I would like to publicly thank the SOAR club for putting on the Fred
this past weekend. Ron, Karl, the Crosby's, and all the other members
did a fantastic job running the contest and providing for the pilots
every need. From organization to scoring to equipment everything was run
great. Not to
Hey guys,
We lost JW to one of those places where the toilet water circles the other
way, but he's still represent'n for us Americans! Doing the right thing,
being a friend to our fellow soaring enthusiasts! JW did a lot for a lot of
us
along the way, and he's continuing to contribute
My use will be for full size airplanes-
Thanks for the input, this gives me a good start.
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I wanted to thank the TPG club of San Diego for hosting a contest to benefit
the US F3J Team this past Sunday ( I wish I could have attended). It was
originally scheduled to be hosted in Riverside by the Inland Soaring Society,
but
was postponed due to weather.
Go to usf3jteam.com for
I feel that this is a hobby that is made more interesting by projects like
the 2.4 Carbon solution, bits and pieces of ideas, testing ,sharing and even
some arguing about it,,,the projects ;-).
Thanks for being part of the solution! I am seriously excited about this!
Yes its a problem
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Subject: [RCSE] Thanks Bruce! This is what the RCSE has excelled at!
I feel that this is a hobby that is made more interesting by projects like
the 2.4 Carbon solution, bits and pieces of ideas, testing ,sharing
I'm pleased to announce that the League of Silent Flight (LSF) has again
stepped up bigtime to support our US F3J soaring team!!! I just received a
nice check that will help us greatly in our fund raising efforts. This is a
big deal for a self sustaining non-profit group to contribute to our well
If you weren't there, you missed a great contest. It was well run, and
the winch and line changes they made really made the difference. Darwin
told me unofficially there were only 3 line breaks all weekend. The
winches were quite zippy, but not ludicrously powerful. If they hadn't
told us they had
The only place I can fly the BOT is on the slope site. It has no way to
launch on flat land sites. If I remember 2.0 did.
Cal
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Your Comentary could only be out done by Myself and John D, as we played the
ESPN sports Casters for the for the event,
You have to be sitting near us to hear the fun comemtary, with Special color
comentator Henry Bostick !
Sorry but no recordings...darn it..
At any rate I want to thank you
Thanks to everyone that got me going in the right direction.
The problem was I had HTML turned on (whatever that is) I never did
understand the difference between plain text, rich text and HTML but don't
get me started with what I don't know or understand.
Ed
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I had a pleasant surprise in finding, through RCSE,
that the local soaring club in my home town that I
thought had disbanded was still active and I am in the
process of joining that club.
This was made even better when another local soaring
enthusiast was guided to me and then on to the club by
Thanks for all the links on the Drela airfoils! Got what I
needed.
Dan Fink
Once again the Soaring League of North Texas hosted a great three days of sailplane flying. The weather was almost under control, with a few sprinkles on Friday and Saturday morning, but good lift on all three days.
I was an excellent opportunity to renew old acquaintances and make many new
Several people offered to help and I had the article in my hands in no time.
Thanks again RCSE!!!
Doug Turner
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Just a quick note to commend Horizon Hobby's service
department for once again quickly and efficiently repairing my much abused JR
783 transmitter without even once asking what kind ofspaz I am for having
messed it up in this fashion.
Tom H. NagelColumbus, OH
install the condoms, tie the knots,
WHOA!! This is more bonding than I want to know about.
Randy
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Jo,
When Rob Glover asked me if we should invite you to join our F3J crew at the NATS, I must admit to some apprehension. I knew that none of us were at the same level as you and I was worried that we might somehow cause you to be distracted from an outstanding performance.
I was dead WRONG!
Thanks guys for a very fun contest this past weekend.
I have not flown competitivly for a couple years due to one reason or
another, but this past weekend reminded me how much I enjoy hanging out with
other sailplane enthusiasts.
OVSS #1 was a great deal of fun for me and I was lucky enough to
Distance Calculation response was great. Thanks to all who answered!
