[RCSE] pics from the past, back up on GK
After feeling guilty for not racing this weekend, I dusted off some old computer hard drives and reposted pictures into new galleries on GliderKing. If you are an old timer like myself, these bring back some good memories. For you youngsters to our sport, this is meerly academic history 2002 La Muela 2001 USA VRQ attempt Los Banos right after 9.11 2002 USA VRQ Los Banos 2002 Viking Race Slovakia 2004 Viking Race Germany http://gliderking.smugmug.com/Airplanes/187962 Also, for those REALLY old timers, heres some image graphics from the old website: http://gliderking.smugmug.com/gallery/1457748 Enjoy! Bob Bingham It's back! http://www.gliderking.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
[RCSE] Mammoth redux
Wow, just got home to San Diego. Man that's a long drive. For some reason coming home takes twice as long as going. What an event. This was my first time for F3F in Mammoth and it was certainly worth the effort. I had taken Gary's tip a couple of years ago and managed to get up there for some fun flying, but without either a radar gun for DS or beepers for some turns, it was hard to judge the potential of the hill. I think times in the 30's show that this site can deliver. Dan's smokin 34.xx was simply amazing. I think just about everyone had some good and some bad that an inland mountain slope provides. Feast or Famine x 10. Nathan's launch when he couldn't get his plane to actually go down even though he was pointed in that general direction as he promptly went from eye level to 500 feet in about 3 seconds was a highlight for sure. The silky smooth landings on Sunday were a nice addition as well. After we moved the cars from Sat to Sun, the top part of the slope became more laminar on the backside and made for some precision perfect Torrey Pines style landing. Sat, however, could be a bit bumpy (as my crunched wingtip attests). The DS is truly great. With the evening air starting to ebb, we still got some 170's without much effort. I can only imagine that site with the wind we had earlier in the afternoon on Sat. Future: I think we better get a pre-registration out for next year. With proximity to every kind of lodging and food choices, great alpine atmosphere, loads of other activities for the family, Mammoth is really a great spot for a large two day event. Thuro has promised to bring some Austrians over and I'm sure we could coax some of our other currency rich Euro friends to visit as well making this a true international event. The RaceM likes the mountain air. I never flew more than 17 oz wing loading even though it was blowing 30ish or more at times. I flew an abreviated alpine dive course out on top of the double chin slope and easily made it back to eye level within a few seconds of the finish. Since sometimes it was on, and sometimes off this essentialy gave me substantial advantage to be in the 40's almost the entire comp with one 30 and one 50. Not hero work by any stretch, but consistency wins in this case. No cuts help as well because of flying so far out, I certainly waited for the beep or risk disaster. Overall, very fun, very good vibe and great fishing on Monday morning as well ;-) Bob 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] Vincent F3F results - Lots of new PB's!
Vincent, feast or famine; Vincent, home to the dustiest, hottest and sometimes fastest F3F venue in Southern California didn't disappoint this Saturday. 20 pilots, 10 rounds plus a zero round, 183 rounds flown, fastest time of 34.49 by Dave Reese, 8 personal bests (nearly half the field!), great hustle by the troops, fantastic vibe in the pits, a relatively quiet peanut gallery (for the CD), everyone made it back up the hill, two complete wrecks (sorry Rey and Warren), and scattered minor landing induced breakages (but mild for vincent's of the past). I think it was GREAT! The scoreboard changed after every round. When you go to vegas, this is what you get. A smoking 30 something round, then a 60 something to follow. You never know, but it keeps you coming back for more. Memorable moments for me, Alex's first sub 40 round, and doing it with style with a 36.78, 19 rounds in the 30's, and seeing so many people after I worried about so many people. We still cranked out 10 rounds AND landed after every flight! Thank you to everyone for making that happen. By round two, everyone was ready to go with tranny's on, planes ballasted and ready to launch. By round six, people figured out they can use that 60 second launch window to their advantage. Today we had special prizes for the three fastest times: Dave Reese 34.49, Dan Field 35.45, and Alex Neigher 36.78. Congrats! Congratulations go to Joe Wurts for fending off, just barely, Dave Reese and myself to take the win. It was very close racing, and no one could look at the scoresheet and know who won. It was all over the board. Joe was feast or famine but had three 30sec rounds, Dave had two 1000 point rounds, but also had some 50+ sec rounds to contend with. I never felt like it was working all day, but had most of my rounds in the 40's, and that kept me just barely in front of Bob Breux who had the same strategy. (actually, I think the strategy finds you at Vincent). Gary Legerton spent more time in the pit area fixing landing damage than flying, but managed a top 5, just barely in front of Tom Copp by 10pts! Then Tom nudged Dan Field by 1 hundredth of a second! Wow! 1 7294.39 Joe Wurts 2 7199.87 Dave Reese 3 6933.30 Bob Bingham 4 6888.77 Bob Breux 5 6780.80 Gary Legerton 6 6770.27 Tom Copp 7 6770.26 Dan Field 8 6718.87 Kyle Paulson 9 6654.50 Dave Bates 10 6647.66 Bill Delhagen 11 6617.67 Tim Neja 12 6540.42 Alex Neigher 13 6517.79 Alexei Kisselev 14 6503.32 Jay Waitley 15 6470.50 Phat Vu 16 6428.40 Warren Day 17 5487.86 Joe Zepeda 18 5471.45 Mike Sheridan 19 3879.11 John Erickson 20 739.24 Rey Harju. I need one more set of eyes to review my work before I post the spreadsheet. We got in last night at 11:30pm, so sorry for the delay in posting. Spreadsheet will be on http://www.socalsloperacing.com/ Bob Bingham 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] GliderKing down for good.
