[RCSE] Spoilerons for roll control

2004-09-11 Thread dgarwood518
> BTW - this does have some RCSE relevance, > if anyone builds sailplanes using spoilerons for roll control.   Yes. I pondered long and hard about trying (prototypical) spoilerons for roll control in my Walter Bub A-6 INTRUDER slope glider, and in the end decided to stick with the familiar.

Re: [RCSE] Olly 11 directions

2004-07-27 Thread dgarwood518
Al,   Contact Ray Hayes at Sky Bench Aerotech. http://www.skybench.com/   Ray makes the laser cut Oly-II kits, and I bet he'll fix you up with the manual.   // Dave   -- Original message from "Albert E. Wedworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -- Hi Guys Al I was given a Oll

[RCSE] metric system

2004-03-17 Thread dgarwood518
> BTW, not a lot of people know this, > but Orville and Wilbur used the metric system :-)) So did 90 percent of the engineers on the US Mars mission (non)lander couple years ago. =:O I heard there are two countries left on the planet using non metric measures - USA and Tibet. That true? // D

[RCSE] metric system

2004-03-17 Thread dgarwood518
> BTW, not a lot of people know this, > but Orville and Wilbur used the metric system :-)) So did 90 percent of the engineers on the US Mars mission (non)lander couple years ago. =:O I heard there are two countries left on the planet using non metric measures - USA and Tibet. That true? //

[RCSE] Gordysoar: Writerman

2003-11-16 Thread dgarwood518
> Today was my first encounter with Gordy, other than the internet. > He rubbed me the wrong way at first... Strong personalities generate strong reactions. Fact of life. I’ve known Gordy for ten years. I have bunked with him at the Nats back in the 90’s; I’ve flown with him at MWSC; and I’ve