[RCSE] David Hobby F3J Champion

You SoCal guys have it made drawing celebs like David to a weekend contest!   I hope to have chance to spank him in Maddens Plaines, just outside Sydney on February 27th, and will likely beat his soaring score too :-)   I'll be back there defending last year's title, he'll probably come up wit

[RCSE] Team JB

I can't express properly in writing how I feel right now, but it is one of those things in this hobby I thought I would never achieve, and somehow I did. Jim, Writting classes are available at night school to help with that being able to express your thoughts properly...but I know how you feel,

[RCSE] Sportube answer

Yhe problem with clips and locks other than a TSA Lock is that I have had vandalism and got Sportube HALVES coming out of the baggage conveyor. With the TSA lock, you can stand there and help the TSA inspector take it apart, and put it back in, and supposedly it will not be reopened after that

[RCSE] Servo Lug heads :-)

In general, the ideal place to attach any servo is as close to the pushrod as possible.  Sort of like showed up about ten years ago on those little blue servos created specifically for use in high performance sailplanes. :-)   I think I'll start using those!   Gordy Jamestown North Dakota this

[RCSE] Bloomington IN New Years Day Contest,"I'll Be There!"

And hopefully I won't be there alone!  Some of the other Louisville Area Soaring Society guys will be there too.   Come on and join us!  It can be cold and light snow flurries and we'll be flying. Its a lot of fun and you have a chance to claim "longest flight of the new year" as part of the

[RCSE] "For Sale, wait and Wail...Electric Hotliner"

NSP Sirius hollow molded ship. One piece wing, very light, can handle up to 28 cells but is outfitted with a high performance geared motor, folding carbon prop and is in very excellent condition. With Hitec Slimline 8 RX, four battery packs and speed controller. Likely closer to $1,000 retail

[RCSE] Hey you guys! RCSD is by Sailplaners for Sailplaners..sooo

Get your RC Soaring & Sailplane ideas, stories, tips and reports written down and sent to Bill Kuhlman [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Color .jpgs work great! Got a new sailplane you want to let everyone know about? Some tip on constructing a new Graphite2 or story about which wing you've adapted to an AVA

[RCSE] "Frankfort was Foam and Glass DS All Day!"

15 to 25mph all day and warm about 50.  We all had plenty of layers of clothes on and good thing cuz my Bat whacked Paul Siegel in the calves, but he's pretty tough for a dentist and just shook it off and got back in the groove :-)   Bruce Davidson showed why the Pike WR is one incredible DS

[RCSE] URGENT another product discontinuance and EMI

I'm bumming cuz this week the RC Soaring gods discountinued the product Sun. While I worked every day transmitting music from EMI up to the heavens its still raining here in Louisville. Howver I must have gotten the atttention of the god of battery chargers, cuz my Infinity 1 got damaged when

[RCSE] From Jo Grini's site, Volz Digital test results

Hi, For those interested : Jo Grini did some tests on the new Micro Maxx Digital Xps, the first link is his results, and the second is a visual side by side some other digitals of similar size. Gordy     http://www.workflow.as/jogrini/volz/index.htm (spec tests)   http://www.workflow.as/jogri

[RCSE] Futaba 14x VRS IPOD,,,New era or just hype?

Saying that is like saying a MPX 4000 is not a glider radio.  These are not template based programmed radios, so you have to roll you own mixes.  No biggie for some of us, others may want a 9303.The 10x is a fine radio for our application, solid as a rock, and has been very successful for me

[RCSE] New era or just hype?

If they're really Duel processors   If they are 'duel' processors, it will really be great for foamie combat!   I can't wait to get one for my WindRider Bat DS ship.  Maybe I'll be able to use it for combat then instead of just ripping the backside in Frankfort (no not Germany :-)   Gordy Ra

[RCSE] Wait and Wail.... For Sale

1.  ELV Vario Altimeter - Made famous by Gordy, reads visually altitude,gives vario function audibly, and has battery voltage measurement.  Theairborne unit is 25g and would fit in most ships, it is about 3/8"x1 1/4"x11/2".  Comes with the airborne transmitter unit, reciever with visual read

[RCSE] Names in JW's

A very good reason to put your name and contact info in or on all of your models...  such a simple thing to do.   The name was on it, a squirel ate it! But you make a great point, specially on slopes like Frankfort, where it can be pretty treacherous to not have you name tag on, we have found

