Re: [RCSE] Off Topic - Turn the Tables...
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Re: [RCSE] New videos / RCGroups withdrawals
I agree that the slope forum is really nice. I go there when the wind blows from the one precise direction locally that permits slope flying (NNW) and I get eager to build a slope plane. But the the wind dies or switches direction and I go back to TD planes. So just a shout out for the 'Sailplane Talk', which seems like a general sailplane related forum, much like RCSE, and then there is 'Thermal Talk', which is mostly beginners talking about recent builds. But like I said to Mr. Bacus, I am seeing some household names showing up in both forums. The threads on the Allegro-Lite builds are excellent. The new group for technical detail seems to be the Composites Fabrication forum... Mr. Barnes and Mr. Drela are frequent contributors also. Too bad they are down for maintenance right now. I have been getting a half-hearted fix by visiting the ad-infested RCUniverse. Brian Courtice wrote: My own primary soaring interest is slope. The slope forum on R/C Groups is hands down the best on the net. Lot's of new posts everyday, with detailed build threads, construction techniques, photos, videos, site information, etc. There are more pictures and fresh slope related content posted on R/C Groups in a few days than there is in all of the combined R/C printed magazines in a year. The HLG forum is also very good, as is the composites forum. For those into electrics, there are also some very nice electric's forums. It's a terrific resource. It's also been down for two days, and I'm jonesing! 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] Shadow 3
I have to say the march of technology within our hobby is simply unbelievable. It has gotten to the point, for me, that purchasing hobby supplies is a bit like buying a new computer... wait a few months on a computer and you can get something faster and cheaper. With our hobby technology (except for planes) you can get something much smaller, lighter and potentially better for not much more money if you just wait 6 months or so. I am still kicking myself for buying a fast charger and NiMH batteries about 6 months before LiPos became well established! :-) For $89 if you have a Evo or one of the other synthesized TX modules this can't be beat, IMHO. Very impressive and apparently easy to use as well. I wonder what is coming out next... I have to spend some more time browsing different sections of RCGroups besides the Thermal and Sailplane Talk forums for some more up and coming info. BTW, if there is any new and better technology coming this is a great place for some vendors to share! Do tell! Barry Kennedy wrote: Kurt, The new Shadow 3 will be available in about 3 weeks. I supercedes the Shadow 1. The Shadow has been tested by George Steiner and he gave it 2 thumbs up. You can see a Shadow 3 on my web site and check out its new features, like cascading 2 together for 14 channels. Best Regards, Barry Kennedy Kennedy Composites www.kennedycomposites.com 1935 Highvalley Trail Grand Prairie, TX 75052 972.602.3144 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] Air conditioner compressor for vac. bagging instead of fridge pump?
I just passed a sign for a free, working airconditioner. I looked inside the unit by the side of the road and it has the typical plumbing for an AC unit. Anyone have any ideas whether I can scavenge the pump from this free unit to hook up to a vacuum bag? Fridge pumps should be relatively cheap, but you can't beat free if it works. TIA! Stuart 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] Never mind... Re: Air conditioner compressor for vac. bagging instead of fridge pump?
Never mind. I tried starting the thing and it won't start. It has some huge capacitor inside that looks rather scary, plus I'd hate to release the CFCs into the air while venting the thing. Back to the curbside with it! Stuart A. Hall wrote: I just passed a sign for a free, working airconditioner. I looked inside the unit by the side of the road and it has the typical plumbing for an AC unit. Anyone have any ideas whether I can scavenge the pump from this free unit to hook up to a vacuum bag? Fridge pumps should be relatively cheap, but you can't beat free if it works. TIA! Stuart 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
Why not 2Meter? Re: [RCSE] What's your favorite contest/gathering format?
