I will have at Visilia a nice 2 meter Ship. Wings are Fred Sage Carbon/Glass and Sledgers 2m Fuse with Fred Sage Stabs plane has all HS 85 servos MG's in the...
Michael Morjoseph
mmorjoseph@...
Oct 1, 2004 7:00 am
128078
To all. . .who responded. Thank you. I've learned that the document involved was stored on bad clusters doing a 4 hour Surface Scan with the Norton Program. I...
Harley Michaelis
harleym@...
Oct 1, 2004 8:16 am
128079
War stories: My father related this incident about a takeoff in a fully loaded B-17 about to embark on mission forty-something over Europe. He was lead in the...
Jim Porter
airportr@...
Oct 1, 2004 10:04 am
128080
... the 368, however I have found differing specs between the two. DS361 28x30x13mm 18g 0.15s/40deg DS368 28x30x13mm 22g 0.11s/40deg The two...
Jim Porter
airportr@...
Oct 1, 2004 10:26 am
128081
The correct way to limit launches is on the motor side, not on the line side. Broken lines just slow down contests and make everyone unhappy. The only way to...
Michael Lachowski
mikel@...
Oct 1, 2004 12:14 pm
128082
For those who have been requesting a metric mode for FlightView, version 2.4 is now posted at the website. Go to _www.soaringcircuits.com_ ...
RCBrustEE@...
Oct 1, 2004 1:27 pm
128083
... This is getting better than "Gordy" thread.... Brian RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to...
Brian Chan
bhchan@...
Oct 1, 2004 2:51 pm
128084
Jack Womack wrote about using weak line. Suggest using weak link and fairly strong line. Easier to deal with a line break that way, and less breaks due to...
Lincoln Ross
lincolnr@...
Oct 1, 2004 2:58 pm
128085
It appears that my copy of "Understanding Polars without Math" is missing. I loaned it to a friend some time ago and he not only can't find it but doesn't even...
Bill Swingle
bill.swingle@...
Oct 1, 2004 3:15 pm
128086
Gordy is the difference !! -- Jack Strother Granger, IN LSF 2948 LSF Level V #117 LSF Official 1996 - 2004 CSS Gold...
strotherbj@...
Oct 1, 2004 3:18 pm
128087
... From: "Michael Lachowski" <mikel@...> To: <shrederman@...> Cc: <soaring@...> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 7:28 AM Subject: Re:...
Tim Bennett
timben@...
Oct 1, 2004 3:55 pm
128088
Jim, When I was about 15, I read "Flying Forts" by Martin Caidin. I was truly impressed by the punishment that the plane could endure and still bring her crews...
Howard Mark
MHoward@...
Oct 1, 2004 4:26 pm
128089
My club, the Coffee Airfoilers. developed a tension limiter winch about 30 years ago. It was published in the Jan/Feb 1977 issue of Sailplane and a number of...
Chuck Anderson
canderson37@...
Oct 1, 2004 5:21 pm
128090
I'm ready to install my pushrods in my AVA. They are going to be run on the outside of the fuse. Does anyone have a photo or 2 where they cut the pod for the...
George Voss
gavoss@...
Oct 1, 2004 5:37 pm
128091
I built one of these, back then, had it for many years, as well. that thing trainred many of the Cincinnati club, so many years ago, I ended up giving the...
strotherbj@...
Oct 1, 2004 5:38 pm
128092
"The only way to avoid line breaks from the normal wear and tear on the line across the field is to go to the 280-300 lb line." Michael, You can still use the...
John & Linda
John@...
Oct 1, 2004 6:00 pm
128093
... From: "George Voss" <gavoss@...> ... the ... This link shows one guy's pushrod exit holes. ...
Jon Stone
jbddestone@...
Oct 1, 2004 6:24 pm
128094
Jerry Miller, I had posted a Quasoar standard / unlimited sailplane, stab and rudder built, wings resady to sheet, nothing done to the fuselage, every thing...
DUTCHMANN30@...
Oct 1, 2004 6:27 pm
128095
This thread reminded me of a joke I heard long ago, about the moron pilot in the UPS 727. The 727 was specially designed for short runways, which made it a ...
MSu1049321@...
Oct 1, 2004 6:39 pm
128096
Can someone put me in touch with one of the club members for the group that runs Visalia? I'd love to get a cell phone number of someone who will be out there...
Nathan Woods
nathan@...
Oct 1, 2004 6:52 pm
128097
One of the lightest, most durable, best flying competition ships around.......and not $1800! FS01 airfoil, light stab and rudder option, hand selected...
Bruce Hobbs
dynasoar@...
Oct 1, 2004 7:41 pm
128098
... Personally, I find a Stainless Steel ruler makes a perfect resistor. For launching my 2m woodie, I use a 15" SS ruler trimmed and with holes about 12"...
Andrew E. Mileski
andrewm@...
Oct 1, 2004 9:33 pm
128099
Flew off of one about 30 years ago and it was set to 40 pounds. I loved it as my Camano could do a full pedal on it and I got the best launches I ever did with...
Jack Iafret
Jiafret@...
Oct 1, 2004 9:36 pm
128100
Erich, You're right, I got very few responses to my query. Seems people either don't know or they are too busy bashing Gordy and whining about landing tasks....
Winch
winch@...
Oct 1, 2004 10:20 pm
128101
Please don't ruin your beautiful AVA by putting Nyrods on the outside of the fuselage! That should be illegal.. :-) ... RCSE-List facilities provided by Model...
Doug Turner
sevenbravo@...
Oct 2, 2004 1:27 am
128102
Actually, more likely is it will just slow down the contest, replacing the weak links. As I said, it's not the line that's the problem, it's the motor and...
Michael Lachowski
mikel@...
Oct 2, 2004 2:56 am
128103
"He is a legend alright--infamous as well as informative--gregarious and a hoot :-) !! Not everybody's cup of tea, a great guy :-) !! A Dave Berry ...
Paul & Rickie Clark
pclark@...
Oct 2, 2004 3:32 am
128104
Gordy still has the right stuff, in a simple landing contest... just for grins, keep in mind, they were out shooting landing today trying to hit a baseball cap...
Flying High
tdboy_10@...
Oct 2, 2004 3:37 am
128105
Wellll... Different, anyway... Erich Merkel ... From: strotherbj@... To: Brian Chan ; Dan Kitching ; RCSE Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 8:18 AM ...
Erich Merkel
slopesoar@...
Oct 2, 2004 4:48 am
128106
Both of them are dialed in for landings and well everything else! Ben Clerx vollenteered to check out my Pike's set up and balance and while I was backing up...
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