[RCSE] Frankfort Flyer? Did you lose a JW?

and I ain't talking Germany   Hi guys, The Cincy DS Gang lost a plane down the hilll and came up with a different one.  A blue winged JW, with yellow stripes, and special treatment to the elevons. A squirel got to one leading edge but in general its flyable. I charged it and that worked t

[RCSE] HKM USA has more Becker Antennas in Stock

Becker antennas for 9303,10x,evo,cockpit and stylus are back!   Hi gang, becker antennas are on their way from germany. the overwhelming requests I had last time made me run out in a little over a day. I have the 9303 adapters in stock and a couple of evo adapters left. the antennas will be h

[RCSE] "Dying for a light, Xtail, molded 2m?"

HobbyClub's Nova latest version now weighs 22oz empty. Check with Alberto but I think he still has some in stock. Gordy

[RCSE] Volz servo repairs...everyone knows where :-)

Kennedy Composites HKM USA Skip Miller HobbyClub

[RCSE] Volz servo repairs...everyone knows where :-)

Make sure you put a return label and the amount of shipping it took to get them here..in the box.  They will be returned the same day I see them.  No charge for labor since its not my job..its my hobby.  Motor or amps are $15, case $5. If you need horns or leads let me know i the box.   I li

[RCSE] "Taking AVA/Graphites...for granted?"

Hi Guys, The recent post about euro worker bees was timely.  A simple way to stop them from copying our brain trust is to lose them. IF you haven't been paying attention to the news, the Ukraine is in serious, nay mega serious turmoil right now.  While Vladimir and friends can likely work

[RCSE] "Drela foils" == marketing reference now?

Does Dr. Drela get a royalty for the use of his name in advertising? Did/does Dr. Selig? Of course, the personal business of Doc D, or Doc S is...their personal business, and worrying about it gets in the way of building (if you are in the north) or flying in the south.   The people who b

[RCSE] Okay got it figured out! 8103 and electric F5J set up

Motor goes into Aux 2.   Go to Mix 3 Aux 2 to Elevator You will enter the amount after you have your model up and flying, this is to add some down elevator compenstation IF you need it while climbing with the motor...should really shim the motor to get the right thrust angle instead). Move

[RCSE] Looks like JT Plane Pack Bags are back in the game

Jim Prouty made Plane Pak sailplane bags. Very sophisticated. Pouches for wing rods or joiners, a thicker pad so that curved wing tip panels could be seperated, and straps to keep the wing panels in place.  A stab pouch, a pocket for tools,Picolario walky talky, sun glasses etc.   He's back a

[RCSE] Got LMR WindDancer/8103 Need programming

Hi guys, One of my loclar buddies got a Winddancer and has the 8103, I putz with the Mix2 and 3 to tie Aux 2 on the switch and down motor run elevator comp but couldn't get it to work. Motor wouldn't run at top speed.   IF some one has one of these set up can you share the program for motor a

[RCSE] Got the answer on the JR RX Thanks

Thanks Guys.   The RX I have is an old version of the credit card RXs, it works fine but just wanted to check on the thread. Gordy

[RCSE] If anyone wants to see the TSA lock set up for Sportube

Post me a note off line and I'll send you a photo.  I got a TSA lock available at lots of places, then got a 3/16" carriage bolt, cut off the threads, then flattened the end, and drilled it to fit the lock.   Gordy

[RCSE] Big air day in Louisville today

It was COLD this morning...and over cast from yesterdays rain storm.  We got to the field a little late about 11:00am.  Ed didn't have the winch with him, figuring no one would fly today, but the winds were calm and AOL said warm and sunny today, so I cajoled him into bringing it out.   By th

[RCSE] Which JR 6 channel RX was goofy?

I remember a thread about a certain model JR 6 channel that had some problems.   I have a JR X226 I haven't used, got it in a toy electric from someone.  Just wondering.   Thanks Gordy

[RCSE] Anyone got any e motor sub c Nicads?

Hi guys,   I'm interested in a about 21 1,100, 1250 SCR nicads.  These are the short but thick cells.  4/5 Sub C length cells.  Used packs are okay.  As long as they read at least 1Volt per cell. Thanks Gordy

[RCSE] Got Starlight ....parts? Any?

