Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread D Hauch
it's a 4 servo wing. Dave Hauch www.git-r-built.com - Original Message - From: "Bill Johns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Soaring Yahoo" Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal > > On Jul 1, 2005, at 9:08 AM, Daryl Perkins wrote: > > A l

Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread Bill Johns
On Jul 1, 2005, at 9:08 AM, Daryl Perkins wrote: A lovely write-up about the new Insanity. (good name) Question: is that a 4 or 6 servo wing? Has Joe released any of the JW series of airfoil coordinates yet to the unwashed masses? Cheers, Bill --- It is no bad thing to celebrate a simpl

Re: [RCSE] "MidSouth Champs Sucked.."

2005-07-01 Thread Steve Meyer
Will be soaring in 12 hours. Nice day ahead here in Chi town. At SummerFest in 36 hours. Nice weekend shaping up here in Brew town. Santana - Los-Loneley Boys - Fireworks - Food and Drink. What better to celebrate Independence Day. More Soaring. Gordy, you know I'm off on Tuesday as wel

RE: [RCSE] "MidSouth Champs Sucked.."

2005-07-01 Thread Cliff E-Mail
OK! You might be on to something here. We'll have a contest and see who can finally upset Gordy with a nasty post aimed at him. My guess is nobody will win but what fun we'll have trying! Keep it clean though. No shots below the belt..not while the Ref's looking anyways. Best wishes Cliff

[RCSE] Online Contest...

2005-07-01 Thread GordySoar
Maybe we should all give it a try. We could have a sort of online contest.   Could, or you could build a sailplane to fly, or fly a sailplane and post something about that at Soaring@airage.com :-)  You could compete to see who could write the most interesting post on that topicit would

Re: [RCSE] "MidSouth Champs Sucked.."

2005-07-01 Thread miamimike
Steve Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I get joy out of Cliff jabbing Gordy. Keep up those excellent posts >Cliff. :-) Maybe we should all give it a try. We could have a sort of online contest. Mike -- _ \__|__/

RE: [RCSE] "MidSouth Champs Sucked.."

2005-07-01 Thread Steve Meyer
I get joy out of Cliff jabbing Gordy.  Keep up those excellent posts Cliff.  :-) Steve Meyer At 09:40 PM 7/1/2005, Cliff E-Mail wrote: Klaus, yes I’ve met with Gordy flown with him at Los Banos a few years back & consider him a friend.  He knows my sense of humor and realizes that the the things

RE: [RCSE] "MidSouth Champs Sucked.."

2005-07-01 Thread Cliff E-Mail
Klaus, yes I’ve met with Gordy flown with him at Los Banos a few years back & consider him a friend.  He knows my sense of humor and realizes that the the things I have to say are mostly “Tongue in cheek”.  Unfortunately for all of us, emails don’t reliably convey tone. For the most part,

Re: [RCSE] Its Not the Plane-again

2005-07-01 Thread Steve Meyer
Look, It's a Mini-Mi No it's an ICON. At 08:27 PM 7/1/2005, James V. Bacus wrote: My ICON and Image have a matching paint scheme. 8-) http://www.jimbacus.net/blog/2004/images/miniicon.jpg At 08:25 PM 7/1/2005, John D Frugé wrote: It / he inspired me so much I'm now on the waiting list f

Re: [RCSE] Its Not the Plane-again

2005-07-01 Thread Rick Eckel
But you don't Love your Image the way you do your Icon. Makes all the difference. ;-) Rick At 09:27 PM 7/1/2005, James V. Bacus wrote: My ICON and Image have a matching paint scheme. 8-) http://www.jimbacus.net/blog/2004/images/miniicon.jpg At 08:25 PM 7/1/2005, John D Frugé wrote: It /

Re: [RCSE] Its Not the Plane-again

2005-07-01 Thread James V. Bacus
My ICON and Image have a matching paint scheme. 8-) http://www.jimbacus.net/blog/2004/images/miniicon.jpg At 08:25 PM 7/1/2005, John D Frugé wrote: It / he inspired me so much I'm now on the waiting list for an 2m Image. only 362 days to go give or take a few :) Jim Downers Grove, IL Membe

Re: [RCSE] Its Not the Plane-again

2005-07-01 Thread John D Frugé
I got to see some of his flights first hand (Timed for him on some). He was on fire. It / he inspired me so much I'm now on the waiting list for an 2m Image. only 362 days to go give or take a few :) Way to go Bobby! John Fruge - Original Message - From: "Rick Eckel" <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [RCSE] It's official now

2005-07-01 Thread BrowneCG
Congratulations to Jon as well.  I had the pleasure of timing his first flight at the Mid South, at 10 minutes exactly and with a 100 landing (perfect)!!

