Re: [RCSE] Report on Nats XC and a brief visit with F3-B
Wow wow, wow... is all I can say. Having participated as part of team Schow, and my first time attempting XC, first time flying from the back seat of a car, and the first time I knowingly and willingly chose to land my 5 meter Ka6e in a soybean field, all I can say it was addicting! I towed some, spotted for team Jr as Pete Goldsmith did over 9 miles and 6 (I think) laps around the closed course with his 7 meter Nimbus 2. This ship cooked around the closed course so fast Pete had to add camber so we could keep up with it. The large modern scale ships can really move. I attempted the traditional XC course early in the day before it was known by all that we could fly the inner circuit. On my second attempt the very thick airfoiled K6 was clocked at a blistering 6 mph ground speed in the windy conditions. What a hoot! At little over 800 feet I chose to go for it and left the safety of the AMA site. The K6 is well worn so it was no great risk to take it to the fields. It flys and lands very slowly and while a great thermal ship, won't penetrate worth beans in any wind. Who cares, this was a blast. I made all of one mile before descending into 3 feet of cushy green soybeans. I also had a 5.4 meter Puchacz aerobatic ship along, and while not nearly optimized for XC work i did get a flight or two in. I planned on doing the inner circle with it on sunday, but alas, the weather said no way. I want to add more comments but I want to make this message not too long. (too late) Thanks to Jack Strothers, Dennis Adamison, Dave Corvin, teamates skip, antonio,tom,and tom, and and all the LSF and AMA folks who made this happen. There were scale ships in larger numbers than previous years, and they were flying, not sitting on the ground waiting for static judging. There are a lot of possibilities with this format. Using a closed course, however it developes, is the way to go to attract more scale involvement. There are safe land outs all around the course, ample opportunity to fly as much as you want, and an exhilerating spirit of flying for a purpose instead of simply standing in one spot. This was a great start to a future where large scale ships can come to the NATS, fly a lot, compete, and not risk landing out in risky terrain. I will put responses and more comments on my web site when I get home. At Dennis Adamison's suggestion, I will put up a page on my site to collect ideas on how to develope this for the next time two years hence. John Derstine, on the way back home... I spent the weekend at Muncie trying to help out Skip Schow's XC team.The team didn't have a name, so my 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] Scale Soaring Medal Results page
I just published a page in Excel providing the results for the Scale Soaring Gold Medal Program. So far I have results for Visalia Scale Meet, I will be adding Los Banos and the Muncie Aerotow as soon as I get them. I have made catagories for type of sailplane flown, I don't expect to have this information provided by default. If you flew in any of these events, medaled, and would like the type of scale sailplane you flew and its size listed, email me. I may add some interactive features and macros later as time permits. In theory one could sort records by event, pilot, or any other parameter. These are not functional at this time. John Derstine http://www.scalesoaring.com Results link here: http://www.scalesoaring.net/goldmedalscalesoaring.htm 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] How to Buy THE BEST vehicle
Jim: There are other fetish drivers out there also. I, for example, have been driving full size Chevy vans for nearly 20 years to haul kids and now exclusively big a-- model planes. In that span of time I have owned two Chevy Beauvile G-10 vans. these are great cavernous beasts with over 11' of clear lenght inside. I built wing racks suspended from the ceiling which allows almost 12' clear for 1/2 scale glider wings. This van will haul, if needed, an incredible amount of gear. for example; eight 1/3 scale sailplannes plus two 1/3 scale towplanes, plus asorted smaller planes tucked around the corners. The present vehicle is a 1991 with only 169,000 miles on it. The last one went 250k. The bodies tend to last and since hey are a frame and coach build seem to be more servicable. I do get jibed about these older beater vans, but for me they fit the bill perfectly, and have all the ammenities one could ask for, air, cruise and captains chair seats for long cruises. I can cruise effortlessly nonstop to Florida from PA at 75 mph no sweat. speed limit dependent :-} Mileage? well you have to sacrifice somethings... John D Guys: I just could not stay out of this one any longer. There is 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: Re: [RCSE] Dual battery packs
I would respectfully disagree with the policy of using two packs and two switches. I feel that it gives little redundancy in the case of a shorted battery, in this case you will see a rapid drain of juice from the good battery. I know this practice hase become popular in the giant scale power crowd, and if you are willing to replace batteies often, and or monitor their discharge curves on a regular basis, this is a viable solution. One, in my experience, fool proof backer is the EMS (Electronic Model Systems, formerly JOMAR) battery backer. It protects against back drain from pack to pack, and will in the event of two low packs continue to switch back and forth to get the better pack. It is technology used in RPVs and only costs 45 bucks, the cost of a battery pack. And you can use packs of different capacities as longas they are the same voltage. 4.8 or 6 volt. This in combination with two switch harnasses gives better total redundency at a relativly low cost. John D. http://www.scalesoaring.net On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 07:00:54 -0800 Bill Malvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote. On 11/30/01 1:18 AM, Kent Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw somewhere that someone makes a dual battery setup. Can someone steer me towards it ? Go here: http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/r/e/redscho/ I have been running dual battery packs and two switches for years. There is absolutely no need to use backers , diodes, or anything else. Simply plug 2 batteries into 2 switches (or even Y them into a single switch) and plug into the RX. All you need to do is make certain you use packs with the same voltage, i.e. 4.8 or 6.0 volt (4 cells or 5 cells). The capacity is additive, two 1,000 mAh packs gives you 2,000 mAh total capacity. The enclosed link explains it very well. If you are worried (incorrectly) about a full pack charging a dead pack try this (I have). Cycle 1 pack down to 1.1 or 1.0 volts per cell. Charge another pack fully. Plug them both into the same RX. Go away for a couple of days. Check voltage when you come back. You ~~ Bill Malvey Ladera Ranch, California 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]