We have Jeff saying Friends don't let friends fly 2M and Howard heralding the death or exclusion of 2M from the Nats. Why is this? I am just curious, and have no vested interest since my primary plane is 115 Marauder RES, why we no longer have the Open class and folks want to get rid of 2M? Thanks, Stuart Cheshire, CT Howard Mark wrote: WHEN 2M dies, it's death will be mourned quite publicly by the few and cheered in private by the many. Once again the powers that be have forced the many to to their will by sticking 2M in the middle of the week; instead of on one end or the other. If they had the guts to do that - they would soon find out how few really value that class - and replace it with something more popular. My $0.02 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: close encounters of the aircraft kind: was Re: [RCSE] High Altitude Glider
I occasionally fly at a farm that is about 20 miles from a local Air National Guard facility. They fly their A-10 Warthog training missions all around the local area, plus the farm is within the approach pattern for Westover AFB (they are very high on approach, no danger). Actually lots of my state, Connecticut, is close to airports of one sort or another and well within 150 miles of Newark, JFK and Boston. I had just caught several monster thermals in a row with my 3M Marauder and was flying from cloud to cloud with the plane well within sight but still pretty darn high. All of a sudden I heard a jet sound from behind me and see a pair of A-10's just below cloud height heading to where I was flying. I quickly pointed the plane to a safe patch of sky perpendicular to their direction of travel as the planes banked in unison. My heart was beating very quickly as I nervously porpoised the plane to safety. The A-10s made a very large turn (perhaps a 10 mile radius) out of my sight and came back over the field a few minutes later. They were low enough at this point that I could see the guys in the cockpit and the patches on their arms. My plane at this point was low enough that my time was divided between two activities - looking at the jets and also at my plane below the tree line. My main concern was for the pilots and not my plane so I did not get to wave to the pilots. I have always hoped that they were looking at me out of curiosity rather than not having seen me. I had not seen planes this low previously and have not seen any since after several years of flying at this location. Bill Johns wrote: I fly in rolling hill country. Last season I was out by myself with a 2M. I had the plane wy up but not too far out and was puttering about when I heard a serious sound come up very quickly, I glanced over my shoulder and was looking right at a big radial-powered ag plane. The plane was just over the high spots of the hills heading right for where my plane was. I was much higher than he was. I quickly turned to a flight path perpendicular to his and started a shallow dive to get out of the area. I paint all my tail feathers a bright yellow for visibility. I know he saw my plane as he immediately corrected so as to go in the opposite direction to my plane. It was over all so very quickly. After that I heard him in the area, but he stayed very clear of the field I was flying from. Yet another test of the ol' adrenaline pump. 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] Confused by FAI records illustrated in RCSD... I thought Joe Wurts was cross country king?
I am looking at the new RCSD and have always been confused by the recorded FAI entries. I thought there would be plenty of fliers who could fly goal and return flights of 10km or more. So what is it about the F3B category, or FAI rules that makes the current record only 7km? 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] Handicapping for contests
Hi Bob, as a beginner to contesting let me offer my opinion. #1 - shortening the launch line will not help beginners. It will then put a premium on the zooming ability of the pilot and the plane. I need all the help I can get at finding thermals and it is easier to do so from way up high. I do appreciate that more rounds == more flying however one of the reasons I *do* attend contests is that I get to launch on a winch instead of a histart and get an opportunity to fly from a decent starting height. The expert glider guys know where thermals are, can locate and core them pretty regularly and so shortening the line will not penalize them as much. Personally I liked the handicap the pilot. They already do this to some degree in ESL -- a Sportsman class and an expert class. Once you have won a contest in Sportsman you move up to Expert. That said, handicapping the pilot similar to what they do in golf won't work. In golf you have the USGA (and other worldwide organizations) that limit certain things about the equipment -- whether it is size of the club, bounce of the ball, flexibility of the shaft, whatever. Golf is primarily a pastime related to competition, whether it is competing against yourself, a buddy or a whole field of tournament players and so therefore there is an inherent desire by most to play fair and use equipment that complies with the rules. Soaring on the other hand is primarily a technical hobby turned into a contest. With a hobby this closely related to engineering and aeronatics it is natural that many, if not most, will try and push whatever technical limits exist and not want to comply with whatever set of published rules exist. Just look at the skegs vs. AMA rules and this everlasting debate. I do not think everyone would like any more mandates than we already have unless flying in a one-design class (I liked the idea of a Sovereign class that I heard about a few years ago). Ok, back on topic. It'd be nice to hear from other beginners to contesting why they do or do not enter. I like contests, when I can get to them for several reasons. I like contests because: - I get to meet many very experienced pilots who can help me excel in my hobby, and there are no better glider pilots than those who go to contests. - everyone, with two exceptions, of the people I have met have been courteous, kind and willing to go out of their way to help a beginner/intermediate. - I do not care that I come in close to last place every time. - I get to fly off of a winch that puts my plane 20% - 50% higher than off the histart. - I like looking at the scoreboard on any given round and *hoping* that my name is higher than someone else, even if they crashed. - I like contests for the thrill of landing. This could be whether it is coming in hot for a landing with all eyes on me, or plopping the plane down on the tape, or coming in for a landing with some guy who I do not know offering reassuring thoughts in my ear, or even landing off the field and having someone join me in the long walk of shame. - Finally, I like contests because when I first started Gordy said I should! ;-) Happy holidays to you all. Stuart -- frozen in CT, high of about 10 degrees and snow today, 50 degrees by Thursday. Bob Johnson wrote: Handicapping either planes or pilots is an exercise in futility. If you have a desire to encourage less experienced flyers to enter contests, I offer the following: 1 - Shorten the winch line to something in the neighbourhood of 400-450 feet in an attempt to reduce the launch height. Keep the task times in the 5-7 minute range. This should give more flights in an event, which I believe beginners will find attractive. Limiting winch power to limit launch height would be nice, but that will never happen. snip Happy Holidays from the frozen tundra. Bob Johnson Fond du Lac, WI 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] Tritin Charger - how to slow charge?
