RE: [RCSE] Newcomer

2006-03-03 Thread Rick McKenney
I will second those comments. Please see the attached reply from Ray concerning The big bird XL Also you may want to checkout www.liftworx.com and check out the Swift It is a great training DLG and it can tale a lot of abuse and keep flying. --- Reply to my earlier post to Ray (skybe

Re: [RCSE] Newcomer

2006-03-03 Thread Barry Andersen
I'd suggest checking www.skybench.com. Click on the rc sailplanes link, then "new to RC sailplanes". The site suggests the 2m lil bird, I'd suggest either the Big Bird at 100" span, or the OLY II kit. The OLYII might be an easier build for a first sailplane. Both are big enough to see w

Re: [RCSE] Newcomer

2006-03-03 Thread Jeff Steifel
I'll jump in and recommend the bubble dancer Plans can be had at... http://www.charlesriverrc.org/articles.htm This is a great plane. Mark has other fantastic planes there too. Another great source is http://genie.rchomepage.com Harley's plane is a faster flying plane. I think you have t

[RCSE] Newcomer

2006-03-03 Thread Wladimir Kummer de Paula, MD
Hi all, I´m from Brazil. I´m a glow-power R/Cer for a while and became interested in soaring. I live in mainly flat land without hills or slopes. I´d like to know suggestions for a reasonable bird for a newcomer like me. Do not matter if kit or plans built, in fact I´d rather the latter. Th

Re: [RCSE] WAS * Interest in Soaring *

2006-03-03 Thread Ray Hayes
A great ramblin' Pepper, it really touched me. Ray Hayes http://www.skybench.com Home of Wood Crafters - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 8:43 AM Subject: [RCSE] WAS * Interest in Soaring * > Kids today have no heroes other than pro athlete

[RCSE] PERFECT ballast system and.....

2006-03-03 Thread Skip Miller
Hey Jim, The ballast is the slip fit tube type made popular by the Icon; you can go solid rods, as used on the Espada R as well. Also, tomorrow Philip will be doing some dead air testing in early A.M.. but tonight is friday night in Istanbulso not sure how early early will be. He quant

[RCSE] Tim Renaud ...

2006-03-03 Thread PepperKay
Hi All:   I just acquired a set of plans that Tim drew and need to ask some questions ...   Does anyone have an e-mail address for him ?? ...   Thanks,   Pepper KayAMA # 3937LSF # 3335

[RCSE] Soaring Masters...

2006-03-03 Thread Douglas, Brent
Does anyone have a link to this event? Something that I could add to our club calendar? If not a link, a good blurb about when, how much, format of the event? Thanks, Brent RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] P

[RCSE] WAS * Interest in Soaring *

2006-03-03 Thread PepperKay
Kids today have no heroes other than pro athletes or rock stars ... and the majority of those people never had heroes themselves ... so, what role model does a kid have to emulate ?? ...   It's truly tough to 'sell' someone the idea of starting with a HoB 2 x 2 and then point to an F3B and a

[RCSE] New Pike Giant For Sale

2006-03-03 Thread Marc Gellart
Got a new Pike giant for sale, full carbon, orange over black W/yellow stripes. You can go to see details and pics at: wwwrcgroups.com/froum/showthreads.php?t=486502#post5121713 Just have enough, well maybe not, but have an issue coming up and probably just need to move this ship. $1250 for t

Re: [RCSE] Model Aviation Control Line???

2006-03-03 Thread Ben Diss
Me too, except mine was a Fokker D7. Couldn't the motor to run so I just swung it around. Michael Conte wrote: My first model airplane was a Testor's .049 control line model of a Japanese Zero. That plane had more flight time on it as a glider than it did under power. I used to just swing