Re: [RCSE] In Memory of RCSE

2008-08-25 Thread John Roe
Thank you for many, many things learned and much entertainment. I haven't flown R/C seriously in 8 years, but still follow RCSE. I will treasure my RCSE beer bottles JR RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [RCSE] 4 sale

2008-07-22 Thread John Roe
Sorry to here you are retiring from flying. I loved my Grand Esteem and Pelican. Fantastic planes! Thank you for great designs, and memories... john Miron Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am retiring from flying this year and so my planes are becoming available at very affordable

[RCSE] 3D TD

2008-07-07 Thread John Roe
No one told me... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWPoNof0SsQ ;-) john 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

[RCSE] Off topic Great Park Airshow

2008-06-30 Thread John Roe
The Kite Hill Krew practicing for the upcoming grand opening... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vvApsFg800 JR www.roenation.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe

[RCSE] The Sinha deturbulators

2008-06-02 Thread John Roe
Been reading about them for years, with initial skepticism, but growing excitement the past year or so. This months SOARING has them featured in Bill Collum's column, soaring tech, June 2008 page 19-22 Heady stuff! I'm sure many here are aware already, and hopefully some are already testing

RE: [RCSE] F3J Fundraiser

2008-05-05 Thread John Roe
I went to the site and donated $20.00, super easy and quick using paypal. I would have loved to buy a hat, but the artwork has the crescent/star symbol incorporated in the design, and I would no sooner wear that than I would walk around sporting a swastika or a hammer and sickle. It might be a

Re: [RCSE] Re: Kids Glider Pilotless Aircraft???

2008-04-24 Thread John Roe
I got a kick out of the box, and even more so the stuff inside. All in Chinglish, along the lines of All your base are belong to us The title is the actual name of the plane. One of my friends got a case of them from HK and handed them out at the field... Craig Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [RCSE] First Plane

2006-06-30 Thread John Roe
1975 Wanderer w/049 and a heathkit single-stick 4 channel radio, purple-white. Dad tried to teach me to fly, problematic cuz he couldn't. Great memories. -- John Roe www.roenation.com 949-458-8544 RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe

Re: [RCSE] Borrow/Rent/Steal - maybe even purchase

2006-06-29 Thread John Roe
I could send you a TG-3... ...I think Joe-someone won a contest with it once, so it must kick ass... -- John Roe www.roenation.com 949-458-8544 RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe

[RCSE] Who remembers The Old Buzzard video?

2006-04-11 Thread John Roe
...and Dave Thornberg? Still available? DVD? john roe www.roenation.com 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

[RCSE] Re: Trip to London, what should I visit modeling wise?

2002-01-16 Thread John Roe
John Leigh[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about a nice cup of tea? While it is true that no one does tea like the British, I tried to keep my comments on what to visit in England "soaring related," and we all know that glider pilots are far too manly to drink tea. Best to stay on topic with

[RCSE] Sparrow Hawk flies

2002-01-15 Thread John Roe
Greg Cole's "Sparrow Hawk" Ultralight high-performance saiplane flew on friday. Brian Mclean has been working for Greg building this plane for the past 6 months. Looks like a fun toy, I'm hoping to get to fly the prototype this spring. http://www.windward-performance.com/ JR.John RoeLaguna Hills,

Re: [RCSE] Hard data on L/D values for models

2002-01-10 Thread John Roe
Some good posts on this thread. As pointed out by Anker, flying at the air speed that produces the best L/D for a stationary airmass will by definition cover the most ground (horizontal movement) for the altitude lost (vertical movement). We as pilots are often interested in being able to travel

[RCSE] Re: Contests; why?

2002-01-10 Thread John Roe
Contests are the engines that drive the development of the planes we all enjoy for each our own reasons. Contest pilots push out the envelope of performance. Contest pilots want answers to questions that most pilots would never ask, but all builders and pilots get to benefit and extend their

[RCSE] Which GPS?

2002-01-09 Thread John Roe
I've had several requests for the size/shape/model of GPS unit that might be suitable for sending up in a model to record data. Probably the best one readily available for this, and one that is very popular with the full-scale crowd is the Garmin E-trex. There are a couple of versions, you want

[RCSE]

2002-01-03 Thread John Roe
David Judson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks John. I already bought the orange stuff at Gyro today. I was going to put some braided line on it, but there's Turner's down the street. Is mono just mono? or is there something special that you've had good luck with I've received a suprising amount

Re: [RCSE] ADS ONCE AND FOR ALL

2001-12-20 Thread John Roe
Yes on Ads. John Roe --- Karlton Spindle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NO reprisals no hidden emails. Like Joe Friday lets get just the facts. Lets take a quick poll. YES OR NO ON ADS! One thing about Sam though he uses a AD DRIVEN FREE email address service HOTMAIL. That is sort

Re: [RCSE] more scale talk!

