[RCSE] Radio choices- JR XP-642 or X-347

1999-08-22 Thread Michael Imsic

Currently I have a sanwa 7 chanel RC that only has basic flap mixing.  I
feel its time to get a new radio with all the mixing hoopla that is needed
for modern gliders.  I have an opertunity to buy a secondhand JR x-347 or
should I buy a new JR x-642?  Can someone tell me how the two radios compare
features wise? I really would appreciate peoples opinions.  Obviously the
x-347 will be cheaper but then again it is getting on in years and perhaps
is no longer up to date?

Or...should I "saves me money" and buy a JR X-388?  My other half is going
to kill me if she finds out!

Thanks

Michael

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[RCSE] Dynamic Soaring at Sky Harbour in Fresno

1999-08-22 Thread Timothy E. Cone

Hello People,

Well, it's official, Sky Harbour goes Dynamic.  I flew my new Mickey
Crowley Hollow Molded Velocity yesterday at Sky Harbour and really had it
moving.  It was making that wicked sound that says "Hey, I'm hauling some
serious butt."  I didn't try any lead because the wind was only blowing
about 8 knots.  I had concerns that the lift on the front side wouldn't
support ballast.  The ride was very rough back there.  The turbulence would
occasionally flip the airplane inverted in the blink of an eye.  It was
quite scary

The question I have is;  Can I expect ballast to smooth the airplane's ride
thru the turbulance?  I know that higher wing loadings provide a smoother
ride in full scale airplanes and am wondering if carrying lead in my DS
ship will help to make the airplane more controllable in turbulence.  What
do you DS guru's think?  What dynamics are involved in adding lead during
ballast?

Timothy E. Cone
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RE: [RCSE] Re: This might be insane, but....

1999-08-22 Thread Scobie Puchtler or Sarah Felstiner

I think this is great, actually. It opens up a whole line of thought on
aircraft interface design. Bravo. I might have to try it.

Ambitexterous Lift,
Scobie in Seattle.


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RE: [RCSE] 5 minute epoxy

1999-08-22 Thread Scobie Puchtler or Sarah Felstiner

Cliff Lindgren writes:
 I'm curious to know if there is any difference in the quality (strength)
 of 5 minute epoxies..Please give me reasons for your choice in this
 matter.

Cliff,
I buy the stuff from an epoxy supplier (mostly to the boatbuilding trade)
here in Seattle called SYSTEM THREE EPOXY. They make all the standard cure
speeds.

I like supporting a local company, but mostly I buy it because of the
packaging. 5min epoxy, to me, is all about convenience. System Three sells
their 5min in a pair of 6oz squeezable bottles (bigger too, if you're really
gonna go through the stuff) with nice spouts that don't leak, and caps that
are color coded to their bottles and super easy to get on and off. I can
have a batch of 5min mixed up faster, cleaner, and neater with these bottles
than any others I've tried.

And I trust the brand, having had much good epoxy experience at several of
their different cure speeds, though mostly not on model airplane projects.
One project I did is almost 10years old, full outdoor exposure, and holding
up really well. I don't know exactly how they stack up price wise, but I
gotta assume they're competitive or better with anything else worth buying.
Don't know how good their mail order service or shipping rates are, as I
just pick up the stuff I need at their shipping office which doubles as a
direct retail outlet.

Can get you a number for System Three if you're interested. BTW they also
make a two part expanding foam product that is pretty impressive. Makes
polyurethane foam at 2lbs/sq foot, when fully expanded. Don't know if it
really has any uses in model building, but Yee Hah, does that stuff expand!

Lift,
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Re: [RCSE] Pontification on the topic of Soaring

1999-08-22 Thread Steven W. Abbruzzese

Yea Ron,

I agree with you on that, but I have a question for you. How do you get that 
feeling back after a year of getting beat up at the
field, loosing your best planes  your confidence in the sport all together? It's me 
3rd year, started out as my best, but something
happened  it turned out to be my worst. It leaves me wondering if I was really meant 
to be in the sport. Somehow it hasn't been
very fun lately. I am scared to put up another plane period, I just can't stand to see 
another of my planes go in. I have only put
my plane up once since the ANTS,  that time I felt like I was lucky to get it down in 
1 piece.  Just a question, If I don't figure
it out I'm afraid that I'm all done in this sport,  I love the sort very much.