Bill Rakozy
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Hi all,
Just feeling it and had to share Another spring has arrived here
in the Mid West, it has been a little rocky coming, but I believe we have
seen the last freeze until next October. Time to enjoy those summer time
activities with gusto and time to be ready for the fourth Wood
Wow, lots of replies to my request for advice on the mis-charge (hitec
charger on JR tx). Even spawned a little mano a mano debate there, sorry
about that.
As for the charging incident itself, it seems that I've done fairly little
damage, though one of my packs may not be what it used to be, a
A kind of crude test by turning the TX (only) on from a full charge
while putzing around at home, and waiting for the beeper to sound will
give you at least an idea of what to expect capacity-wise from what you
may remember before the charging incident.
Make sure to extend your antenna to
I want to thank the dad of the visitor from the San Diego area who was
flying at Vollmer Peak in Berkeley, California this morning. Not only
did you make it possible for me to fly by doing an excellent job of
launching my 3M Synergy 91 into what the records show to have been a
48mph gust on a
As has become a February tradition, I wish to thank CASL, Darwin, Mark, and
all those good guys and gals who ran the contest and activities. Got to
spend the day with my Mom on Friday and then had two great days of flying
after having a hell of a lot of off time from a really crappy winter here
Thanks to the group from CASL for a real nice contest.
Special thanks to Darwin for his usual teriffic and professional job.
**
Henry P. Schorz
Executive Vice President - Chief Scientist
ACT Litigation Services
27200 tourney
thanks again for a great event. Everyone we talked with
was very helpful and nice. We hope to be back next year.
John Perry Fruge
From: Mike Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/02/07 Mon PM 05:57:08 GMT
To: Daryl Perkins [EMAIL PROTECTED], soaring@airage.com
Subject: Re: [RCSE] Thanks CASL!
I
I too would like to express my gratitude to the CASL club for hosting
another fine event.
I had a great time, and am looking forward to next year's contest.
By the way, the new retrievers seemed to work very well. Nice work guys.
It was very nice to see some of the midwest glider guiders come
. Everyone we talked with was
very helpful and nice. We hope to be back next year.
John Perry Fruge
From: Mike Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/02/07 Mon PM 05:57:08 GMT
To: Daryl Perkins [EMAIL PROTECTED], soaring@airage.com
Subject: Re: [RCSE] Thanks CASL!
I too would like to express my
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From: John Fruge [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thursday I got food poisoning. (10 hours later about an hour out of
Phoenix. ) I found myself stopped on the side of the 10 freeway lying on
the rocks wanting to throw up and crap my pants at the same time.
Thats too funny John!
Thanks to all for a great time! Darwin and crew run an
efficient, yet relaxed contest.
The air was challenging at times, making for a
slightly thermal oriented event. Many of the top ten
fell out in the last 8 minute round, shaking the
scores up a bit. I think Edgar had me prior to the
last
try conk.widomaker.com/tmss/
.bcAG4YQ Williamsburg, VA
On Sat, 1 Jan 2005, Jerry Miller wrote:
Don,
Do you know what the TMSS web site URL is, or anyone else.
You know Don, I know your wife knows!! Just keep up the fast talk,
you'll keep winning, until she says; Don
Thanks to the Tidewater Model Soaring Society for a great day of thermal duration flying at their Isle of Wight flying site. A couple of days ago I was looking for an excuse to leave Virginia for warmer climes, but they brought it to me. The 70 degree weather was a welcome relief from the snow
Don,
Do you know what the TMSS web site URL is, or anyone else.
You know Don, I know your wife knows!! Just keep up the fast talk,
you'll keep winning, until she says; Don this is what WE are going to do.
Happy New Year from the left coast, well nearly.
Jerry Miller, SOSS
Medford, OR
At
: [RCSE] Thanks TMSS!
Don,
Do you know what the TMSS web site URL is, or anyone else.