2001-12-20 Thread John Roe
want, if you were buying / building this?? thanks, brent RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] = John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.MartialArtsAcademy.org

[RCSE] RE: Not a NEW Product...

2001-12-17 Thread John Roe
reputation with a pretty cool group of individuals and specialty companies that do what they do for love more than money.If you do not like that, then use delete, so the minority have said. Ahhh the beginning of wisdom. And would have saved us all some time. John Roe "ZR" TEAM USA F3J me

[RCSE] New Baby

2000-06-26 Thread John Roe
ce. oh, and I brewed a batch of "Joe Wurts" style Porter last night, will be ready to bottle when I return. Gotta love multi-tasking. YIPPIE!! Professor John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org "Empty barrels make the most noise" RCSE-List facilities provided

[RCSE] HL/IHLGF Field report...

2000-06-20 Thread John Roe
Denny Wrote: John Roe says he's getting 100 feet No one has ever measured my throw, so no one... *including myself*... has said how much I'm getting, on this exchange or anywhere else, ever. Here's some good stuff! After carefully

[RCSE] Wishes CAN come true!

2000-06-09 Thread John Roe
plane than I do! And it will be a killer for USA TD events as well, with the unmatched accuracy of the cruciform tail for spot landing! "happy is the man with a full quiver" John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org "Be careful what YOU wish for you just might end up with it..."

Re: [RCSE] Side Arm Launch HLG

2000-06-08 Thread John Roe
Anyone has has, or has access to one of my "Dynamic Soaring" videos can see Dick Barker himself launching his side-arm uplink in the segment on the tape covering the 1998 IHLGF and launch technique in general, mostly slo-mo and stop-action of Joe wurts. John Roe Laguna

[RCSE] Some hard facts of launch

2000-05-28 Thread John Roe
...and yes Joe was out-launching Mark by a meter or so. I'm guessing that not everyone throws that high, and today we lasered some ordinary mortals, and sure enough thier launches were more like 15-21 meters in the same conditions. Now you have a goal, and some HARD NUMBERS. Go for it! John Roe La

[RCSE] Tom Hoopes

2000-05-24 Thread John Roe
in the air ASAP!!! Thanks! John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org "Moderation is the last refuge of the unimaginative." RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[RCSE] (Updated)THE VIDEO IS HERE, theThree R's of Soaring, with Joe Wurts

2000-05-16 Thread John Roe
-sold. My FAX machine is secure, in my office at home. My Voice mail on 433-3657 is secure, only I have access to it. Those who asked about seeing a picture of the T-Shirts, go to... www.f3x.com Hit the "US F3-J Team" link to see the shirts. Use my address below if you are mailing a ch

[RCSE] VIDEO IS HERE, theThree R's of Soaring, with Joe Wurts

2000-05-12 Thread John Roe
f included! John Roe 26032 El Prado Laguna Hills, Ca 92653 www.martialartsacademy.org 949-458-8544 949-433-3657 FAX 775-415-7288 RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[RCSE] Check out my dad's score at SC*2

2000-03-28 Thread John Roe
econd to Daryl Perkins, flying an "Addiction". Way to go dad! http://www.sc-2.org/ John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org Beliefs can be manipulated, only knowledge is dangerous... RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[RCSE] Re: Scale plane

2000-03-26 Thread John Roe
Get a DAW Ka-6 and save your money... John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org Beliefs can be manipulated, only knowledge is dangerous... RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[RCSE] f3j contest this weekend in So Cal

2000-03-15 Thread John Roe
in Orange County! See you there! John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org Beliefs can be manipulated, only knowledge is dangerous... RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[RCSE] Who is the father of DS

2000-03-08 Thread John Roe
...freewill... John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org "Nature makes no leaps" Charles Darwin Many don't realize that Darwin came to realize before he died that Evolution, at least from one dissimilar species to another, was untenable in the light of ne

[RCSE] Joe Wurts and DS

2000-03-08 Thread John Roe
If not the inventor, Joe certainly has made DS accessable to the masses, and wrote a brief article in sEM magazine. There have been several other articles about DS in sEM and QFI, but they aren't particularly helpful or accurate. Describing instead, in the words of Douglas Adams, "Something

[RCSE] Catapulting a 3 m

2000-02-24 Thread John Roe
I use a catapult-like set-up for my 3M planes. It consists of 50' of red hobby-lobby 1/2" rubber- DOUBLED and a 25' piece of 200# test monofiliment. Some of you might have seen me using this at Phoenix. John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org Historians exercise great

[RCSE] Laguna Slope Open

2000-02-16 Thread John Roe
diphillia" or "bestiality" or other related subjects. ....oh, and can I fly your plane? John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org Historians exercise great power and some of them know it. They recreate the past, changing it to fit their own interpretations. Thus, they c

RE: [RCSE] Hand Launch Video FAQ

2000-02-16 Thread John Roe
t; to turn it into a video for me. For free. I am looking at other options right now. Unfortunately the results may not be as professional as I had hoped. The information will still be as valuable. If all you were expecting was something like my "Joe Wurts does DS" video you may not be disapoint

[RCSE] Brian McLean's new #?

