Hmmmm...I have a Windrifter in my garage with an arrow in it...How did that get there?
Mark Miller --- tony estep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here are some from the archives. In the interest of > discretion, authors > are not named. > > If you feel that the "purity" of the sport is ruined > by technology then > you need to go back to your cave and glue sticks > together with glue > that you made yourself from a horse that you > butchered... > ******************* > ...let me suggest that the messages in the F3J > discussion be printed > out in hard copy, piled in a big hill somewhere at > the Muncie AMA site, > and covered with a layer of dirt, so that we can > have slope soaring > competition at the NATS. > ******************* > Mr. Biswas remained...doodling and thinking...and > soon the paper was > covered with repetitions, in various styles, of the > letters RES, a > combination he found challenging and beautiful... > ******************* > No matter where the zoom is initiated from, for > quickest acceleration, > point the nose directly at the turnaround... > ******************* > A ten foot span wing with a ramin spar can be > capable of taking a > tension of about 150 pounds on the winch line > without breaking. Such a > spar would use 1/4x3/4 ramin for the top spar cap at > the wing root and > 1/8x3/4 ramin for the bottom spar cap at the root. > ******************* > DP was the best pilot at the contest, which was > reflected in the > scores. He is an otherworldly pilot in speed, > without peer. > ******************* > One can pay for a myriad of aerodynamic sins with an > extra 50 ft of > launch altitude. > ******************* > They contain slick IC-based digital electronics, > lithium batteries, > carbon fiber, fiberglass, aramid, teflon, nylon, > laser-cut and > machine-shaped balsa, and a lot of computer hours > that probably got > charged to some project that was not identified as > model-airplane > related. Not surprisingly, they are expensive. > ******************* > Hey, look at that, Bozo, That's the way ya do it, > flying gliders in the > F3B > That ain't workin', That's the way ya do it, > You get your moldies for nuthin' and your kits for > free. > > (chorus) > We get to install Multiplex servos, custom molded by > CNC, > We've got to hinge these ruddervators, Get our shots > to go to Turkeee. > > And what's that? Hollow molded noises? > Screamin' through the speed run, from base A to B. > Oh, that ain't workin' that's the way ya do it > You get your moldies for nuthin' and your kits for > free. > > I want my > I want my > I want my F3B > ******************* > AND FINALLY..... > > With the first shot the arrow went through the > bottom of the fuselage > and up through the wing. Gave it a yank and it all > came crashing down. > I still have the Windrifter with the arrow in it. It > seemed like a > better idea to keep it as is than fly it again. > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane > News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that > subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in > text only format with MIME turned off. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