Thanks  Thermals to you,

Steve Abbruzzese

Ron wrote:

 Soapbox please!

 As I sat in my lawnchair at the sod farm today enjoying a cool cup of
 water and going over the day's thermals, something occured to me that I
 want to share.

 I feel sorry for those work-a-day people who have no outlet like ours.
 I'm sure those duffers and fishers et al have their moments, but, how
 can those activities compare to the marrage of eye-hand coordination
 with the grand dance with mother nature in that sport/hobby we know as
 TD soaring?

 I'm sure each and every one of us could add our 2 cents worth, but let's
 not dilute the moment.  I just wanted to share and say thanks.

 I'll be quiet now :)
 --
 Ron Richardson
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Re: [RCSE] AMA Nats/not really a contest

1999-08-22 Thread david j. butkovich

that means if i am an excellent pilot and i do come out on top, i'm still
dirt poor (can't afford the air fares) and have a job that doesn't allow
time out for championship competition, the competition generated will be
those who don't have restraints on their lives.
dave
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From: Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Soaring listserver [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [RCSE] AMA Nats/not really a contest
Date: Sat, Aug 21, 1999, 1:52 PM


Sorry, but I couldn't be quiet on this one.

I understood and agree with the author's logic.  The point I took home
was, since there was no system of qualifications like you might find in
a baseball tourney, the nats hardly rate as a overall national
championship.

This is not to say that it is not a great achievement to do well in a
contest with so many entrants.  But, it is not as great an achievement
as it could be if there were local and regional qualifiers from around
the counrty.

In 1976, I won the Std class B group at the nats simply because I was
the only one to enter.  An extreme example I admit, yet it illustrates
the point.  Again, the point as I understood it, A true national
championship contest should be the culmination of a number of local and
regional events.  The winners of these events would then meet to duke it
out for the title of national champ.  There should be more required to
enter than just time  money.

Somebody kick this soapbox from under me before I hurt myself :)
-- 
Ron Richardson
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Re: [RCSE] Pontification on the topic of Soaring

1999-08-22 Thread Lazybee45

In a message dated 08/21/1999 7:05:14 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 
 It doesn't matter what you do, but that you do something.
 
 Ride free, fly quiet, 
BINGO!  I have friends who hunt, fish, build furniture, anything that trips 
your trigger.  I happen to like R/C.  Mostly soaring, but some power too.  I 
also ride motorcycles, and drive Semi's.  that is my profession, but also 
fun.  I also like Bible Study.  You have to find what works for YOU!  More 
trouble has been caused by people deciding what other people need to do to 
keep them "healthy/moral/good" whatever that means.
Old story!  In Jerusulem about 2000 years ago.  A man approaches a Rabbi 
and says, "If you can tell me the whole of Jewish philosophy in the time I 
can stand on one leg, I will become a jew."
The Rabbi nodded and motioned for the man to procede.  He picked up a 
foot and balanced.
The Rabbi cleared his throat and said, "Treat everyone the way you would 
like to be treated.  the rest is just commentary."
Maybe if EVERYONE did this, we would have a LOT LESS TROUBLE!
mark
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Re: [RCSE] micro HLGers

1999-08-22 Thread Breck Baldwin




I've been flying the Dragonette from Daves Aircraft works . . . .it flies 
great!  Any of you guys care to share what micros you fly and where (slope, 
etc).  I haven't managed to thermal the dragonette yet but its great on the 
slope!!!  Can any body recommend a more high performance micro (rudder 
elevator only--no mixing)--perhaps one with greater light lift 
potential---these things are s much fun.

I am flying a Noseeum now and like it pretty well--much better after I
got a tape induced warp out of a wing but I am a bit heavy at 3.8 oz
using a pair of Li-Ion Duracell DLCR2's for power. I think it would
have to be 2.8 oz for 1.5 oz /sq ft wing loading which is what the
outdoor free flight hand launch folks work towards I am told. This is with 32"
wing span--just over Mosquito legal. My guess at dead air time would
be 15 seconds on a good toss. What are you getting with the
Dragonette?

No big thermals for me yet either but I am an new flyer, but I bet the noseeum
would be really fun on a slope. I think it flys better than my Zagi THL. 

I must say that tossing around such a small plane makes me feel like a kid.
Its almost like throwing paper airplanes.

Mosquito Hawk is almost done, PITCHERONS for controls!!. That ought to add
something to my urban flying experience...