Thanks for the information Jim, I was able to find the article from the members only section of the AMA website and have printed the article. Fortunately in this case they stopped scanning the magazine at the end of 2000 - so this one is definitely there. A search of the issue brought up all 7 pages. Jim Holliman wrote: Rick Van Clief on 12-18-04 12:31 PM wrote: Don't remember this. Which issue was this in? The Universal Slow Charger (USC) was designed by Bob Kopski, author of the monthly column Radio Control Electrics in the AMA's magazine Model Aviation. Quoting Mr. Kopski from the October 2004 issue (page 130) of MA: [...] you can get copies of the original article from AMA Liberian Rich LaGrange at (765) 287-1256, extension 506. Ask for a copy of Universal Slow charger on pages 37-46 of the September 2000 issue. You also need to get copies of correction information from the October 2000 issue (page 60) and the November 2000 issue (page 7). I am unable to supply these copies. Second, the original article included a detailed parts list describing all of the components and the suppliers for them. [The author failed] to mention that one of the key suppliers had discontinued doing business approximately two years ago. But not to worry! In October 2002 I [Bob Kopski] developed a multipage USC Update, addressing the latter problem. It remains available, and you can get one by sending me an SASE. [Bob Kopski, 25 West End Dr., Lansdale, PA 19446-1927] To the best of my knowledge, this update covers all necessary information, in conjunction with the preceding references, to allow you to build a USC, as many others have done. I hope this reference to Mr. Kopski's articles and address, which is published in his column, does not offend he or the AMA as I have placed it on RCSE without permission. 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] Drela foils == marketing gimmick now?
If you check out the various ads and articles in Model Aviation and on the Web you will notice how many of them refer to Drela airfols. It is true that the Bubble Dancer, Allegro and other assorted planes fly quite nicely, but I wonder how much of the airfoil choice is just a marketing gimmick. One extra swipe of the sandpaper by our Czech worker-bee has turned that Drela foiled AVA/Topaz/whatever into some other airfoil. Particularly on these amazing built up RES ships with mylar covering, I wonder how much of the performance is due to the airfoil and how much is due to very light balsa/composite building techniques. Does Dr. Drela get a royalty for the use of his name in advertising? Did/does Dr. Selig? 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 Sailplane
I remember mine since I just started a few years ago. An EPP Highlander as often recommended on this list. It is 39 ounces with standard radio gear in it, and by golly it thermals quite nicely. I used it to finish all my LSF I tasks. Now that I am onto my LSF II tasks I have graduated to a 3M Marauder. I must agree with those that say bigger flies better cause I sure love it! Simon Van Leeuwen wrote: How many can remember their very first R/C sailplane? Mine was one of the first Oly 650's. Wish I still had it for posterity, but elected to fly another aircraft while a newbie flew my Oly, bad idea... 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] Thanks to all for the winch battery charger advice
Thanks to all for advice on the battery chargers available. I ended up picking a Schumacher automatic charger from Walmart for $44 including tax. I even made a pigtail for it to charge my kids Powerwheels Ninja and they couldn't be happier (the previous wallwart took 14 hours to charge it, now it is ready to go again in 2!) Thanks again! I am ready for that Marine cycle battery now, and then for winching on Mono in the Spring. Wh! Stuart 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] Recommended inexpensive 12v battery charger
I am putting together my first winch. I'll be using a Walmart standard battery to power it and need to purchase a charger. There are all kinds of lead-acid battery chargers at Walmart. Unfortunately my regular fast charger for my NiCads won't handle lead-acid, so I need to buy yet another piece of equipment! :) Are there things I should look for when looking at the various chargers? I think the common brand is Schumacher and there are usually 3 - 5 different models on the shelf. I was looking to spend $50 or so. Thanks in advance! Stuart 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] Nice morning of flying