HI guys, Looking for any Starlight 2000 parts for a flying buddy.  Joiners, stabs, fuse whatever. Thanks Gordy

[RCSE] What is Santa bringing you this year?

I just got two back up Pike Superior, full carbon versions, identical to my Volz Powered blue and white and red.   Almost done with my Skeeter RES.not :-)   Gordy

[RCSE] The value of a Wind Gauge

so I have to wonder, outside of having a cool gadget, would one of these digitals or Dwyer tubes actually be of much real USE to me? For TD?Nope but its the season to buy silly stuff we are likely never to use especially for $10 :-)For Slope Racing and I suppose F3J and F3B, where wind equal

[RCSE] Another Wind Gauge, same but cheaper :-)

http://www.provantage.com/buy-7lcrs05n-handheld-anemometer-weather-channel-logo-la-crosse-technology-ea-3010twc-shopping.htm   $33 and a good one :-) Gordy

[RCSE] La Crosse Wind Gauge Site

Thanks for finding this one Bill, it is truly a nice piece...if you are dying to know the wind speed.  It looks like it is definitely worth the $40 or so (didn't check on shipping).  Here's the address for it http://www.weatherconnect.com/product.asp?itmky=441601.   The RS unit is still $9.99

[RCSE] Louisville Area RS stores have Wind Gauges

I just called and their computers show that local stores have about a dozen of them on hand, can't imagine they'll fly off the shelf, so if some one wants one and can't find it locally, contact me and I'll see about getting one for you. Gordy

[RCSE] Alternate Source for the Digital Wind Gauge

http://www.science-city.com/diwiga.html   About $20 from these guys, so go phone hunting with your local RS's for their close out version. Gordy

[RCSE] Found a RS Wind Gauge Review on the web

From what it says, the Radio Shack unit is 'worth' about $9.99 :-( I have seen one on the flying field and it did tell us wind speed and direction, but was it 'real' speed? Not sure, thats the fun of doing reviews :-) Gordy   From the review below, it was originally $29.99, the reduced to $1

[RCSE] "Pity the fool who missed out on the Radio Shack..."

  Radio Shack's info: Digital Sport Wind Gauge with Built-In Flashlight Catalog # 63-1119   Sure looks like it IS discontinued...course so were the Talking Timers and they showed up on the web. But before they disappeared, I swooped into most of the RS's in the USA and bought up all I could f

[RCSE] "I pity the boy who ain't got a Radio Shack...."

Wind Meter!   Get this part $9.99! It even has a LED flashlight in the bottom. Smart device and made so that it can bang around in your flight bag with nothing to get damaged.   Yup, an upcoming RC Soaring Digest Review ;-)   Gordy

[RCSE] "New and FIRST Colorado State Champion"

It may be the first time in Colorado's history, but Dr Dan did it! No easy deal either!  Colorado is laden with great thumbs and quality sailplanes. Thin air conditions don't give anyone any easy trips and I know from experience that landing is a talent most of the top guys have in their gen

[RCSE] "I'm also in love with Tom Hoopes.."

What more can be said, Hoopes connectors are made of metal and plastic and are soldered to wire with insulation on it.  The harnesses come in plastic bags that are real clear.  Included are some very detailed instructions, Tom is a neat packer of stuff.   I was going to order an Icon till I h

Re: [RCSE] TSA locks and Sportubes

Gordy, I just use a bolt and nut that can be opened and closed by TSA worked great on first trip and I have a bolt in the smaller tube so they do not close it past the no return spot.     This 'used' to work, but now they are losing the bolt.  I figure if I play their game, maybe I'll get my

[RCSE] TSA locks and Sportubes

Its come to this, TSA has special locks which are made by various lock companies, virtually all the same lock with either a I've been opened indicator or not.  About $10 give or take. The problem is that they don't have a wide enough jaw to fit the sport tube.  My fix has been to get a bolt l

[RCSE] Gordy...is in Sunny New Hampshire :-)

I have been working with a company who provides robotics for the Airforce. The hot deal for mine removal turns out to be the landscape device that gets in the way of my daily goal of soaring (Harley Power Box Rake). I was doing training for them today, very cool stuff. A lot like running an R