If you don't mind 'two-sticking it', you can avoid mixing by using ch
2 and 3, elev/throttle to control the elvons on a flying wing--might
be counter intuitive on a v-tail.

On order: Red Herring and a Nymph. Nymph looks to be high performance 
but prissy and fragile, Red Herring is open question for me.

In any case, in about a month I will have 4 mosquito or near mosquito class
HLGs to compare. 

Gone and got myself all excited, gonna go flying now.

breck


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Re: [RCSE] long: Quest delam/crash, lithium stuff

1999-08-22 Thread J.P. Morere

Rich;

There are the Tadiran rechargable lithium cells too.  They are AA size
with a capacity of 750 mAH and weigh .6 oz each.  Two of them makes a 6v
pack that weighs 1.2 oz.  They have a max rated discharge rate of 2A -
plenty for a three channel 2 meter plane or a full house HLG.  As I
understand, the slow fly guys are using these to regularly get 30 minute
to 1 hour flights.

Wes-Technic has some custom made Tadiran cells 2/3 AA size.  These are
430 mAH capacity and weigh .4 oz each.  These would be excellent for HLG
- I intend to get some one of these days soon - like when I get around
to working on my DJ Aerotech Wizard Lite.  Should be an excellent  match
for that plane.

I am curious about the solid polymer Lithiums.  As I understand, they
have good capacity and are very light.

Good sky;
J.P.

Rich Hollyday wrote:
[snip]
 Lil Bird is 1/2way done, and it IS easy to build, and super light, super
 strong. Shears all the way to the tips, and D tube too. It will build a bit
 faster now with the Quest dead. Ordered HS50's from local hobby shop today.
 Had my local battery plus store weld me a pair of 2/3A (K123LA) lithiums to
 make a 1.3 ounce 6v pack good for 1300mAh. Scobie turned me on to this,
 thanks. I will write my experience with it.
 
 I have found a battery holder that allows quick replacement of the "223"
 type double lithium cells, 6v battery pack. These are rated 1300mAh, and
 available for 11 bucks everywhere. This holder lets you click the battery
 cartridge in place, and replace the dead battery easily when (if?) that
 happens. No need to solder cells or clip off the connectors everytime. Look
 for this on my website in a month or two. I don't know about weight,
 material, etc yet. My wife has a Canon 35mm camera that uses this battery.
 She has replaced it 4 times in 10 years. One lasted a whole 3 month photo
 trip to Europe.
 
 A brand named "GP" makes these lithium packs considerably cheaper than the
 energizer, duracell and sanyo versions, like $7. Anyone had experience with
 his brand? You usually get what you pay for, except that the battery bunny
 gets 40 million a year, and GP has no bunny, in fact I've never heard of
 them, maybe they need a bunny.
 
 I'm still looking for lighter alternatives (smaller capacity) on the
 lithiums, but no high power cells are any smaller than the CR2, two of
 which make a 750mAh pack, 6v, still 0.9 oz.
 The smaller N sized cells that Scobie was thinking about in an ancient post
 of his are low power, max discharge is only 80 ma. But they are the perfect
 size, same as 50 mAh nicad cell.
 
 One possibility is the new solid polymer lithiums out now. They are 1mm
 thick, flat squares and can bend to fit in anywhere, can discharge up to
 5C, charge at 1C (1 hour). They are rechargeable, but need a custom charger
 to do it. I'll chase it and see where it leads. Mark Mech brought these to
 our attention a while back.
 
 Enough,
 Rich Hollyday

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   --O--   It was THIS big :-))
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[RCSE] HLG Question

1999-08-22 Thread ScrollSander

I have been in a discussion of AR's of HLG's.  In general, what is the wing
chord at the root, the general tip width, and general area of the high
performance stuff??

TIA

Chris

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Re: [RCSE] 5 minute epoxy

1999-08-22 Thread Howard Rudy

Hi
Most 5 min epoxies don't have as much strength as 30  60 min
epoxies. But most of the epoxies from the Hobby Shops are for
general purpose applications. I like to use Hysol Adhesives 
they have epoxies for specific use.
But their are other ones that are good too. 
R. S. Hughes  http://www.rshughes.com/  
Has stores all over the USA and carry several brands.
Howard Rudy
Salt Lake City, Ut.