Jeff Gortatowsky wrote: ... snip a great contest story ... 83 (out of 100) landing. ... one of those landings was 96, and another was an 80, and another a 63. I think they were the standard AMA 25 foot tapes, 100 points. Jeff Jeff, those landing results sound outstanding for a newbie flier! (I should know, I am working from upgrading from newbie to intermediate status myself). I sure hope you are an LSF I or II aspirant with those landing scores. It sounds like landings are a snap for you! Best of luck! Stuart 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] Stamps Soaring
I just got my LSF II voucher (yeh!) and it came in a nice white envelope with a crane of some sort. :) Jim Deck wrote: As I do a fair amount of mailing for the LSF, I'm always on the lookout for stamps that reflect aeronautical themes. This month, the USPS is offering a set of cloudscape stamps - really cool cloud scenes with the scientific names. If you use your imagination, that speck on the stamp might just be your Icon or whatever. Watch for them on LSF envelopes as soon as I run out of the magnolias. Jim Deck 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-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] Solar Flight report...
Andrew E. Mileski wrote: Paul Breed wrote: From Time to time I post info on my solar powered RC plane here. Today it flew very well and is also a total loss What a trajedy :( Now if there were only manfacturers of these 82% efficient cells: http://164.195.100.11/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1Sect2=HITOFFd=PALLp=1u=/netahtml/srchnum.htmr=1f=Gl=50s1=4,445,050.WKU.OS=PN/4,445,050RS=PN/4,445,050 At the time they were invented (1981) the technology to make them cheaply didn't exist ... but I believe it may now. It basically needs a modern chip fab. It seems to me, given the current theories on evolution that if a photosynthesis type cell were meant to fly there'd already be lots of flying plants around. :) Then again, they said something similar about Man flying too (if Man were meant to fly, he'd have wings by now). I love reading about solar powered planes. Thanks for the original post, and the followup links to the patent database. That was really very cool reading! 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] Contests, Landings, etc.
I am a newbie at this game, but I have assumed that if you shorten the winch lines there will be even greater emphasis on energy retention during the zoom and therefore planes will need to be even stronger, stiffer, more aerodynamically slick which equals further development which then equals dollar$$$. I was shocked to see the local guys getting 10 minutes during very very light lift with no circling in thermals. Certainly that then means that the only way of discriminating these good fliers with their super machines is by measuring to the thousandths and requiring more difficult tasks. With all the technology in our machines, can't someone think of a way to automate the timing and scoring? You *cannot* be accurate to the hundredths, much less tenths with a stopwatch. Just ask any of our dragracer friends what the typical reaction time is. Perhaps an electronic tape that records when/where the nose hits (much like fencing might do) and/or a timing system that senses a release from the towhook? But then again, why complicate what is supposed to be a relaxing hobby? :) Jim Monaco wrote: Good points Daryl, Another example is F3J, where we are measuring time to the hundreths and nearly every competitor lands 95+ (with no skegs :) ). Check out the stats from the Worlds. There is talk of dividing the points between 90 and 100 to provide more discrimination. Landings are the only thing discriminating the leaders. There are lots of options to modify the tasks - shorter lines, longer times, different landings, each of which has it's own warts. The tasks as they have evolved are generally fair and accepted. This does not mean there is no room for change, just that one needs to understand the effect of the change on the game... and it is just a game... Jim 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: Spam Alert: RE: [RCSE] Paint gun?? Compressor?