[RCSE] "No Mitts or Muffs, at least on the hill, This is the way to go"

http://www.jperkinsdistribution.co.uk/detail.php?JPNO=5508850&activepage=1&Navmain=Field%20equipment&subcatname=Field%20accessories   Instead of mitts of muffs, this tray is the way to go for slopers. Mitts get in the way and are hard to get in and out of in a rush.  Sort of like putting your

[RCSE] Constructed Composite words :-)

'Constructed Composite ARF'   No need for a new term, the descriptive has been around since the introduction of wood/synthetic/covered planes were introduced a few years back. ARF or homemade, doesn't change what it is, course I suppose it depends on the definition of 'is' :-)   "ORGANIC

[RCSE] Chicago Turkey-Shoot

I had a great time flying the Turkey Shoot too! Conditions were warm and calm but the lift was spread out and tight.  I managed to max all the tasks, but missed all the landings (have decided to skegless for a while and that makes a 1meter tape a challenge if you don't dork:-)   Thanks to Bil

[RCSE] De Plane! :-) Sounds like Sharon was Queen in Istanbul F3J!

  Careful Gordy, one day your saying it's the pilot and the next your saying it's the plane.  Man, you remind me of Kerry on this one.   For me to be like Kerry, I'd have to change my stand on its the pilot.  If you go back and check, I thought I clearly stated that the plane DOES make a di

[RCSE] Sounds like Sharon was Queen in Istanbul F3J!

For you guys looking for a light air super ship...   Got some reports on planes flown, lots of Sharon's and Pikes, at least one Icon (JW). I think Peter Kolb (winner) flew Sharon for the win.   Contact John of HKM USA @ [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think he has some in stock yet! Gordy

[RCSE] HEY F3F guys! How about some 'turn tips'!

Well, no offense to Gordy, but when your Base B turn is signaled by theguy at Base A saying "yeah, that's about it, ROLL, TURN!", we don'tworry about notifying FAI.  :)   It's true I was flying a LOT longer course than the FAI limit but I didn't want to do too well first time out :-) Its abou

[RCSE] "NEW Cheap Winch Battery Chargers at Wal/Target!"

I recently found that both places are offering chargers that look and act like our current computer chargers for our rc motor/radio batteries.   From $49 up to about $79, the only thing that changes is their top charge rate. Totally automatic, they sense the battery condition and read out its

[RCSE] "Lots of First for me this year! Hotlanta was an F3B ball today"

Big year of fun for me this season! For my first time seeing F3J, I got tows from the our American team, the Norwegians and Turks at the Worlds in Calgary. Got to fly a contest in Australia, finished off LSF2 and shortly 3..and today got to do some F3J launches and speed runs!  Flew my Pike fu

[RCSE] Molded Plane Question, answer

wondering if any maunfacturer has made any plans to produce molded plane utilizing Drela airfoils?   In fact there are a bunch (out for quite awhile) right now.  AVA and its clones use the Drela foils.  These are molded planes, from the spar forward...'organic' construction (organic is the te

[RCSE] Anyone have Paul Trists current email?

Or maybe Jan could ask him to email me ?   Gordy

[RCSE] November RCSD available..and WOW!

http://www.b2streamlines.com/RCSD.html   Wow! Did you see this month's RCSD?   Incredible coverage (in color) of the world's largest soaring event, Visalia's Fall Festival.  Not just one picture, there is a multi section photo of a sailplane making approach and landing which really shows sec

[RCSE] "I now KNOW how long I flew this season!" Volz Digitals :-)

  For those of you who don't use Volz Digitals, which is pretty much most of the world, since they have just been release for public use, you wouldn't know that one of the features of the Volz Digital Ampifier is memory.  Yep they keep track of the amount of time they have been 'on'.   I got

[RCSE] Insecurity issues and R/C models-keep tics out of my shorts

Great day of soaring in Tullahoma today.  I started in Fayetteville early this morning, dense fog but no big deal since I was actually doing some work.   Weather report stated that it would burn off and turn into  a gorgeous day, which it did.   I flew with lots of buzzards from 10am till abo

[RCSE] "Paul Siegel Dominates F5J Electric Soaring...Again!"

HI guys, For those of you who thought Cincinnati soaring wizard Paul Siegel was afraid to face my dominance at the Great Pumpkin Fly this past weekend, you are only partly wrong! He was busy defending his WORLD title in Arizona! Here's the website and a clip of the story.  For those of you w

[RCSE] Zoom zoom zoom....the sound of RCSD articles?

