[RCSE] Re: Radio problem
In a message dated 11/27/00 7:23:13 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Gentlemen, I have a RCD 535 Rx that works fine with my Stylus on 53 but won't work with my Focus 4 on the same channel but the Focus dose work with the RCD 3500 that it came with. I would like to use the 535 in a M.A.D. P-40 with the Focus. The 535 was in a Roughneck Aurora controlled with the Stylus. Please advise and thanx for your time. Mark J. >> Mark, It sounds like that 535 is a positive shift model. The Hitec transmitter is a negative shift and the Stylus can be either positive or negative depending on what you program. If so then you'll need to get a negative shift receiver if you want to use your Hitec tranny. Good luck, Lenny RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] 2 meter upstart source
I have been very happy with my Northeast Sailplanes Hi-start. I believe I have the "Standard". I get very high, strong launches, and the quality of the parts, from the reel to the parachute, is excellent. However, I don't think it will work in a field that small. It probably takes 300 or 400 feet unstretched, and I stretch it another 100 paces (a couple hundred feet?). A high-start takes a *lot* of space. My next plan will be electric just so I can use a smaller field. I suggest calling NSP and asking about the length of their smaller "M" and "S" high-starts, which they say will work for 2-meter ships. They should be able to tell you how small the field can be. They are at (802) 655-7700. - Eric --- Eric Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] 802-863-3846 (h) 802-859-0808 x213 (w) 6 Ledgemere St. Burlington, VT 05401 - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Soaring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 2:18 PM Subject: [RCSE] 2 meter upstart source > Hey gang, > Anyone with a mail order or web source for 2 meter upstart for a field 350' > to 400'. > Thanks > Tim > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] 4 pin connectors
Eric-- What you want is a Molex SPOX connector. Go to www.molex.com and do a picture search of the Wire-to-Wire connectors. Select the SPOX link. They have all kinds available. I got mine at my local electronics store here in So Cal. They cost about $2 for a 4 pack. Happy hunting. Dan - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 5:10 PM Subject: [RCSE] 4 pin connectors > Need heavy duty 4 pin connectors..not Deans or Multiplex..Have heard of some > black ones..any help?? > > Eric > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] HLG in the form of flying wings
Hmm 50 sec dead air times with a 34" glider of any configuration seems amazing? Maybe I should try one of these. Do you know the airfoils, I would like to build one. Mike - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 10:47 AM Subject: [RCSE] HLG in the form of flying wings > Mr. Resin Head, > > Not knowing exactly what type of environment you intend to fly these flying > wing HLGs in (Thermal for fun, Thermal for competition, slope for fun, > etc.), it is hard to make a good recommendation, however, I like everyone > else in this world, it seems, will freely give my advice. ;-) > > The only flying wings I have ever owned and flown are the ones from Thermal > Gromit Works (www.tgworks.com). I believe Dick mentioned them in another > reply. I have found these hand launched flying wings great fun. The > reasons are as follows: > > They are compact. I took one of them to Puerto Rico and on a day trip to > San Jose. It is simple to fit one or more in your carry on luggage, and > still have room for clothing and all of your radio gear. I live in > Indiana, so having a compact machine that I can take to enjoy > thermaling/sloping in far off lands is a cool thing. They are also so > small that you barley notice leaving them in your car for the summer, and > this is good for honing pilot skills. I built 3 Chinooks and practiced 4 > days a week (sometimes at lunch and in the evenings) for most of the spring > and summer. When you own a Chinook or a Herring, there is never an excuse > for being caught with free time on a nice day and not having a glider > around. I flew a Chinook as recently as Friday, when there was a break in > the rainy nasty weather we have had in Indiana recently from my parents > back yard. > > They are cheap. At like 70 bucks a pop (for complete hardware, the > covering material, and the coloring markers) and plenty of availability (no > need to place your order and then wait for a few months, like you might > have to do with the prefab composite ships that require so much manual > labor by their manufactures) I could build 3 ships quickly. With 3 of the > same ships, I quickly learned what differences in trim make (lateral > balance, CG, control throws, etc.) that might have caused me problems > before that I could never quite figure out. I learned that if you put the > gear as far forward as possible and use the lightest wood for the tail you > can fly a Chinook at 4.5 