Re: [RCSE] 29OCT02

2002-10-29 Thread pete darr
WELL GUYS THOSE WHITE THINGS FALLING OUT OF THE SKY ARE BUILDING INDICATORS NOT LIFT INDICATORS!      "William E. Johns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I look out my office window.It's snowing.sigh.BillRCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests

[RCSE] snowing...

2002-10-29 Thread Les Grammer
Yea, but look at it from the positive side ... so many tiny thermal indicators to choose from! >From: "William E. Johns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I look out my office window. >It's snowing. >sigh. >Bill RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" r

[RCSE] wing tape

2002-10-29 Thread d. o. darnell
Hi, Dave; We used to use a clear tape permanently attached to the root (about 1" wide) to eliminate the covering from being pulled loose by the attaching tape. (The attaching tape sticks down on top of the permanent tape.) For the permanent tape we used SlickTac which was used to make decals b

[RCSE] 29OCT02

2002-10-29 Thread William E. Johns
I look out my office window. It's snowing. sigh. Bill 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.

[RCSE] Fwd: airtronics stuff for sale

2002-10-29 Thread Mike Stump
92777 rx is sold... all other gear still available.. Take Care, Mike Stump 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 t

[RCSE] Flying and friends

2002-10-29 Thread REECE
To everyone that I had the privilege of flying with this year.    Thank you all so much    From that Capt’ guy who strongly suggested that I get a real plane. To the kids at the Nats that tried to drown me when we were suppose to be shagging chutes. The memories of this year will no

[RCSE] Vacation report

2002-10-29 Thread Steven Bixby
Just checking to see which list members are on vacation this week. Just kidding! Folks, please remember that if you set auto-response on your RCSE list-subscribed email accounts, then every poster gets an (annoying) copy of your auto-responder message. Most email clients can be set to n

RE: [RCSE] Obechi source?/Wing covering

2002-10-29 Thread John Derstine
Superior gets it from Dream catcher hobbies which no longer imports it. they might have some on hand still.. -Original Message-From: Kevin Sheen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 11:16 AMTo: John Bojack; [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [RCSE] Obechi sou

[RCSE] RE: Model Aviation Soaring Column

2002-10-29 Thread Mike Garton
Jim, you did a great job on the Nats coverage. There are not too many people who can both write well AND take good pictures. It gave the readers a fresh perspective and put the vacation back in my vacation. :-) The abundance of CL in Model Aviation can be explained. Content editor, Bob Hunt, is a

[RCSE] The Great pumpkin Fly

2002-10-29 Thread Martin Doney
I would like to say thanks to the CSS for a great contest. If you couldn't make this one you missed a very good time and some great flying as it was not a gimmie to make your time. Thanks to Capn' Jack and Karen for putting up with the crew that shows up at the house when in Cincinnati. It was on

Re: [RCSE] Model Aviation Soaring Column

2002-10-29 Thread Steven Bixby
> Of course my big question is how do CL guys keep from getting so dizzy that > they fall on their face? And my big question is, how do you fly a CL sailplane on standard CL lines? RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [RCSE] Model Aviation Soaring Column

2002-10-29 Thread Randy Bullard
> >Are there really that many people doing control line? Based on the AMA's > >coverage you'd get the impression that soaring is a pretty small event in > >comparison (which I find hard to believe). Here is another way to look at it. How much do soaring pilots pay for planes, radios and supplies

Re: [RCSE] Obechi source?/Wing covering

2002-10-29 Thread Kevin Sheen
One of our local club members ordered some from Superior Balsa in CA.  I think the website is: www.superiorbalsa.com Hope this helps, Kevin At 06:59 PM 10/28/2002 -0500, John Bojack wrote: Anyone have a source for Obechi wood?   Any other methods recommended for sheeting a built-up wing that woul

[RCSE] F3XTD at HSS So Cal.

2002-10-29 Thread Tom Copp
Hello TD Gurus, We are holding another F3XTD contest this Sunday at the HSS field in Costa Mesa, Ca. Look here for more info. http://www.f3x.com/Contest/F3xtd.htm Please have your entry card in by 8:45. No new entries will be accepted after 9:10. Once the matrix is set the contest is closed. (So

Re: [RCSE] Wing to fuze joint

2002-10-29 Thread Dave Nasatir
Although I haven't seen the idea implemented, local flyers discussed the use of small Radio Shack rare earth magnets (properly oriented) implated at the ends of the wing rod tube (when using a steel wingrod)to hold the wings to the fuze. Else, just put the magnets in the root rib and the fuze.