Re: [RCSE] cg question

if a sailplane need to have down elevator to fly level it means the sailplane is tail heavy? luis Luis: At the risk of being overly simplistic, I would offer the following: If the balance is correct (or close), it then having to hold or trim in down elevator means that the decalage

[RCSE] Help with Emerald bellcrank repair

I need some advice. I have an original Renaud Emerald. An Emerald Pro. :-) The stab bellcrank assembly has separated. The brass tube is still in place. Both sides that mount to the insides of the fin are still attached, however it appears that whatever is attached to that is loose. I have

[RCSE] mini salto help

hi: does anyone fly a mini salto molded ?? it is sold by slmodel and nsp. i have one and its been real hard to fly ...it tends to snaproll on turns. it s very well balanced ...tried everything and havent been able to getit to fly right. im using ailerons and the vtail control surfaces only for

Re: [RCSE] mini salto help

I've been told this plane is very sensitive with CG changes. Have you tried moving the CG forward? That might make it a bit less reluctnant to snap. At 11:25 PM 10/19/00 -0700, Louis Gonzalez wrote: hi: does anyone fly a mini salto molded ?? it is sold by slmodel and nsp. i have one and its

[RCSE] Correct URL Visalia HLGs

Hi Dick, Sorry, I reposted but here is the correct URL. I have pictures, not great, but just spent 2 hours scanning them in. Much more to come. Take a look and enjoy. http://www.scrollsander.com/VisaliaHLG.htm Thermals, Chris Adams http://www.scrollsander.com -Original Message-

[RCSE] Atlanta club - website announcement

I just want to announce that the North Atlanta Soaring Association (NASA) has a site up and running. Enjoy. http://geocities.com/nasagliders/ - David [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [RCSE] mini salto help

Louis, I have a pretty small plane and it is very cg sensitive. What I mean by that is that I measured the cg, statically, by marking the cg to the manufactured specifications, and taped a small battery to the location, then balanced it. It balanced, but would always fall first after a second

[RCSE] Parker Mountain Adventure 2K

I have tried to make a nice write up after finishing up a web page of pictures from my recent Parker Mountain adventure with Bruce Davidson, but my computer has crashed twice during that process and I am mad. Here is the address of the thumb nailed web page. They say a picture is worth a

[RCSE] Added Pics to Visalia HLG Page

Hello again Gang!: Added pictures to the Visalia HLG Page. I did not get pictures of everyone, and the shots are not great, but HLGs always look great!\ Take a look and enjoy. http://www.scrollsander.com/VisaliaHLG.htm Thermals, Chris http://www.scrollsander.com RCSE-List facilities