ounces. A 4.5 ounce Chinook really hangs. I > could pretty consistently get 45-50 second dead air times with the light > Chinook. Dead air times of 30-40 seconds with a 5.5 ounce Chinook is more > realistic. I also tried out that trimming article by Bryan somebody (it > has been posted several times) and found that once I knew where I wanted my > CG, I had all 3 Chinooks flying well. > > They thermal well. It might be because of all the extra stick time, but I > was more successful at getting good flights with the Chinooks than I had > been with my previous hlgs (Wizard and Wizard Light, Monarch D, Chrysalis). > In my experience, the best conditions to thermal the Chinooks in is low > wind. They also do best in tight strong thermals. You can really crank > these little guys, and I have out climbed more conventional HLGs in tight > lift. In a given lunch practice session of 45 minutes, I generally would > have plenty of 2 and 3 minute flights and usually a 5+. This in a field > that was not the worlds best but was close to where I work. > > They launch high. The tip launched sidearm (in this case more of an > underarm) launch is way cool. Launch consistency is high, and you don't > need to be crazy strong or coordinated to get good launches. I can easily > launch the Chinook to similar altitude as the better overarm launchers. I > was not able to do this when I flew the traditional javelin style launches > ships. > > They are durable. They really take a beating. And after they get a bit > banged up, you can give them a "new coat of paint" by simply taking the > Monocote Iron to them to get rid of the wrinkles. You would be suprised > how much better they fly after you perform this routine maintenance > > Good luck with your quest for a hand launch flying wing, and I hope this > helps. > > > > > > Ryan > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Radio problem
Gentlemen, I have a RCD 535 Rx that works fine with my Stylus on 53 but won't work with my Focus 4 on the same channel but the Focus dose work with the RCD 3500 that it came with. I would like to use the 535 in a M.A.D. P-40 with the Focus. The 535 was in a Roughneck Aurora controlled with the Stylus. Please advise and thanx for your time. Mark J. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] lugging batteries around
Greetings! Winches are nice, but lugging batteries any distance can be a PITA. I found a device called a GreatCrate at a local hardware store. Looks like a plastic milk crate with wheels and a handle. Inside is 10.5" x 13.5" x 12" high. Folds into a package about the size of a small brief case. Works sorta like a small piece of wheeled luggage. Looks sturdy enough to carry any battery that will fit inside. Made in China. Distributed by Hardware Machinery, Mineola, NY 11501. My cost was $12.88 + tax. ttfn, Bill -- Every exit is an entry to someplace else. T. Stoppard Bill Johns Pullman, Washington RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] 4 pin connectors
Need heavy duty 4 pin connectors..not Deans or Multiplex..Have heard of some black ones..any help?? Eric RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Planknin Twist Spreed Sheet help
>>With the Planknin Flying Wing spreadsheet, what is the sweep angle The sweep called for is the angle between the LE and a line which intersects the nose and is perpendicular to the direction of flight. Bill Swingle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Janesville, CA RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Tangerine
How about a brief run down on the eventHow many flyers? How was the weather? Who were the big guns this year, and what were they flying?? Brian Smith _ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] 4 pin connectors
I know there are some black 4 pin connectors out there, yes with pins much larger than Deans...Had some grey ones from Shredair, no longer in stock. Multiplex are ok, but on the small side. Anyone know where to get such an animal? Eric RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Planknin Twist Spreed Sheet help
Hey Gang, With the Planknin Flying Wing Twist spreadsheet, what is the sweep angle measured from? LE, TE, MAC? Thanks, Erik Alber "The Resin Head" RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [RCSE] HLG knee injury - IMPORTANT
