[RCSE] Re: Hughes 'Hell's Angel' Movie

2005-01-31 Thread Gliderscum
In a message dated 1/31/2005 7:43:44 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Has anyone seen the above? Can it be purchased on DVD? If so, where and how much?   Thanks!   Bob $11.24 on Amazon.com   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002MHE1O/qid=1107229548/sr=2-

[RCSE] Hughes 'Hell's Angel' Movie

2005-01-31 Thread Rhokita
Has anyone seen the above? Can it be purchased on DVD? If so, where and how much?   Thanks!   Bob

[RCSE] "About the Blaster Vertical Mount"

2005-01-31 Thread GordySoar
Guys don't mount the vertical inside the slotted tailboom. It will snap off on a spin landing..immediately. Then you will have to clean off the remaining boom from the mount area. Slot the mount area so that it fits over the remaining unslotted part of the boom, then you'll have to cut lose t

Re: [RCSE] Onboard GPS?

2005-01-31 Thread junk1
Sitting in my car here at about 20' MSL, my GPS says anything from -125 to +190. Yeah, when I'm down below deck and I look at the GPS, I get so terrified that I don't want to look out the window!! :^) Mark Mech www.aerofoam.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscrib

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2005-01-31 Thread glide
Aloha to all. I have a Quicksilver slope plane for sale made by Douglas Aircraft. It has a 53" wingspan (balsa sheeted foam) and a new fiberglass fuselage. I recovered the wing with Super Monokote and painted the fuse with white Krylon paint. This plane will come with two standard size JR servo

Re: [RCSE] Onboard GPS?

2005-01-31 Thread Michael Neverdosky
Just a reminder. GPS is a wonderful navigation tool and position accuracy is excellent. The altitude function is nowhere near as accurate as the Lat/Lon. Just remember that the altitude it says may be +/- a couple hundred feet. Sitting in my car here at about 20' MSL, my GPS says anything from -1

[RCSE] LASS Woody 2005

2005-01-31 Thread Iflyicrash
Here is the motel list and information for the two day woody contest in Lancaster, PA August 6 & 7 2005. http://www.lancareasoaring.org/woody.htm Only one per frequency, (unless you team up with somebody on one freq.) and we have quite a few signed up already. Email Bruce or myself with your

[RCSE] Opus W (NEW) for Sale $415.00

2005-01-31 Thread MRMIKECA
Brand new Opus W for sale! $415.00. Sells for $579.00, in the store if they ever have any in stock. SAVE a lot of money! Never installed radio or flown. To see picture please go to www.bestinrc.freeservers.com and look at the picture on the main page. For information please email me at [EMAIL

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2005-01-31 Thread Tord Eriksson
On Sunday 30 January 2005 16.32, Mark wrote: > There was a guy here local that had onboard GPS that would transmit voice > down to a handheld receiver giving him altitude and airspeed updates > throughout the flight. Sounds like Piccolario Talk, the German variometer system - no GPS, as far as

[RCSE] Re: Chrysalis 2 Meter

2005-01-31 Thread jgleigh
Serendipitously (always wanted to use that word in a post :cool: ), Don Stackhouse has just announced the availability of the revised Chrysalis 2m kit here http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=328807 -- jgleigh

Re: [RCSE] Onboard GPS?

2005-01-31 Thread xcsoaringpilot
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Mark Wales" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There was a guy here local that had onboard GPS that would transmit voice > down to a handheld receiver giving him altitude and airspeed updates > throughout the flight. > Does anyone know who may sell this equipment for mo

[RCSE] new product announcement (a little belated)

2005-01-31 Thread Don Stackhouse @ DJ Aerotech
Well, they're finally done. I don't come out with shameless plugs too often, but this is one that I'm proud to have our name on, and relieved to finally have safely in production. After enduring more than our fair share of delays, attacks of "Murphy's Law", and general snafus, I am pleased to r

[RCSE] Re: "Gordy Crushes in Dallas today!"

2005-01-31 Thread kepople
Gordy; I enjoyed flying with you for the short time I could today. Unfortunately I did not follow the guys the first time they sky'd it, but hey, I got 3 practice launches in before they came down. Ditto on the blaster, its a great plane. I dont get to fly it much and programming my radio toda

[RCSE] Re: Anyone built a California Sailplane: Redback 60" slope plane?

