There were 17 enterants present,
The "Winds" were outta the North, and blowing.
I am sure that Bill W. will file a report soon,
My Point here is the Thank, the Club for 2 nice presentations.
Before the contest began, and at the end of the pilots briefing ,
Wayne Fredette was presented his LSF
At 03:48 AM 11/7/04, you wrote:
Hi, Eddie
I'm also interested in improving winch design. I've recently resurected
an old one I built in the mid 70's. We had really small drum diameters
(and widths) then probably because we were not using 350# test
line! Anyway, Im a computer/electronics
Eddie Smith wrote:
matter. Fritz Van Breemen has a web site with a winch drive that is
controlled electronically, but he doesn't
say how he does it. Just do a search for his name and maybe add the word
winchyou will find it.
That too is in my winch bookmarks ...
Up for sale is my Stylus transmitter. I bought it from a fellow on RCU in
January, 2001. Other than the usual scuffs on the bottom the radio is in
excellent shape.
I've upgraded the TX pack to 1650 mAh, as the stock pack would die after a
couple hours of usage. With the 1650 NIMH pack I can fly
I
would also like to thank the SOAR club for putting on the Turkey Shoot Sunday
and Cap'n Jack for timing and the post contest "Libation". The wind was very
brisk to say the least which took metil the last round to figure out.
Thanks for keeping me in the wave lift Jack, 13:48 is a long
Hi Guys,
I just wanted to extend thanks to the KCSE Club up in Kansas City for the great
time I had Saturday at their Turkey Fly. This was the first TD Contest I had
flown in since the 2002 Tulsoar event and it has really given me the bug to
start competing again. I got to spend a real
This is a GREAT DEAL, I just purchased one from a club member for 400.00.
(with glider card and 1650bat)
(I can vouch for Barrett too - since I just purchased his 50mem card and it
arrived today.)
This is a GREAT radio, I have two others (6 chan fut and 8 chan futaba) and
this blows them away.
I have heard that the NiMh AA cells of over 2amps have
a high self-discharge rate. Perhaps not a problem for
you, but something that definitely has to be taken
into account in terms of maintaining peak charge.
Rick
Hello Everyone,
I'm looking to upgrade my Tx battery pack and wanted
to
know
Sadly the Norwegian was not invited but Sydney's gossip was read with big
interest :-)
Read his new Gossip :
http://www.f3x.no/f3j/2004/istanbul_f3j_open_2004.htm
See the results from the event
http://www.soarist.com/istopen2004.htm
Hilsen (regards) Jojo
www.grini.no
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I have seen 2100 AA batteries...
On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 08:39:26 -0800 (PST), Rick Walba [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have heard that the NiMh AA cells of over 2amps have
a high self-discharge rate. Perhaps not a problem for
you, but something that definitely has to be taken
into account in terms
1 would like 1000mah batteries for my dlg. AAA size would be the
best. I am open to all suggestions...
Thanks
--
Jay Hunter
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Guys, shop cleaning and I found some extra servos.
All servos are new in the box!
JR DS-368 Digitals $59 per servo. Sold in pairs. $118 total per pair.
Includes Shipping in ConUS. 3 pairs (6 total servos) available.
Volz Micro Maxx X (analog) - $65 per servo. Sold in pairs. $130 total per
Well, Battery Food for thought anyhow...
For the convenience of it I had assembled a couple airborne packs from
Wal-mart 2200 Nimh batteries..All was well till I crashed my Wonderful
Ava-Gea...Two of the cells failed at the same time..They had been charged
for a couple months on a Sirius Smart
Rick Walba wrote:
I have heard that the NiMh AA cells of over 2amps have
a high self-discharge rate. Perhaps not a problem for
you, but something that definitely has to be taken
into account in terms of maintaining peak charge.
They have a high internal resistance, so they can't put
out as much
All was well till I crashed my Wonderful Ava-Gea...Two of the cells failed
at the same time..They had been charged for a couple months on a Sirius
Smart charger..So I blame the cells and not the charger...
Although the Sirius charger is a great field and bench tool, it really helps
to have
I do have two Sirius Smart Testers...This battery pack had been cycled at
least 3 times before I ever used it...And a couple weeks before it failed...
