The real question is equality of launch height. If you went to a contest and
two of the 4 winches had 400 ft. more line you would not think it was fair.
I can hear the screaming now that with the longer line winches they get a
launch height advantage. On the other hand if you buy a moldy or Kevlar
John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The real question is equality of launch height. If you went to a contest and
two of the 4 winches had 400 ft. more line you would not think it was fair.
I can hear the screaming now that with the longer line winches they get a
launch height advantage. On the other
Sounds like the arguments have reached the natural conclusion that we must allhave our own standardized winches, and fly a slot time. In other words, F3j with F3b winches. For those who love the chase of ever more and better rules the F3x events are the place to be.
For those who just want to
P.S. The weak link can always go after the chute so you don't have to find
the chute on a break.
The real question is equality of launch height. If you went to a contest and
two of the 4 winches had 400 ft. more line you would not think it was fair.
I can hear the screaming now that with the
Let's discuss launch for a minute. I think TK hit on something that gets
lost: technique.
Why do guys do pedal to the metal launches?
Is it to get more altitude?
More zoom?
Trash the brushes on the winches?
Tapping most of the way up will get you higher. Less line taken in.
Full pedal close to
TIA
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Excellent condition. Std antenna,Smiley antenna, JR neck strap, low
hours. DSC cord and almost new 1500ma NiMh battery. Just pealed the
protective covering off front face plate. Will ship in plastic padded
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anyone know of a source for winch drums that will fit ford long shaft
motors? paul
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Jeff,
With all the telemetry available now it would be an interesting study to see
what results in the highest launch. In my opinion the most important
factors are the wind or thermal activity, the stretch of the line, and the
strength of the airframe.
The whole point about cambering the wing
I think you didn't read what I said.
from the point the plane is flying until the apex it does you nothing to
build up speed. If you keep the pedal to the metal you are just sucking
in line.
Before you reach the apex you should start building speed.
As far as stretch in the line ... with braided
Well... you could...
Get rid of the winches and aerotow. Use an altimeter in the tow plane to
release all sailplanes at the same height. Over time, the result would
in fact be a complete redesign of TD ships to maximize actual flying and
thermalling characteristics (and landing) vs. launch
More
my launch looks like tension ... throw ... get plane flying .. tap tap
tap... full pedal and camber out reflex... zoom until you can't get
anymore height...
OTHERS:
fulll pedal... let the plane come out of the hand... full pedal... full
pedal...
some of you reflex... some of you go to
Time is running out to sign up for this great contest. Come
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In order to finalize the scoring matrix I would like to have sign-ups complete
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The Icon and AVA are spoken for. The mini Nimbus 4 and the cross-tail
Stratos fuse and tail feathers are still available. gv
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Sky Bench has them in stock.
Ray Hayes
http://www.skybench.com
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From: paul bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 8:26 AM
Subject: [RCSE] winch drum
anyone know of a source for winch drums
Thanks to all who answered my questions about the switch harness.
Apparently there are more problems with them that I was aware.
In summary if you are using a switch harness try to get a good one.
The deluxe JR switch was mentioned on several emails as a good model.
Maybe of some relevance to the launch height question...
There will be a review of EagleTree Systems 'Glide' data recorder in the
next issue of RCSD. It's still in beta testing but the results to date
suggest it's just about there. It's a derivative of the V 2.0 unit but
optimized for range
Wow I'm shocked - Gordy's coming to F3J in the Rockies! Looks like he's teamed
with Rich Burnowski Marc Gellart.
BTW - The party is Saturday night at my house - and Gordy can come if he
promises to behave himself and not drink all the tequila.
If ya come ya gotta wear Hawaiian - cause it's my
Basically if I cannot use parallel switches I will not use them at all.
So most of my gliders I just plug the pack directly into the RX without
a switch. On my giant scale aerobatics planes, and anything else large
enough, I run dual pack through 2 switches into the RX.
I still maintain that
At 01:45 PM 5/18/2005, you wrote:
Thanks to all who answered my questions about the switch harness.
Apparently there are more problems with them that I was aware.
In summary if you are using a switch harness try to get a good one.
The deluxe JR switch was mentioned on several emails as a good
Greetings!Anyone have any experience with the GreatPlanes Triton charger? Any comments pro on con are most welcome.Thanks,Bill ---Never judge a day by the weather.Bill JohnsColton, WA
When ACE was the old ACE R/C they handled the Noble switches and the housing
they fitted into.
I acquired a half dozen of them and have been using them over and over for
some 30 years. Kraft employed the switch in their harnesses and I was able
to get the wiring diagram. I wish my soldering
On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 01:27:21PM -0700, Bill Johns wrote:
|Anyone have any experience with the GreatPlanes Triton charger? Any
|comments pro on con are most welcome.
It's a great charger for the money. I have two.
It'll pretty much charge anything you throw at it. It'll also
hi,
i been using two of them on my electric planes for a
couple
of years with no problems.
took me awhile to learn how to use it, until i threw
the instructions
away, then it was a piece of cake.
:-)
Dave Hauchwww.git-r-built.com
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From:
Bill Johns
I'm looking for a 5M and up scale sailplane. Does anyone have one for sale?
George Voss
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I'm rebuilding a Zagi for a young man and I need to know where the CG should
be located referenced from the nose. TIA George Voss
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I like my Triton too, but in addition to the things that Doug McLaren listed,
I'd like to add:
(1) I don't like the banana plug connections for your charging adaptors. If
you happen to unplug those from the charger before disconnecting your battery
from the other end of the adaptor, you run the
I dont have any experience with
this charger although I briefly looked into buying one myself. However, I
opted to purchase a Schulze isl 6-330d charger instead.
See:
http://www.schulze-elektronik-gmbh.de/prs10_e.htm
http://www.schulze-elektronik-gmbh.de/isl6-e.htm
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2 Zapped, Kapton-wrapped 12-cell Sanyo CP1700SCR NiCd packs. Less than 1
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At 02:33 PM 5/18/2005, you wrote:
I'm rebuilding a Zagi for a young man and I need to know where the CG should
be located referenced from the nose. TIA George Voss
8 back from the nose is a good starting point.
Joe Parsons
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8 back from the nose
Yes, but on the Zagi 3C with a student(I think) at the sticks,
I recommend 7.5.
Bill Swingle
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A few years ago Joe W pulled out a monster Hi Start that he had built for
F3B launches...
I want one but I cant remember the latex length and the OD and ID of the
HOSE he used...anyone else ever see that thing in action???
Joe???
Bozo
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On Wed, 18 May 2005, Bill Johns wrote:
Anyone have any experience with the GreatPlanes Triton charger? Any
comments pro on con are most welcome.
Hey now,
Been using one for a coupla years now more or less, and so far so
good. I charge nicads. nimhs. lipos, reciever packs, power packs,
Yes, I got one when I bought my first lipo pack. I only wish it had an AC
power input so I could use it indoors for cycling, I'm going to eventually get
a
recycled computer power supply and build it as the AC/DC source for this, but
I'm in no hurry. AC/DC capability adds considerable expense
On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 09:32:54PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
| The Triton has memory registers and can recognize a pack it's
| charged before, so once you've set parameters for a pack and stored
| them in memory, it will say: Hey I know this guy, this is old
| number three, you want 2.6
Airtronics Stylus - like new with 2 batt packs, glider card, 50
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See @ http://msh-co.com/ForSale/Stylus/
$425
If you consider that the cards are $100 each - this is like buying
the trans case for $225
Sport winch - F3Blegal - works great -
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