[RCSE] Nose Weight?

Absolutely! I wouldn't be so concerned with how much weight you have to put in the glider. Balance it and fly it! My Emerald was 68 oz.. It had plenty of nose weight. I do suggest the built up rudder. That's the only mod I had. I also used volz servo's. I believe they are some of the lightest

[RCSE] Tow Plane?

Greetings! We use the Kangke Monocoupe ARF! Powered by the Moki 2.10 . But the biggest glider we can tow is the 6.5 Nimbus..About 20LB's. And you have to be fairly smooth. Anything 4.5 meter and smaller, The Monocoupe works very good.. And looks good as well! A 30 LB Ventus? How cool! looks like

[RCSE] Thanks CASL !

Greetings! Just started settling in here and thinking of the great weekend at the SWC. I want to thank the CASL members for all their hard work to bring us a great SWC this year. I felt the contest was run smooth and the field set up very comfortable. It reminded me of the old field, very much the

[RCSE] New Bag Al!

Greetings! As the gliders grow and grow my old bags become more useless.. Rather than ask the manufacture of the glider to change the mold because it won't fit in my bag. I will look to Al! The bag lady guy to make me a new bag.. Please contact me Al. Cheers Charlie RCSE-List facilities

[RCSE] Don't throw your damaged wings away!

Greetings! I agree with Gordy!!Wait! What am I saying??? Well I actually took my damaged wing and cut it into 6 section's! I wanted to see how they were put together.. It was a great learning experience. I understand more about wing construction. I carried a few sections around for a few

[RCSE] Scale?

Greetings! I see lots of people compare TD/F3J/F3B to scale. I am a full scale glider pilot.. In the past I have given glider intro rides. Lots of them. There is no points for anything! Yes you have to land at the field preferably! And I can land and stop at the same spot everytime. Gliders are

[RCSE] Thread is getting old!

Greetings! Well I can agree with lots of stuff on this very strung out thread. I hope it breaks soon! I agree that if pilots want a woody contest that they should have it. I agree if you don't like skeggs, you shouldn't use them! It's your choice! Just because another pilot uses a skegg, doesn't

[RCSE] How High?

Greetings! Well if you can see, and controll, and tell what a 2-meter ship is doing at 4100 feet! Then you must be Superman! Cheers Charlie RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and

[RCSE] F3J Team Selection!

I will have to disagree about the Juniors not flying enough. The seniors didn't fly enough! We had very poor weather for this contest. We know who we can blame for that! Phil decided at the pilots meeting that the Juniors would fly two rounds between the Senior rounds. That's actually more than in

[RCSE] Escape takes top 4!

Good Day! After a HOT, grueling day of F3J with winches. The top 4 placed with Escapes! Another great contest in the Rockies! Cheers Charlie RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and

[RCSE] Winch Frames!

Good Afternoon! Thanks to all that replied about winch frames.. I have one problem. The machined aluminum winch reel I have came with a bearing to support the other end of the reel. I see the winch frames available doesn't call for a support bearing. I would think the support bearing would

[RCSE] Altitude!

Good Afternoon! A friend asked me the other day what I would guess the max altitude with an open class ship (130 inch wing) would be. I say 2000 is spec out. This is comfortable enough to follow! Get your time, and land. The other day my friend did a lo-lo flight.. He took it up to a very

[RCSE] Looking!

Hello! I am Looking for a good Xantipa tail. Preferably one that hasn't flown. Thanks! Cheers Charlie! 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

[RCSE] Oldest Pilot!

Greetings! Thanks to all that responded about who has the oldest competing pilot. Thanks John Raymond! Great responses!!! So I guess the RMSA has the oldest competing pilot. I think that's pretty darn cool! I can only dream of accomplishing that! I salute Art for not loosing that desire to soar!

[RCSE] Oldest Pilot!

Good Morning! Well I haven't gotten any response about having a pilot older than Art. Could it be that he is it??? I think it's a very cool thing that he comes out and participates like he does Gives us lots to look forward to... I think we all hope we can be out there flying when we are

Re: [RCSE] Aviomodelli VOR 250

Aviomodelli? I have the Arriane. This is a motor glider. Same thing, duraflex fuse, foam sheeted wings. Very nice kit to build! I had this about 8 years ago. At that time I never flew an R/C glider before. So I can't say how they thermal. I had a 40 size engine on it, and it flew very well,

[RCSE] Thanks CASL!

Good Evening! I want to take this time to thank Dave Wenzlick and the whole CASL club for another great contest! Even with some early winch problems, They still got it handled! My hats off to you guys! The conditions were by far the most challenging at the SWC I have encountered in the 4 years

[RCSE] F3J And Thermals!

Good Morning! Looking at what people are choosing to do with the new F3J rules.. I think the safest tow would be a straight out tow.. I don't believe the tow will have the energy of the conventional tow method.. But with the new lighter weight ships out, They would do a bit better with a weaker

Re: [RCSE] In the name of research...

I am thinking about putting two .061 on a twin jet when its really worn out it would decrease the weight by 17 oz. I don't know if I could manage it, But it would be fun to try.. hahahha I do lots of 1/2 A combat so i have norvel engines Just a thought Cheers Charlie - Original Message

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[RCSE] Right of way

Good Morning Well My posts took two days to go through. I have no idea why. I have been recieving posts, But not mine.. The subject of winch right of way is resolved thanks to all who posted. Thanks for all the info! In conclusion it was the fault of both parties. The AMA rule does not apply

Re: [RCSE] Rude ? Who?

To Whom It may concern The deal is. That Friday before the contest there were winches set up at the east end of the field... The turn arounds where near the landing zone.. Everything was ok, It wasn't the CASL guys.. This was the pilots responsibility. Fo rthe most part it was working well.

[RCSE] Right of way?

Good point on the rules Dick,, Thanks It was not an organized deal. I understand that's a rule, But before I put one of my gliders in the air I would clear the area.. In the contest I saw many times where the winch master held up launching because of a glider trying to thermal low and

[RCSE] Right of way

There are several questions concerning launch right of way. I like to see this.. I do have to disagree with the flying plane having a better view of the launch area. When flying, it isn't always easy to look around when close to the ground.. While the launch pilot has time and can focus

[RCSE] Right of way

The rulebook rule was instituted to provide some orderliness to apotentially chaotic situation. However, it only holds in sanctionedcompetition. Non competition situations must rely on common sense andgood judgment Ok guys.. It seems like my posts are not going through.. This whole thing

[RCSE] Batteries

Just wanted to say that I contacted BatteriesAmerica. They were really helpfull. And I thought the price was very reasonable.. I ordered a set of custompacks for my R/C TruckNeeded more longevity... They set me up ! I have been pulling up Handlaunch gliders with this thing. It''s fun!