[RCSE] 215mph DS video

2003-07-01 Thread jaffee
Here's the video from Saturday at Vincent. It first shows Doug Reels 212mph record breaking run, followed by Kyle Paulson's 215mph run. It's 12mb. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe

Re: [RCSE] A 'Gas' Gauge... uncovered :-)

2003-07-01 Thread Bill Swingle
>>I keep saying this and somehow cannot get my point across, battery >>voltage alone is absolutely meaningless Bill is absolutely right. PLUS, don't forget voltage depression which can make it even less useful. Bill Swingle Janesville, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Mode

[RCSE] Jon Stone solves the NiMh concern.

2003-07-01 Thread Bill Swingle
OK, within the limits of the curves that Jon provided, I'm convinced. The NiMh discharge curve is very close to that of a Nicad. It looks to me that the LED gauges ought to work fine. Thanks Jon. Next issue. Bill Swingle Janesville, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model A

[RCSE] IHLGF pics

2003-07-01 Thread Oleg Golovidov
I finally uploaded a bunch of pics from IHLGF onto my web-page. No descriptions yet, you will have to go by the file names. I may also publish all reports that were posted on RCSE and SALgroup to have a collection of all reports about IHLGF later. Check it out http://olgol.com/IHLGF2003/ and tel

Re: [RCSE] Dual Conversion

2003-07-01 Thread Andrew E. Mileski
Steve Witt wrote: You are right. AM is much more easily interfered with due to noise because the amplitude of the desired signal and the noise signal are effectively added together in the front end of the receiver. FWIW, commercial FM is transmitted using circular polarization. The antenna is typic

Re: [RCSE] AIRTRONICS ROCKS!

2003-07-01 Thread Dieter @ ShredAir
Title: Re: [RCSE] AIRTRONICS ROCKS! AIRTRONICS ROCKS! I won a new complete RD8000 radio at F3J in the Rockies, and Skip won a new Stylus! This is the second time this year that Airtronics has donated radios to our contests; and I know 3 guys personally who have won Stylus's this year. THANKS

Re: [RCSE] Dual Conversion

2003-07-01 Thread Steve Witt
On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Robert Ussery wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Bill Swingle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >>So, if I get the gist of this right, why don't we all use AM instead? > > That is a good question. The simple answer is that FM sounds "better" to > > the average pilot. Thu

Re: [RCSE] Dual Conversion

2003-07-01 Thread Robert Ussery
- Original Message - From: "Bill Swingle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>So, if I get the gist of this right, why don't we all use AM instead? > That is a good question. The simple answer is that FM sounds "better" to > the average pilot. Thus the market spoke its preference. Manufacturers > bu

[RCSE] AIRTRONICS ROCKS!

2003-07-01 Thread Howard Mark
Guys --- I gotta post this before I go out of town (again).   AIRTRONICS ROCKS! I won a new complete RD8000 radio at F3J in the Rockies, and Skip won a new Stylus! This is the second time this year that Airtronics has donated radios to our contests; and I know 3 guys personally who have

Re: [RCSE] Receiver selectivity

2003-07-01 Thread Tom Watson
I see...so either JR and Berg are el cheapos, or my rotten experiences with their single-conversion RXs (and others here with the same results) which were ALL rectified with nothing more than switching to dual-conversion RXs...that was all collective hallucination? VERY interesting conclusion. Ur

Re: [RCSE] Dual Conversion

2003-07-01 Thread Bill Swingle
>>So, if I get the gist of this right, why don't we all use AM instead? That is a good question. The simple answer is that FM sounds "better" to the average pilot. Thus the market spoke its preference. Manufacturers build accordingly and there aren't many Tx's on AM. Certainly not the models

RE: [RCSE] Dual Conversion

2003-07-01 Thread Sheldon - YNT uDesign
'Cause everybody knows the best tunes are broadcast on the FM band??? Just pondering... -Sheldon- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 1:50 PM To: Bill Swingle; RCSE Subject: Re: [RCSE] Dual Conversion So, if I get the gist of

[RCSE] RE: More good stuff about A Nihm 'Gas' Monitor

2003-07-01 Thread Sheldon - YNT uDesign
Them's words of wisdom! There is no substitute for knowing your equipment and what you can expect from it.   -Sheldon- -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 2:16 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Mor

Re: [RCSE] A 'Gas' Gauge... uncovered :-)

2003-07-01 Thread Bill Malvey
On 7/1/03 13:22, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Notice that it took 60 minutes to drop from 10.9 to 9.9 (0.0017 volt/min) > 120 minutes from 9.9 to 9.8 (0.0008 volt/min) > 100 minutes from 9.8 to 9.7 (0.001 volt/min) > 42 minutes from 9.7 to 9.5 (0.005 volt/min) > 38 minutes from

[RCSE] A 'Gas' Gauge... uncovered :-)

2003-07-01 Thread GordySoar
Notice that it took 60 minutes to drop from 10.9 to 9.9 (0.0017 volt/min) 120 minutes from 9.9 to 9.8 (0.0008 volt/min) 100 minutes from 9.8 to 9.7 (0.001 volt/min) 42 minutes from 9.7 to 9.5 (0.005 volt/min) 38 minutes from 9.5 to 9.0 (0.013 volt/min) 20 minutes from 9.0 to 8.5 (0.025 volt/min) S