I've made the decision to pull the GliderKing.com website site offline for the foreseeable future. I simply have too much rebuilding to do to bring it back from a nasty hard disk failure from October. The site, it's pictures, it's database, and forum are more or less lost. I was planning on rebuilding, but it's simply not worth the trouble as there are now more sources than you can shake a stick at for information about our industry. It's been fun. Bob Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
[RCSE] kyle now at 249mph
Kyle raised the DS record again to 249mph today at Vincent. Doug Reel now at 239mph. Kyle and Doug are looking for a new radar gun... more on channel king. http://www.gliderking.com Bob Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gliderking.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.
RE: [RCSE] Re: DS a go-go
The Stalker Pro uses a tuning fork as well, and was calibrated before we used it for the day. Coincidently We had two guns on this particular set of runs. Both were giving similar results when shooting from the same vantage point. We've been experimenting with moving around to the side of the circle to see what the readings are and naturally it seems to increase the speeds by about 10-15% as we get lower at about a 45 degree angle on the bottom turn. We assume the fastest point of flight is on the downstroke of the circle, but non of us are volunteering to be on the downside of anybody's DS run unless we're wearing body armour inside a Bradley fighting vehicle. Our records are purely for fun to date. We've been using the list at the http://www.sloperacing.com site as our billboard to post our PB of speeds, and using radar gun readings anywhere in the circle with at least one witness and hopefully video confirmation of the flight (and also to watch ;-). I assume as we gain some notice amounge the plutocrats of the AMA/FAI etc, there will be some additional hoops to jump through to ratify our records, and I think we'd welcome that, but we'd also like to keep the formula very simple so that anyone in any country can 'compete' at this record attempt. We've already seen the German's in the 200mph range, so it's now starting to heat up. Bob Bingham http://www.gliderking.com So, how are you record setters calibrating the radar guns? Can they record a non-linear, or non-parallel path speed? The radar guns we've been using (Decatur) have a tuning fork type calibration. Beyond that, don't know. I'm not sure what the Stalker uses. 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] SoCal F3F this Sat!
As CD for the upcoming SCSR F3F this weekend, let me extend newbies to slope racing a FREE Entry! Bring what you got to race. Location will be determined by Thurs-Fri to get the best chance of a full 10 rounds of fast racing somewhere in the southland. I will post as soon as I consult the wind gods. If your not a member of the F3F list on Yahoo, please visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F3F/ and for our SCSR league info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SoCalSlopeRacing/ I have a secret spot I'm trying to evaluate this week in San Diego County, we'll see how it works out. It's a huge slope and faces some good directions, landing should be ok, and NO PARAGLIDERS, which for San Diego is a big deal. Meanwhile, revisit http://www.sloperacing.com for directions to Vincent because that is the default location. Start drinking water now, no matter what it will be hot wherever we go. Bob Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gliderking.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.
