Re: [RCSE] PCM vs FM in Sailplanes,,,HUGE advantages!

2006-07-20 Thread Simon Van Leeuwen
There you have it folks...the RCSE court jester has spoken... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The long and the short of it is that FM/PCM has advantages over FM. I never thought that PCM had any advantage over just plain old FM, until I got a PCM RXfrom the first moment of powering up it seems I

[RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #7971

2006-07-20 Thread Ed Anderson
Some will say that PCM is better and more reliable. I can neither confirm or dispute this point as I have not used PCM receivers. I will point you to a couple of articles that discusses PCM, how it works and their opinion of the advantages. Futaba FAQ on Advantages of FM/PCM over FM/PPM http://w

[RCSE] PCM vs FM in Sailplanes,,,HUGE advantages!

2006-07-20 Thread GordySoar
The long and the short of it is that FM/PCM has advantages over FM.   I never thought that PCM had any advantage over just plain old FM, until I got a PCM RXfrom the first moment of powering up it seems I can't get less than perfect task times, I don't mean that I get around 10minutes o

[RCSE] NATs HLG

2006-07-20 Thread gjoy
I been here since July 3rd. It has been so full of RC fliers that getting to fly was almost impossible even though open flying was available after each days contest, the contestants would all fly till dark. So today I got the chance to fly my new Vandal. the workmanship on this modeol

Re: [RCSE] PCM vs FM in Sailplanes

2006-07-20 Thread Simon Van Leeuwen
The long and the short of it is that FM/PCM has advantages over FM. Check the archives for more info... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any advantage of one over the other in a thermal duration planes? I know this has been discussed before but I wasn't paying attention ! Thanks RCSE-List f

[RCSE] PCM vs FM in Sailplanes

2006-07-20 Thread ownee77
Is there any advantage of one over the other in a thermal duration planes? I know this has been discussed before but I wasn't paying attention ! Thanks RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subs

RE: [RCSE] iss res?

2006-07-20 Thread Andy Thonet
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&ed=Fk36fup_0TpQZlqtUiXelyum5eWUY57gUKARnCCAGapjJ4l5YRFXNoVFVa5c.30-&csz=Riverside,+ca&country=us   Here Ya go,   Andy   From: DANIEL FINK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 4:16 PM To: Soaring Subject: [RCSE] iss

[RCSE] iss res?

2006-07-20 Thread DANIEL FINK
Can somebody give me the address for the soccer fields or a mapquest link  for the res contest this Sunday?   Thanks   Dan Fink

[RCSE] TEXAS CHIEFS Sailplane Contest

2006-07-20 Thread A. B. Lyles
Title: TEXAS CHIEFS MAC     TEXAS CHIEFS MAC ANNUAL FALL SAILPLANE CONTEST   SEPTEMBER 16-17, 2006   CLUB FIELD 3 MILES EAST OF HASKELL, TX   2 METER AND RES ON SATURDAY UNLIMITED ON SUNDAY   REGISTRATION  9:00 AM 1ST ROUND  9:30 AM   PLAQUES THRU 3 PLACES EACH EVENT   $10

Re: [RCSE] Muncie

2006-07-20 Thread Pat McCleave
Hey if any you guys are interested, I would be more than happy to keep your Cross Country Ships exercised for you. It just is not right to make any sailplane set idle for a year or more. I have my LSF Level IV and V Goal and Returns to do so I could even exercise them in their own element. Ju

Re: [RCSE] Muncie

2006-07-20 Thread Lighthorse
I flew My SB/XC all the time until I built the Sperber after modifying the Elevator ( Changing it from a T tail to a X tail ), all I an say is that the Sperber covers some ground. ;-)    Sitting for a year without flying Ouch! The poor Sailplane was it being punished?-- KenYork County Soaring"Light

Re: [RCSE] Muncie Weather?

2006-07-20 Thread tom
As someone who has never been involved with power planes, I got here a day early and figured I watch some power stuff. Never realized that Pattern flying meant everyone does the same thing over and over and over, etc. for three days. It rained some today, so it cooled off a bit. Lots of big stor

RE: [RCSE] Muncie

2006-07-20 Thread S Meyer
6 months! That's good, my SBXC sat unused for 23 months, 3 weeks. See you at the NATS! Steve Meyer LSF IV SOAR At 03:41 PM 7/19/2006, Douglas, Brent wrote: Just curious, who here is going to try their hand at the XC event this year (scale or other)...? I signed up for it, no idea what to e