On 21 May 2001, at 23:15, Pat McCleave wrote:
> Hi Gang,
>
> I got my first little taste of the dark side this weekend as we were
> leaving the Midwest Slope Challenge, and now know I will need more. I
> only managed a few good turns before either losing it or landing since
> conditions were no
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 17:03:49 +1200
From: "John Ensoll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
And when you get really good at it you can do it on a flat field in the wind
gradient. I've seen Joe do it in Canterbury New Zealand.
Regards,
John Ensoll.
Really ?
I remember Martin Simmons and Joe Wurts theorizi
tuttgart.de/studweb/users/lrt/lrt28575/Homepage
>.htm
>
>Mike
>
>- Original Message -
>From: Brett Jaffee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 7:03 PM
>Subject: [RCSE] DS'ing with no hill
>
>
>
ssage-
From: Brett Jaffee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 12:03 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [RCSE] DS'ing with no hill
Saw this posted on the F3F group...
http://studweb.studserv.uni-stuttgart.de/studweb/users/lrt/lrt28575/News.htm
Scroll down near the
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 7:03 PM
Subject: [RCSE] DS'ing with no hill
> Saw this posted on the F3F group...
>
>
http://studweb.studserv.uni-stuttgart.de/studweb/users/lrt/lrt28575/News.htm
>
> Scroll down near the bottom to check out the 3 videos
At 10:04 PM 5/16/2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Jim, who's plane are you going to use? I'd let you use one of mine, but I'm
>almost out, down to three or four or something... :)
I figured I'd put the tow hook back on the mini ellipse and talk Kallevang
into letting me use his yellow garden hos
In a message dated 05/16/2001 7:44:25 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> At 07:03 PM 5/16/2001, Brett Jaffee wrote:
> >Scroll down near the bottom to check out the 3 videos of these guys
DS'ing
> >a stand of trees after winch launching from a flat field.
>
> Looked like
>Today I went back to the DS
site to test my new F3F toys, the wind was perfect this time.
>I gave the JW another try,
and it turned into a DS monster this time.
What
was different about the second time? Stronger wind? Different
direction? Sounds like maybe the first time there jus
I suggest LSSLeague for Smashing Sailplanes.
- Original Message -
From: "Dave Wenzlick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "George Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2000 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: [RCSE] DS'ing
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In a message dated 11/5/00 8:21:31 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< The point here is that if you Don't blow up as many planes, despite the
fact that you are flying as much and as aggressively as the rest of the guys,
does this make you less of a DS pilot? I sure wouldn't say that about Joe!
A small elite group of true combat pilots had a similar name back in the late 80's,
taken from the place we used to fly that looked over the bay inside of Newport Beach:
"Bad Boys of Back Bay"
We flew an unusual little 50" composite model called the "Air-Tic" (once it gets on
you it can't be s
At 06:09 PM 11/4/00 -0800, Dieter @ ShredAir wrote:
>Regarding the achievement program, Scott Hewett started one years ago when
>DS still meant diddly squat... :o)
Does that mean you west coast boys will be starting a Backside Boys
Club? rotfl
Steve Meyer http://SOARchicago.com/stmeyer/
[EM
Mike,
try to fly closer to the ground, smaller circle or use a better plane.
Raymond Wong
Hong Kong
Mike Kovacs wrote:
> I am sloping at Mansfield Dam in Austin. Great dam
> for sloping. Tried DS and this is what happened.
>
> Came in from above. Got below boundary layer, and the
> plane jus
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