2005-01-31 Thread fly1milehi
Cody has a complete thread on the redback pro 60 http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=295911&highlight=Redback -- fly1milehi fly1milehi's Profile: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?action=getinfo&userid

[RCSE] Re: Anyone built a California Sailplane: Redback 60" slope plane?

2005-01-31 Thread jonoknight
I'm in the middle of a build of the mark 1 Redback. I have the same question. I was thinking of putting a brass tube & lead slugs in the belly at the CG. -- jonoknight jonoknight's Profile: http://www.rcgroups.com/forum

[RCSE] Re: Where to get Solartex film covering (online) for PSS birds?

2005-01-31 Thread TFLG
Balsa USA (balsausa.com) leading edge gliders (leadingedgegliders.com) California Sailplanes (californiasailplanes.com {white only here}) TFLG -- TFLG Hardcore Slopehead TFLG's Profile: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/m

Re: [RCSE] Movie review

2005-01-31 Thread Doug McLaren
On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 10:49:55PM -0600, Jared wrote: | Lol! Speaking of dead stick landings... | | I did my first over Thanksgiving. Um, isn't every single glider landing a `dead sick' landing? :) | We got to the field and talked to some of the guys out there. They asked me | if I had flown

[RCSE] Looking for Twin Star WIng Bolts

2005-01-31 Thread GordySoar
Hi guys, I picked up a Twin Star for my son (he travels like me but mostly snowboards/BMX/mountain bikes). But the wing bolts must have dropped out in the motel room I packed it up in. They are pretty long and metric, so if someone knows the size and maybe a source for plastic bolts that will f

[RCSE] Looking for an Emerald, who would like to sell their glider, send me pictures!!!

2005-01-31 Thread Flying High
I'm looking for a NIB to excellent condition Emerald Glider! I don't believe RnR is making these any more so I'd like to see what I can get from the glider community!!! Send me pictures and details. I NEED MY GLIDER FIX Thanks Edgar "The Soaring Junkie" __

Re: [RCSE] Dead stick landings

2005-01-31 Thread Martin Usher
>somewhere between a Sig Ninja and a Sig Riser 100. (Kristopher) I always thought a power plane was just a slope plane with an engine on the front -- you used a sort of "anti-crow" control on the radio to go up instead of circling the plane in the lift band. If the engine quits then its just

Re: [RCSE] Dead stick landings

2005-01-31 Thread Jo Grini
Hmmm "Dead stick". The junior of our team to Canada last year borrowed my AVA for some hand launching after the days flying (he was basically borrowing any model he could get all week). This is "dead stick"... http://www.workflow.as/jogrini/video/ava.wmv Hilsen Jojo www.grini.no Date: Mon, 31 Ja

Re: [RCSE] Movie review

2005-01-31 Thread Jim Deck
OK, if we're going to talk movies, what about the remake of every airplane modeler's classic, "The Flight of the Phoenix"? Outside of some beautiful flight shots of the flying boxcar in the opening scenes and the long, drawn out, CGI enhanced crash scene, this film is but a pale imitation of the o

[RCSE] Multiplex 3030 For Sale

2005-01-31 Thread Nathan Woods
I'm posting this for a friend not on this group: Bob Breaux from SoaringUSA is selling a Multiplex 3030 for $375 firm. This tx has all the latest software, and many accessories, and has been professionally modified by "Eddie" for the Hitec Spectra multi-channel tx module, and comes with FCC docum

RE: [RCSE] Movie review

2005-01-31 Thread Douglas, Brent
I still fly gas, but I'll bring my sailplane winch out, too Can't help myself, whenever I launch I call out "taking off deadstick" B. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and un

Re: [RCSE] Dead stick landings

2005-01-31 Thread Pat McCleave
Chuck and all, Several years ago, my OFB Dave Beardsley and I went out to fly some gliders. He just happened to have one of his power planes in the car as well and decided to get it out and let me fly it a couple of times. I had been flying gliders for 20+ years at that time so did not figure t

FW: [RCSE] Re: Onboard GPS?

2005-01-31 Thread John Derstine
From: Dean Gradwell xcsoaringcom [EMAIL PROTECTED] For RC cross country soaring I use the Garmin Etrex Vista GPS in the glider. It weighs 5 oz. and sells for around $300. This is the only Etrex model that will work for what we do. It fits easily in the SBXC or scale ship but would not work in a