Hey, you forgot to ask for Gordy's opinion on the subject.  :P   No need to ask, since I did two seperate articles on the subject. One on Tow Hook location and why, one on Launch Camber, available for free download from RCSD.   "Hooked Up My Camber and headedUP!" "There Is No CG with A To

[RCSE] Rob's 25th Annual Great Pumpkin Fly

Rob Glover wrote: The wobble cow that I won for not flying very long is one of my cooler trophies. It wobbles a long time and even squeeks a little - the cat even likes it. Valeta wanted me to get the pig to go with it, but my flying wasn't consistent enough.   For those of you who don't know

[RCSE] The draw backs to building a box for sport tube

The Sportube is slippery. And that causes it to slide off the conveyor at the airplane, going up and down.  Adding weight to it only makes things worse. Also when it leaves the trailer and gets on the high speed conveyors inside the terminals, similar crashing goes on.   I have about 100 flig

[RCSE] Volz servo arms and arm screws..and everything else :-)

I have all parts for Volz servos.  I do all the repairs in the USA at N/C labor as I do it as part of my hobby...and Michael Volz is a very good friend of mine.  And I have used Volz myself for about the last 8 years.  So if you need some parts let me know. Shipping USPS Priority mail is $5

[RCSE] Re: Shipping, Airlines and Sportube..woes

he was shipping an AVA back from the Natsto CA. He said the tube looked like it had been hit by a tow motor,serious damage to the tube.  The AVA was damaged and not flyable,because of the damage to the tube. He did not mention if the tube wasopened and the contents rearranged. For some reaso

[RCSE] Visalia 100th Radio Goal, that was ME!

Fred Sage posted: I overheard numerous comments (approximately a dozen) to thataffect as I circulated around the pits including discussions of strategy asto how many points they'd have  to lose to drop to 100th position.   That was me!  I put all my days of constant practice and talent towar

[RCSE] Shipping, Airlines and Sportube..woes

Hi guys,   A relatively new development is that they have lately been messing with my Sportube...AFTER it has been inspected and reclosed...along the way.   I stood with the TSA inspector on four seperate occassions, and they inspected and reclosed and relocked my Sportube, but when it got to

[RCSE] "Want to give the a boost?"

Hi Guys,   I have about 1,000 flights on my first Pike so I have a pretty good idea about well everything about it.  One thing that has been frustrating are the flapswell not the flaps themselves, they are great!   But the top mount linkage system.  Its geometry doesn't keep them really

[RCSE] IMPORTANT NOTE! Last TW in batch now available

  Here's the last one in the batch: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5925789258 or, search for Thermal Wizard Russ   Don't make the mistake I did, when I ordered one of these works of sailplane art!   Specify the airfoil, flap and aileron cuts! I ended up with a 7037 when I

[RCSE] CVRC Webpage Gone, Nope I took it!

I took it all the way to Chicago O'Hare today, then got stuck.  Bumped for a free ticket, $150 comp ticket, a free nite at the Radison and meal ticketsand the Website too.   Life don't get much better than this...oh yeah did I mention that I also have a pocket full of LSF 3 Contest points

[RCSE] "Visalia is done and I've decided to quit!"

For a few days :-)   Me and approach speed just got out of synch, so only one nice landing today, which put my final score behind last season, and I am pretty sure there are 120+ pilots who ended up with lower scores than mine feel the same way...the landings were too easy.   NOT kidding.  Th

[RCSE] "Muncie was tough today!"

  We started the day with light winds cold temps and light rain.   I battled out the first rounds with Rich Burnowski who was born and bred in the briar patch of wind and cold.  He flew his new Fazer for the first time and it really suits his style and the conditions.  Launches were key.   Bu

[RCSE] "Visalia was embarrassing today!"

For me that is, but you have to keep that in the context of warm, calm air, easy landing tasks and great pilots flying amazing technology.   John Diniz of Horizon is hot! He's been a landing machine is way up on the first page, and guys that's a BIG deal considering nearly 250 flying.    I s

[RCSE] "Muncie was tough today!"

We started the day with light winds cold temps and light rain.   I battled out the first rounds with Rich Burnowski who was born and bred in the briar patch of wind and cold.  He flew his new Fazer for the first time and it really suits his style and the conditions.  Launches were key.   But S

[RCSE] "It was me tagging behind JW and DP and Ben!"