Hi Jeff, I agree about the side benefits of getting a compressor. If you *do* use the compressor to blow off anything make sure you know where all the stuff is going. I had finished sanding the fuse of my plane recently and was doing some work with the CA on the building board. Since I sometimes get an ill feeling from CA I decided to set up a fan and open a window. As soon as the fan started up I found the folly in my new arrangement... balsa dust went flying everywhere. All over my stereo, cutting board, rolls of covering and my tool shelves etc. It took me 1/2 day just to get the mess somewhat cleaned up so I could cover the plane and I am sure there are still spots I missed! Moral of the story: watch where you point that thing. I use a 5hp portable wet/dry vac with a brush attachment to get most of the dust off the plane, then take my new compressor (a 6 gallon pancake Porter-Cable) close to the basement door and blow off any remaining dust outside. You also have to be careful not to aim that high pressure hose at anything too delicate. I can see some of the lighter weight ribs getting damaged! Stuart aka fprintf Cheshire, CT USA -Original Message- From: Jeff Gortatowsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 12:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Spam Alert: RE: [RCSE] Paint gun?? Compressor? --- John Derstine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Before you invest in hundreds of dollars worth of support gear, give some thought to the fact that a spray gun finish is not necessarily Better by definition. JD All true. But another 'good thing' about getting a spray gun is you wind up getting a compressor. And a compressor, even if only a small one, and a blow gun is so very very useful for cleaning off items. That alone is worth the price of admission IMO. Having compressed air on hand is exordinarily useful addition to one's shop. YMMV. Jeff Anticipating a compressor is why I installed an extra 220/240v outlet in my garage during our remodel. Now who has a recommendation on a 'quiet' compressor? = --- Jeffrey D. Gortatowsky La Habra Heights, California Madam, there's no such thing as a tough child -- if you parboil them first for seven hours, they always come out tender. - W.C. Fields What wretched scoundrel stole the cork from my lunch? - W.C. Fields 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-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: Subject: if anyone cares
I do not agree. Correct spelling in a public forum *is* the appropriate thing to do and I think it is OK to correct people for it. I'd bet that most of the spelling errors Scobie has corrected are due to laziness or inappropriate attention paid during one's education more than due to learning disabilities. For those of you who think spelling is hard (and I am not pointing to those who, like Dr. Dan, have a learning disability) and think it unimportant, I like to pull out the following from Mark Twain: Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling For example, in Year 1 that useless letter c would be dropped to be replased either by k or s, and likewise x would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which c would be retained would be the ch formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform w spelling, so that which and one would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish y replasing it with i and Iear 4 might fiks the g/j anomali wonse and for all. Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez c, y and x -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais ch, sh, and th rispektivli. Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spikingwerld. -Original Message- From: Dr. Danny C Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 10:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RCSE] RE: Subject: if anyone cares You know to those of us with leaning disability's it is actually rather insulting and demeaning at the same time, because it is a handicap that makes life rather hard at times in dealing with just such a problem. So I think it would be better to keep things like this to yourself and off a public list. Dr. Dan Williams Someone with Dyslexia. ---SNIP- From: Scobie Puchtler about improving their spelling, perhaps the most widespread error I see on the RCSE list, even among folks who spell pretty damned well, is the substitution of LOOSE for LOSE. LOOSE = NOT TIGHT LOSE = OPPOSITE OF FIND 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-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: WHIPPER WHIZ INTERGALACTIC CONTEST!
Many thanks for John, Dennis, Harley etc. for the design tips and information where to buy Balsa. Dennis reminded me of a hobby shop I visited a short while ago that likely has all the supplies I will need for this weekend project. Better to go see the store owner than to order this stuff over the internet - that takes too long, plus the store *is* very conveniently located 5 miles from my house. Thanks again everyone for indulging my newbie questions. Harley asked, and I will relay here - I have *never* glued a peice of balsa before, so my questions are usually *really* brand new, basic questions. I think the EPP fliers I am looking at will be perfect while I improve my modeling skills. :-) Stuart = Original Message From "John O'Sullivan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== "Stuart A. Hall" wrote: I downloaded the plans and I am going to build a few with my 5 year old this weekend. Question: what are the best sources of supplies? Do I need to get to a hobby shop to buy the balsa, or is there another source (I assume Home Depot doesn't have it)? And for the nose weight - a good cheap source? I have to buy everything so I might as well get the cheapest stuff I can - plumbers putty? If you do not have a hobby shop conveniently located, try some of the Art and Craft stores as they also stock a limited amount of balsa. Ordinary Plasticine is the No.1 choice for noseweight. Have fun, The Whipper Whiz is an excellent therapy for young and old, and in spite of its simplicity can give some good insights into the wonders of aerodynamics. John O'Sullivan Nova Scotia Wind and Wave Models http://members.nbci.com/WindandWave/ ---- Stuart Hall Linux Slot car timing systems - http://deslot.sourceforge.net Personal web pages - http://www.stuarthall.net AOL IM: duckman147 - feel free to IM or ICQ me anytime I am online ICQ# 99818383 RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
