At 01:08 PM 3/15/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>At 12:54 PM 3/15/2002, Fred Guilfoyle wrote:
>>Small paper tablet: for mixing said epoxy on. Mix,
>>and throw away top sheet, sure beats looking for a
>>scrap of cardboard or using your workbench.
>
>Have you ever seen these flexible plastic cases that s
At 11:41 PM 3/16/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Pat,
>
> I just checked and it was .arc files that I was changing file (extension)
>names on. After changing the file extension from .arc to .cor these pulled
>up just fine in Compufoil, although my version is a later one than yours so
>not sure if this wou
At 07:36 PM 3/8/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>
>Im wondering if anyone has done any research about which COLOR combinations
>are most visible at a distance.
>
>Ive got a 145 Challenger (1974 Otto Heithecker design) almost ready to
>cover. (Yes, an all wood (Laser Cut) nostalgia beauty from www.skybe
At 04:29 AM 2/9/2002 -, you wrote:
>I was into RC long before I knew anything about Amateur radio. Then I
>worked up to my General class ticket while we were working in the
>Carribbean. We used Ham radio for our only means of personal
>communication. (all hf)
>
>Now I've been back into RC f
At 05:46 PM 1/23/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Oh come on guys, Sal was never gone. He's been here all along. He just said
>he was leaving. All you have to do is check the Members list to see if
>someone is truly off the list.
Here we go again. Will some people never learn. Much more of this crap
an
I go to contests for several reasons. They are fun, I meet the nicest
people, and, more important, I develop great memories.
My first contest was a free flight contest in the summer of 1950. I was
still in high school and had finally convinced my father that I was a good
enough driver to be tru
About 35 years ago, some of the top pattern flyers in the US got together
and formed their own company to manufacture competition level radios. I
don't know all the founders but the included Ron Chidgney, Jim Kirkland,
Jim Whitley, Doc Edwards, and Doc Colman, all top pattern flyers of the
era.
Sounds like an interesting contest but I won't be able to make it. I will
be doing the same thing that I have been doing every Memorial Day weekend
since 1971, flying in the Coffee Airfoilers Spring Sailplane contest in
Tullahoma Tennessee. I will be flying a wood sailplane though.
Chuck Anderso
The only way a 2-meter ship doesn't measure up to the unlimited models is
visibility. I flew 2-meter from 1979 until 1998 with my two meter Winglet
Spica and found that it outperformed the standard class and 115 inch span
versions every way but one. I couldn't stay with the thermal as far
downwi
I like the way the CASL runs the Southwest Classic. There, everybody
enters Unlimited reguardless of what class model they are flying. All
classes fly together and at the end of the contest, trophies are awarded to
the top flyers in the various classes. Last year, the same model won
2-meter and
At 06:14 AM 12/8/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>I know that seeded man on man is very popular in some places. First let me
say, that I prefer man on man, but I don't believe in
>"seeding" so the top pilots fly against the top pilots all day, mediocre
pilots only fly against themselves all day, etcI'v
At 07:23 AM 12/9/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>I've been an active competitor and regular volunteer at the Nats for a
>number of years. The single biggest change that the location of the
>Nats at Muncie allowed us to do on a regular basis was the multiple man
>on man format with a reasonable landing di
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