Dan Borer writes:
...If the rules state 'no resin coated'
whatevers, then that means they will not be
tolerated--PERIOD. The rules are to create an even and safe
field; they are not there to be ignored.
I've been listening to this thread as a reasonably objective bystander. I'm
now going to do
Hello all
I have a NIB. Feather HLG for sale. I got it from Mark Navarre. He won it at
the 99 IHLGF. F-G wing, composite bagged tail, (Not wood tail) and slightly
stronger fuse. All the cool stuff. Ready to ship. Going to the highest
bidder. We will start the bidding at $150.00. I will
Rudy, you are right, the accident happened so quickly it was hard to tell
exactly what happened- to me it seemed wing broke and severed tail but who
knows. I agree with you that it was a classy move by Thunderbirds to cancel
show in honor of Gary. What really disturbed me was upon leaving air
At 06:11 PM 9/21/1999 -0700, you wrote:
It would seem that most servos, even ones with weak gears like HS80s, are
designed not to strip at their max rated torque. To strip one in flight, it
would have to be either previously weakened or possibly subjected to
buffeting or flutter. I've never had
These mentions of Hobie Alter take me back to the beginning of my love
affair with flying RC gliders. I vividly recall reading an article in
Sports Illustrated MANY years ago about someone (I don't remember if it was
Hobie Alter himself or not) flying his Hobie Hawk off cliffs and mountains
Thanks to those who commented on my control input theory. You might wonder
why I use such large amounts of control, it is often trying to fight the
wind, or when the plane hits a bump of lift. Most of my flying lately is
using very small amounts of control. If the plane does not seem to turn, I
At SmAC
for example, it was known that some wings are 49.5" wide and others are
47.75" wide, but all were allowed to compete in the 48" class. [Oh my God!
So that's how Mike won!!! I want a rematch.]
I didn't win. I got second. And if you think adding .5" unto your wingtips
will give you
Jerry,
A few years ago I saw a fellow at Lake Hodges who had modified a Radio Shack butane
soldering iron by attaching about an inch
diameter copper disk to the tip. He used it to successfully apply a patch of a few
square inches. Temperature control wasn't great -
especially in the wind. As I
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