RE: [RCSE] HLG Cost???

2002-06-07 Thread Mark Miller
Oh, and by the way. I don't see there being a problem with the cost of a DLG today. I think they are worth every penny and maybe more. What I object to is the opinion that you NEED to spend that kind of money to have fun. Fun comes in many forms. For some it is beating the latest, greatest, bigges

RE: [RCSE] HLG Cost???

2002-06-07 Thread Douglas, Brent
i like that - i think i'd fly all 3 - DLG, JHLG, 1.5M TD i do see the benefit of the DLG for folks with bad backs, etc - I just miss the fly-fishing quality of the 'old' HLG class. Brent RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" reque

Re: [RCSE] HLG Cost...Sport? or Hobby?

2002-06-07 Thread Tracy Brown
It is one thing to be an advocate for a product that you are fond of and use regularly but it is entirely another thing to be a shill for a manufacturer and not represent it as such. You are getting paid for the website, correct? You are affiliated closely with the developer of that plane, corr

RE: [RCSE] HLG Cost???

2002-06-07 Thread Mark Miller
We here in Madison Wisconsin have been using mini high starts for years for some of the tasks in our annual HLG contests. At the Woodcrafters gathering a few weeks back we had a quickly put together HLG contest using mini high starts. It was a different format using a strike out concept with MOM f

Re: [RCSE] HLG cost

2002-06-07 Thread James Osborn
Joe G wrote: > [snip] > So this ones for you Denny, Fred, Tom, Oleg, Joe, Daryl, Sal (yea even Sal > deserves to make a living) and all you other producers and suppliers of > SOARhead products THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO Don't forget "Don" and "Phil" (Don Peters and Phil Pearson) at Mapleleaf Desi

[RCSE] HLG Cost...Sport? or Hobby?

2002-06-07 Thread Mike Kovacs
I love this hobby...aviation is my passion. I believe you must determine for yourself whether you are in DLG for the sport or the hobby. I fly the Avenger 2 DLG from Jancomodels at http://www.jancomodels.com The Avenger is a Sport DLG for the new DLGer. It flies great, launches great, and

Re: [RCSE] HLG cost

2002-06-07 Thread Dick Barker
Wow! Guess you got me and my UpLink DLG pegged right. For this year's IHLGF I drove about 1400 miles in my 1995 Geo Prizm while wearing last years jeans cutoffs. I did save one of my almost new 2001 SASS 2 day hlg tees to wear on Saturday. Didn't see any real fancy dress types or super fancy cars

Re: [RCSE] HLG cost

2002-06-07 Thread Joe G
ers and suppliers of SOARhead products THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO Joe Gullett Spring Hill, Tennessee Original Message Follows From: "gldr guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RCSE] HLG cost Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 18:41:31 -07

RE: [RCSE] HLG Cost???

2002-06-07 Thread Douglas, Brent
<< be a good idea to hold contests where you can only use a javelin HLG >> I see this a lot, and I've thought the same thing - really, at what point does the discus launch put HLG into the same category as thermal duration?? if you can run 7 minute tasks from a throw, what makes that different th

[RCSE] HLG Cost???

2002-06-07 Thread Charles Miller
Good Morning!! This is an interesting thread concerning cost... This isn't an unfamiliar thread..It happens every year right after the IHLG competition.. The first thing I will say is that everyone,, I mean everyone!! Has the opportunity to make their own DLG.. Or open class ship.. Just come up wi