Re: [RCSE] Its Not the Plane-again

2005-07-01 Thread Rick Eckel
Makes a 2 meter lover's heart go all pitter-patter!! ;-) Congratulations to Bobby McGowan! Rick At 07:15 PM 7/1/2005, Marta Zavala wrote: Seeing the posts about the Insanity we gotta get back to whos flying the plane. As good as the Insanity seems to be, its still the pilot. Case in point,

[RCSE] Jon V Stone

2005-07-01 Thread Brian Smith
Clap-Clap- Clap...Couldn't happen to a nice guy..Great job Jon..Brian Smith RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turn

RE: [RCSE] "MidSouth Champs Sucked.."

2005-07-01 Thread Klaus Weiss
Hi Cliff.     Have you ever met with Gordy? As soon as he posts, you are ready with a vitriolic reply. Tall poppy syndrome???   regards Klaus Weiss Sydney Australia http://www.hsl.org.au From: Cliff E-Mail [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 1 July 2005 11:12

Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread Daryl Perkins
Sorry everyone. I didn't expect this to happen. Thanks for your patience. Dave asked <> I didn't weigh the ballast I put in it, but I suspect it was between 12 ounces and a pound. I didn't expect it would be nearly enough. I didn't think I'd be able to get around, because even with 16 extra ounce

Re: [RCSE] It's official now

2005-07-01 Thread James V. Bacus
Congrats Jon! At 06:33 PM 7/1/2005, Jim Deck wrote: After careful scrutiny of his voucher, it gives me great pleasure to announce that Jon Stone, LSF# 7245, of Madison, AL is the League of Silent Flight's 120th Level V. Please join the officers of the LSF in congratulating Jon upon his achi

[RCSE] It's official now

2005-07-01 Thread Jim Deck
After careful scrutiny of his voucher, it gives me great pleasure to announce that Jon Stone, LSF# 7245, of Madison, AL is the League of Silent Flight's 120th Level V. Please join the officers of the LSF in congratulating Jon upon his achievement. Respectfully submitted, Jim De

[RCSE] Its Not the Plane-again

2005-07-01 Thread Marta Zavala
Seeing the posts about the Insanity we gotta get back to whos flying the plane. As good as the Insanity seems to be, its still the pilot. Case in point, last weeks SVSS Sprig Fling. The overall winner was?? Bobby McGowan. Was he flying a ultra high performance, high A/R, super foiled bird?

Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread Marta Zavala
1700.00 w/all gear installed. That is what NSP quoted me. Said no kits were offered, only complete RTF planes. -Original Message- From: Don Copley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: D Hauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; soaring@airage.com Date: Friday, July 01, 2005 1:41 PM Subject: RE: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7

Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread David Zucker
Daryl Perkins wrote: Hey Guys, After the Spring Fling, I've been getting a lot of private emails regarding the Insanity 3.7, so I thought I'd post a little about the model. With my broken full scale planes this year, I haven't had a chance to head to So Cal to fly the contest circuit, but I had

[RCSE] Paging Ed Jett

2005-07-01 Thread Don Copley
Ed, Save the minutes/long distance and drop me a note. Besides I missed placed your email address. ;-) Don RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in

Re: Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread Jo Grini
Something opposite. Preferably dark colors and yes differrent tips/midsection there too. My comment on the Sharon was only about bottoms. A green plane against a forrest will in some conditions almost dissapear. This might be important in some fields coming in for landing low... Flying F3B in 150

