[RCSE] ROCKET MAN !!!

2003-11-10 Thread Rick & Jill
Many on the ESL contest circuit used to know Phil by his nickname "Rocket Man" due to his involvement in rocket gliders. I saw him launch one at the Cumberland Soar for Fun slope gathering one year. Better have some good eyes because in just about 5 seconds his rocket glider was all but out of sigh

Re: [RCSE] Question on tolerances

2003-11-01 Thread Rick & Jill
Guess by that statement that, given a long enough life, eventually you won't be able to tolerate anything!! - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 11:59 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Question on tolera

Re: [RCSE] LSF non-competition program ideas

2003-10-20 Thread Rick &amp; Jill
Regis, I think you stated exactly why the longer flight times are closer to the "right" task. It's not suppose to be that easy. It is to be as hard or harder than a Level ???whatever???. I disagree with you about the field also. It doesn't take an idea field. I have flown out of some small fiel

[RCSE] Re: [RCSE]]Vulture Vario

2003-10-20 Thread Rick &amp; Jill
I have always thought that birds such as vultures and hawks have the advantage of feeling the warm and cold air masses they are flying in. Much the same way you can feel the warm and cold air as it passes you while standing on the flying field. Some of the hangglider buffs can answer if they use th