Title: RE: [RCSE] HLG knee injury - IMPORTANT If you are running, or jogging, while throwing, there should not be any twisting, especially if you follow-through by continuing your present coarse. I like to think of it as a hybrid between a cricket "pitcher", and a javelin thrower. Sean -Original Message- From: Walba, Rick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 10:15 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [RCSE] HLG knee injury - IMPORTANT I've noticed a lot of knee bandages and braces associated with HLG, now I know why: I recently switched from baseball style launch to the more common javelin style. It is less stress on the shoulder, but mainly it eliminates wing hits to the back of the head! But on the negative, it also places more twisting action on the forward knee. This is due to the different method of weight transfer. Baseball style best uses a sinking, pendulum motion that leaves the forward knee more flexed and allows the hip to take up rotational deceleration in the follow thru after release. Javelin style (due to reduced shoulder rotation) requires a stiff plank sort of rocking motion that requires a straighter forward leg and places all body weight directly on that leg in the follow thru. So how to compensate for this? Easy: After release you need to get right up on your toes, to facilitate ease of pivoting the foot, and imparting greater mechanical advantage to the knee. Then, If you observe you will see that there are muscles in your leg that prevent twisting motion of the knee. You are going to have to consciously habituate yourself to using them. That is really all that there is to it. I hope everyone out there who is into HLG and a hard launcher will take this to heart. Best Wishes and Good Health Rick RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] HLG in the form of flying wings
Mr. Resin Head, Not knowing exactly what type of environment you intend to fly these flying wing HLGs in (Thermal for fun, Thermal for competition, slope for fun, etc.), it is hard to make a good recommendation, however, I like everyone else in this world, it seems, will freely give my advice. ;-) The only flying wings I have ever owned and flown are the ones from Thermal Gromit Works (www.tgworks.com). I believe Dick mentioned them in another reply. I have found these hand launched flying wings great fun. The reasons are as follows: They are compact. I took one of them to Puerto Rico and on a day trip to San Jose. It is simple to fit one or more in your carry on luggage, and still have room for clothing and all of your radio gear. I live in Indiana, so having a compact machine that I can take to enjoy thermaling/sloping in far off lands is a cool thing. They are also so small that you barley notice leaving them in your car for the summer, and this is good for honing pilot skills. I built 3 Chinooks and practiced 4 days a week (sometimes at lunch and in the evenings) for most of the spring and summer. When you own a Chinook or a Herring, there is never an excuse for being caught with free time on a nice day and not having a glider around. I flew a Chinook as recently as Friday, when there was a break in the rainy nasty weather we have had in Indiana recently from my parents back yard. They are cheap. At like 70 bucks a pop (for complete hardware, the covering material, and the coloring markers) and plenty of availability (no need to place your order and then wait for a few months, like you might have to do with the prefab composite ships that require so much manual labor by their manufactures) I could build 3 ships quickly. With 3 of the same ships, I quickly learned what differences in trim make (lateral balance, CG, control throws, etc.) that might have caused me problems before that I could never quite figure out. I learned that if you put the gear as far forward as possible and use the lightest wood for the tail you can fly a Chinook at 4.5 ounces. A 4.5 ounce Chinook really hangs. I could pretty consistently get 45-50 second dead air times with the light Chinook. Dead air times of 30-40 seconds with a 5.5 ounce Chinook is more realistic. I also tried out that trimming article by Bryan somebody (it has been posted several times) and found that once I knew where I wanted my CG, I had all 3 Chinooks flying well. They thermal well. It might be because of all the extra stick time, but I was more successful at getting good flights with the Chinooks than I had been with my previous hlgs (Wizard and Wizard Light, Monarch D, Chrysalis). In my experience, the best conditions to thermal the Chinooks in is low wind. They also do best in tight strong thermals. You can really crank these little guys, and I have out climbed more conventional HLGs in tight lift. In a given lunch practice session of 45 minutes, I generally would have plenty of 2 and 3 minute flights and usually a 5+. This in a field that was not the worlds best but was close to where I work. They launch high. The tip launched sidearm (in this case more of an underarm) launch is way cool. Launch consistency is high, and you don't need to be crazy strong or coordinated to get good launches. I can easily launch the Chinook to similar altitude as the better overarm launchers. I was not able to do this when I flew the traditional javelin style launches ships. They are durable. They really take a beating. And after they get a bit banged up, you can give them a "new coat of paint" by simply taking the Monocote Iron to them to get rid of the wrinkles. You would be suprised how much better they fly after you perform this routine maintenance Good luck with your quest for a hand launch flying wing, and I hope this helps. Ryan RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] UK shops? slopes?