RE: Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread Don Copley
Jo and others... I don't fly my plane upside down...why should it really matter what the top looks like? I think the bottom is most important. I've seen neon green/orange looking quite black from a 1/4 mile away trying to get back to make the landing. There just isn't enough surface area for my tir

RE: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread Don Copley
Don't fly it into a heard of Zebra~ ;-) Looks good! Anybody got a firm price on it? That looks like my next year model... Don -Original Message- From: D Hauch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 2:40 PM To: soaring@airage.com Subject: Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless p

Re: Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread James V. Bacus
JoJo already uses the "Barney Zebra" scheme... 8-) At 01:57 PM 7/1/2005, Jo Grini wrote: Order an Pike Zebra or Lightning scheme and you will get that "eye-problem" ;-) Well I have no problem with it... Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR AMA 592537LSF 75

Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread Jeff Steifel
Yep... kind of remember an ugly cobra green with I think it was yellow spots. Now as ugly as it was... it was a cool looking as it gets... it was different... until DP decided he didn't like the spots... then he confettied it... BOOOM Then it really got UGLY. James V. Bacus wrote: DP is

Re: Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread Jo Grini
Order an Pike Zebra or Lightning scheme and you will get that "eye-problem" ;-) Well I have no problem with it... http://www.workflow.as/jogrini/diary/797sup/jo_sup_el.jpg http://www.workflow.as/jogrini/diary/826sup/launch_landing_sup.jpg http://www.workflow.as/jogrini/diary/786supelectro/throw_s

Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread James V. Bacus
Barney Zebra!8-) At 01:14 PM 7/1/2005, Jon Stone wrote: > > Could you imagine that big boy lime green over purple! > As you ordered. :) Pretty crude on my part, but you get the idea. http://www.knology.net/~jstone/barney-zebra.jpg Jon Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR

Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal/building?

2005-07-01 Thread Mark Williams
Hey guys, took a PTO ( personal time off ) day from work today to make a four day weekend and do some flying with our elder club members. The air was turbulent and some welcomed thunderstorms, with free water from the sky, cut our session short, bummer!? Had a 20+ minute flight with an altitud

Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread Jon Stone
> > Could you imagine that big boy lime green over purple! > As you ordered. :) Pretty crude on my part, but you get the idea. http://www.knology.net/~jstone/barney-zebra.jpg Jon RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PR

Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread James V. Bacus
BTW, guys, just to set the record straight, I like wild paint schemes if you haven't figured that out yet. And DP "discusses" this with me quite a bit... 8-) especially on the flight line just before I am going to fly. He gets me and my timer laughing so hard, we can barely fly. That's wh

Re: [RCSE] zebra paint (was insanity 3.7)

2005-07-01 Thread Chuck Anderson
But it's not how quick it goes out of sight, it's how far away it can go before it vanishes. :-) Chuck Anderson At 03:47 PM 7/1/2005, you wrote: > Bet it goes out of sight at an incredibly short distance. > > Chuck Anderson. Thats what there designed to do, the faster the better ! :-) dh

Re: [RCSE] zebra paint (was insanity 3.7)

2005-07-01 Thread D Hauch
> Bet it goes out of sight at an incredibly short distance. > > Chuck Anderson. Thats what there designed to do, the faster the better ! :-) dh > > > At 12:28 PM 7/1/2005, you wrote: > >Dave, > > > >That paint scheme is wild. Really cool. Nice job. > >http://www.git-r-built.com/photos.htm

Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread James V. Bacus
(Of course this comment is made by a guy who flies the infamous "Barney" paint scheme!) heh heh heh heh heh 8-) Could you imagine that big boy lime green over purple! Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV R/C Soaring blog at www.