Both of them are dialed in for landings and well everything else! Ben Clerx vollenteered to check out my Pike's set up and balance and while I was backing up to stretch the bungee I stepped on his Pike's wing tip :-( I told him I usually charge for that kind of custom turbulation, but he didn't

[RCSE] I was just Gordy here at Visalia

Guys!   Warm, light winds and nuthin but soaring all day today.  Its a who's who in soaring and today was really just a warm up for the warm up.   70 degrees at 9pm,  and the rest of the week is more of the same.   Spent the evening after about 100 bungee launches with some of the guys BBQ'in

[RCSE] Launch technique Covered and Covered in ...

Yep RC Soaring Digest Magazine, the only magazine written by sailplaners for sailplaners.   Even this past season there have been a number of articles on launching.   However the gent who posted about launch technique has foam planes which are unlikely to launch the same way twice in any case

[RCSE] "I know it ain't Muncie, but it is Visalia....!:-)"

Tomorrow I fly!   On the airlines and at the field!  Wish I could be both places at once though.  OVSS is this weekend at Muncie and since I got won a couple of the JR Overall Points wins, who knows I might have qualified for winning the new JR 9303 offered to the over all over all.:-) (a guy

[RCSE] How about an AMA Pres who like sailplanes?

Dave Matheson is running, here's an excerpt answer he sent me.   He had sent all the Leader Members a note saying he was running. I posted him a note saying that I would like to have someone who has a clue about more than just powered planes or free flights to be leading.  I asked what he kne

[RCSE] That Accusplit Timer still works great !

The only Gordy recommendation I wasted my money on was an Accusplitstopwatch.  What a piece of junk.   An $11 Seiko clone that to this day works great, yes it had the cheap spring metal contacts but $6 more from Radio Shack for real push button switches and you have a completely programmable

[RCSE] Contests, Landings, etc. and Urban Legends :-)

Yep, people are leaving the hobby   Yep, they arenot.  Let's see, people are leaving soaring and that's why Hitec, JR, MPX are creating even more sailplane specific TX's.   And why all the 'new' servos introduced by those and the other Mfgr's are sailplane oriented..mounts, configurat

[RCSE] Contests, Landings, etc.

Sort of the same concept as the Royal Order of Thermal Wizards task, a contest run within a contest where the Thermal Wizard attempts to get all 10mins, instead of the 3, 5,7,9, 10 tasks. Check out Harlely M.s Website, its all there and of course the article in a back issue of RC Soaring Dige

[RCSE] Yes we have no landings :-)

Okay all you anti gymnastic landing for points guys, here's one way you might be able to understand the what the second half of a TD contest are actually about... and its not about 'landing'.   Landing is a term that fires off some preconcieved idea (your personal idea) in your minds eye of

[RCSE] List etiquette and Airspeed!

Bummer!  I am looking at  sweet day to fly today and I have 'stuff' to do.   I have some lose servo mounts and linkages to tighten and straighten.   I did get a notice that ELV is now offering the updated version of their Digital Altimeter/Vario/onboard volage reporter...which now features

[RCSE] Competition Flying vrs Task Soaring, vrs "Fun Flying"

You got that correct. I love to fly my plane and could care less what theguy next to me does. The only reason for me to come to contests is theequipment, I have solved that by keeping one of the club winches. Now aslong as I have the winch at the contest I can fly when and as much as Ichoose

[RCSE] [Did You See the New Hitec 6 Channel TX?????

My question is on a 6 channel radio channel 5 is generally reserved for"GEAR" and most all receivers channel 5 is not proportional (maybe I'm offbase here).  So how do we program a 6 servo wing?  Flaps on a "Y" adapter?I haven't fiddled around with a 6 channel radio so I would appreciate som

[RCSE] Did You See the New Hitec 6 Channel TX?????

