Re: [RCSE] Dunk Tank Vote

2000-10-02 Thread Ron
Does the 'River of Air' hold true in a dunk tank? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: RONALD P KUKRAL [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 11:25 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Dunk Tank Vote Problem is, with guys like Joe

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2000-10-02 Thread Don Beadle
All, I am looking for a special plane. A drop-dead-georgeous, all composite beauty. About 120" wingspan. What am I looking for in good looks? Scale fuse, swept tips,and T-tail are ideas. Need name of plane and manufacturer. Many thanks for ideas. Don Beadle

[RCSE] Chrysalis repair tips?

2000-10-02 Thread Dave Johnson
My beloved Chrysalis met up with a steel pole yesterday (don't ask). The vertical pole met the right wing a few inches out from the fuse, and I busted several ribs to smithereens and snapped the leading edge dowel, the spar and trailing edge are undamaged. Repairing the wing looks like it

Fw: [RCSE] Aramid/CF material (slightly OT)

2000-10-02 Thread Mark Drela
However within a year of getting there new Kevlar contraptions some people where noticing a certain amount of sag or flex with their boats sitting on trestles or trailers or when lots of power was put into the riggers, the reason was that after 6 months in UV Aramid/Kevlar cloths loose 50% of

[RCSE] Looking for a RnR SBXC

2000-10-02 Thread Tom Nakagawa
I am loking for a RnR SBXC in good condition to buy. Please respond off the net. Mahalo, Tom Nakagawa __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.yahoo.com/ RCSE-List facilities provided by Model

[RCSE] MPX ASH 26

2000-10-02 Thread Zbigniew Michalczyk
Friend of mine ( he is not on the list) ask me for advice in building MPX ASH26. As longI would try to pull most out of it I am concern about the impossible. We are looking to have superb flying machine with the use of the winch on everyday basis. Any opinion??? Anybody build and flew one?

[RCSE] MPX ASH 26

2000-10-02 Thread Zbigniew Michalczyk
Friend of mine ( he is not on the list) ask me for advice in building MPX ASH26. As long I would try to pull most out of it I am concern about the impossible. We are looking to have superb flying machine with the use of the winch on everyday basis. Any opinion??? Anybody build and flew one?

[RCSE] FAI Tapes also available

2000-10-02 Thread Tom Broeski
FAI Tapes are also available upon request: 5 points per meter.15 meters. Tom -- TG 32 Mount View Dr. Afton, VA 22920 540 943-3356 RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [RCSE] Spar strength

2000-10-02 Thread Matt Gewain
Greg; Back around 1980 I spent a lot of time building a computer program that would analyze the stresses in a model wing, and predict how the wing would fail. At the time my wings were mostly wood with a little carbon and glass fiber, and the program did predict some failures well. But I

RE: [RCSE] HLG Question

2000-10-02 Thread Walba, Rick
My MDL wing wieghed 108gr out of the box, 113gr (3.985oz) after drilling mounting holes. (No offense to Tom, he may have started with a heavier wing). I figured I used about 1gr more glass than I needed. Yes, people really over do the joining. The Monarch wing is 410sq". Many ships today are 370

RE: [RCSE] Aramid/CF material (slightly OT)

2000-10-02 Thread Walba, Rick
What? The owners manuals didn't say, "Do not store in sunlight"? there new Kevlar contraptions some people where noticing a certain amount of sag or flex with their boats sitting on trestles or trailers or when lots of power was put into the riggers, the reason was that after 6

Re: [RCSE] HLG Question

2000-10-02 Thread David A. Malone
My Spectre HLG wing weighs 2.75 oz Dave Malone How much do 60" HLG, composite wings weigh without servos. 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

[RCSE] Re: Tom Rust's Mongo Jr

2000-10-02 Thread Erica and/or Rob
is a astro 05 a can motor? who knew... When I saw it fly the first time I was told it had an 05 cobolt(sp?) in it. If I'm wrong I was misinformed. cest' la poo poo. RobII *'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.*'`'*.,.* [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[RCSE] Re: Fluke 77 III

2000-10-02 Thread Bill Swingle
Hello Joedy, Your Fluke can be very helpful but isn't too good for measuring battery capacity. To do it you'll have to wire up a very basic circuit then time the discharge while measuring voltage with your Fluke. You'd get some decent data which would be a useful approximation. However, it'd be