You know Don, I know your wife knows!! Just keep up the fast talk,
you'll keep winning, until she says; Don this is what WE are going to do.
Happy New Year from the left coast, well nearly.
Jerry Miller
Thanks to all for advice on the battery chargers available. I ended
up picking a Schumacher automatic charger from Walmart for $44 including
tax. I even made a pigtail for it to charge my kids Powerwheels Ninja
and they couldn't be happier (the previous wallwart took 14 hours to
charge it,
Thanks for the answers to the Drela/molded plane question. Looks like
theres a few
molded designs using Drela airfoils just around the corner.
Walter
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Thanks to all who replied! I apologize for my waste of the band width, my
previous mail account proved to be so terribly unreliable, not to mention
slow, that I had to change accounts.
Tim
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Greetings!
Just started settling in here and thinking of the great weekend at the SWC.
I want to thank the CASL members for all their hard work to bring us a great
SWC this year. I felt the contest was run smooth and the field set up very
comfortable.
It reminded me of the old field, very much the
I had a great weekend in Chicago. After a grueling drive through
Chicago traffic Steve Siebenaler and I arrived at the practice field
about 3 in the afternoon. 10K cross country attempt by Jack Strother
in progress, Jim Bacus and Steve Meyer had just finished their 2K. The
boys got me in
Just a short note to thank those that gave advise on list on appropriate
meteorology books.
I have aquired Essentials of Meteorology - An Invitation to the Atmosphere
by C. Donald Ahrens and Meteorology for Glider pilots by C.E.Wallington -
both excellent.
Thank you.
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Thanks to those that sent details of attaching "V"
tails.
Ed
The pleasure was ours, and we hope to see you again
soon...either here or there.
Very glad you enjoyed it...in spite of me...8^)
Jack Womack
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This past weekend I had the privilege and
pleasure of flying in the
Deep South contest hosted by the Houston
Thanks to all who responded to my inquiry about Stylus batteries. Buzz Averill
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I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has helped me with my Ninja
questions since I got it. Its fully built and has flown a few tosses at the
park. I had to adjust the CG, but that's it. The FG reinforcement helped
alot. See my website (which is a brand new design just published today)
Thanks for all the advice I received on doing the discus launch. My problem
was how I wrapped my fingers around the launching peg. Now, I just bend my
fingers 90 degrees and the plane releases straight everytime. Before I was
hooking around the peg, thinking I could straighten my fingers just
0.03936996 of an inch.
Gary Baldwin
Tallahassee, Florida
What's 1 mm anyway.
Happy thermals, Rick BothellOn vacation for one week with no planes
and no work shop.
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Thanks for the Form,
Looks like I'll be able to join the rest of you for some
fun under the sun...
Bring your electrics!!!
Edgar
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Thanks to all who responded about the Portland sites This list is a
very valuble tool!
Cheers
Charlie
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Good Evening!
I want to take this time to thank Dave Wenzlick and the whole CASL club for
another great contest!
Even with some early winch problems, They still got it handled! My hats off
to you guys!
The conditions were by far the most challenging at the SWC I have
encountered in the 4 years
Hi everybody,
Thanks again, for all the usefull information I needed to proceed
with what I am doing with my balsa skins. You guys rule! Im telling
ya You cant find a better source than this list. =)Happy holidays!!!
Thanks so much,
Thanks to all of you that answered my question about five cell packs. I
should have known that Jack Perecman knew what he was talking about when he
told me the current draw was higher, thus the flying time would not increase
and might even decrease. But being a life long skeptic I had to ask.
I wish the big brown truck would roll up and bring my replacement wing for my
Multiplex ASH26.The one that failed in flight.They
must be sending this one over from Germany on the Mayflower.
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Thanks Jack!
Thanks for the application site for the nat's!!!
cheers
Charlie
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Hey all,
Thanks a lot for the 347 info. I will be buying the gws 6 channel receiver.
