[RCSE] What Time Is It in Muncie?
Gents: I gotta drive over to Muncie on Saturday morning. What time zone is Muncie using this year? Eastern Standard Daylight Savings, or Central Daylight Savings or Local Option Crapshoot Indiana Time Zone Roulette Time? I gotta adjust my sundial before leaving home! Tom H. Nagel Judicium Procurator Recuperatio RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
[RCSE] On-board digital video equipment--source?
Guys: One of our (off line) club members is interested in acquiring one of those small Bic-lighter sized digital video cameras to put on a sailplane or an electric. Can anyone give me some references to sources for those things? Thanks, and a happy 4th to you all. Tom H. Nagel Judicium Procurator Recuperatio RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
[RCSE] The Flamingoid Lives!
Friday night was our local club's annual Summer Solstice Jim Clark Memorial After 6 thermal contest. Best total of three flights after 6 p.m. wins.We had a large turnout, and did a special flyover in honor of our recently deceased president emeritus Hugh Rogers. We got as many of Hugh's planes in the air as possible, including one he had just finished a few days before going into the hospital. Hugh's daughters and extended family were on hand. The Infamous Flamingoid had a bad night, though. It took a perch in the very top of a 45 foot tall maple back in the brambles and thorn bushes between the field and Walnut Street. I shouldn't have been surprised. Flamingoids are known to nest at this time of year. We know for a fact that it was a 45 foot tall tree because Jay Watkins has a 40 foot collapsable pole, and when we full extended it and reached up as high as possible, we were just able to touch the underside of the flamingoid. That bird was not coming down, and I couldn't get up into the tree to convince it otherwise. I limped home Friday night, disappointed in my own loss of depth perception and suffering from the slings and arrows of outrageous Sovereign landing patterns. Saturday morning Don Herbert and I returned to the scene of the crime, with a stepladder, climbing pegs, a throw rope, pruners, a bush saw and implements of destruction. I climbed about half way up the tree and used half the pole to gently poke the Flamingo out of its nest. In a remarkably short time it started to slide down the outside of the tree---Tail First! Oh no! I thought---Fractured tail feathers! Fissures of the fuselage. Then at the last second the hooked Flamingo neck and beak snagged a low hanging branch. The Flamingoid wound up hanging by its beak just above the bushes. The pole pruner nudged it down to a safe landing. No damage! Overnight in a tree top, a 45 foot slide back to the bushes and it is as good as new. I realize, that isn't all that good to start with, but it is a happy ending to the tale nevertheless. And as always, there is a moral to the story- as a famous German Bauhaus industrial designer once said: :Form Follows Funky. Or something like that. Tom H. Nagel Judicium Procurator Recuperatio RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
[RCSE] Bill Bryson with FAA Clearance
Guys: I picked up a book that would probably appeal to most of you: Hard Air by W. Scott Olsen. Olsen writes like Bill Bryson with a private pilot's license. He writes about hard air flying, hurricane hunters, forest fire tanker pilots, medi-vac helicopter flights, bush pilots in the far northern arctic reaches flying rescue missions out on the ice. Maybe he should cover some of the OVSS contest weekends, too. Give it a look: ISBN 978-8032-1144-4 Tom H. Nagel Judicium Procurator Recuperatio RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
[RCSE] I've Built 18 planes so far this year
Guys: I have put together 18 planes so far this year, and I'm still behind. No, I have not changed professions. Here's the deal. A buddy gave me a 2008 One Paper Airplane Per Day Calendar for a late Christmas present, and I'm falling behind. So far I have done an F4F and an SR-71 and a Wildcat and an FA-18, and a Kite Plane, and a Stunt Plane and Gordy-knows all what. I am losing track! The kitchen table is getting cluttered. The dogs suspect I am nuts. I am up to my ears in paper airplanes, and already I'm a month behind. Does Muncie accept donations of unbuilt paper airplanes? Tom H. Nagel Judicium Procurator Recuperatio RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
[RCSE] Tree Stories
Guys: I have really enjoyed the Tree Stories. First, they remind me of the incredible variety of ways that we as a group have found to screw up process of launching and flying RC sailplanes. And secondly, the stories all make me feel a whole lot less stupid than I normally appear. (Did I word that correctly? I think not. Never mind.) Tom H. Nagel Judicium Procurator Recuperatio RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