I agree with Dave..JUST charging is not safe..Brian
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Monday,
A question came up over the weekend asking if a soaring pilot competed
in an event as a postal contestant, could that pilot claim LSF
Contest Points.
Our good LSF Secretary, Jim Deck, quickly found the pertinent clause on
the LSF Achievement Voucher (Gee, the framers thought of everything):
On
At 11:56 AM -0600 11/8/04, Brian Smith wrote:
Well, Battery Food for thought anyhow...
For the convenience of it I had assembled a couple airborne packs from
Wal-mart 2200 Nimh batteries..All was well till I crashed my Wonderful
Ava-Gea...Two of the cells failed at the same time..They had been
On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 11:56:14AM -0600, Brian Smith wrote:
| For the convenience of it I had assembled a couple airborne packs from
| Wal-mart 2200 Nimh batteries..
You can do much cheaper than that -- about half the price. The local
Frys sells similar sells for about 1/2 the price of what
A note taken from the RadicalRC regarding fast charging of Sanyo's 2100mAh
NIMH cells:
This is Sanyo's latest high capacity AA. Unlike their other NiMH cells,
these ultra high capacity cells should never be charged above C/2 or or
about 1.1 amps on NiMH rated fast chargers. Of course standard
I'd like some 20,000 mAh cells for my latest glider. If they could be
smaller than a penny each, more like a dime, but a bit lighter, that would
be best. Let me know what's out there.
Thanks
Scobie in Seattle.
;-)
Lift,
Scobie at Liftworx
www.liftworx.com
I have received a number of e-mails about my remarks, and, about Wal-Mart
batteries...My intent was to make you aware of my experience, nothing
else..Shoot, I even have some Wal-Mart stock... (not enough though)
I have flown RC since 65 and have built and cycled batteries clear back
when we
Easy 20mph winds all day... hey, it's Chicago, the windy city, what can we
say.
All kinds of cool wood on the field, I had wood before the contest even
started. Jack had made custom foot pads for our winch pedals with our name
and club embedded in epoxy, what a nice gift. And then not one
John,
Thanks for travelling up and flying with us, it's always fun to
participate in a contest with you.
Jim
At 08:35 AM 11/8/2004, John Diniz wrote:
I
would also like to thank the SOAR club for putting on the Turkey Shoot
Sunday and Cap'n Jack for timing and the post contest
Libation. The wind
Your AMA ballot must be postmarked by tomorrow.
So put an X on it next to Dave Mathewson's name and put it in the mail now!
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Guys, shop cleaning and I found some extra servos.
All servos are new in the box!
Volz Micro Maxx X (analog) - $65 per servo. Sold in pairs. $130 total per
pair. Includes Shipping in ConUS. 2 pairs (4 total servos) available.
Volz Micro Maxx XP (analog) - $75 per servo. Sold in pairs. $150
At 02:12 PM 11/8/2004, you wrote:
I have received a number of e-mails about my remarks, and, about Wal-Mart
batteries...My intent was to make you aware of my experience, nothing
else..Shoot, I even have some Wal-Mart stock... (not enough though)
I have flown RC since 65 and have built and
I have several different charger, quick chargers, cyclers, testers, etc. I
bought them after reading all the stuff floating around on this list the
past several years about batteries, charging, maintenance, etc. I have
still had several battery failures, using all this stuff to insure I dont
Title: RE: [RCSE] Battery food
I won't use NImH in an airborn pack at all. Fast charging them is too much of an issue. The Sirius Pro, which is rated to charge a 2000 mah pack, is only rated 1000 for NimH! NIcads are easily fast-charged, or even better, buy a second pack and change it out
If you have been patiently waiting for the resutls, I finally posted the
table with the scores for ECHLGF 2004 on the web-page
http://olgol.com/contest/results.html
As I mentioned in my report, I promptly stayed at the last place despite
a few very good rounds :-)
Sorry it took so long...
Oleg.
On 11/8/04 13:35 Lydon, Matthew (NBC Universal) wrote:
I won't use NImH in an airborn pack at all.
