[RCSE] DAW I26 hlg

1999-11-14 Thread Garret Yoshimura
Hi All, If any have built a DAW I26 HLG as a Polyhedral version, I would appreciate any input. I'd like to get it as light as possible. What size battery pack was used? Did you have to add any ballast to the nose? What size/kind of servos did you use? What kind of rx? Any other recommendations

Re: [RCSE] HLG launch questions

1999-11-14 Thread Dick Barker
Yes, modern hlgs will take the stress of a javelin run up toss and that is what most people are using. Launch speeds are in the 70 plus feet per sec range. A bad throw can do wing damage if you hang on too long and pull down or if you bounce up during the run. My discus style launch is by

[RCSE] test mail- DELETE NOW

1999-11-14 Thread Yiu Kwong Chan
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Re: [RCSE] test mail- DELETE NOW

1999-11-14 Thread James V. Bacus
Does testing email and just sending it to yourself act any differently then if you post to the airage server and broadcast your test to hundreds of people? Just curious. At 05:47 PM 11/14/99 -0500, Yiu Kwong Chan wrote: This is a test please ignore and delete This is a test please ignore and

Re: [RCSE] DAW I26 hlg

1999-11-14 Thread Kevin Broussard
I'm not very experienced but I built it with a 110mAh pack (no nose weight), Cirrus 25's, and the standard R600 JR Rx. I like the plane a lot and it flies well for what I know. It is easy to bulid and fly. Kevin Broussard Garret Yoshimura wrote: Hi All, If any have built a DAW I26 HLG as

[RCSE] Anyone flying a Graupner Soarmaster?

1999-11-14 Thread Michael Imsic
Does anyone have any experience with the Graupner Soarmaster? It looks nice and seems to be reasonable priced, but how does it fly and launch? Thanks Michael Melbourne, Australia ICQ 3481522 RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests

[RCSE] Sapphire for sale

1999-11-14 Thread Lee Cox
The Sapphire has been sold. It sounded so good I bought it my self. Lee Cox = __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe"

[RCSE] New Mexico

1999-11-14 Thread Mike Ackerman
Fellow flyers, I have a friend who needs info about RC soaring in the Albuquerque area. He is interested in slope and thermal flying sites. Thanks, Mike in Arcata Check out the Persuasion sloper at: http://www.ts3.org/rsa/persuasn.htm or at: http://members.aol.com/tsteelhead/crash.html

Re: [RCSE] DAW I26 hlg

1999-11-14 Thread Graeme Andrew
Hi Garret, I'm pretty new to RC Soaring but am very happy with my 1-26. I built the poly version and used HS81 servos and a standard micro Futaba reviever. I did not cover the corroplast elevator and rudder and I suspect this saved a little weight ...'way back there' !! I ended up adding a very

Re: [RCSE] test mail- DELETE NOW

1999-11-14 Thread Graeme Andrew
Does testing email and just sending it to yourself act any differently then if you post to the airage server and broadcast your test to hundreds of people? Good question I doubt it very much ...except perhaps by the 'RSCE' hosting ISP for technical reasons No big deal but I am

[RCSE] ASW-24 FVK models

1999-11-14 Thread Gary Milabar
I have a ASW-24 by FVK Models. Does anyone have any experience with this model. I'm in the process of putting it togeather, and thought I would ask the list. It's really well done, and looks like it will come out very lite. Thanks in advance Gary M. Elko NV.

RE:[RCSE] DG-600. CG

1999-11-14 Thread Yiu Kwong Chan
My thinking is, dive test can lead me to trim my plane (if there is any thing left for me to trim from post design and mfg.) towards a common dynamic platform (characteristic) through that I can benefit from my prior flying experience/skill/coordination for my other planes also trim that way, and

[RCSE] Airtronics and JR Txs For Sale

1999-11-14 Thread B1rdbernie
I have the following equipment for sale: 1. Airtronics Vision Transmitter on Channel 18 with ATRCS for Sailplanes(can program 8 sailplanes),1750mah battery and a spare 800 mah battery,Vision Instruction Manual and a Rubber Ducky Antennae-Price--$325 2. JR 8103 Transmitter w/o

[RCSE] Address

1999-11-14 Thread Mike Popescu
Dear friends, my E mail has been changed to : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stay in touch and tuned. Regards to all. Mike (Baltimore guys get my new address down on a piece of.screen) RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL

[RCSE] Soaring V1 #504

1999-11-14 Thread Yiu Kwong Chan
James, Thanks for opportunity to explain my test mails. My test text quoted in your reply has indicated you are not a "digest" subscriber of RCSE. My problem is associated with "digest" format. I do not know what happen to my mail tool, a proprietry of Compuserve that I am running few problem

RE: [RCSE] DG-600. CG

1999-11-14 Thread John Derstine
Decolage (sp?) refers to the angle of the stab relative to the wing. since almost all glass sailplane kits(what I fly mostly) have the wing root molded into the fuselage ,I don't concern myself with the Datum or such. All that does is determines how the fuse is carried relative to the wing,