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If you happen to see Tom Hoopes, please ask him to contact me. I've tried
e-mail over the past month
several times and gotten no response.
Thanks.
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Did anyone notice Joe flying (monitoring) what looked like a PicoJet Combat UAV
on the Military
Channel tonight?
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No Joke its Real...
Great Deal I would not Pass it Up...
What are you waiting for
A clue to be caught.
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Palm is popular in USA but not that popular outside. Most TX makers, if they
do something, will only want to do it once so Palm is not likely to be the
way they go. For the US market, Palm would be good.
I understand. I was just thinking of a way to avoid the OS issues,
and avoid Wintel
At 11:10 PM 8/11/2002, you wrote:
I've thought about this altitude zooming issue before I posted.
On one side of this you could debate that one had to gain the
altitude prior to doing this maneuver, and maybe it's a strategy
that would not play out too well.
Unless you can DS the gradient.
-
the software in the next year
so that others can take advantage of its features. I believe it was
used for the NATS last year in its pre-beta stages.
Nice work. Very prompt results.
At 10:44 PM 6/23/2002 -0400, David A. Enete wrote:
The results of the 2002 Mid-South Soaring Championship are
available
http://midsouth.atlantasoaring.com/
Heck, they are all there now. Have fun. The files are big, but the
initial displays (thumbnails) are network friendly.
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6333 Perret, Paul 386403 LA
6115 Dean, Glenn 146762 TX
5941 Allen, Ronald KB4FNW KY
5662 McKenna, Morris 12330 AL
5283 Koch, Stanley L-691 TN
5047 Cobb, Tom 80171 GA
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4991 Enete, David 42153 GA
4556 Gullett, Joe 574086 TN
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3653 Johnson, Johnney
Glenn...try the links below.
http://www.atlantasoaring.org/
Don't try the .org unless you like on-line casinos and Internet scams.
http://www.atlantasoaring.com/ and http://www.atlantasoaring.net/
will yeild the results you want.
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Me too I have several great HLG's they fly great and I would compete
in both class with them as well as the DLG's. They fly well and
there is a real art to getting them in lift with only a 40' to 60'
starting point.
Many of the people I have spoken with in the past couple of months
have
What I would recommend is a thorough rinsing with
clean water before you dry it out.
Distilled water if you have it. Fewer minerals to do bad things.
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It could be something like :
59 inches max
maximum material cost :20$
no carbon, FG, Kevlar
no gyros and no programming
Just think about how much fun it is to fly
Zagi/Boomerang slope planes. It would be fun to
develop and have access to new cheap and tough
HLG/DHLG
It brings to mind a mental picture of a statue, the heroic glider flier, a
sort of Michelangeo's David with DLG and Fig Leaf.
Sounds familiar...but I've seen this before.
http://enete.org/david/soaring/greek-sidewinder.jpg
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accidently blew it up on launch . The fuse was fixable
but the wing is totally shot. Does any one know what
air foil that particular wing is and can someone
direct me to a picture of a wind drifter so I can
confirm that is what I have?
Skybench Aerotech is now selling a partial kit of the Wind
Anobody know of a source for 5/16 inch music wire? I can't find anything
larger than 1/4 inch and that isn't quite large enough.
Chuck,
I believe that Small Parts carries that size.
Try their web site at http://www.smallparts.com/ .
See you at Mid-South!
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Mid-South 2002 will be held in Rome, Georgia - June 21, 22, and 23.
The full schedule and on-line registration is available at
http://midsouth.atlantasoaring.com/ .
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Man, look at the technology our computer radios have, and they are
so stupid about stomping all over each others frequencies. I know
the technology is available to keep this from happening. I for one
would pay for it even if it meant buying a new system.
Well, you could at least stack the
I think we should all have a unique ID in our tx and a way to set
the ID in the rx with microswitches or programming. The only way to
escape all the newbies and throw away RTF's is to have this coded
system on a separate freq. band, and priced in the league for the
guys flying expensive
Not that I would ever use one but a flying buddy is inquiring. What is the
gyro of choice and who has em?