And I wouldn't use anything else, and haven't for several years. That
includes everything from hand launch to 40% aerobatic planes with 150cc
engines on them.
I have found that fast charging is
Title: RE: [RCSE] Battery food
I've found (on transmitter packs) that the Sirius gives up at around 60% of charge, and that to get a full pack, I have to resort to a timed charge. NOT what I want to deal with when plugging in a set it and forget it charger.
As for 40%, I do the same, with
On 11/8/04 14:38 Lydon, Matthew (NBC Universal) wrote:
I've found (on transmitter packs) that the Sirius gives up at around 60% of
charge, and that to get a full pack, I have to resort to a timed charge.
You generally need to leave the packs on for about 3 hours after the lights
start blinking
At 2:46 PM -0800 11/8/04, Bill Malvey wrote:
On 11/8/04 14:38 Lydon, Matthew (NBC Universal) wrote:
I've found (on transmitter packs) that the Sirius gives up at around 60% of
charge, and that to get a full pack, I have to resort to a timed charge.
You generally need to leave the packs on for
Also, be sure and DETACH it and drop the ballot into the mailbox
seperate from the renewal form. Also, if you don't plan to renew, you
can still vote. Help the rest of us and vote. And... please put the
'X' in front of Dave Mathewson's name.
-Ben
Howard Mark wrote:
Your AMA ballot must be
What the heck is a postal contest?
Tom Kallevang wrote:
A question came up over the weekend asking if a soaring pilot competed
in an event as a postal contestant, could that pilot claim LSF
Contest Points.
Our good LSF Secretary, Jim Deck, quickly found the pertinent clause on
the LSF Achievement
I had a great time flying the Turkey Shoot too! Conditions were warm and
calm but the lift was spread out and tight. I managed to max all the
tasks, but missed all the landings (have decided toskegless for a while
and that makes a 1meter tape a challenge if you don't dork:-)
Thanks to Bill
Last I heard on the field you hadn't phoned in your results... so
we don't know how you placed, but we knew you were flying against us in
much tougher conditions... cough cough 8-)
That would make this a cellular contest instead of a
postal contest, but you still can't use it for LSF points you
I purchased one of these kits and it did not
include any hardware, hardware to join the two wing haves together. I was
told that Midway stopped including hardware because of the cost. I have
one that I purchased new from Midway and it included the hardware.
Anyone out there know about these
A.B. Lyles wrote:
I purchased one of these kits and it did not include any hardware,
hardware to join the two wing haves together. I was told that Midway
stopped including hardware because of the cost. I have one that I
purchased new from Midway and it included the hardware. Anyone out
You know...when a set of tasks is defined and everyone who wants to
participate attempts to complete them on the same day(s). Results are
mailed to a collator who tabulates the scores and announces a winner.
We did something like this on New Years' Day this year, if memory
serves. Something
At 02:15 PM 11/8/2004, James V. Bacus wrote:
TK ended up winning the contest with his Big Red ICON, with Steve (how
many pilots are in the contest today) Meyer bringing a close second with
a fully ballasted Eclipse. 8-)
An Escape with 683 g, (24.1 oz) of ballast. Making an overall weight about
Right... one of the Jaro E names... sorry dude, it was even my model at
one point. 8-)
At 10:12 PM 11/8/2004, Steve Meyer wrote:
At 02:15 PM 11/8/2004, James V. Bacus wrote:
TK ended up winning the contest with his Big Red ICON, with Steve (how
many pilots are in the contest today) Meyer
At 8:30 PM -0600 11/8/04, A.B. Lyles wrote:
I purchased one of these kits and it did not include any hardware,
hardware to join the two wing haves together. I was told that
Midway stopped including hardware because of the cost. I have one
that I purchased new from Midway and it included the
At 09:43 AM 11/8/2004, you wrote:
Guys, shop cleaning and I found some extra servos.
All servos are new in the box!
JR DS-368 Digitals $59 per servo. Sold in pairs. $118 total per pair.
Includes Shipping in ConUS. 3 pairs (6 total servos) available.
Volz Micro Maxx X (analog) - $65 per servo.
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