Re: [RCSE] This winter is getting long ..

2003-01-30 Thread Mark Drela
>Winter? Whats that? Oh I remember - >that is when it rains a little down >here, and gets down to 15C for a month >or so. >Klaus K Weiss >Sydney, Australia So I can assume the skiing sucks too, eh? :-) Mark "at least one toy for any kind of weather" Drela Boston, MA RCSE-List facilities

Re: [RCSE] This winter is getting long ..

2003-01-30 Thread Steven Bixby
> Why in the world would you need to build 30? You said it yourself, Chuck.! > Good Sailaires never die. They just float away. (Wishing I'd grabbed a kit while they were in regular production) RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" reques

Re: [RCSE] This winter is getting long ..

2003-01-29 Thread Jeff Nibler
Hahaha, I'm afraid to ask. From: "James V. Bacus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You just need the dual venturi nose intake mod., Capn' Jack our LSF president can detail that modification for the Sailaire as he invented it. Perhaps someone has a picture of it on the net somewhere... 8-) Jim Downers G

Re: [RCSE] This winter is getting long ..

2003-01-29 Thread James V. Bacus
At 07:16 PM 1/29/2003, Jeff Nibler wrote: I've heard the Sailaire is a dead duck in sink though. You just need the dual venturi nose intake mod., Capn' Jack our LSF president can detail that modification for the Sailaire as he invented it. Perhaps someone has a picture of it on the net somewh

Re: [RCSE] This winter is getting long ..

2003-01-29 Thread Jeff Nibler
A good thread indeed. I'm almost done restoring a Sailaire. All that's left is to cover one of the wings, install the spoilers, paint the fuse, install the receiver and balance it. There's a RES contest this Sunday and I'm hoping I have it done it time to compete. There will likely be no win

Re: [RCSE] This winter is getting long ..

2003-01-29 Thread Brett Jaffee
Monkey King wrote: > > Hey, that brings up a good thread: rather than "What planes have you > bought but not built," let's ask "What are you building?" Hmmmhaving finally completed my first big plane, a Sting-DS (woohoo...first flight was last week), I move on to projects that were previousl

RE: [RCSE] This winter is getting long ..

2003-01-29 Thread Rense Lange
I've been updating and remodeling my Sharon and XP3. The latter needed dents removed and I changed the wing servos. Due of a variety of circumstances I haven't had time to fly either plane all that much, but next season I intend to go full blast. I want to practice and become good enough to go to