Dexter Corp., Hysol and Frekote Products  http://www.dextor.com/
Dexter Adhesive Systems  http://www.dexteraero.com 
2850 Willow Pass Road, P.O. Box 312 
Bay Point, CA 94565-0031 
Tel: 1-925-458-8000, Fax: 1-925-458-8030
 
Loctite   http://www.loctite.com/ 
1-800-562-8483
1001 Trout Brook Crossing
Rocky Hill, CT 06067-3910
Phone: 1-860-571-5100
Fax:  1-860-571-5465

Devconhttp://www.devcon.com/ 
ITW Devcon (U.S.A.)
phone: 1-800-933-8266
fax:  1-800-765-4329

System Tree   http://www.systemthree.com/ 
1-800-333-5514
PO Box 70436
Seattle, Wa. 98107

West System   http://www.westsystem.com/ 
Gougeon Brothers, Inc.
100 Patterson Ave. 
P.O. Box 908
Bay City, MI 48707-0908
Orders: 1-517-684-6881 fax 1-517-684-1374
Tech:   1-517-684-7286 fax 1-517-684-1287

Here is a list of some of Hysol's products
Fast Cure Epoxies
   608: Fast cure, low viscosity, clear epoxy. 
   609: Fast cure, low viscosity, ultra-clear epoxy. 
   615: Fast cure, gap filling blue paste epoxy. 
High Performance Epoxies
   9460: General Purpose, high performance, non-sag gray paste. 
   9460F: Faster cure version of 9460. 
   9430: High strength, ultra high peal, light paste epoxy. 
   9433: High strength and peel, self-leveling paste epoxy. 
General Purpose Epoxies
   1C: General purpose, gap filling non-sag white paste. 
   1C-LV: A lower viscosity version of 1C, tan color. 
   6C: General purpose, non-sag gray paste. 
   0151: General purpose, clean epoxy. 
   9462: Lower viscosity 9460. Beige color. 
   143: Impact resistant, non-sag cream epoxy paste. 
High Temperature Epoxies
   9437: High temperature and chemical resistance. Gray paste. 
   9432NA: One part, high temperature resistant, 
   non-sag epoxy paste.
Potting Epoxies
   9411 Black: Low viscosity black potting epoxy. 
   9412: Low viscosity, high peel epoxy. Pink color. 
   9412 Black: Black version of 9412. 
Polyurethanes
   610: High peel polyurethane adhesive with superior low 
temperature performance. 
Methacrylates
   H300: High strength, non-sag methacrylate. Brown color. 
   H320: Ultra high strength, non-sag methacrylate. Amber color. 
   H440: High performance, self-leveling methacrylate. 
Cyanoacrylates
   Superdrop I (1EC-5/IEC-90/IEC-1500/IEC-2500): rapid
curing   cyanoacrylate adhesives. Available in
5, 90, 1500 or 2500 centipoise formulations. 
   Superdrop II (2C-5C/2C-100/2C-500): cyanoacrylate
adhesives  insensitive to difficult substrates.
Available
in 5, 100 or 500 centipoise formulations. 
   Superdrop III (3C1-100/3C1-1000): cyanoacrylate adhesives that 
offer high impact resistance. Available in
either 100 or 1000 centipoise formulations. 
   Superdrop III (3ST-5/3ST-100): cyanoacrylate adhesives that 
offer high temperature resistance. Available
in either 5 or 1000 centipoise formulations.

EVA ADHESIVES 
   Hysol 1X:
Hysol 1X is a medium fast setting EVA based adhesive recommended
for porous substrates, such as, paper, wood, fabric, non-wovens,
and foam.
   Hysol 232:
Hysol 232 is a medium setting EVA based adhesive exhibiting high viscosity and
film elongation and is recommended where clear, tough, flexible hot melt is
needed.
   Hysol 740:
Hysol 740 is a fast setting EVA based adhesive recommended for 
packaging applications.
   Hysol 1942:
Hysol 1942 is a medium setting EVA adhesive used extensively in 
general purpose applications. It exhibits excellent adhesion to 
wood and many plastics, such as nylon, polycarbonate, PVC, 
polystyrene, ABS, and acrylic.