2000-01-18 Thread John Roe
MClean's models new number: 530-222-0872 John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [RCSE] Ideal wing surface texture

2000-01-04 Thread John Roe
.. I have heard from God on this topic, in a discussion about very, very low Reynolds numbers, specifically micro-hand launch. Smoother is better. Period. John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org "Wise men STILL seek Him." RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane Ne

[RCSE] Sunbird Contest Web Site Update

2000-01-01 Thread John Roe
Mark- Put the URL up again! John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org "Wise men STILL seek Him." RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [RCSE] SWC2000, Bethlehem and the Emperor

1999-12-21 Thread John Roe
nd opportunity to do something else. I like soaring. Worth it. Up late. John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org Most of the problems with our culture can be summed up in one phrase: "Who are you to say?" Dennis Prager RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send

[RCSE] Twinstar Thanks

1999-12-17 Thread John Roe
Message text written by Vogel Dental Lab: Thanks to all who responded. I swear Id pay to get this list. Hey a new fundraising idea! John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org Most of the problems with our culture can be summed up in one phrase: "Who are you to say?" Den

[RCSE] RE: Light Boomerangs - Long

1999-12-17 Thread John Roe
As a former cool combat guy...perhaps... I would like to say...for what it's worth... that Nathan's post KICKS ASS and you should all do what he say...do what he say... John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org Most of the problems with our culture can be summed up in one phrase

[RCSE] Shredair/Dieter

1999-10-20 Thread John Roe
Please contact me about... Lost your email... John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org "Beer is proof that there is a God and that he loves us". Benjamin Franklin RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe&quo

[RCSE] Boring/F3F

1999-09-25 Thread John Roe
this sport gaining popularity is more sales of better planes, more development and designs and it's all good... Just in case anyone out there was breathlessly awaiting my opinion on this... John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org "Glory may be fleeting, but obscurity is etern

[RCSE] Cash

1999-09-25 Thread John Roe
I will have cash, be looking for a Cobra for F3B or a ??? John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[RCSE] Manufacturers, new models

1999-09-14 Thread John Roe
them sooner, and am especially motivated now that I'm on the team. Any info at any time from anyone is appreciated, every time I've asked I've been amazed at the knowledge and help available on this exchange- so thanks in advance, and in retrospect... John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca

[RCSE] Stuff you shouldn't do...

1999-09-05 Thread John Roe
Hey Fluffer- you steppin' out or what? John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org "None are more hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free." RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[RCSE] Pivo Giveaway, at USA F3B practice

1999-08-22 Thread John Roe
. These are beautifully crafted in the Czech republic, and imported in thier own carrying case! This is not a joke, I'll be bringing them myself! John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubs

[RCSE] Hitec service, etc.

1999-08-19 Thread John Roe
experiences. BTW Bobby Tom at Airtronics also has taken good care of me when I have needed service/parts. John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[RCSE] Vindicator wings

1999-08-18 Thread John Roe
else) knows, there just isn't any substitute for the Vindicator, at least not yet... Too bad there are not more slope races in California (hint hint) John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and &q

[RCSE] Diamond for sale

1999-08-06 Thread John Roe
from some guy named "Gliderscum"! Unbelievable! *Shipping not included, plus a "small" fee for handling. John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca Team Illuminati "Because we say so" fnord fnord fnord RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "sub

Re: [RCSE] Information Exchange... NOT!!!!

1999-08-06 Thread John Roe
older the reciever antenna to one as an antenna, neat and saves weight. John Roe Laguna hills, Ca RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[RCSE] Re:Full contact combat. It's been done!

1999-08-04 Thread John Roe
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: It's true, but you left out the part about the second chance landing points you had to keep :-o) Yep, it's true I SUCK! John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and &q

[RCSE] More F3B Shirts

1999-08-03 Thread John Roe
I have received info that some of the shirts I had handed out to other "F3B Boosters" like D'Anne are as yet unsold. If you had your heart set on Short Sleeved, either XL or XXL there are a FEW (think single digit) of them left. Let me know NOW if you want one... John Roe Laguna Hill

RE: [RCSE] Re: California

1999-01-16 Thread John Roe
Parker: 11.2 Laguna Niguel: 5..5 John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.martialartsacademy.org "There is a difference between KNOWING the path and WALKING the path" Morpheus RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe&quo