[RCSE] JR 10x vs. 8103

1999-10-15 Thread Rob Skiba
Hello all, I have a question regarding the above 2 radios...can anyone who has experience with these tell me if one suits soaring better than the other? I have flown the 10x in RC Jets before and gliders but have no experience with the 8103 in a glider. Does the 8103 have flight modes? I know

Re: [RCSE] Vaccum Systems

1999-10-15 Thread Klaus K Weiss
When I paid a visit to Calif. earlier this year, Del Brengman went out of his way to help me with the purchase of a vac pump and associated equipment. He took me to an 'Alladins Cave' of engineering equipment, where they sold quality, used Gast pumps, amongst a multitude of other gear. Del, has of

[RCSE] Acetone safety?

1999-10-15 Thread Bill Swingle
I always assumed that acetone was a very toxic cleaner. I rarely used it and always took significant care I did. Being an engineer, my curiosity finally got the best of me. I checked the web. Lots of good information was available at: http://www.msds.org/oshanswers/chemicals/chem_profiles/aceton

Re: [RCSE] Correction on site Aerofly simulator

1999-10-15 Thread PresSvss
In a message dated 10/15/1999 1:13:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Try this for the Simulator http://www.aerofly.de/ RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [RCSE] Slope Scenery for the Aerofly simulator

1999-10-15 Thread Augusto Arevalo
You can find answers to all those questions at their website: www.aerofly.com or try RD-direct at http://www.RC-Direct.com I run mine in two different computers, one with a Riva TnT Card and another VooDoo3 card. The Riva seems to work better than the VooDoo3 card. In both cases the graphics and

[RCSE] EPP Alitude Record - sort of

1999-10-15 Thread Garth Warner
Hi My friend Richard and I attended the Visalia contest and then went over the pass though Yosemite into the Mammoth Lakes area on a fly fishing trip. As we had our foamies with us, we had the opportunity to fly in a number of unusual locations. Fishing lake Crowley one day we broke for lunch

[RCSE] Draft 2 of SR2K Rules

1999-10-15 Thread Jerry Craft
The 2nd draft of the Slope Racing Year 2000 (SR2K) rules are now available in the [EMAIL PROTECTED] Files Section. I encourage all who are interested to join the SR2K community, but major announcements will be made on RCSE and F3F as well. To join, use [EMAIL PROTECTED] as the address for your b

RE: RE: [RCSE] Slope Race !!

1999-10-15 Thread Jerry Craft
SR2K is a corny phrase we have place on Slope Racing for the Year 2000. We have new classes for entry level and sportsman using EPP. The idea is get more people into MOM slope racing. Jerry R. Craft VWP Ni-Dan Radio Control Angi-San Wk 858-320-4128 Cel 760-803-6955 -Original Message-

[RCSE] Battery Update

1999-10-15 Thread George and Jimmie Voss
Concerning the 2700 NMH for $2 each, I have less than 200 left! better hurry RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[RCSE] Scuttlebutt: true?

1999-10-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Hey all: I heard at the Visalia Soaring Festival that S & E Modeler might be going to 9 issues a year? Anybody heard about that? Be O.K. with me! Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [RCSE] Slope Scenery for the Aerofly simulator

1999-10-15 Thread Augusto Arevalo
Hi Garret, Nope I don't have those simulators. I just wanted a slope for my own flying and once I had it I shared it. I did test those simulators though and I chose the Aerofly for several reasons one of them the fact that the wind adapts to the topography and produces lift at the slope just as

RE: [RCSE] Slope Race !!

1999-10-15 Thread Jerry Craft
John, spread the word up there, the SR2K list will remain open after the rules are ironed out. Events that I schedule will be in that calendar, and CSR is welcome to enter theirs in there too. We will post announcements for events, just like CSR and F3F does. I will be updating the latest draft SR

Re: [RCSE] Slope Race !!

1999-10-15 Thread John Stossel
Tom, this race is being put on by the old southern ca. CSR racers. You can contact Ray Kuntz at (310) 673-3456 for more info. John Stossel Tom Copp wrote: > > Jim, > Who is running the race? Jerry Craft has a list [EMAIL PROTECTED] for MoM > racing it's just getting started so he needs to hook

Re: [RCSE] liftdist sheets

1999-10-15 Thread Jon Stone
The Y's are the span locations of the various points. The Mid-Y is the half-span of the break. I.e. dist from the root of the wing to the break. The Tip-Y is the dist from the root to the tip of that wing. HTH, Jon Stone >Could some-one please enlighten my ignorant mind by telling me the mea

[RCSE] Re: 48 inch racer

1999-10-15 Thread Mike Ackerman
Eben, What are the paramaters for this 48 inch OD racer. I have only heard about the 60 inchers. Mike in Arcata RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[RCSE] re: GENTLE LADY SITE?

1999-10-15 Thread Louis Cimon
Yes there are other GL dedicated pages, here are mine: in english: http://www.mediom.qc.ca/~lcimon/gladya.htm in french: http://www.mediom.qc.ca/~lcimon/glady.htm I also suggest to visit the other pages -- Louis Cimon [EMAIL PROTECTED] 141 rue Mistral www.mediom.qc.ca/~lcimon/planeur.htm Beau