Re: [RCSE] zebra paint (was insanity 3.7)

2005-07-01 Thread Chuck Anderson
Best stealth paint scheme I have seen in a long time. Oops. Should have said haven't seen. Bet it goes out of sight at an incredibly short distance. Chuck Anderson. At 12:28 PM 7/1/2005, you wrote: Dave, That paint scheme is wild. Really cool. Nice job. http://www.git-r-built.com/phot

Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread James V. Bacus
DP is the connoisseur of paint schemes for sailplanes. I could see him flying that Zebra stripe paint scheme... that really looks good on his model. 8-)) At 03:12 PM 7/1/2005, D Hauch wrote: Customer wanted me to painted it before i shipped. Dave Hauch www.git-r-built.com Jim Downers

[RCSE] zebra paint (was insanity 3.7)

2005-07-01 Thread Jon Stone
Dave, That paint scheme is wild. Really cool. Nice job. http://www.git-r-built.com/photos.htm However, I would not want to try to see that plane at distance. I've done intricate paint schemes before, on par with the lines & contrast you did. At distance, all the lines blur and make the out

Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread Jack Womack
Gordy bashing is probably more fun... I'll second that!!! Jack Womack --- Michael Lachowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does Sal make sailplanes? What size Lipo's does it > take and how is it at > 3D maneuvers ;-) > > I guess someone can start some Sal bashing. We've > been through a whole

Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread James V. Bacus
Maybe the same then... really big, right? (hard to tell from the photo) 8-) BTW, if you guys want a model built for you Dave does an EXCELLENT job! At 03:12 PM 7/1/2005, D Hauch wrote: Looks like the only difference is he has a built up fin, which mine wasn't, but mine had a built up rud

Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread D Hauch
Looks like the only difference is he has a built up fin, which mine wasn't, but mine had a built up rudder, also my stabs where a tad bigger. Mine was 83oz. AUW. Customer wanted me to painted it before i shipped. Dave Hauch www.git-r-built.com - Original Message - From: "James V. Bacus"

Re: [RCSE] For Sale - Icon, RTF, New and Perfect... SOLD

2005-07-01 Thread Walter Carter
The Icon has been sold. Thanks for the BW. Walt - Original Message - From: "Walter Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Soaring" Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 9:25 AM Subject: For Sale - Icon, RTF, New and Perfect Posting this for my Son: I am selling my Icon. It is loaded with the best

Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread James V. Bacus
I believe these are different models... here are some pictures from last years Nats of Daryl's Insanity 3.7 http://www.jimbacus.net/soaring/nats2004unl1/pages/DSC02235.htm http://www.jimbacus.net/soaring/nats2004unl1/pages/DSC02236.htm At 02:40 PM 7/1/2005, D Hauch wrote: I flew one of t

Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread D Hauch
I flew one of these for a bit untill someone bought it off me. Great flying plane. Couldn't beleive how agile it was, talk about hang. Even got the winch to moan on a down wind launch. There's a pic of it in my photo's, first one. Sent it to Africa. (you'll see) :-) Dave Hauch www.git-r-built.co

Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread Michael Lachowski
Does Sal make sailplanes? What size Lipo's does it take and how is it at 3D maneuvers ;-) I guess someone can start some Sal bashing. We've been through a whole bunch of other recurring topics recently, but haven't done any Sal bashing. Gordy bashing is probably more fun... RCSE-List faciliti

Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread Daryl Perkins
<> I think you guys are gonna have to call and bug him about it D __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscri

Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread Marta Zavala
I saw that plane fly last weekend and at Visalia. Its a really good flying plane. Seemed to me it really pulled hard on launch. Didnt see it land at SVSS but did at Visalia and it really does come in slow. Liked it so much I called NSP about a kit. To my surprise was told they dont make "kits.

Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread Jack Womack
Just went to Sal's website and didn't see it. Even a search of his page gave no result. Whazzup? Jack Womack --- Daryl Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Guys, > > After the Spring Fling, I've been getting a lot of > private emails regarding the Insanity 3.7, so I > thought I'd post a lit

[RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal

2005-07-01 Thread Daryl Perkins
Hey Guys, After the Spring Fling, I've been getting a lot of private emails regarding the Insanity 3.7, so I thought I'd post a little about the model. With my broken full scale planes this year, I haven't had a chance to head to So Cal to fly the contest circuit, but I had really wanted to, becau

RE: [RCSE] "MidSouth Champs Sucked.."

2005-07-01 Thread Cliff E-Mail
Thanks for the update.  We had a feeling you were unreliable and full of BS.  You have removed all doubt.  Using such feeble excuses such as a flat tire shows absolutely no creativity on your part.  Surely someone like you can come up with some new and more original material Gordy.