[RCSE] Contest Format
So far I have deleted approximately 793 RCSE messages on the topic of Contest Format, without reading any of them after the first one or two. How about a new thread? How many RCSE readers out there are deleting all the RCSE messages captioned Contest Format without reading them. Oh. Wait a minute. Those folks won't be seeing this messge. Never mind. Tom H. Nagel Judicatum Procurator Recuperatio
[RCSE] Seasons GPS Greetings
Gentlemen, and Gordy: At this auspicious time of year, the Winter Solstice, may I extend seasons greetings and warmest wishes for the gradual lessening of all of your GPS symptoms, as the sunlight gradually extends to those of us in the northern reaches of the planet. And, if you find yourself in the depths of GPS this winter, please remember in the immortal words of Buzz Aldrin: The sun is always shining, if you have sufficient altitude. (Or maybe that was Buzz Lightyear, I forget.) Tom H. Nagel Attorney Columbus, OH
[RCSE] Good Guy Alert
Guys: I bounced my Sirius Pro charger off the concrete floor; it still worked, sort of, but was a little flakey. It had definitely slid down the scale a bit from JR Spektrum toward Used Air Hog in terms of reliability. So I emailed George Joy at Peak Electronics, and he said ship it on out. He had it back in a week or 10 days all fixed up at a minimal cost. Thanks George. Tom H. Nagel Attorney Columbus, OH 614-224-8339
[RCSE] Similes, not Landmarks
Guys: I think what the group has been groping for is what English Majors call similes. Not landmarks, similies. As in: Floats like a butterfly Stings like a bee. Sucks like a 2 meter Klingberg Wing. Folds like a Bird of Time ARF or Invisible like the Duck I won at the NATS volunteer raffle. Tom H. Nagel Columbus, Ohio
[RCSE] Elemental problem
Bill Grenoble, please ping me. I have an "Elemental" problem that is soaring related. Thanks Tom H. NagelJudicatum Procurator Recuperatio
[RCSE] Getting Bombed at MOSS Field
It was a beautiful early October day at MOSS field, the little berry patch out northeast of Columbus that our new member Gil Perez calls "The Tree Farm" We had clear blue skies, light winds, lgreat thermal lift, a handful of club members, a few visitors to the field and spiders. Lots and lots of SPIDERS! I think these things are called parachute spiders. They sit in the bushes and tree tops and spin out long lengths of spider silk, and when a thermal comes through they go sailing off across the sky. Our planes were coming back with hundreds of strands of spider silk (and presumably some pretty pissed of spiders) draped across the wings. One of the families that strolled by on their way to hike down by the lake had two sons; so we broke out the Air Hogs and did some recruiting. Dad and the older boy both flew air hogs successfully and I have a feeling we may see them again. And we got bombed. I have been wanting to experiment with "bomb drop" as an event for our electric flying. I had made up some fiber board disks about 2 1/2" in diameter, painted white with a big red X and a hole drilled in the midde. We strapped light dowel rodsto the fuselage of some planes just aft of the wings (vertically, like little antennae) and dropped a bomb disk onto the dowel. The idea was to fly over the target, loop or roll or whatever, and let the disk fall off the dowel onto the target. The best Bill Hoelcher or I could do was about 25 yards from the target. I am sure Gordy will have plenty advice for us about getting bombed. Practice practice practice. I hope you all had a good afternoon, too. Tom H. NagelJudicatum Procurator Recuperatio
[RCSE] Good news and Bad news
We had a beautiful day here in Central Ohio, for January or just about any other month: 55 degrees, sunny, SSW winds. There were 9 cars at the little Linnville slope, as many as I have ever seen there. A new club member got his first slope flights in, and I think he's hooked. And nobody broke much of anything. The bad news is that when I arrived, the surveyors were just finishing up. The land owner has sold off some lots, and building will start in a few months. I hope the new owners like RC sailplanes and will want to fly with us. Tom H. NagelJudicatum Procurator Recuperatio
[RCSE] Soaring at the Blimp Dome