POLYAMIDE ADHESIVES
Hysol 7802:
   7802 is a tough, flexible, high performance polyamide hot melt
   with excellent adhesion to many difficult to bond substrates.
   It shows excellent performance over a broad temperature range.
Hysol 7804:
   7804 is a tough, elastomeric, high performance polyamide hot
   melt with excellent impact resistance at low temperatures. It
   is recommended for demanding applications where substrates may
   be exposed to temperature extremes. 7804 bonds to many difficult   
substrates including: metals, plastics, wood, leather, fabric, 
non-woven fabric, films, and foils.
Hysol 7804FRM-HV:
   7804FRM-HV is a tough, elastomeric, high performance polyamide
   hot melt with excellent impact resistance at low temperatures 
   that has been modified with fire retardant materials. It is   recommended
for demanding applications were substrates may be 
   exposed to temperature extremes.
   7804FRM-HV 

[RCSE] buzzard slope soaring and other things

1999-08-22 Thread terrytrimble

Hello Everybody,
today I went to lake hodges to fly my new patton 60"focke wolf ta152 slope
racer. what a sweet plane you need
to get one if you don't have one. To get on with the story as I am making
the hike up the hill I see these buzzards slope soaring really low one made
a turn at my eye level and 15 feet in front of me. so when I got
to the bench at the top of the hill I just sat there and let them have there
fun.and watched and took photos
of these great birds slope soaring they would make low passes and high
passes and some really tight
turns for about 5 minutes . then a thermal came thur the lake and in 2
passes they had speced out.
So it was my turn to fly they did come back and made 2 high passes and took
off if they would have stayed
longer I would have landed to watch the king of the sky again slope again.
later,
Terry Trimble
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Re: [RCSE] Dynamic Soaring at Sky Harbour in Fresno

1999-08-22 Thread Dale Brengman

yes very much so

Timothy E. Cone wrote:

 Hello People,

 Well, it's official, Sky Harbour goes Dynamic.  I flew my new Mickey
 Crowley Hollow Molded Velocity yesterday at Sky Harbour and really had it
 moving.  It was making that wicked sound that says "Hey, I'm hauling some
 serious butt."  I didn't try any lead because the wind was only blowing
 about 8 knots.  I had concerns that the lift on the front side wouldn't
 support ballast.  The ride was very rough back there.  The turbulence would
 occasionally flip the airplane inverted in the blink of an eye.  It was
 quite scary

 The question I have is;  Can I expect ballast to smooth the airplane's ride
 thru the turbulance?  I know that higher wing loadings provide a smoother
 ride in full scale airplanes and am wondering if carrying lead in my DS
 ship will help to make the airplane more controllable in turbulence.  What
 do you DS guru's think?  What dynamics are involved in adding lead during
 ballast?

 Timothy E. Cone
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Re: [RCSE] AMA Nats/not really a contest -- BS!

1999-08-22 Thread Scharck

In a message dated 8/21/99 1:54:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 I understood and agree with the author's logic.  The point I took home
 was, since there was no system of qualifications...the nats hardly rate as a 
overall national championship.

Ron:

I have to disagree.

First of all, the only National Soaring Championship that AMA awards is to 
the one pilot who has the best combined scores from the Two-Meter and Open 
Class competition at the NATS.  To win the National Championship (the plaque 
reads "1999 National Category Champion" and then "RC Soaring") involves four 
days of flying (two for each event) and usually 15-20 rounds of man-on-man 
competition against 100 +/- pilots from across the country and virtually 
every state.

The winners of the individual competitions are awarded plaques that reads 
"Fist Place - Open (Junior or Senior) Class" and then the event title such as 
"F3J," "Thermal Soaring Two-Meter" or "Thermal Soaring Unlimited."

I fly in a number of the major "contests" around the country so I think I 
know what I am talking about when I say that there is no other contest that 
even comes close to being the Championship quality of the NATS, and I am from 
California where we have a fair share of the soaring talent and contests in 
the U.S.  Your source, Matthew Orme, says that winning at either Visalia or 
Pasadena's two day contest has more prestige. While Visalia is a great event 
(300 pilots), no one who knows anything about it considers it a championship 
caliber event.  The list of entries reads like the Who's Who of soaring and, 
as such, being on the "first page" (top 40) is the dream of most who attend.  
But as a contest it does not come close to that of the NATS.  Visalia is 7 
rounds with tasks of 3, 5, 7, 8, 5, and 8 minutes respectively. Flight order 
is determined by your pilot number and you fly when you are called up.  There 
is no man-on-man, so if you are called up during a down cycle...tough.  And 
then there is the downwind launch , downwind landing over the berm that is 
unique to Visalia in October.  If ever there was a Fun-Fly with scoring, 
Visalia is it.  And by the way, I go to Visalia every year and love it...for 
what it is.

