Harley, You forgot my current project, The RES-MAXX. I hope to have a kit available to the public by the end of summer. Jouster 2 after that. More fun stuff in the works too that I won't mention until it is time.
Whether or not you are on any list compiled by others you are on mine. Mt list is for very special and talented persons not to mention all around great guys. Mark http://www.isthmusmodels.com --- Harley Michaelis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm going to ask that my name be withdrawn from the > informal Soaring Hall of > Fame list and would like to see others follow suit > unless they have more to > talk about than I do. > > I consider only contributions beneficial to many > others as a basis for > inclusion in the list. Contest rankings and > recognition for such do not > count. > > If there is any basis for my inclusion, it would be > based on very few > things, as follows: > > Before any US R/C sailplane kits appeared, I started > doing original designs > for scratch-building. Early ones published, starting > 1969, were the > Duo-flex, Tri-belle, Miskeet, Spirit of Freedom, > Hi-Pro and Mod-Pod and > later the Atrix, Keetah, Jouster, recent Jouster 2 > and the Buzzbat and the > Orca slopers. All total, 16 designs were published. > Many, many original > construction techniques and control system ideas > were involved. > > Hundreds of scratch-builders built these and I got > loads of pics from guys > who built, flew and praised them. I designed the > Easy Eagle for the original > ACE R/C. Counting this kit, Miskeet, Mod-Pod and > Hi-Pro, some 5,000 were > sold. Of these, the Jouster and J2 successor are the > most versatile of the > thermal ships. Jouster led to my all-time favorite > design, the vacuum-bagged > GENIE. See > http://www.proptwisters.org/genie/genie.html. Of > course, > scratch-builders are a vanishing breed and few have > built this one. > > I proposed the % of Perfect scoring system to the > NWSS board about 1970 and > after we used this a while it got into general use > as detailed in the AMA > rulebook. > > I discovered how flat surgical rubber could be used > for hinging butt-fitted > surfaces. ACE R/C packaged strips of the stuff as > "Harley's Hinges", but > never advertised them other than in their catalog. > Wood is needed on both > sides of the hingeline and I still use them in my > ships for rudder > operation. > > The one thing I've done that has real merit with > wide application is > developing the concept of the all-internal Rotary > Driver System for moving > ailerons and flaps, etc. Kimbrough Products elected > to injection mold the > couplers that fit over the servo output gear to make > this practical. I put a > huge website together, > http://www.proptwisters.org/rds2/ that details > everything. My work on the RDS concept was meant as > payback for the pleasure > of being involved in this great hobby since I was a > little kid. > > Other than the above, I've just been having fun in > the hobby and passing on > ideas that work well for me for others to enjoy. > > > Harley Michaelis, 26 S. Roosevelt, Walla Walla, WA > 99362, ph. (509) 529-2562 > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane > News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
