Been reading about them for years, with initial
skepticism, but growing excitement the past year or so.
This months SOARING has them featured in Bill Collum's
column, "soaring tech", June 2008 page 19-22
Heady stuff!
I'm sure many here are aware already, and hopefully
some are already t
The end of a faithful ASW-20, N31AP "OD" http://www.martialartsacademy.org/./media/mp_gliderscum_4.asx More at www.gliderscum.com A fine mid-winter soaring day in Southern California: http://www.martialartsacademy.org/./media/mp_zr_5.asx More at www.martialartsacademy.org/zr.
With any luck i will have it up on www.mccomposites.com before too long.
As you can imagine Brian has been on the phone a few times.
Must feel good to be *THE MAN* when it comes to "DS Worthy" gliders...
john roe
www.roenation.com
After a brief analysis...
Who is that "Joe" guy who just barely missed winning all three classes?
One advantage of getting older is that you can *finally* place higher than your age...Way to go Bob Lenard!
Wish I had made it up there...
John Roe
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Thanks John.
Here is a good example of a flight documented entirely with datalogger info displayed in 3D:
http://www.martialartsacademy.org/300k.htm
I took no pictures on that particular flight, did not even bring a camera...but you can still get a good sense of the flight.
John Roe
www.roe
Not exactly up to Paul's standards.
Not models.
But you might enjoy it...
http://www.martialartsacademy.org/./media/mp_zr_3.asx
John Roe
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you got it!
back in the stone age it was water + surfactant (we used downey)
Gorgon thought "yak jiz" was the ideal substance, but
john
???
Thanks.
I'm gonna be there, gonna sleep on the field.
john
www.roenation.com
Mark Navarre died Sunday when his ASW-20 impacted terrain on the white mountains.
He was one of my best friends, and we had the best times ever flying both full scale and R/C gliders together.
Sucks.
john
Quietman
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I only have a ratty old copy-of-a-copy, and would love a DVD as well, so CC me please...
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http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.aviation.soaring/browse_frm/thread/51ae4fc78352a9b4?scoring=d
Almost as cool as a DS thread... :-)
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Nice website, very cool. You need to model the best flying Schweizer of all time, the 1-34 of course. ;-)
quietman
SGS 1-34 N7626 "ZR"
www.martialartsacademy.org/zr.htm
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Way to go Gordon!
Man I gotta dust off a few models and get out there again, especially as I have procreated myself out of full-scale etc.
John the jealous...
"Dad's Home"
http://img.4chan.org/f/src/195918_dad_s_home_2.swf
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I dunno. I would guess he participates in either Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or mixed martial arts, or both, by his handle.
Maybe check out the posters on the "fight boards"
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yah full scale I know, but you will love it.
http://www.soaravenal.com/
Go there and click the "PEZ CARTOONS" hot-thingy
If you have already read "Pez sailplane racer" stuff by John Shelton you
already know this is great stuff, if not you are in for a real treat!
Merry Christmas!
John Ro
There are two kinds of models,
ones that have crashed and ones that are gonna crash
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I did a bit (3.5 hours) of flying today out in Elsinore, Ca. I found myself low (600 feet) patiently working a tiny 100 fpm thermal until it built up enough to get me away again. I really focused on slow(ish) tight slightly slipped turns, and on keeping my head on the head rest, as the G-loading
If you would like to see the world-record breaking video of the Extreme going 212 mph, and then 215 mph, you need to follow a new link at:
http://www.mccomposites.com
The band-width demands were too great, so the old link was broken and the new one formed. The old video was 10 meg, the new one
Doug Reel and Kyle Paulson both joined the 190mph+ DS club at Vincent today. They were flying two new 2meter molded DS Extremes, and recording speeds with a radar gun.
They both recorded top speeds of 192, and Doug was "cruising" in the high 180's while talking about the servos etc. and the 100
This is pretty good.
The pro pilots on this board have most likely
already heard it...
http://www.whoohoo.net/pilot/index.htm
Very cool, enjoy
JR.
"A person is a person, no matter how small"
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Sam, what the hell did you DO to my Psyko?
JR.
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Yah Bob landed his cumpulsion on Alicia Parkway
in front of a car...crunch!
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Mebbe some of you scale aerotow guys could do
this as well at Visalia.
Or we could do it full-scale, I'll drive if
you'll jump...;-)
http://alto.nethit.fi/kuvat/
JR.
"The beatings will continue until morale
improves"
John Roe
www.martialartsacademy.org
I would tell you but this thread comes up so
often i already have. Search the archives.
J.R.
Grumpy in Michigan after reading the F3J world
report. I'll be here till wednesday, any slopers
or flat-landers wanna let me wreck a plane?
Clare area, or will travel...
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http://www.dropzone.com/features/Skydiverinnearmisswithsl.shtml
Slider for camber is good. Sliding, not digital, elevator trim equally good and correct, for the same reasons.
Thus sayeth the Roe.
John RoeLaguna Hills, Ca
"Where guns are outlawed, terrorists only need boxcutters"
www.MartialArtsAc
Sorry to waste band width, but most of us glider guys are pretty handy with computers, except me...
I just dropped my laptop in the parking lot at work, I think it's dead.