RE: [RCSE] The Bag Lady
Don't be surprised when you lift up her skirt! Bob Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gliderking.com -Original Message- From: walter higgins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 8:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] The Bag Lady No email address but URL is http://www.thebagladyal.com/. Hope this helps. Walter [EMAIL PROTECTED] turned off. 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] Good supplier
--- Ray Hayes. Web Site http://www.skybench.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not exactly true.Sky Bench owns the rights to the Airtronics OLY ll.. Sorry about that. I did see that Dream Catcher said they owned everything but the OLY II. They did not buy it, because it was just a copy of what they already owned, the Nomad glider kit. Something about, they bought the best and the companies that could not afford the best, biught the rest. I guess it has to do with, if you can not compete, you try to compete. If a company could afford to buy everything but something, they bought what they wanted, not what thoey could afford. Do you make all of the parts yoursell yourself, or do you have another company make them for you? I was talking to SID and they said you have them make your Laser cut parts. Is that true? Do you own a Laer cutter? I'd like to know. _ New Computers starting from $750.00 http://www.aussiemail.com.au Custom programming for your web site! http://www.techwise.com.au Catalog your CDs - http://www.zero2000.com; _ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get [EMAIL PROTECTED] w/No Ads, 6MB, POP more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag 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] Good supplier
--- Brian Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry but the Nomad glider is NOT anywhere near the Oly 2 ...My 2 cents...Brian I compared the plans of the Nomad to the OLY II and everything looks the same. Not the fuselage cross section. The moments. Looks like a copy to me. _ New Computers starting from $750.00 http://www.aussiemail.com.au Custom programming for your web site! http://www.techwise.com.au Catalog your CDs - http://www.zero2000.com; _ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get [EMAIL PROTECTED] w/No Ads, 6MB, POP more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag 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] Good supplier
--- Tom Frazier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Robert, Welcome to R/C soaring. Dream Catcher Hobbies is a reputable dealer Thanks for the reply. I have ordered from North East Sailplanes, never again. Poor quality, poor service. More marketing than service. SkyBench, I hear the same. Just wanted to know about, Dream Catcher. Once I posted my question, I have heard nothing but good things about Dream Catcher. Heard many bad things about NSP and SB. Thanks, for your input. _ New Computers starting from $750.00 http://www.aussiemail.com.au Custom programming for your web site! http://www.techwise.com.au Catalog your CDs - http://www.zero2000.com; _ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get [EMAIL PROTECTED] w/No Ads, 6MB, POP more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag 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] Good supplier
--- Brian Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From my experience you have been badly mis-informed about SB..Brian Not that one, personal experience. I purchased a kit from someone, the kit still had not been opened. Taped shut. I called SB and all I got was a run around. Some6thing about, they never made a error and the person I purchased to kit from had lost the parts. Right, never been opened. SB, must have thought I was stupid. If that company (SB) was the only source for gliders, Id' find another hobby. You must have been lucky. _ New Computers starting from $750.00 http://www.aussiemail.com.au Custom programming for your web site! http://www.techwise.com.au Catalog your CDs - http://www.zero2000.com; _ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get [EMAIL PROTECTED] w/No Ads, 6MB, POP more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag 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] Good supplier
--- Brian Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Trust me..I owned them both and the Nomad was a junky kit that did not fly near as well as the oly and looked nothing like to me..But that was back in about 79 or 80..Brian You must be one of those people that look more at the marketing, than at the product. I was told, LR copied the Nomad and called it the OLY II. Yes he changed enough, so people would not think it was copied. You need to look more closely. I heard about Airtronics quality. Most people never compared two (same) kits. Yes the ribs were stack sanded, but from one run to another, the parts were not the same. I understand, Dream Catcher is not using original fixtures, the quality would not be to thier standards. _ New Computers starting from $750.00 http://www.aussiemail.com.au Custom programming for your web site! http://www.techwise.com.au Catalog your CDs - http://www.zero2000.com; _ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get [EMAIL PROTECTED] w/No Ads, 6MB, POP more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag 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] Good supplier
