[RCSE] Spring Fling

2003-06-22 Thread Dudley Dufort
Sacramento Valley Soaring Society's Spring Fling was a tremendous success. Two outstanding days of flying were the hallmark of the Second Leg of The Western States Triad. Thanks to all who attended. The contest scores are posted on the club web site. www.svss.org

[RCSE] Dynaflite Bird of Time ARF

2003-06-22 Thread Steve Gibson
How does the 117 inch, Dynaflite ARF Bird of Time fly? I'm not looking for contest performance, I just like the way it looks. Hope it isn't a dog because I just ordered one. S Gibson

Re: [RCSE] V tail differential

2003-06-22 Thread Michael Lachowski
Take a mixer and mix rudder into elevator. You just need to get the signs of the percentage the correct amount in left and right directions. The mix curve looks like a V with 0 in the middle and increasing the amount of down (or up) in both directions. The other option is to set the maximum

RE: [RCSE] Best vehicle for RC transport

2003-06-22 Thread Eric Weder
I'm looking at trading my 95 Dodge Grand Caravan in on a Nissan Murano - it's part-time 4WD, great gas mileage, 250HP and over 6 feet with the back seats folded down. Nice handling, comfortable and lots of neat options too. Not cheap though. Eric Calgary, Alberta -Original Message- From:

[RCSE] Extreme DS

2003-06-22 Thread Quiet Man
Doug Reel and Kyle Paulson both joined the 190mph+ DS club at Vincent today. They were flying two new 2meter molded DS Extremes, and recording speeds with a radar gun. They both recorded top speeds of 192,andDoug was "cruising" in the high 180's while talking about the servos etc. and the 100"

Re: [RCSE] SOAR Fredrickson Memorial Contest

2003-06-22 Thread Steve Meyer
The 2003 SOAR Fred Fredrickson Memorial is History. All participants seemed very happy with the Weather, Food, Challenging air, and competitive spirit of the group. Positions were constantly changing throughout the day. Tom Kallevang won overall with an impressive back to back win. Martin

RE: [RCSE] potential frequency problems

2003-06-22 Thread Wayne Walker
I was recently hit with a CB rig on Ch 30. I was too close to a big rig and apparently got swamped by him. Big rigs are known to regularly use 100+ watt linears to Boost their 27 Mh CBs' Our field in San Diego ran several tests and found that pagers on ch 28-29, 23-24, 11-12, 50-51,