Re: [RCSE] Icon/High End

2007-12-16 Thread rcsoarnut
Steve ? Nah, yer thinkin of "high maintenance" Denny Maize www.polecataero.com 717-789-0146 -Original Message- From: S Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Daryl Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: soaring@airage.com Sent: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 4:11 pm Subject: Re

Re: [RCSE] Icon/High End

2007-12-16 Thread S Meyer
Daryl It is a strange name, but it still could qualify as one of your X's. Steve Meyer At 09:47 AM 12/13/2007, Daryl Perkins wrote: You Icon drivers get so dern judgemental. If you saw both models up close, there is no way a High End could be mistaken for an Icon - the High End is pretty. I h

RE: [RCSE] Icon/High End

2007-12-13 Thread Brian & Iva Smith
Sorta like racing pigeons.. To be good homers they had to look "just so" I won a bunch of races with some ugly birds, and the faster they came hope, the prettier they got.. My 2 cents about that (grin) Brian Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:45:19 -0700From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: RE: [RCSE] Icon/Hi

RE: [RCSE] Icon/High End

2007-12-13 Thread mark browning
ttier they became.. My 2 cents about looks of models. (grin) Brian Smith - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: B. Chan Cc: soaring Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 11:45 AM Subject: RE: [RCSE] Icon/High End So here is my take on looks... Form follows function.pe

Re: [RCSE] Icon/High End

2007-12-13 Thread davidhauch
dang! he is alive! :-) Dave Hauch www.rc-builds.com Did someone mention an ICON? ;-) Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "sub

Re: [RCSE] Icon/High End

2007-12-13 Thread James V. Bacus
Did someone mention an ICON? ;-) Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] P

Re: [RCSE] Icon/High End

2007-12-13 Thread B. Chan
At 12:52 PM -0500 12/13/07, Mike Lachowski wrote: Beauty is in the thermal.. The sailplane just give you a way to see it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Again, like the posts show, beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder. If I can see thermal, I don't need the pretty plane. So I need a

Re: [RCSE] Icon/High End

2007-12-13 Thread Chuck Anderson
AS my friend said when I called his Sailaire ugly, "They are all pretty when specked out". But that was back in the day when soaring was the objective. :) Chuck Anderson At 10:04 AM 12/13/2007, you wrote: Mr. Perkins' comment, "the High End is pretty", only proves the old adage, "beauty i

RE: [RCSE] Icon/High End

2007-12-13 Thread mike
very Zen brother Lachowski very Zen indeed.   M Original Message Subject: Re: [RCSE] Icon/High EndFrom: Mike Lachowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Thu, December 13, 2007 10:52 amTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Cc: "B. Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, soaring Beauty is in the thermal.. The sailplan

Re: [RCSE] Icon/High End

2007-12-13 Thread Brian Smith
PROTECTED] To: B. Chan Cc: soaring Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 11:45 AM Subject: RE: [RCSE] Icon/High End So here is my take on looks... Form follows function.period. The more you fly the gliders you like and identify the particular aspects of one vs. another design tha

Re: [RCSE] Icon/High End

2007-12-13 Thread Mike Lachowski
Beauty is in the thermal.. The sailplane just give you a way to see it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Again, like the posts show, beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTEC

RE: [RCSE] Icon/High End

2007-12-13 Thread mike
So here is my take on looks...   Form follows function.period.  The more you fly the gliders you like and identify the particular aspects of one vs. another design that you like and dislike, you tend to trend toward those favorable aspects.  You tend to see those aspects as right, correct, nice

Re: [RCSE] Icon/High End

2007-12-13 Thread Joe Rodriguez
m<mailto:soaring@airage.com> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 8:04 AM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Icon/High End Mr. Perkins' comment, "the High End is pretty", only proves the old adage, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". It's pretty much common knowledge

Re: [RCSE] Icon/High End

2007-12-13 Thread Jim Deck
Mr. Perkins' comment, "the High End is pretty", only proves the old adage, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". It's pretty much common knowledge that the days of "beautiful" sailplanes ended with the last Dodgson design. Jim Deck RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News