----- Original Message ----- From: "Lincoln Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 1:09 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] 3 function, RES, Nostalgia....../ reduce it to two
> To wring higher performance, I would get another Io, only beefed up. Won > some contests with this, I think it landed better than my Sagitta 600. > Ailerons and rudder mechanically mixed, and spoilers. Of course would > have to leave off the spoilers. I don't think the Io is what the rule > writers envisioned, tho it was fun. Too bad it was so fragile. > > Have you tried building with a good cartridge filter mask, and with a t > shirt and fancy furnace filter over a box fan? > > Leaving out the spoilers would certainly make the landings more > difficult, but I want a suit of armor if I have to land about the same > time as someone else who may not be experienced. > > Richard Hallett wrote: > > Contests have usually in many areas ended in being landing contests > > > > Since everyone is flying over the same square miles I would suggest that we > > should have only two servos for rudder and elevator. > > > > We have now increased the difficulty of the landing factor to help in > > defining skill. > > > snip snip > > > > My two cents - throw out the spoilers. At that point you might be able to > > say instead of RE the "two servo class" meaning the only limitation will be > > the two servos. I wonder how someone would wring higher performance with > > just two servos beyond the expected?? > > > > Personally because I hack and cough so badly with balsa I would not enter a > > contest requiring a balsa based model. > > > > Rick > > > > -- > Lincoln Ross > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