--- Brian Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Your item Was probably re-taped.The last item I got from Ray, the price had changed, but he had not had time to change the advertising..Heat his loss gave it to me at the old priceGreat service and Honest...My last 2 cents..Brian Guess you were lucky, I had to make the missing parts. He refused to help, in anyway. Ray H. lost my business, forever. Maybe, he does not have enought business and has learned. I kind of doubt it. Some just get lucky, most don't. _ New Computers starting from $750.00 http://www.aussiemail.com.au Custom programming for your web site! http://www.techwise.com.au Catalog your CDs - http://www.zero2000.com; _ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get [EMAIL PROTECTED] w/No Ads, 6MB, POP more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag 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] Good supplier
--- Mike Stump [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 04:56 PM 10/6/2002 -0700, you wrote: Guess you were lucky, I had to make the missing parts. He refused to help, in anyway. Ray H. lost my business, forever. Maybe, he does not have enought business and has learned. I kind of doubt it. Some just get lucky, most don't. observing your tone today.. maybe Ray at Skybench chose not to help you.. I can only tell everyone, that I contacted Ray at Skybench and explained to him that I had a kit, that was missing parts. He ask where I'd gotten the kits and I told hom. He then told me he did not care if I had a kit with missing parts. That I must have lost them and that he would be happy to sell me the missing parts. I think it is truely sad, I ask one question and all I get is you should buy from a company that has ripped me off. I'd guess, those responses come from people that get paid by Skybench. I have recieved over 200 responses, all good (one not good, said he broke a plane on launch and DCH would not replace the kit) about Dream Catcher. It apears that I have subscribed to a email list, that has people that work for Skybench, that post only good thing about Skybench. What a joke. I assume that the subscribers to this list are brain dead, if they put up with this stuff. Where is the moderater? Al I have seen is, for sales and people building up companies that should not be in business. I have heard the name, Mike Stump. I think that before the LSF got big, you tried to make yourself the big guy and failed. Wasn't it you that tried to write for RCSD, until they dropped you? Sorry I wasted my time. _ New Computers starting from $750.00 http://www.aussiemail.com.au Custom programming for your web site! http://www.techwise.com.au Catalog your CDs - http://www.zero2000.com; _ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get [EMAIL PROTECTED] w/No Ads, 6MB, POP more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag 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] Torrey Pines Petition!
BTW, if all of you can think of other groups or areas to post this notice, please feel free to get it out there. While I like to think I know the obvious areas to post this message online, I don't necessarily know all of them. Also, for clarification, the petition is one of the items that was agreed upon by our coordinated team of people working on this situation. We believe that high level letters (coming next), a petition and applying political pressure should be one of the most effective means of changing the direction of this fight. Much more cost effective than a lawsuit, however that has not been ruled out. Someone sent me a message stating that the petition looked like we had not coordinated efforts. Thanks again for everyone who quickly jumped on board and signed early, we sincerely appreciate your signatures. And, to state the obvious, please only sign once ;- http://www.gliderking.com/petition Bob Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Robert Bingham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 7:58 AM To: Yahoogroups; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; rcse; Dan Field; Dennis Uyemura; Gary Fogel; Jerry Craft; John McNeil; Larry Fogel; Larry Scaramella; Nathan Woods; Rob Whyte; Steve Condon; Timothy E. Cone; Tom Copp Subject: [RCSE] Torrey Pines Petition! Friends of Torrey Pines, We have posted a Petition online that addresses many of our concerns about the most recent closure of RC Soaring at this historic soaring site. This petition can be signed by anyone (worldwide), as interested parties, and will be delivered to the San Diego City Council, San Diego City Manager and Mr. David Jebb operator of the site. I call upon all of us to please do more than talk about this issue. The more time that goes by, the less likely this issue will be resolved and we may loose our site forever! I want to thank Steve Waits for writing this petition script, as you will see, it verifies all signers. http://www.gliderking.com/petition Bob Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gliderking.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] site updates and new ds carnage video
got a new small video done of Paul Naton blowing up his speedrunner at the DS Festival in Cape Blanco. It's quicktime so don't get too excited. Also, updated the front page finally (Jerry!) http://www.gliderking.com new video is directly at http://www.gliderking.com/gallery/video.htm Enjoy, Bob Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] DS Fest pics video
Pictures and video are on GliderKing. I'm adding some more video as I learn how to fly Final Cut (Mac), but enjoy the two that are on the site. One is a fly-by of Cape Blanco Oregon with a couple of DS turns for good measure. The other is of Tom Seitz Mojo during one of his slower 150mph runs. http://www.gliderking.com/races/dsfest Bob Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gliderking.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [RCSE] Davenport ISR 2002
