[RCSE] Shot Down

2002-10-23 Thread ross_d_lewis_jr
A very good Communication Receiver is avaliable from Ralph Weaver at www.magtechinc.net I have had a Yaesu VR-500 for about 6 months now. It comes programmed to receive all the Air Channels. It will scan until it hits an active channel then stop. Very useful just to see who is up and how stron

[RCSE] shot down

2002-10-22 Thread Bill Scott
Here in the uk, we have a couple of suppliers of frequency monitors www.smservices.net , look under test units www.mainlink.demon.co.uk www.micronradiocontrol.fsnet.co.uk , this is where I got my unit from a few years ago, but I couldn't see it on their webpage. These units are only useful t

[RCSE] Shot down... not sure

2002-10-22 Thread David J. Schat
Just found out my Futaba rx that crashed in my Sapphire at Visalia had a damaged ceramic crystal filter. Can't know if it was due to the crash or caused the crash. Regardless, praise to Larry and CVRC for addressing the concerns of shoot downs. Knowing how abrupt TD landings are I think I'll be

Re: [RCSE] Shot down personally

2002-10-19 Thread John L. Baird
Scary thought, maybe there should be assigned channels for backyard flyers. I believe RC Cars have assigned channels - Original Message - From: "Loren Blinde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 10:51 PM Subject: [RCSE] Shot do

[RCSE] Shot down personally

2002-10-18 Thread Loren Blinde
This thread rings close to home tonite. Earlier this evening our club was giving a demo for some school kids at a small field in suburban big-money acreage land. I flew a tried and trusted Quaker old-timer with at least a couple hundred flights logged (yes, it had an engine, no, it was off, bu