Re: [RCSE] Line breakage and launching and contest management - was, Icon 2

At 10:09 PM 12/20/2007, Lincoln Ross wrote: It's not a big thrill to me, but I think most flyers really enjoy the big zooms. I got a 12V wind motor because I didn't know any better. It launches gliders fine, even big ones(134 and 85 oz.), but it doesn't power the big zoom. Academic for me now

Re: [RCSE] First Sailplane

At 01:16 PM 6/30/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave Thornburg's (all sheet balsa) Zephyr (initially with one-channel escapement) circa 1968. Any other older-than-dirt contemporaries still alive out there? Good Lift! Hi Skip, I'm still flying a Graupner Clou, though I no longer use my Kraft

Re: [RCSE] First Sailplane

At 07:23 PM 6/30/2006, Bill Bunny Kuhlman wrote: My first RC glider was an Ecktronics Nomad, a Ted Strader design, which used a Citizenship LT-3 receiver and a Bonner escapement, with a CG Venus tube transmitter. Despite being rudder only, I managed to successfully slope soar it many times.

Re: [RCSE] Distance Calculation

At 04:47 PM 5/11/2005, Bill Rakozy wrote: Question: With two GPS coordinates, is there a simple formula or converter to calculate the distance in miles between those two GPS points. For instance: One GPS coordinate is in Chicago; and a second is in Northern Canada; what is the distance (mileage)

Re: [RCSE] GPS Plotting Software

At 06:45 PM 1/18/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Guys Gals, Some time ago there was a thread about using a Foretrex GPS in a sailplane and then later plotting the flight in 3D on a computer. Unfortunately a Windoze crash lead to a complete wipe of my hard drive and I lost all of my links to the

Re: [RCSE] Dept. of Ancient Technology

At 03:16 PM 11/3/2003 -0800, Tom H. Nagel wrote: I was flying the Craftair Models Freedom 7 this weekend, which got me started wondering how many of us (and who among us) is regularly flying really old RC sailplanes. What's the oldest plane you regularly fly? I recently (2 years ago) put

Re: [RCSE] Soaring Contest Board Members

available on the AMA site for review: http://www.modelaircraft.org/Comp/2005rulesproposals.htm Jim District I Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont SOARING BOARD MEMBERS I: Fritz Bien, 41 Sawmill Rd., Concord, MA 01742 I'm always looking for inputs. Email me

RE: [RCSE] Re: FMA receiver

At 08:03 AM 5/21/2002 -0500, Bill Kuhl wrote: There was a fullpage ad in the latest SE Modeler. Bill Kuhl WHere is this listed? I missed it on the FMA web site, tho I noticed a new ground bound rx which I'm guessing is a sibling of this one. Noticed FMA has a new lightweight dual-conversion

RE: [RCSE] Hobie Hawk INSANITY

At 10:10 PM 10/25/2000 -0400, Joel A. Foner wrote: Speaking of feeding frenzies, there is a NIB Junior Falcon kit going for $147.50 as we speak. This Goldberg kit was $3.95 new, not $99! -Fritz Aw, come on... but what year was it $3.95 new??? ;) Joel About the same time that the

Re: [RCSE] Correction for the final F3J WC Jr positions.

At 07:42 AM 7/7/2000 -0700, Tom Copp wrote: Correction for the final Jr positions. This is the corrected order for the Jr. Top 10 Jr pilots. These pilots are in the fly-off. 1. LAMMLEIN Tobias GER 2. GRIEBENOWPaulUSA 3. HASEMAN EikoGER 4. MILLER Dusty

Re: [RCSE] who else flies in the rain?

At 04:12 AM 3/11/2000 -0800, Mark Morland wrote: I once had a JR622 transmitter quit working after spending a day in a storage case that had received a few raindrops while open. Luckily there was a bit of sun available, so I opened the transmitter up and dried it for about an hour. It always