I must have been snorting epp dust again... sometimes I admit to circling with a non-composite creation Bob -Original Message- From: barry baskin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 12:42 PM To: Robert Bingham Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] Davenport ISR 2002 Well now let me see. The Socal Paddler Bingham wants to get his paddle back on May 5 so he can spank the NorCal boys 2 weeks earlier. Bragging that u can fly so fast as to go back 2 weeks in time is quite a claim, not atypical from that neck of the woods (pun intended). - Original Message - From: Robert Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Craig Toutolmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Cliff Lindgren [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 10:02 AM Subject: RE: [RCSE] Davenport ISR 2002 Don't listen to 'em Daryl, they are just jealous northerners who worship antiquated 70's slopers and skateboard style half pipe maneuvers. Those grass smoking, free loving hippie long hairs can't concentrate long enough to find a thermal if their bellbottoms depended on it. I'll loan you my socal paddle for davenport as long as you get it back to me for the blanco event. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 9:14 AM To: Craig Toutolmin Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Cliff Lindgren; Robert Bingham; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] Davenport ISR 2002 Daryl, if you're a worker you have a good chance of winning another TD ship. On 27 Feb 2002, Craig Toutolmin wrote: Right-On! Here is the info Daryl. You racing or working? 8-) http://www.sloperacing.com/isr2002.htm I think you'll be surprised by the NorCal veterans we have been recruiting. Craig 2/27/02 5:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, you guys are getting a bit cocky. Where do I sign up? Daryl Cliff's E-mail wrote: It worked Craig. You just have to rile them up a bit. You know.stir the pot a bit. Cliff Lindgren - Original Message - From: Robert Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Craig Toutolmin [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Cliff Lindgren [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 11:48 AM Subject: RE: [RCSE] Davenport ISR 2002 is it me or has Craig's head swelled with his WR in F3F? I'll be bringing the socal paddle and expect everyone to get in line for their spanking. Bob Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gliderking.com -Original Message- From: Craig Toutolmin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 7:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Cliff Lindgren Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] Davenport ISR 2002 Hey Simon, The hardcore slope racers from SoCal will be attending the ISR, but you're right about the DS Fest. They pretty much just DS foamies down south and Dieter just won't tolerate that at his event. Kinda girly I know. I've seen some decent SoCal DS but rarely away from their home slope and never in a competitive environment. The land of the so called Manly Pilots Association and birthplace of DS Sigh How things change. But hey, we'll take you to school at Blanco this year so you can spank them SoCal boys should they grow some nads and show the following year! Hehehehehe, Craig I think it is only fair to point out that we around here know, and have experienced little, about DS'ing...except what we have seen on Paul Naton's great videos. We have done zero slope racing as well, MoM or otherwise... Whip me, beat me, make me write bad cheques...it's still the truth. However...we are master beer assimilaters (somehow that sounds bad), and sorta(?) familiar with tokes, (not toques - wore these over my brainpan on the ski slopes when they were in vogue, sirca the 70's), and we do know how to go very fast. As my signature indicates, Cogito-Ergo-Zoom (I think, therefore, I go fast). So, scuttlebutt sez there will be ZERO representation from some place called Southern California. What's up with that? Cliff (spankee) Lindgren's E-mail wrote: Don't let up on him Craig...something about spanking... Cliff Lindgren *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~- *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Simon Van Leeuwen, Calgary, Alberta RADIUS SYSTEMS Cogito-Ergo-Zoom IAC25233*MAAC12835*IMAC- 1756*LSF5953*IMAA20209 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*- ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*- ~*~* RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED
[RCSE] Torrey MoM race pics
hey gang, have some pics from Sunday's first Man on Man slope racing of the season at Torrey Pines. I have a number of updates for GliderKing this week, but know those that raced wanted to see their stuff first. Stay tuned. http://www.gliderking.com/races/torreyMoM.2.02 Bob Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [RCSE] Flying at Torrey Pines
I was there all day yesterday and didn't see a fire. Torrey Pines Gulls have a website at: http://www.torreypinesgulls.org and they have a discussion group on Yahoo! Groups at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TPGulls/ Hope that helps. Bob Bingham http://www.gliderking.com -Original Message- From: Monkey King [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 9:12 AM To: Andy Roberts Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [RCSE] Flying at Torrey Pines On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Andy Roberts wrote: Isn't Torrey Pines in the midst of a huge forrest fire right now! Well, that means thermals, doesn't it? -J RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [RCSE] JW airfoil
I don't believe that Joe has made them public information yet. If so, I'd also like to get my hands on the data as well. Bob Bingham http://www.gliderking.com -Original Message- From: Bill Swingle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 9:21 AM To: RCSE Soaring Subject: [RCSE] JW airfoil Not being familiar with the Xfoil list, I missed the coordinates for the JW airfoil. Any one happen to have them handy? Bill Swingle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Janesville, CA RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [RCSE] Whos Going?-Midwest Slope Challenge