This is a report on the bi-weekly indoor flying events in Columbus, Ohio. We fly 9 to 12 pm in an inflated golf dome on the east side of town every other Saturdaynight. And yes, this story is soaring related. First of all, indoor flying is a helpful treatment for those of us suffering from GPS during the dark, grey Columbus winter. Secondly, it is a chance for us to see the marvelously inventive models of guys from all over the state. One fellow has a "Tri-Rotor" thingy that he designed himself, a sort of mutant helicopter device with three motors and three props on the corners of a carbon fiber triangle. It will roll and loop, and fly out and away like a real airplane, and unlike most model helicopters I see. It navigates through a combination of gimbaled motors and differential thrust. Another fellow has one of those toy airplanes that flies by differential thrust from two motors and recharges by sitting on its transmitter. He has re-fitted it with two brushless motors, a lipoly single cell and a real receiver. He has programmed the heck out of his JR transmitter and the little plane flies just like it had ailerons and elevator and rudder. Jet Jockey Terry Nitsch was flying a 3 mph electric with a 5" wingspan, which was a treat to see. And one of the guys was flying a DLG Alula indoors, easily launching it to the ceiling of the blimp dome and then flying aerobatics and circuits of the dome amidst a cloud of park fliers, 3-D foamies, ducted fan electrics and high speed flying winglets. A major improvement in the Columbus indoor fly is that it is now organized into a series of half hour sessions: a half hour of 3-D free for all; then a half hour of "racetrack pattern"; and so forth. Much less carnage that way. OK Columbus sailplane guys: It's safe to go back into the dome.
[RCSE] Almost Sailplane Related
Browsing the new books at the local library I came across a novel with a title that called out to me: "The Art of Uncontrolled Flight" by Kim Ponders (2005) Kim is one of the first female USAF pilots to fly in a war zone. This is her first novel. It has nothing to do with sailplanes, but the uncontrolled flight part sounded familiar to me. Worth a read. Tom H. NagelJudicatum Procurator Recuperatio
[RCSE] Plastic Scale Models--a little off topic
Happy new year guys. What better way to start the new year than with a question that is a little off topic. I'm handling a probate estate that has in it a collection of plastic scale models, mostly of interesting miltary jets and WWII fighters. They are fairly well built, probably better than I ever did as a kid, but not museum quality by a long shot. Vulcan, Hustler, SR-71, Pogo, U-2, Mitchell, Jug, P-51, etc. Maybe a couple of dozen models. Do these things have any value? Any market is built plastic scale models? Anybody interested? (also some flat top and sub and naval surface craft that I can't identify). On topic: I almost went flying today. I went and watched the Westerville guys motor around, but the advertized SE winds never materialized, so we didn't slope. Tom H. NagelJudicatum Prucurator Recuperatio
[RCSE] One Design Contests
The central ohio MOSS club used to do an annual Gnome contest. Most of the members had at least one 2 meter Gnome. I have built three of them and still have two, including the infamous Flamingoid. The Gnome is still kitted I believe. It is a little heavier and stronger than a GL and has a somewhat more advanced airfoil. I think of the Gnome as a wood and monokote Duck. For some reason MOSS has stopped running our Gnome contests over the last few years. I guess people got tired of standing in the landing circle and yelling "DUCK!"
Re: [RCSE] AMA's position with regard to soaring
Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Mid-air. - Original Message - From: Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: soaring@airage.com Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 7:16 AM Subject: Re: [RCSE] AMA's position with regard to soaring Martin really has this one absolutely right! Keith I like the present situation because there's a sort of gentlemen's agreement with the FAA -- we don't interfere with full-size traffic and they leave us alone. It works well for both parties. The FAA assumes that we're responsible people but reserves the right to wield a big stick if we're not. All Dave Brown can do is disturb a stable situation. He can't request exclusive use of airspace up to 700' without seriously restricting the number of places we can fly. Full size pilots have to share the air. They just have to look where they're going, especially near the ground. There are birds up there. There are other people blundering around in planes and ultralights. There's parafoils, balloons -- all sorts of things. Our models add just a tiny bit extra to the mix -- there's not a lot of us, we're predictable, we avoid areas where planes fly and we can get out the way quickly if we have to. So if we're not being a problem then why try to find a solution? My hope is the FAA is more pragmatic than the AMA. So far, so good. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
[RCSE] [RCSE]Seeking Charlie Kendall
Anuybody know where Charlie Kendall is? He was the MOSS club contact in eastern Ohio. Email bouncing now. Did he move? Yo, Charlie!
