[RCSE] Phoenix, wing connectors, IHLGF

2002-01-30 Thread Tom Hoopes
Hi All, I've soaked a couple of rolls of 150# and 180# mono this week with thoughts of some F3J fun in Phoenix. Of course that fun will have to stop around noon on Friday so that we can get over to the course for nine holes of HLG Golf. Ohhh and there's a TD contest on Saturday and Sunday ;-)

RE: [RCSE] Frequency Control / safety

2002-01-30 Thread Brian Jarchow
I believe that hams & the government are the only authorized users of the 50-54 MHz band, and most hams will stick to the voluntary bandplans so I think you are pretty safe if you are on those bands. On another subject, something that will hopefully help eliminate getting shot down, does anybody

Re: [RCSE] Frequency Control / safety

2002-01-30 Thread Craig
Al, I wasn't aware that 50MHz at least was exclusive. I could be wrong but understood that ham operators stay clear of it by understanding rather than legal requirement. It's a small detail and your point stands, it is considerably safer in basically all environments. Craig. - Original Mes

Re: [RCSE] Frequency Control / safety

2002-01-30 Thread Martin Usher
>802.11 (usually known as AirPort) give 11 megabit/sec (about 100k). I have one in the laptop I'm using now (Monkey King) Your network is using 802.11b -- WiFi in today's parlance (its what Apple uses in their AirPort products). Its not going to work too well to control a model since the range i

Re: [RCSE] Frequency Control / safety

2002-01-30 Thread Tom Watson
It would be a bit of effort, but would probably pay off to some extent in the long run: Make up some professional-looking (i.e. NOT handwritten) single-page Tip Sheets. We'll call them that for now, if for no other reason than I can't think of anything fancier. Briefly and simply explain the is

Re: [RCSE] Frequency Control / safety

2002-01-30 Thread Monkey King
On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, David A. Enete wrote: > Packet radio perhaps? > > Or, true digital radios with a signature at some point (just hope you > don't need fast input after an unqualified signal). 802.11 (usually known as AirPort) give 11 megabit/sec (about 100k). I have one in the laptop I'm u

RE: [RCSE] Frequency Control / safety

2002-01-30 Thread glide
I switched to the ham band almost ten years ago just because I was tired of "sharing" freqs when I was at the slopes. At the moment, I'm the only one on the slopes that is *legally* using the ham freqs. But that doesn't stop me from asking others what channels they are on and informing others of

Re: [RCSE] Frequency Control / safety

2002-01-30 Thread Dick Barker
>I'm gonna cut this thread short, I was really just sympathizing with Tom loosing his >second model to the same reason in such a short period of time. Main point, like he >even cares what I think too. >I should have never mentioned and frequency control issues on RCSE, that will never >ge

Re: [RCSE] Frequency Control / safety

2002-01-30 Thread Dick Barker
Dont get your feathers ruffled. All I said was that just because you choose to fly overpriced, pre-build, moulded ARFS does not give you any frequency advantage. Yes I would pay for your overpriced mouldy if: 1. I shot it down 2. you were on the frequency board when I started to fly. If you choo

Re: [RCSE] Frequency Control / safety

2002-01-30 Thread Wwing
In a message dated 01/30/2002 10:38:18 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Get off it Jim. This is an equal opportunity sport (or hobby,depending > on who you listen to.) Flying an overpriced ARF does not give you any > priority over those who build our own simple DLGs. > >

Re: [RCSE] Frequency Control / safety

2002-01-30 Thread James V. Bacus
I'm gonna cut this thread short, I was really just sympathizing with Tom loosing his second model to the same reason in such a short period of time. Main point, like he even cares what I think too. I should have never mentioned and frequency control issues on RCSE, that will never get solved

[RCSE] Sold Smart tester

2002-01-30 Thread Brian & Iva Smith
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Re: [RCSE] Frequency Control / safety

2002-01-30 Thread David A. Enete
> I think we should all have a unique ID in our tx and a way to set >the ID in the rx with microswitches or programming. The only way to >escape all the newbies and throw away RTF's is to have this coded >system on a separate freq. band, and priced in the league for the >guys flying expensiv

Re: [RCSE] Frequency Control / safety

2002-01-30 Thread David A. Enete
>Man, look at the technology our computer radios have, and they are >so stupid about stomping all over each others frequencies. I know >the technology is available to keep this from happening. I for one >would pay for it even if it meant buying a new system. Well, you could at least stack th

RE: [RCSE] SoCal HSS contest?

2002-01-30 Thread Rick Meredith
Looks like it's still on. Check their website at www.1hss.org and maybe e-mail one of their officers. Rick -Original Message- From: Tom Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 6:19 PM To: Soaring Exchange Subject: [RCSE] SoCal HSS contest? Anyone in SoCal kno

Re: [RCSE] Craft-Air Viking

2002-01-30 Thread Carver, Rusty
Thanks Jim, Yeah, most definately... I was thinking of a ply joiner box capped with CF and wound with kevlar. This would require relocation of the wing joiner about 3/8" forward to center it between the top and bottom spar... Outboard of the joiner box I was gonna go with 1/2"vertical-grain ba

[RCSE] Another Question

2002-01-30 Thread GRW
Has anyone been sucessuful in priming and painting balsa parts? I got this plane already started looks like there might have been sanding sealer put on the wood then lightly primed. I just want a good solid finish so making sure before I proceed. Thanks Glenn W. __

[RCSE] Ellipse 2V and Ellipse 2ET for sale

2002-01-30 Thread Barry Baskin
This is a must have for pilots who love to fly all day, no matter the conditions. Perfect F3F racer or all around sloper. I am selling this with an additional Ellipse 2ET, the electric fuse. The electric fuse is a T-Tail, very few of these were made. The 2V is a yellow fuse, wing is y

Re: [RCSE] HITEC gears?

2002-01-30 Thread Stephen Syrotiak
Bill Conkling wrote: > Is there a way to get > only this little plastic gear? This question has plagued me for years! If you find out, let me know! -- Stephen Syrotiak Building Service ~ Not really expecting the sort of answer I'd like. Southern Connecticut RCSE-List facilities provided b