WOW!   I'd love to take a closer look at this one!   I opened my MAN magazine and POW!!! there it was a 6 channel TX that has ALL the stuff you need to power up a Pike or Icon...no kidding.  Its as if someone prayed that someone would get it right in an inexpensive 6 channel TX and blink, the

[RCSE] "LSF 3, 30min and Go/Return....done"

We had wind today in Louisville, warm, and almost cloudless.   Got to the field about 11am and put up around 9 flight attempts for the 30min L3 task.   Averaged 25min per flight, but the thermals were whipping thru like freight trains and I'd always be too far down wind to stay with them for t

[RCSE] Graphite 2 longer Flap horns

The main problem is that the screw in flap horns are too short.  They need to be 6.5 mm longer   Hi Guys, While I have not built my Graphite 2 yet (still in England), I have been thru this need for a longer 'screw in horn' thing with the original Stork.Actually I didn't need longer horns, it

[RCSE] Soaring is....being in England and happy!

Today was the day, Picked up by Colin (Current English Nats Champ and F3J Team Member) to meet up with Sven (also Team Member) for a day of winch soaring.   The weather was calm, warm and sunny...to a point that they claimed it was better than either could remember!   Air was challenging if y

[RCSE] "50 Reasons Why I Can't Fly England"

Its not a hit song for me, but that's what it amounts to   My Sportube is ready, so am I...but apparently England isn't... :-(   I'll put it this way, I tried to get into a contest, but the one available is an 'inter club' thing where the top 5 pilots from each club face off, second leg of

[RCSE] Need some help winding up my hi start.

Simple deal for a power wind up.   Cordless drill yes.   Sanding pad arbor from the hardware store   The reel is the trick.  The old white plastic ones had a wooden dowel held in with a wood screw on one side, the Sanding disc arbor fit right in the screw hole.. Gordy

[RCSE] Loss of airplane, and - how to find it

The Picolario is more than meets the eye or ear.   While it does have altitude reporting, vario and battery voltage reporting and some memory functions as well, it has one feature that is not as well understood.   Thats its 'glitch' warning system.   When a glitch happens, the girl reports "at

[RCSE] Will we ever know IF he's good enough? Probably not :-(

As I think about this a little longer, I don't even know if I am good enough to complete all the tasks to achieve LSF level V, but I will try.>Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:31:29 -0500>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>From: "James V. Bacus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>Subject: Re: [RCSE] Invitation to Gordy>>He m

[RCSE] need servo cover idea

Simple.   do what I do, go to walmart's photo section and find the 3m photo laminating sheets, about 3 1/2" sq. One side is hard clear mylar, and the other is a thinner mylar, also clear but sticky on one side.  I put a piece upside down where the arm is to keep it from getting stuck, then ju

[RCSE] Have you seen?

I'm holding out for the Standard Class version.  I think there are about the same amount of events in that class :-)   Gordy NH today

[RCSE] Any soaring in Winnepeg?

Jim Prouty is going to be up there doing some UAV stuff and is hoping to get some TD or Slope flying in. I have been up that way so don't have any contacts there. Reply to the Jprouty address   Thanks Gordy

[RCSE] Is an LSF# - still an LSF 'Task' if you use electronic help?

Gordy,     Great point for discussion.  However, carried to a logical though ridiculous conclusion, one might say that as the early LSF achievers used RES ships for the tasks, everyone should.  Remember, technological aids and aerodynamic advances are just that - not guarantees that make th

[RCSE] F3J Worlds Washed out today, but!

Nice weather today and the weekend fly offs are going to be gorgeous!   Totally too bad for all of you who couldn't come up to see it all.  I got to be a timer, and that's the best, cuz it puts you on the field right in the action, where NO ONE is allowed other than designated team members, an

[RCSE] "Congrats To Bruce Davidson, Two Time Nats DHLG Champ!"

And one of my home flying partners too :-)   A lot of credit goes to his Timer/Caller, Ken Marks.  Ken is a competitor and relatively new sailplane competitor, who moved way up the ranks this year inspite of his digital trims going screwy in the rain about half way through.   Ken's calling al

[RCSE] Hunting Foxes tomorrow in Davenport

Yep, I'll be flying with Charles and Mike Fox (past Nats Champ!) tomorrow in Davenport Iowa. Weather looks pretty ..>GREAT!  Warm and light winds.  Should be a sweet day of pre nats practice.Come join us!  We'll be out there about 2pm.   Gordy

[RCSE] Hey Eastern Iowa Soaring Leaguers!

Hi guys,   I'll be in Dubuque working with JD this Wednesday and Friday.  That leaves Thursday for soaring.  Likely I can dig the Fox'es out of their warrens, who else is up for some soaring?   Post me off line with a plan.  Gordy

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