RE: [RCSE] Loss of airplane, and - how to find it

2004-08-28 Thread John Derstine
] -Original Message- From: James V Bacus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 12:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] Loss of airplane, and - how to find it . The other thing the Picolario can do is if you have a PCM system, it can be set up to transmit

Re: [RCSE] Loss of airplane, and - how to find it

2004-08-27 Thread Peter
More Piccolario stories, I did loss my 2m Duck a week ago. With the Piccolario reporting, I was going in. As the plane got closer to the ground (full crow) the voice became more distorted. On the ground It reported 4 feet. I lost the signal temporally walking closer to the plane. This is a good thi

RE: [RCSE] Loss of airplane, and - how to find it

2004-08-27 Thread KC
Hopefully you'll be able to open this link. The ESL has been using this system for a long time and it seems expensive - until the first time you need one. http://forums.flyesl.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=95 Kerry > > > DIRECTIONAL!! > > > > Anything that transmits a signal from the plane and could

Re: [RCSE] Loss of airplane, and - how to find it

2004-08-27 Thread Bill Swingle
DIRECTIONAL!! Anything that transmits a signal from the plane and could be received directionally would be priceless. Bill Swingle RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscrib

Re: [RCSE] Loss of airplane, and - how to find it

2004-08-27 Thread James V. Bacus
Actually, I stated that wrong, it won't say "attention!" but will give you an announcement that you didn't initiate, here is how you do it... (From the Picolario user manual, which is online) Failsafe detection with PCM receiver   They have a predefined setting. You can use the requested altitud

Re: [RCSE] Loss of airplane, and - how to find it

2004-08-27 Thread James V. Bacus
That's a cool story, I hadn't heard that before. The other thing the Picolario can do is if you have a PCM system, it can be set up to transmit "Attention!" anytime your system goes into fail-safe or fail-hold. At 11:28 AM 8/27/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Picolario is more than meets the e

[RCSE] Loss of airplane, and - how to find it

2004-08-27 Thread GordySoar
The Picolario is more than meets the eye or ear.   While it does have altitude reporting, vario and battery voltage reporting and some memory functions as well, it has one feature that is not as well understood.   Thats its 'glitch' warning system.   When a glitch happens, the girl reports "at