I finished watching the Performance Tuning video (PT) last night and
really liked it. It was well-organized, covered its ground thoroughly
is definitely a keeper. I fly slope, and have not taken the time to do
75% of what was covered in PT, and see it doesn't have to take all that
much effort or time to completely tune up your glider if you know what
you're doing. Now I know.
(Note to Ed Berris: This would make a great class for the MRCSS club!)
I looked at the AeroPerfect electronic incidence meter shown in PT, but
apparently they've gone up $50 since the video was shot (or maybe
/because?)/ to $200. Hangar 9 makes a digital incidence meter accurate
to 1/10 deg. that can be used much like the AeroPerfect for only $60.
It's called the Anglepro. Guess which one I'll be getting? (The Great
Planes laser meter is accurate to 1/4 deg., and is less flexible than
the Anglepro.)
I'd like to add some suggestions for George Voss' upcoming video
regarding keeping people interested; all of which relate to what I saw
in the PT video.
Performance Tuning was divided into short chapters. I think this is
useful not only for reviewing the video, but also for keeping everything
from melding together into a big mental lump if you watch it straight
through. I also liked how in PT, after they went through everything in
the shop, they went outside and showed by repeated example how what they
talked about inside related to what's happening in the air. A lot of
videos would just insert some diagrams or animation during the lesson--I
thought this was clearer. Big kudos to Paul Naton and team for an
excellent project. I can't wait to see his upcoming video about
advanced programming of computer radios!
Jeff T.
Soaring wrote:
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From: George Voss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'RCSE (RCSE)' soaring@airage.com
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 12:13 PM
Subject: [RCSE] Comments wanted
I'm sure most of us have seen how to videos on RC soaring and a plethora
of other subjects. The most common response I hear is that the person
showing us how to do stuff is boring. I usually overlook that fact when
I'm watching because I'm most interested in the material being shown, not
the personality showing it.
My question is this: How can RC How To video personalities make the
video
more interesting?
My wife an I have come up with a couple of ideas; having trivia questions,
showing one-page comics like the dummy books have, telling humorous
jokes
or short stories and several other things. My concern with each of them
is
that when a person is watching the video for the 10th time, the jokes and
such get 'old.
Please send me your opinions direct at [EMAIL PROTECTED], or feel free to
post them to RCSE.
gv
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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:38:05 -0800
From: Harley Michaelis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: soaring@airage.com
Subject: Repairing torn Kevlar skin hinge
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I can't recall if it was on this or another forum, but a thread was started
on the question in the subject line. Some ideas were presented, but none
none really grabbed my attention and I then had no such repair to make.
Yesterday, I found a skin hinge in a Genie Pro wing torn about 1/3 of the
way in from the root end of an aileron. I could have put clear tape on, but
considered that tacky. I also could not see gluing some sort of V hinge
inside between the surfaces as being a great solution.
An easy and very satisfactory solution came to mind. Yesterday evening, I
put regular paper masking tape on the outside and, inside, applied a thin
bead of silicone along the ripped area. Today I have a strong repair without
any adverse cosmetic implications.
The technique is detailed in File 9 of the Genie web pages at
http://genie.rchomepage.com/.
It's not yet in those web pages, but I've refined making and installing the
individual Kevlar easy hinges presented at the beginning of File 9.
However, I can e-mail a PDF file that also has the silicone hinging in it.
File size is 98 KB. Just request Excerpt from new File 9.
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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:12:05 EST
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Soaring@airage.com
Subject: I served in the Army and the new Pike Giant Joiners
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Am I ever glad that I didn't know about the new Pike Joiners while I served
in the Army, it would have made barracks life truly unbearable!
So here I was soaring around Orlando with the 3 degree joiners in the Giant
thinking its wa nice, but last week Rick
