[RCSE] Eagle F3B history

2000-04-29 Thread Finn Krogvig
My son (14) and myself started flying RC-planes (gliders/electro) a year and a half ago. This soon became nearly an obsession for me and my son follows close behind. He bought himself a second-hand F3B EAGLE some time ago. The seller was Mattias Carlsson, a Swedish F3B/F3J national team

Re: [RCSE] Hot wire

2000-04-29 Thread Oliver Wilson
As a basic know-nothing on this topic, I'm confused. I can understand how one type wire may have more resistance and require a higher voltage to get the right temp, but power? Power relates to heat output and should be sensitive to factors like cutting speed, wire length, material being cut,

[RCSE] How close can you fly...........

2000-04-29 Thread Donna Unruh
Hi, We just had a power plane club move about three miles from are thermal field. Is there any chance of receiving any radio interference from there club? Thanks, Dave Hauch RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[RCSE] F3B Eagle History

2000-04-29 Thread Bert Magin
I saw this in rec.models.soaring and thought someone here might help. Bert My son (14) and myself started flying RC-planes (gliders/electro) a year and a half ago. This soon became nearly an obsession for me and my son follows close behind. He bought himself a second-hand F3B EAGLE some time

Re: [RCSE] How close can you fly...........

2000-04-29 Thread George Voss
3 miles SHOULD be ok. I've flown within a mile, but only because I didn't know about the others. You should consider 3 miles a minimum I would think. gv From: "Donna Unruh" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RCSE] How close can you fly... Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000

Re: [RCSE] Strengthening Tail Section

2000-04-29 Thread Kevin D. Broussard
1. The way it is mounted to the boom, the joint of the rudder and stab, or if it is built up, the individual pieces? 2. What aspect of the balsa tail isn't strong enough? Which part is failing? 3. What is the tail configuration (T, Cross, V)? What is the name of the model? 4. What is the

[RCSE] ANDERSON: COFFIN CORNER WAR STORY

2000-04-29 Thread Paul Clark
Chuck, you wrote, "I knew that there was a squadron of F86D's stationed at Charleston, South Carolina to protect the Hbomb plant and expected to be intercepted but didn't see anything. "I expected to be intercepted as I passed just north of Eglin AFB at almost 50,000 ft. Eglin was the Air

[RCSE] NASF/LSF Spring TD contest

2000-04-29 Thread AMA3655
Well Guys, it's all over but the lyin...;-) The TD contest held today (Sat., 29 April) in Huntsville, AL is done and here are the scores. The weather was great, I saw some awesome flying, and we didn't lose one plane or pilot. The lift was there, most of the time, but it was fickle and I saw

[RCSE] Lunch at the Pasadena 2 Day event

2000-04-29 Thread JRR2001
Hi all I wanted to tell those of you in the greater Los Angeles area to catch the 2nd day of the TD activties next to the Rose Bowl on Sunday morning. While you are there, check out the outstanding WW1 style parkflier built by Richard Webster of the Santa Clarita Soaring Association. It flies

Re: [RCSE] How close can you fly...........

2000-04-29 Thread L.D.Rodger
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Donna Unruh wrote: Hi, We just had a power plane club move about three miles from are thermal field. Is there any chance of receiving any radio interference from there club? Thanks, Dave Hauch RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe"

[RCSE] Updated web page

2000-04-29 Thread Ralph Weaver
Hello all, I've just updated the Magellan Technologies web page. Some new products include an RC frequency scanner, 2000mah NiMH cells, 10-20 cell BEC regulator, and a nice JST connector for up to 5A. I can also take credit cards through PayPal. Let me know if you find any errors on the

RE: [RCSE] Updated web page

2000-04-29 Thread Jeb
You have a dead link you your scanner page, The picture link, is pointing to the "D:" drive on your local machine. http://www.magtechinc.net/rcscanners.htm jeb -Original Message- From: Ralph Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2000 7:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [RCSE] Hot wire

2000-04-29 Thread Rick Wardrop
To cut a given piece of foam with the desired ease, a wire needs to be at a certain temp. At that temp it has a certain resistance. To get it to that temp, a voltage must be applied that provides enough current to heat the wire. Use a different type of wire and it still needs to be at the

[RCSE] need 2m Fazer fuse

2000-04-29 Thread Donna Unruh
Hi, Does anyone have a 2m Fazer fuse they want to part with? Dave Hauch RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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[RCSE] scale web page additions

2000-04-29 Thread John Derstine
I have added some new pictures on the Scale Soaring page today. The Pegasus tug page has photos of the latest addition to the tow plane family, two new versions, one with a 3-W 120, one with a ZDZ-80.Dressed with cowl and canopy. I have added a personal scale plane for sale as well, with photos.