So does anyone have a used one for sale, or a specific recommendation on where to get a very inexpensive used one on the net or
Ron Quintana writes:
>Valbuena will get his in the end,
That is my fervant hope, perhaps from a cell-mate in prison.
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Some of you may remember the Easter Week Massacre at Laguna Niguel. That was when a certain person who doesn't like R/C gliders allegedly was shooting the planes with an air-rifle and a wrist rocket. Despite the fact that he is now being to treated to a party by the Superior Court of California h
I was looking at other stuff when I came across this talking vario with available factory made total energy probe system. It is listed as being for "RF Sailplanes." Cute.
http://www.renschler.de/english.htm
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Joedy writes:
>Would anyone care to most their feedback, building and flying experiences >with DAW's Ka6 EPP 3 meter glider?
A lot of fun on the slope, flys suprising well in suprisingly little lift. Must be flown like most large scale planes, smoothly and with care to maintain airspeed and energy
Apparently inspired by events in the middle east and New York a local homeowner in Laguna Niguel has redefined slope combat for us. He set himself up with a high-powered air rifle and a good vantage point for sniping (his back yard), and started banging away at our planes. Due to his location and
Rusty writes:
>Just try not to remember that the next time you're on a commercial flight on final!! :)
So very true, and the number 1 priority for airlines all the way down to recreational pilots is and has been for years to reduce the workload on the pilot. Nearly all accidents in aviation are du
Craig admits:
>I'm an in-flight switch flipper (camber, rudder mix on/off,>reflex) and have not had a problem. One can learn to remember,>enabling landing mode and confirming rudder mix on is part of my>check at the abeam point of my approach.
Evil advice, someday you WILL have a problem. Sooner r
From the Full-scale group:
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/freesoftware_page.htm
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Help me.
I just received a gift of an old toshiba satellite pro 425cdt laptop.
I got it to use in the field for soaring, including downloading flight logs from gps receivers installed in either full-scale planes or models so I guess this post is not completely off-topic.
Here's the problem. Unit W
Greg-
I'm in Michigan, but what you should do is call
949-248-2778 and get directions to the Laguna
Niguel slope club from Dave Sanders. There is
also a possiblility of slope-ing the back bay if
the winds right and you can get in there...
John Roe
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When I
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Douglas Turner
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>Sincerely,
>Doug
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Thanks Doug, I'm glad you enjoyed the story,
I've received more great feedback
and thanks from
This link goes to the currently unfolding
cartoon of the adventures of Pez D. Spensor,
Sailplane Racer in Uvalde Texiz.
http://www.imdata.com/pezpage1.htmlProf. J. RoeLaguna Hills, Ca www.MartialArtsAcademy.org www.ScCollege.org/mroe
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Remember that Gavin got a 100 point penalty as well, which
will be deducted AFTER the throw outs :-(...
John
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If anyone is curious as to what Joe Wurts, Daryl Perkins,
et all will commonly do to "check" the CG of a plane when
you hand them the Transmitter; it's this...
They will trim straight and level at some reasonable "floaty"
speed, then roll inverted. If the plane continues happily or
climbs/descends
This is an EXCELLENT visual tool to help
make Blaine's math "come to life" while
sitting in the comfort of your computer
chair! No math needed, just click and watch
the animation. Then re-read Blaine's equations
he so kindly posted and see them come alive.
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Mike writes:
>Want to see some real glass sailplanes?
Or maybe a real "manly" piece of heavy metal,
or piece of something...
...I might tow up my Schweizer 1-34, if I'm
feeling thirsty for pain, and if Dave Sanders
finishes my "minor threat" nose art (a sheep with
teeth bared)...hey great spor
I have been using www.weather.com
I use the hour-by-hour forecast when possible,
especially for wind data.
If someone would post the nearest zip-code to
Parker (Acton?) then that could be plugged in to
get some pretty good predictions up to 32 hours
out.
John
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At the risk of interupting the fascinating
threads on what a particular airplane looks like,
I would like to give a briefing on my impressions
of the Mantis.
I have flown two examples, and would classify
them as "in the ballpark" for US TD competition.
You could certainly win a local regional or
Hi Jim,
>Cool site John, tnx.
You're welcome.
>How's the glider ticket coming?
Got my private pilot's license last November,
am working on my commercial license, should be
done by the middle of summer.
Just about to put down a deposit on a 304CZ, 15
meter class plane, gotta get the wifey to b
Ronald writes:
>Should I get the time to cross 100' in calm
wind?
Get the time to cross with the least altitude
lost.
Let's say the model loses 5 feet in 100 at 25
mph.
that would be:
20:1 Lift/Drag (L/D) @ 25 mph (best L/D speed)
The equation to figure out how far you can go
(penetrate) i
Chris Gregg writes:
>but trouble on the downwind leg.
Remember to the plane(s) there is no such
thing as an "upwind" or "downwind" leg.
The towpilot is most likely slowing the plane
down on the downwind leg, since from a
ground-speed perspective the plane appears
to speed up when travelling down
Here are the results of the F3F race at Laguna
Niguel.
Conditions weren't great, as the times will
attest, but
other than a 1/2 hour intermission while we
waited for
some sort of atmospheric system to go inland, the
wind was reasonably consistant.
It was fairly cool, and MUCH nicer than the
seari
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