[RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #11352

2008-07-01 Thread WSnowfall
dr dave mako is new in box. i sent an offline email bill snow **Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut000507)

[RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #11340

2008-06-25 Thread WSnowfall
gordy just read your comments on soaring digest about electric gliders are not the real thing, etc. good Luddite prose. can never tell if your serious or just jerking the chain. our club has switched totally to electric sailplanes and now have 12 to 14 guys every other weekend contest. s

[RCSE] real flight g4

2008-05-27 Thread WSnowfall
anyone play around with the thermal sim of gliders on G4? **Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod000302)

[RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #10362

2007-11-19 Thread WSnowfall
don that was Birmingham England, Shrewsbury specifically. bill ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

[RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #8524

2006-11-03 Thread WSnowfall
Cleveland Slope heads are going to Transportation Blvd ( first exit on I 480 just east of I 77. ) on Saturday. We are gathering at about 11 am. wind looks good but perhaps light. Wear thermal. This is five minutes from downtown Cleveland. We have a bunch of One designs hot off the foam cutter

[RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #8464

2006-10-20 Thread WSnowfall
another vote for hobby horse   when i had back orders and other problems they expedited the product. they have been super for me and multiple needs   bill

[RCSE] video - cleveland slopes

2006-10-18 Thread WSnowfall
Hi   http://www.knowlaunch.com/hiddendownload.htm   There are three video of interest. Edgewater Onboard is a video camera taped to fuse. its a choppy but gives a feel for the slope from a birds eye.   Edgewater with a date label  really shows the site. one segment is in 15 - 20 mile winds wi

[RCSE] combo meet: Electric/slope

2006-10-18 Thread WSnowfall
Brent   Polecat also has a one design plane. We will have at least 6 fun 1 and several LEG 1 designs by next year.   We can cover NW, NE, N from two sites on the Lake and a site 20 minutes south from downtown, S to SW. This is redundant with Malvern which is a 200 ft bowl about 90 minutes sou

[RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #8443

2006-10-16 Thread WSnowfall
Brent,   We are thinking of two classes, one for wings, other for conventional planes. We are looking at guys settling on a one design down the road, but not too fussy about plane specs in the beginning, It always gets down to the pilot anyhow. As mentioned, we have a member with a cnc machin

[RCSE] slope rules / pics

2006-10-15 Thread WSnowfall
Hi   We have an active group, American Airlines Gas Modelers,  flying the Edgewater Park slope in downtown Cleveland.We are having awesome days of continuous NE wind in the mid 20. We also just found a great south to SW site in the Valley off of I480 and Rockside (Tom Nagle, add that to the

[RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #8123

2006-08-19 Thread WSnowfall
Dave   I am in Cleveland.   There are flyers in Erie. The only flyers in your area are power.   In Cleveland i fly in Litchfield, which is 60 min west of Cleveland. that would be a long haul. we have 10 club contests for electric gliders.   We also fly a lot of slope next to Browns Stadium. We

[RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #8067

2006-08-08 Thread WSnowfall
Well twin tower terrain is all that, but it seems everyone goes to the road / tree line and tries to limbo the electric lines. I guess the pigs don't produce enough methane to produce lift.

[RCSE] philp sport declage

2006-08-03 Thread WSnowfall
Hello   After going through Performance Tuning several times, I decided to tackle my V tail Philp Sport from NeSail.   I put the GP incidence bracket on the root of the wing and got it balances laterally and horizontally.   The v tail is too narrow to really take a second incidence meter. The

[RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #7607

2006-05-09 Thread WSnowfall
the midwest is a big place, where is misty meadows?

[RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #7353

2006-03-22 Thread WSnowfall
incident meter is perhaps a go. The okinawa link showed no product. As of two hours ago the us website for aeroproducts changed to "open for email requests" to see if there is enough interest to make another batch. the new price is $239. They specificallly cited the Paul Nation dvd. I would like

[RCSE] jr crystal

2006-03-18 Thread WSnowfall
i have three rs6ul, the litewieght jr reciever. plus a bunch of regular jr stuff.   only one of the rs6ul's came with a crystal. my channel is 16. I place a regular fm jr crystal in the other two, both brain dead. only that one center dot crystal works!   This crystal that works has a black dot i

[RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #7272

2006-03-11 Thread WSnowfall
why not use lipo? i got a lipo pack from Common Sense for my JR 8103. It is incredible.   bill snow

[RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #7270

2006-03-11 Thread WSnowfall
i sold them several years ago, sorry.   bill

[RCSE] getting new pilots

2006-03-06 Thread WSnowfall
I still like and fly my Sig Twister on occasion. It takes one back to their youth. my first plane was a cox pt 19 that only  broke the rubber bands on a crash. Who can not fly cl in cleveland when the world champion ( Bill W,) fly in your same club!!   Anyhow, we went to a new park in urban cleve

[RCSE] Grand Esteem - Mike Popescu??

2006-02-28 Thread WSnowfall
I know a lot of west coast flyer used to fly this plane in the late 90 when i bought it. Still have Team Mako pictures in an old RCSD.   I have an Esteem model 3194. It is the 120 inch wing. I bought it for electric and it was sent with a full flying composite stab. No problem there BUT I also go

[RCSE] Re: Shout out to Jim Porter -a great timer

2006-01-30 Thread WSnowfall
I am fooling around with the Eagle Tree as mentioned several weeks ago. I did not get back to this site for several weeks, one has to work sometimes. wow so many posts!   I read with interest about the value of a timer. I couldnot agree more!! I went to my only Nats around 1997, the year Florida

[RCSE] Re: Sniffers

2006-01-21 Thread WSnowfall
I just bought the new Eagle unit. My reasoning is that it is a learning tool. I fly alone because there are not many thermal guys in Northern Ohio (we lost our field). I liked the GPS for finding lost airplanes. It can give me some downloadable data inputs. (by the way the earplug should go in th

[RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #6763

2005-12-05 Thread WSnowfall
In a message dated 11/30/2005 7:11:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, Soaring@airage.com writes:         Woody Postal Fun Fly...  are you ready?  ... gordy,   i have been trying to reach mike for several months. i have a grand esteem electic nib and had some questions. no one had any idea how to reach

[RCSE] G3 simulations parameters

2005-11-18 Thread WSnowfall
I have slope soaring on G3 simulator.   Has anyone gotten it thermal? I played with the spawn and got high power launch which shreds the wings every other time. awesome.   However I cant figure out the right combinations to get thermal conditions. Any ideas out there? We all dont live in Calif an

[RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #6549

2005-10-23 Thread WSnowfall
Next sunday i have to take my daughter to Xavier for a college visit. I am footlose all day monday so i thought of doing some flying. I know there is a soaring site just north of cincin, but where are there slope sites close to the city, with say 40 min drive? With this colder weather i think slo

[RCSE] travel boxes

2005-09-15 Thread WSnowfall
I am going to fly to cape cod for business but somehow i want to take a sloper with me.   What works on airplanes? Some mag article wrote that a local boxes would do it cheap. Wrongs, not for a 2 meter sailplane. They just dont do it after 15 calls made.One firm in chicago would do it for about

[RCSE] Foameron

2005-09-15 Thread WSnowfall
I have a Foameron sitting here for many years and decided to build it. I remember there were some updates or modifications done.   Does anyone know where Joe Galletti is? or where the mods were written up. I think it was in in old soaring digest.   Secondingly i have an Anabat and it is a terrib

[RCSE] NE ohio Flyers?

2005-08-31 Thread WSnowfall
Are there any glider or electic flyers on this list who live in the Cleveland area? I did find some flyers in the Medina area. Some of the clubs have electrics but putting out a winch causes conflicts.   Since the Buckeye Soaring club lost their field, I have lost touch with the gang and old emai

[RCSE] dayton flying sites

2005-08-08 Thread WSnowfall
Hello'   Im traveling from Cleveland to the Dayton area on a college tour for my daughter. i may have some down time and i always love to vist rc shops and flying fields. Any suggestions about either? I tried the ama directory but less help in finding electric or glider sites. I thought there wa