In rcse, on Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:10:50 -0800 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Richard Dolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote: >I may have a free day in the London/Gatwick area this weekend, are there >any soaring shops to recommend nearby? Any slopes nearby where I might >see those beautiful big PSS civilian planes that QFI keeps showcasing? Sorry I'm at the wrong end of the M4 to really help, but many UK clubs are listed on: http://www.bmfa.org/clubs/clublist.htm. You may also find some locals on uk.rec.models.radi-control.air. Regards, -- Ric. "Big whorls have little whorls that feed on their velocity, and little whorls have lesser whorls and so on to viscosity." L.F.Richardson PGP key id:0x060976D5 http://www.vorticity.org RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[RCSE] Foreign MFDers Copying planes
I have been thinking all afternoon regarding foreign manufacturers copying planes. I would like to make a few comments both from the manufacturers point of view as well as a designer's point of view. I hope that this does not start any flaming, and I hope, as you will see, that it does not preclude anybody from designing. As a manufacturer of a tool that is not an airplane, I want to agree with Mark Mech and advise that he not simplify the ability of a foreign manufacturer, or even a internal high volume seller, by permitting or sending them information regarding his design. While he, or any other manufacturer, cannot prevent a competitive manufacturer from buying the design as a sample, he can only hope that the company would have more sense than to start bad press for themselves in the marketplace. The Marketplace for modeling is fairly small, so this bad press can be very damaging. There are other reasons which could cause a problem for the copying manufacturer. The state of the art changes fairly rapidly, and those pilots who want to have the "best" will have bought the plane prior to the copying manufacturer selling it. Besides that, there is alot of tooling, and labor which must be invested prior to a release, and there is a question of whether it is truely worth it. Poor decisions have yielded such planes like the B2 bomber. (it never could fly for me). People want to have the NEW design on the block. I have looked around at the contest scene and most planes last only a short time before a new, more advanced design is being flown by the top guys. If a foreign manufacturer decides to copy the design, there is really no recourse. A small manufacturer cannot fight with the only thing which he might have at his disposal, a copyright. And even that is only as effective as how deep the pockets the manufacturer has. He has to resolve himself to making them look bad in the marketing department, or perhaps what would really happen and that is he gets the shaft himself. I know, I have been there at the government level. The original desinger looses every time. So what can the manufacturer do? Well, he can design a new, better plane which makes the market for the older plane nonexistant. As if that is not what we are all trying to do already, Right? What I see is that the designs that are in effect today, will be only really competitive for a short time, and then they will be replaced by the newest and greatest. What is the true lifespan of a design? Perhaps months. And since it is quite short, the copying manufacturer will soon be outclassed by the upcoming designs. Unless the plane is so much a beginners plane that many will be sold, I consider the investment in copying a loss. Is that what the people in Taiwan, or another country thinks about, I do not know. I could go on, and I hope I have not alienated anybody. Thermals, Chris http://www.scrollsander.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [RCSE] Your "Soaring Santa" Holiday Card Here!
Paul &AimeeNeat card, thanks and Holiday greetings to both of you. Jim Larkin - Original Message - From: Paul Naton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 12:12 PM Subject: [RCSE] Your "Soaring Santa" Holiday Card Here! > To view "Soaring Santa" our holiday card to you all, go to the link below: > > http://radiocarbonart.com/Pages/santacard.html > > Happy Holidays you soaring maniacs.. > > From Paul and Aimee > Radio Carbon Art > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