Hobby People has the little GWS/Cirrus piezo gyro for about $50.
See http://www.hobbypeople.net/gallery/444510.htm .
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Photos from the October 6-7 contests hosted by the North Atlanta
Soaring Association have been posted along with score recaps and
contest notes. See the club's web site, http://atlantasoaring.org/
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For easy directions to the NASA contest (10/6-7), you should use
http://www.mapsonus.com/ . Select the option marked create new
route, and then find business or landmark where you will search
for Bouckaert Farm Turf in Rome, Ga. After planning the route
(shortest, fastest, favoring
I like the idea of a composite ship, instead of a moldie, but I'm open to
suggestions. I have my eye on the Psyco, Addiction, Chicago Wind. I am
currently flying an old Alcyone, and can do well with it. I have been flying
for a while (off and on for 20 years), but I'm getting into contests a
Everyone who can donate blood right now
If you cannot donate today or tomorrow, please consider donating in
the next week. The need will last for quite a while as much of the
Red Cross supply is transferred by air from area to area.
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I know there are a number of pilots on this list, I have a question.
On Larry King CNN, some expert said any trained monkey could fly
those jets to targets once in the cockpit. The flying looked fairly
precise to me, it would take some training to fly like that wouldn't
it?
Microsoft's
The North Atlanta Soaring Association's Fall TD Contest will be held
on October 6th and 7th, 2001.
The Saturday Event will be a 5 Round add-em up with a total target
time of 50 minutes. 12 minute max time per round. Landing: L6. CD
for Saturday is Tim Foster ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;
I am molding a 40 x 1od long tube, I am not sure if a condom will stretch
that much, I know I push them to the limits... 8-) Kidding
My wife is a health educator who worked through college as a
sexuality educator, and I can tell you personally that most modern
condoms (latex) will easily
Gellart (expert) 8027
Rick Eckel (expert)7979
David Enete (sportsman) 7955
Brian Smith (expert) 7896
Johnny Berlin (expert) 7873
Don Cleveland (expert) 7872
Art Frost (gray cup)7840
Buddy Roos (expert)7747
Kendall
I also seem to recall that when cutting with one end of your bow held in one
position that you only used one template. Am I remembering that correctly?
Anyway, the question is where can I find out how to do this type of cut.
Has anyone seen the FeatherCut video? Is that covered on that tape?
The subscribe/unsubcribe info does appear to be missing from the
_replies_ from your and other messages from the AOL domain. I don't
know if this header is on the original messages _to_ AOL addresses.
If AOL is truncating the footer information from your email
messages, then YOU need to get
I just wanted to say thank you to companies that support raffles or
other give-aways at soaring events (including trophies, or other
support).
I had an opportunity to win several items in the Mid-South raffle
last year and they all led to sales / good advertising for those who
supplied the
[ I sent a message earlier and it may have bounced. ]
You can also find flash tape and similar products at a company
called McCormick's Enterprises (Illinois). They sell mainly to the
marching band profession. They have reflective tapes, and
holographic tapes that are identical to those
Off-topic...
NASA had to destroy the X43-A prototype when it had a booster
malfunction. Looks like we'll have to wait a little longer for that
space vacation. Apparently the problems weren't with the scramjet
itself...it was never ignited. X-15 still holds the speed record
with Mach 6.7.
Anybody have an RF module for a Stylus that you want to sell?
- David
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Photos of the Icon can be found on the Atlanta club's web site.
http://atlantasoaring.org/mig.php
- David
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It seems like there is a severe "two camps" division in DLG launch
technique. "Dick Barker"-style has the release at max speed with the
inside (grasping) wing almost stationary. The other camp is the
"Equal Speed"-style where the throwing hand moves forward quickly
during release in the
MH-32 on a Mantis vs. the 7037 on a Mantis.
