[RCSE] Pushers

2002-04-15 Thread jleigh
A friend of mine is interested in using an electric-powered sailplane for airborne video. To keep a clear firld of view, he'd like to use a pusher, and to handle the weight of the equipment it needs to be bigger than 2m. I'm only aware of the Jamara Easy Riser or Hobby Lobby's Aeronaut Aerofly

Re: [RCSE] HS-81 failure , almost like clockwork ?

2002-04-15 Thread Bill H
I have had three 81mg's in two Manti in two years just up and stop on me in flight. All on the v-tail, talk about fun flying. Haven't sent them in, although I would like to know if anyone has and what the explanation of the failure is. Bill From: tailheavy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: soaring

[RCSE] ShredAir website update

2002-04-15 Thread Dieter @ ShredAir
ShredAir is now the western US dealer for Exklusiv Modellbau Scheifele's (EMS) scale gliders under John Derstine's Endless Mountain Models (EMM) distributorship. Please see http://shredair.com/news.html for more info. In the album, there is a new gallery with pictures from the recent Visalia

RE: [RCSE] F3J Fundraiser

2002-04-15 Thread Lex Mierop
Brian Buaas is the team manager -l -Original Message- From: Pat McCleave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 5:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RCSE] F3J Fundraiser Hi Guys, DOes anybody know who is heading up the fundraising for the USA F3J Team.

[RCSE] Expected Servo Life

2002-04-15 Thread Bill Swingle
The topic of servo failure rates has appeared on RCSE before. I've said many of the comments below, before. However, I disagree with some recent comments by a more esteemed modeler on this list and had to speak up. The results of the previous servo discussions have been fairly consistent. My

[RCSE] Simprop sailplane dealer

2002-04-15 Thread Michael Trull
Are Simprop sailplanes available in the United States? I am trying to find someone selling the Sagitta Project 2 (Sagitta 2?) sailplane made by Simprop. Thank you for your help! Sincerely, Michael RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests

[RCSE] Whisper 2M Molded Sailplane

2002-04-15 Thread John Fruge
I wanted to find out of anyone has or has seen the.. "Whisper" 2M Molded Sailplane >From Hobby Lobby? Is it any good or a waste of cash? I'm looking to get something 2 meter for my local clubs Monthly TD contests and maybe a larger contest or 2 a year. Any info would be great. Thanks,

RE: [RCSE] I flew so much today that ...

2002-04-15 Thread Bill Kuhl
I flew so much today that my feet are sore from shagging chutes and launching so many times. 8-) Yes and my finger hurts from throwing my new DLG Taboo a lot this weekend. I guess I need some of the tape that gymnast use on their hands until my fingers get toughened up. Randy Bullard I

RE: [RCSE] Whisper 2M Molded Sailplane

2002-04-15 Thread Kerry Cochrell
I have one. It is very good quality I hear it is the same plane as the Urge that we hear a lot about. I haven't flown mine much and can not comment on the thermal abilities. I have flown of a slope a bit and I can say that there are much better slope planes. I was flying in moderate

RE: [RCSE] I flew so much today that ...

2002-04-15 Thread Bill Swingle
Oh yeah; well... I took an electric to the power field (the wind was marginal for sloping). Once at the field I realized that I'd left the transmitter at HOME. Doh! Then, hoping to salvage the day, I went from there to the slope. I got 10 miles away from the slope when my low fuel light went

[RCSE] RE: Viking Qualifier Results??

2002-04-15 Thread Nathan Woods
Hi guys, I'm trying to send this from a Palm, so bear with me. Jerry Craft did upload the results live, but in text to the F3F newsgroup on Yahoo! It is now Monday morning and we are all so sunburnt that we can't type well enough to post final results. Suffice to say that we had a good

[RCSE] F3J Fundraiser

2002-04-15 Thread Pat McCleave
Hi Guys, Thanks to all who responded to my question. I guess Mark Taylor of f3x.com fame is the team manager and is the one to send the money to. BTW, if there is anyone else out there wanting to pass on their copy of the 3R's of Soaring for the same kind of deal, I have a long list of

Re: [RCSE] HS-81 failure , almost like clockwork ?

2002-04-15 Thread h_k_russell
How about experience with 225's ? I have had two (3?) HS 225's that have died suddenly. One I was adjusting the pushrod and when I hooked it back up, it was dead... no warning. Died with far less than 50 hours on it. This was an elevator servo. The other on was new, less than 5 hours, and