Is someone going to take pictures to record the action? Bob Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gliderking.com -Original Message- From: Pat McCleave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 10:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; RCSE Subject: Re: [RCSE] Whos Going?-Midwest Slope Challenge Kris, I am going and will be there from Wednesday through Sunday. I will be loaded for bear bringing, my Fun-1, Foamie Warbird, Image, Escape and my new Ellipse 4. If I get it in time I will also have one of Mike Bailey's new Raptor II flying wing DS/combat planes going as well. This will be the first year I have gone that I did not take a HLG but I am sure I will still get lots of flying in anyway. This is definitely THE place to be the weekend after Mothers Day. See Ya, Pat McCleave Wichita, KS - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 11:41 PM Subject: [RCSE] Whos Going?-Midwest Slope Challenge Okay guys, I managed to schedule myself a trip to the Midwest Slope Challenge in Kansas. Now I am curious, who else is going? Any vendors going to be there? I have a friend coming that wants to buy some planes, I need to advise him what will be available. Anyone flying scale (non foamie!) there? Kristopher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Glider Terms
Hey gang, I'm trying to put together a dictionary of sorts for terms we use in our sport to post on my web site. Do you have any you'd like to contribute? Let loose! Bob Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gliderking.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [RCSE] Glider Terms
Boy have I opened a can of worms... maybe I can help direct the discussion ;-) (not a chance I know, but at least I can try) What are your definitions for: dork landing bungee winch downwind leg thumbs Sal thermal ...put your funny bone on high rates... Bob Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gliderking.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Reno/Tahoe slope sites?
I'm headed up to Reno / Tahoe as a tag along on my wife's conference. Have some time to kill and looking for some slope sites. Anyone have any ideas? Bob Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gliderking.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Parker Mtn F3F photos
Just posted photos from Saturday's F3F race at Parker Mtn. CA. http://www.gliderking.com/race/parker.3.10.01/index.htm I'm still behind on captions, send me some creative ones if you like, I'll probably use them. Bob Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gliderking.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] big air at Torrey
contrary to popular belief, there is big air every once in a while at Torrey Pines. Today was one of those days. 20mph average, gusts to 37mph! Also, closed a chapter on the Dominator. It did not survive it's first day of DS'ing. Also, the molded 60" Nemesis did, and the videos are awesome. Check it all out at http://www.gliderking.com Also, slightly damaged Dominator for sale cheap! Bob Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [RCSE] Nimh Battery Rx packs are they a Siskel or a Ebert?
I've had good results with the NiMH packs I've used. I've been nicad free for about 8 months now on both the tx and rx side. (I guess I had just one to many nicad related memory effect) I have had some problems since switching. 1. I didn't know you needed a special charger, so I fried the first few batteries with my hobbico charger. A NiMH apparently has a shallower dip to measure, so the hobbico charger essentially fried the batteries. I'm now using the Ace R/C Smart Charge which uses a pulse method and the FMA Supernova 2505 which is newer and has specific programming for nimh packs. 2. the packs tend to drop a half a volt from max faster than nicad, but stay there forever. If you use a gauge, or reader, they look like they are starting to loose charge, but the stay there for what seems days (really hours). The drop off is gradual after that. 3. They are pricey, but do in fact deliver more Mah for the mula. I made the total switch cause I couldn't stand being on different regimes with different batteries. Now I just 'top off' while in the car on the way to the slope and cycle every now and then. Bob Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gliderking.com -Original Message- From: Gerry Harrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 11:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RCSE] Nimh Battery Rx packs are they a Siskel or a Ebert? Gents, In regards to Nimh Rx packs... are these new packs working out all right. Are there any charging problems in relation to nicads. Is the extra Nimh mah capacity actually giving you more time as expexted? What are a good brand of nimh and what is a proven charging regime and charger that will handle this new cell type. Give me the good news and the bad. Thanks Gerry RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [RCSE] Receivers....FMA Quantum?
Use them all the time. Have about 6 of them in a variety of planes from foamies to a F3B Cobra Calypso. Work great. Bob Bingham http://www.gliderking.com -Original Message- From: Matt Lydon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 3:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RCSE] ReceiversFMA Quantum? Has anyone used one of these yet? FMA's calling it "Super" performance, as opposed to "high" performance with their Fortress seriesat .5 oz it sounds great! Matt RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