What are the habits of these foils on this plane? Will it get up and
go at any point?
And...comments from anyone flying the 2-meter version?
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As an adhesive technologist I have absolutely no problem bonding CF
pushrods with CA.
I have a friend who works for Atlanta Gas Light in their Safety
program. Any time that he sees something questionable (ie. a floor
mat at the local fast food place is folded over on itself) he will
say, "As
Lets save the paper for it's best use - printing templates and graphics for
that next project !
Save a tree , write HTML ( or anything BUT pdf's ) .
Or, you could do it like some clubs do theirs.
PDF and HTML.
That way you can lose your vision staring at your monitor, or print
and enjoy paper
"As a safety professional I would have to say that this is not a
safe way to operate..." I just thought your "adhesive technologist"
statement sounded a lot like that.
Sorry, I did not mean to sound pompous or to lecture. I was
speaking from a stress-distribution,
mode-of-load-application
Buddy Roos [EMAIL PROTECTED] the NASA guru posted, "How many of
you remember the NATS (1991 or 1992) where Brian Agnew took First
Place in the TWO-METER, STANDARD, and OPEN CLASS flying
a Two Meter BANSHEE?"
SORRY, Buddy :-( !! YES!! You left out one, He took tops at ALL
FOUR CLASSES at
For throwing examples, do not search out the 3Rs tape (it only shows about 5 throws by
Wurts). You should call Paul Naton at Radio Carbon Art and get his "2000 IHLGF" tape.
There are many different styles shown. There are a couple of segments that contain
have profanity on the part of
Yes, it looks like the BAR/CSS event will conflict with the Mid-South
event (June 22-24). I'm not sure if the handlaunch event is AMA
sanctioned, but perhaps a contest coordinator fell asleep at the
wheel when considering draw area?
MY INFORMATION HAS BEEN that the MIDSOUTH SOARING
I realize that the going opinion of their rubber is that it's the best
but... You can get a Pinnacle L model for $85 while the matching Hollyday
3M hi-start is $120. The Pinnacle is reputed to be a solid performer so is
it really worth 30% more to by the Hollyday, especially if you are going to
I've been thinking of ways to improve the roll response on a Graupner
Cirrus (tiny ailerons), and I was wondering if anyone knew of reasons
that I should NOT extend the ailerons. I figured that I could simply
extend them by mounting rigid plastic on them (perhaps extending them
by 100%).
SASS has a Delphi forum and I hate it. It is slow, full of adverts,
banners, etc, and has no provision for automatically filtering things
into their proper place. NO THANKS! I will stick with an email list
where I have some control on how long it takes to view what I want to view.
--
Dick
I use Kevlar for my HLG fuse with great success. I just bought a second
batch of cloth and noticed that the old scraps left over are a couple shades
darker than the new kevlar. This is, as I've read, because of breakdown
somewhere at the molecular level. I've also heard that a layer or two
I have had kind of the opposite problem happen. I was
subscribed with a different email address but I would
never get posts sent to it. Now 6 months later I get
maybe one post every two days to it and this after
un-subcribing numerous times. Computers can be funny
things.
Would you be interested
Don't make yourself look like an ass. Do the research first.
The best site that I've seen is from the US Dept. of Energy. I've
been referring folks to it for about 5 years now.
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/
Regarding the original post:
Don't feel bad about passing it along though, hoaxes
At 10:57 PM 12/20/2000, Thomas Ernst wrote:
There have numerous post about the "Cobra". In reviewing various web sites
I can not find a model named "Cobra". I can find one named "Kobra". Are
they the same model? Have we americanized a models name so they are the
same model?
Not in this case.
I would not recommend a clevis for the HS 50. I would put a 90 deg
bend and a plastic retainer (made by cutting a piece of the many
leftover control horns you have around and heating a wire slightly
smaller than the wire of your control rod and pushing it in to make
a hole) You can push this
I don't know much about everyone else, but I pull until:
A- I can't pull any more,(but hey, I'm just a beenstock of a teenager)
B-get the image in my head of a steak flying my way at several hundred miles
per hour.