Compare that to a total of 15 to 20 rounds of man-on-man found at the NATS 
with the shortest task being 6 minutes and most tasks being 10 to 12 minutes. 
No comparison.  So why are there 300 pilots that go to Visalia and only 
100+/- that compete at the NATS in Two-meter and Unlimited)?  Easy.  Visalia 
is in California and it's on a weekend!  If the NATS were held in California 
you would have 100 pilots from California alone.

Let's face it, you could have all the qualifiers you wanted and it wouldn't 
make a hill of beans difference.  There are only so many people (10 or less 
this year) who will take the time, trouble and expense to leave California 
(not to mention, Texas, Washington, the East Coast, etc.) and travel to 
Muncie in late July to compete in a week long contest.  I don't care if it 
was the World Championships.

Joe Wurts and Daryl Perkins, both multiple National and World Soaring 
Champions, as well as any other National Champion, will tell you there is 
plenty of quality competition at the NATS to spur anyone who is interested 
enough to compete for the National Championship to attend.  Is all the talent 
there?  Hell, no!  Most of it is not.  But I don't think that a series of 
qualifiers will do a bit of good and, in my opinion, will in fact be harmful. 
The National Championship should remain an open event.  By doing so, the 
creme de la creme of soaring talent, who care to compete for the 
Championship, will fight it out and the best man for those four days will, 
and should be, the National Champion.  For the rest of us, it gives us the 
opportunity to compete in the finest contest, with the most complete agenda 
of soaring tasks, available anywhere.

Just my opinion.

Ron Scharck
La Jolla, CA
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Re: [RCSE] Dynamic Soaring at Sky Harbour in Fresno

1999-08-22 Thread AgentCD2

In a message dated 08/22/1999 10:06:03 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 To see Micas speed demon the (Velocity) or if you want to show something of 
 your own you have to sell contact me and I will post it
  for free with the information you want posted. I will continue this as 
long 
 as I can keep up with demand and I accept no liability for
  planes which may be misrepresented by the seller.

I already have something similar to this on my web site at 
http://soaring.freeservers.com.  Look under "New Products".  Anyone wanting 
to sell their used bird or announce their new product is free to send me any 
picture and/or info for posting on the site.  Free of charge, of course.

Thermals,
Eric Farmer
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[RCSE] Pivo Giveaway, at USA F3B practice

1999-08-22 Thread John Roe

Once again Bozo has gotten himself in hot
water with the exchange, but I can help!

There WILL BE a giveaway at the last F3B
practice being held this saturday at Taft,
and while there are no Diamonds available
to be handed out, there will be at least one-
perhaps more-  PIVO for each helper.
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
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[RCSE] Pivo Giveaway, at USA F3B practice (Slovenian Volcab)

1999-08-22 Thread Sam Girardi

I think John is asking us to brush up on our Slovenian. Most everyone at
F3B practice knows at least one foreign language(German). 

The team members are very nice guys. However you will need to know some
of the most common words and expressions that may help you to establish
communication. 

ZIVJO (hi, hello)--very basic
DOBRO JUTRO (good morning)--being polite when you arrive. 
PROSIM (please)--when they ask you to shag lines.
ZABAVA (party)--just like at SULA. with beer kegs and Dancers
VLAK (train)--what I will have to use to get there!
LETALO (plane)--they fly these
SLAB (bad)--to describe the air at Sula last practice
DOBER (good)--if there air is "good" then...
LJUBIM TE (I love you)--don't say this at practice...
KAJ DELAS NOCOJ(what are you doing tonight)-- self explanitory
ZEJEN (thirsty)--this is what those kegs are for
MRZLO PIVO (large cold beer)--in the kegs
VINO (wine)--uh, no...
KAVA (coffee)--you will need this to wake up
SMETANA (cream)--John doesn't like this in his coffee
SLADKOR (sugar)--if you need some energy quick.

well, that all I know. Does anyone know the Slovenian
phases for: 
 Steve Air  ?
 Turn, Daryl ?
 CUT ?
 too low ? for dwayne

Sam Girardi
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