Re: [RCSE] Speed Control Question!

2002-11-14 Thread Eddie Smith
Jim, I use a strip of stainless steel to drop the voltage on my winches for speed control. This is much easier than pulsing. You could run a similar strip of stainless in your drive circuit of your retriever. Try 1 wide, .032 thick and about 18 long to start with. With a meter you could check

RE: [RCSE] Speed Control Question!

2002-11-14 Thread Richard Jones
Hi Jim, You say you use it for speed control, do you mean you have a sliding connection along the steel bar that works like a car accelerator for the winch? Richard -Original Message- From: Eddie Smith [mailto:eddie.camtech;adelaide.on.net] Sent: Thu 14 November 2002 01:28 To: [EMAIL

[RCSE] Airtronics 141's Sold

2002-11-14 Thread Andy Thonet
They have been sold Thanks to Soaring@ airage !! Andy Thonet KG6MGD

[RCSE] Re: flying a wing for the first time

2002-11-14 Thread MSu1049321
One method I've ehard being used to determine the CG on a new plane is to replicate the plane in smaller scale with card stock or cardboard, and flight test the dummy model with different cg's then transfer this tot he real model for first flight, just to get it close in the range... this only

Re: [RCSE] Flying a wing for the first time

2002-11-14 Thread Mark Miller
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[RCSE] Wilson NC HLG Contest Announcement

2002-11-14 Thread Doug Barry
Gentlemen: Due to the failure of the Organizers to pay the Weather Fee in a timely manner, the weekend of November 16/17 has been rescheduled for 20-35 mph winds and 36 hours of rain. ;-(( Seriously, due to the very bad weather forecast for the Wilson NC area, it has been decided to reset the

[RCSE] Oldest Pilot!

2002-11-14 Thread Charlie Miller
Good Morning! Well I haven't gotten any response about having a pilot older than Art. Could it be that he is it??? I think it's a very cool thing that he comes out and participates like he does Gives us lots to look forward to... I think we all hope we can be out there flying when we are