Mmm...steak (yummy!)
Usually at that point it becomes difficult to stop the
I want to put a ballast box in the Oly. I've not done one before.
What I'm thinking about is making a balsa compartment under the wing
saddle at the CG. The ballast will be bags/containers of lead shot
that will go in this ballast box. The Oly has a weight of 40 oz and
a wing loading of 6
I just want to announce that the North Atlanta Soaring Association
(NASA) has a site up and running. Enjoy.
http://geocities.com/nasagliders/
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I just wanted to tell the exchange about an experience with DJ Aerotech.
I have twice called upon them for information and have received much
more than I ever expected in response.
I purchased a USED Wizard from a friend of mine. I wasn't sure about
CG locations, etc. so I wrote to Joe and
Wow!!
That sucks...I would really be pissed if my shoulder
did that.
Even worse if your groin did that. :)
BTW... I think we should throw with our hips and legs,
not the shoulder anyway. When you watch the javelin
dudes, they rotate their hips and then the upper torso follows.
I wonder about
I like connecting spoilers to servo with fine metal
cable pushrods (Sullivan 507 VERY FLEXIBLE).
That way the servo opens =and= closes the spoilers.
Less fiddling, and they stay closed when inverted.
I used this method on my Olympic-II. I had already installed
After dealing with the commercial-ridden service from eGroups, the
Zagi list moved (somewhat officially) over to the Topica service.
Nice and lean interface, and not too many ads for now.
http://www.topica.com/
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Hi All, need to know what experiences folks have had with Batteries of
America. Quality, service, etc. Please post to the exchange, I'm sure others
would like to know. TIA, Rich
Fast service, and a nice product. I've ordered about 4 times from
them and have always gotten exactly what I was
Thanks! we will try it. We are about to change to another server and
after that is done we will work on reducing the fat. I could
use a diet too!
I'm here to ask RCSE for advice.
I've tried to get a response from NSP for over 5 months now after
they promised to apply a credit to my card for
Thanks to all for the info on the tape.
50 cents per foot is the going rate for 1" tape.
Check with George Voss. I think his is much less...could be wrong though.
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Hopefully this is an easy question for most of you who use Styli.
I want to use a 6-channel receiver with a 6-channel sailplane.
The manual says that I need to use channels 7 and 8 to do this.
How do I go about using 1 through 6 for a full-house sailplane?
Thanks in advance
- David
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At 02:39 PM 6/26/00 -0400, you wrote:
I suspect that I may need to get a charger with less current
output, as well as with "peak detection", but what can I do in the
meantime? Could the batteries be charged for 1/5 the time, or 3
hours? I don't want to risk overcharging the Rx batts.
Check
Joe Wurts wrote:
A header note. This is all pretty silly to discuss on RCSE. All of the
relevant facts have been posted and reposted over the last month or
so.
I am a pretty smart fella, and I have finally solved the measurement
problem! So, now it is off to load the truck for Mid-South,
How long are your arms?
Let me get the laser range-finder to measure...ok, 60 feet.
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I tried cutting foam for the first time last night and got a curly plank.
The blank was Dow pink foam (Home Depot).
I had the blank weighted down.
I had templates at each end (pinned to the blank).
The wire was .018 stainless steel.
The cut didn't happen overly fast, just at a constant speed.
Hi. I'm setting up a plane and easily found how to do aileron differential.
What I could not find is how to set up V-tail differential.
Does anyone know what the secret is with this radio to get more down
throw than up on the tail?
Thanks in advance,
David
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ially feasible? I'm not
holding my breath.
- David "flying with my thumbs" Enete
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Aviation tip: If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger.
If you pull the stick back they get smaller. (Unless you keep pulling
the stick back...then the
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