RE: [RCSE] High-Start Story

2005-04-19 Thread Bruce Hobbs
My story involves the destruction of my first molded ship and a valuable lesson learned. I had this wonderful flying Xantipa, a 127 16.5 /1.00 high aspect ration sailplane that Skip imported. Weighed a metric ton but really soars well. About 1000 squares and 83 oz. As a new sailplane pilot the

Re: [RCSE] High-Start Story

2005-04-17 Thread Chuck Anderson
Don't have any high start stories because I have never owned one. I started thermal soaring with power pod models in 1964. When I decided to give pure thermal soaring a try in 1971, I built a gasoline powered winch around an ancient cast iron Briggs and Stratton 3 hp engine. When the