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From: Joe Wurts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 10:56 PM
To: 'RCSE'; Bill Rakozy
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Subject: Re: [RCSE] XC story
Not much of a story here.
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Subject: RE: [RCSE] XC story
Actually a great narrative Joe.
I had my first taste of XC (of any kind) at the NATS this year. Granted,
the inbound course that was finally adopted for the scale guys was more
like driving around a NASCAR track, but it opened my eyes to the
potential fun
Great thread, guys. Thanks for sharing.
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Subject: Re: [RCSE] XC story
I queried the vario at
one point for altitude and got in response 5463 ft in altitude. It was
pretty darned high... and I was scared to push too hard because I was afraid
of using too much down elevator. Fortunately
Believe it or not, one thing I have learned in this hobby is how to watch
and listen. There are some really skilled guys willing to share what they
know, but not many guys that are ready just to listen and not constantly
challenge what the individual is saying, shortening the lesson
Not much of a story here. I thought that the equipment that was in it was
still fine, after all it worked last year... (!) Turned out that the brand
X Rx xtal had detuned itself. As I was kinda stupid and didn't do a range
check, I found out about the ~100 ft range on the tow. The plane went
That was a great story. I love X/C but just don't get to do it often
enough. My longest run seems so minuscule now. 8-)
P.S. American muscle cars and X/C, what a cool combination!
At 09:56 PM 9/28/2004, Joe Wurts wrote:
Not much of a story here.
Jim
Downers Grove, IL
Member of the Chicago
Hi Joe,
Is anyone doing XC with scale ships (big - 6 meter plus say) down your way?
Joe Wurts wrote:
After the dark cloud hovering over me moved off to a safe distance, Jim
Rolle graciously offered up his backup SBXC plane for my use
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Simon Van Leeuwen
RADIUS SYSTEMS
PnP SYSTEMS - The
At 09:56 PM 9/28/2004, Joe Wurts wrote
snip Not much of a story here. snio
Sorry but I must disagree. This is a great story. We need more like this
instead of all the bashing that has been going on lately. Wish we had more
suitable sites for cross country.
Chuck Anderson
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Joe,
Nice story.
At 09:56 PM 9/28/2004, Joe Wurts wrote:
... check, I found out about the ~100 ft range on the tow. The plane went up
the line, the vario started announcing in a cultured voice, Attention,
attention, attent... splat.
So she never said Pull Up! - Pull Up! ? :-)
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and I could
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