not one of our other email names, so there is a high possibility that somebody on this list sent it to me. If you have opened the joke.exe file, (I didn't) you are infected. This is a bad virus. Please get rid of it before it gets sent to others. Randy RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Re: A chemical English question
Goop and Shoe Goo are U.S. names. He is in Italy. It probably is not in his hobby store under those names. Hopefully somebody else can help Tullio that knows the names of products he might find over there. Randy what kind of other modeler's glue is Goop similar to ? Household Goop is similar to Shoe Goo. Goop can be found in hardware stores. Shoe Goo can be found in department stores. Hobby stores will usually carry one or the other. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