Best regards,
Marc Webster
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Thanks to everyone that has replied about my junk sale.
Have gotten a lot of replies already. Idont want to ship anything
thats why the junk will be for sale at Spring Fling. As far as prices, I
dont have a clue, I'll just take B/O at Spring Fling.
Dont really want to part out the ASW22- I
sure he will get back to you. Gear (The Soaring Junkie) Vera was also kind
enough to let me fly his new Organic. Man that thing is light. It fly's a
lot like a 2M HLG. It is very responsive and will go up on a gopher fart.
I have yet to find one of these gophers that fart on command. Does
Thanks guys!
Dave
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Thanks for all the replys, at least I know that some of you survived the
winter!
Denny Maize
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Thanks to all the replies to my question for Holladay's web address.
Ed
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Many thanks for all the sources for kevlar thread. I got enough to last a
llifetime.
Denny
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Thanks to all that responded to my HLG Wanted request.
Got a nice Spectra at a reasonable price.
Gordon.
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Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 11:06 AM
Subject: [RCSE] Thanks
Thanks to all that replied about the tape
Got it commin,,
Cheers
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of course!
http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/Other_Groups/K-12/airplane/wrong1.html
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Subject: Re: [RCSE] Thanks to all
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 19:25:10 -0500
Dana,
could you share the nasa page with us
Thanks to all who responded to my Obeechi finishing question. Seems like
many suggested a 2 stage epoxy squeegee/water based urethane type finish.
Will give
it a try . Walter
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Thanks to every one who gave me info on the Thermal Eagle and Robertson
trilerons. Walter
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It seems like everyone is using a hot
wire to create the tunnels.
I like the dowel and sandpaper idea to
enlarge the tunnel to the proper size.
Thanks again
John Thomas
Frisco, CO
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thanks guys!
luis
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Thanks for the space. Banshee and 7UGF, SOLD . from Jim Yearman.
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Thanks to all involved for a great time. Finally made it to Cali for some
wind, and boy did it blow! gusts of over 45mph were recorded with HUGE
lift. Never seen a boomerang fluttering as it was carried to the slope!
Not even flying just holding it there fluttered the surfaces! Wow!
Serious
Hi All
Al, The Bag Lady
I would like to thank every one on the list for all the help I received.
Also for the positive attitude I have encountered.
Thank you very much!
Al
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Thanks for the help finding a Boomerang - about 12 respondants.
Oh ya' please respond back to Mario with E Zagi info.
-Spud Boy
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Okay, everyone, I got the antenna length (Boy, did I ever get it!), though
probably you all should keep measuring your antennas and keep on posting,
cause I only have about twenty replies so far, and I'd really like to do a
statistical averaging of all the Hitec rx's on the exchange. I'll plot
Got two deals in the works
tnx to all!
jtm
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Subject: [RCSE] Anyone got a Tetra FM for Sale?
Ordered a spare crystal just in case I could find a Tetra
Well I ordered my Dove II wing from NSP and was told it would be a
couple of weeks before it would be available. 4 days later I have my
wing and it looks great. 6" of snow on the ground here. I can't wait
for the warm up and the soaring season to begin.
Denny
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Thank you to all who responded to a request for info on V tail setup.
This is from the Scouts-L list.
Subject: Forward... The Moon
A pre-millennial event of some note; since there are no unplanned
moments in nature, this one could be a reminder of how grand
nature's plan can appear to us.
As usual, the list has replied and in large numbers. Thanks to everyone
that replied to my request concerning info on the Legend. I received too
many e-mails to reply to each individual separately.
Thanks again,
Brian Turner
Montgomery, AL
To all that replied to my email regarding the use of a hotbox with a
composite wing layup. thank you!!! Well it looks like I will be ditching
the hotbox and using an electric blanket instead.
Thanks a lot everybody
Marc Webster
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Thanks;
Everyone who helped me on the HS50 problem! Its wonderful to get this
kind of advice.
Tom from Paso
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