[RCSE] Electrical Conecters

2000-02-27 Thread sailplanes
My stock of 4 and 6 pin conecters for wings has ran out. Looking fo a sorce of quality long pin conecters. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[RCSE] coreless

2000-02-27 Thread Richard Hallett
The FMA website http://www.fmadirect.com is the easiest site to get to that lists a coreless servo. The prime difference is the quality and type of the motor. In addition the gear system is normally of the higher quality. The problem is their size. I have not had the chance to examine any

RE: [RCSE] Importance of foam core cutting sequence (long)

2000-02-27 Thread Scobie Puchtler or Sarah Felstiner
This translates into wider kerf at the "slow" end. With that said, I'm not real sure but that "gravity-powered" cutters have the same problem. They do have the same problem. It is especially well illustrated when cutting wings for a delta in which the root may be twice the tip chord or

Re: [RCSE] Re: Alternative Servos

2000-02-27 Thread Tom Broeski
If everyone looked in their "old servos" box and listed what they have, it might make the point. I looked and have 80's 81's, locked up 255's, Dads, several different CS servos, an assortment of Airtronics servos (4 141's that won't center right, some 151's I just put new gears in and they

Re: [RCSE] Electrical Connectors for Wings

2000-02-27 Thread GoneSoarin
Hi, I use connectors from Digikey. These 4 pin connectors similar to the Deans but much longer. They are made by Waldom/Molex, are gold plated and .450" long on the male end. The other end is .172" for soldering. The receptacle is also gold plated. These connectors are very nice. See

[RCSE] servo lead question

2000-02-27 Thread Cliff Schwinger
I have a used CR Climax that I purchased from someone through the internet. It came with two Cirrus CS-20 BB sub-micro servos with Airtonics connectors. I would like to clip the Airtronics connector and splice on a Hitech connector. The servo leads have one red wire (an end wire) and two black

Re: [RCSE] servo lead question

2000-02-27 Thread Art Mcnamee
Hi Cliff, your servos should work fine if you change plugs. The only thing is make sure you get the red (B+) in the center of the plug and the middle black wire (B-) to the edge of the plug. the other black wire is as you said, the signal or information lead and goes to the other edge of the

Re: [RCSE] servo lead question

2000-02-27 Thread James V. Bacus
At 04:02 PM 2/27/00 -0500, Cliff Schwinger wrote: Thanks for any advice anyone might have regarding this matter. http://www.fatlion.com/sailplanes/servos.html The above link should be helpful. Jim Downers Grove, IL ICQ 6997780 Visit my R/C Soaring Page at

[RCSE] Contest announcement F3J March 18th and 19th

2000-02-27 Thread Joe Rodriguez
Harbor Soaring Society is proud to present 2 days of F3J soaring competition, current F3J rules – 2 man tows. Each day will be flown as a single contest with scores combined for overall champion. To run this contest as efficiently as possible there will be a pre-determined matrix. This means

[RCSE] Wanted: FX 66-H-159 coordinates

2000-02-27 Thread Bill Bunny Kuhlman
Would like to have the coordinates for the Wortmann FX 66-H-159. This airfoil is not on the UIUC web site. Please reply via e-mail rather than through the list. B^2B2Streamlines Bill Bunny Kuhlman 'specialty books for aircraft

[RCSE] Vision's are sold..

2000-02-27 Thread Orbitone
thanks all for the replies on the 2 vision radios are now sold.. Mike.MHSS/SWSA Member RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]