Re: [RCSE] Question on the Death Spiral from Tip Pannel Loss

2003-07-31 Thread Larry Taylor
!!!Right Tip Panel Loss!!! OK! Now I see what your saying. Right Rudder to gain speed than Left rudder to pull out of dive and keep the right short wing higher till you can get it down. The Right rudder threw me. So if you have plenty of speed just go to the Left rudder to keep the short wing

Re: [RCSE] What to use to lubricate pushrods?

2003-07-31 Thread Bill Swingle
My experience with lubing pushrods was that it just made the problem worse. Any perceived improvements were short lived. Much better to fix the problem right via a smaller rod or nylon rod or something. Otherwise the bends in the outer tube will always haunt you and waste battery power.

[RCSE] FMA M5 Receiver Price Drop

2003-07-31 Thread Bill Swingle
I just noticed that my favorite receiver, the FMA M5 has been reduced in price! This receiver has excellent performance and has proven itself to me under difficult operating conditions. Now it's price has been dropped to $54.95+crystal. A great price for a cutting edge Rx. But, alas, it

[RCSE] Scale at 2003 NATS

2003-07-31 Thread Jim Deck
OK, now that I'm home and caught up with LSF backlog, I'd like to make a few observations and suggestions regarding the Scale event. A fair amount of noise was generated prior to and during this event about the small number of competitors and this event getting 2 whole days. Well, in a

Re: [RCSE] Scale at 2003 NATS

2003-07-31 Thread James V. Bacus
At 07:30 PM 7/31/2003, Jim Deck wrote: Yes, it might take a few frequencies and maybe a few spectators away from HLG but HLG is NOT an official event. Do you mean HLG Golf? Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV ICQ 6997780R/C Soaring blog at

[RCSE] 8103 question

2003-07-31 Thread gldr guy
Was wondering if a 8103 can be programmed for a six servo wing, anybody know? Thanks, Walter --- GG Get 25MB of email storage with Lycos Mail Plus! Sign up today -- http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus RCSE-List