[RCSE] ECHLGF Friday report

2005-10-21 Thread Oleg Golovidov
Friday report What a great day we had today. A bunch of people showed up despite some very low clouds and even rain to the north of the area. The weather improved throughout the day and by the afternoon we had some areas of blue sky and later the sun came out and it the sky opened up.

Re: [RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #6569 - Kraft gear

2005-10-21 Thread Ben Diss
I lost my first plane, back in '79 to a Kraft servo with four leads. One of the four chafed away and down came the plane. Ah, those were the days. -Ben Larry C. wrote: The old Kraft center-ground servo's are 4 wires and are electrically different from modern 3-wire servo's. You cannot easil

[RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #6569 - Kraft gear

2005-10-21 Thread Larry C.
The old Kraft center-ground servo's are 4 wires and are electrically different from modern 3-wire servo's. You cannot easily just rewire them. The radios are not legal anymore although for a while, you could get new legal RF decks, not cheap. These old Krafts lack a ton of features standard o

[RCSE] Re: Soaring V1 #6569

2005-10-21 Thread AMA3655
Ken - I'm old enough (and have flown toy planes long enough) that I should know this...but I forgot. How many wires go to the servos? If it's 3 then you can still use them. If it's 5 then you need to retire them. Even if the answer is 3 then you wouldn't want to use them for the elevator

[RCSE] Kraft Servo's

2005-10-21 Thread Ken Eaton
Title: Blank Darwin,  thanks for the reply.  All of these servo's have 3 wires (4 pins on the plugs - but one is not used).  Will that make a difference in the compatibility question? [EMAIL PROTECTED]  

[RCSE] Kraft Servo's

2005-10-21 Thread Ken Eaton
Title: Blank Found a box of Kraft radio gear packed away years ago in one of my military moves. Series73 through Series78 stuff. Now flying Futaba Super-7. Are any of the servo's (11's, 12,s, 14's and a couple of micro's I don't have a clue what model # is) compatible with a plug change or

[RCSE] Epsilon HL

2005-10-21 Thread Bruce Hobbs
For sale NIB Fred Mallett laid up aileron Epsilon HL with carbon mat in wing and stab layup and strong enough for discus launch with a peg. A true high performance ship. $125.00  OBO plus shipping.   BCNU Bruce Hobbs  

[RCSE] Good Slideshow KCSE!

2005-10-21 Thread Winch
I was cleaning up my bookmarks today and happened upon the KC site. I don't remember anyone else mentioning this excellent slide show so I thought I would point it out. http://www.kcse.us/aerotowevent.html Phil in Vancouver RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe

[RCSE] for Sale

2005-10-21 Thread david alchin
I have 2 brand new in the cases Hitec HFD-O8RD Rx shiped US $100 Reply [EMAIL PROTECTED] david alchin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Why Wait? Move to EarthLink. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscr

[RCSE] Re: Is Klingberg Wing Nostalgia-Legal?

2005-10-21 Thread MSu1049321
Forgot to mention this is the 100-inch version I'm asking about, not the 2-meter one, which I also have. 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 te

[RCSE] Re: Q: is a Klingberg Wing nostalgia-legal?

2005-10-21 Thread MSu1049321
I haven't assembled it yet, afraid to mess up the sheeting step and the arrowshaft hinges. No, I'm not selling it;-) RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must

[RCSE] Blade II

2005-10-21 Thread lomcovak
Anyone running this ship? Need to know which fans you are using. Heck, I would just like to know what Aeronaut recommends! TIA. Simon Van Leeuwen PnP Systems - The E-Harness of Choice Radius Systems Cogito Ergo Zoom RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "un

[RCSE] Paging Ed Wilson

2005-10-21 Thread George Voss
Ed, can you please contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? TIA and sorry for the wasted bandwidth. gv <>

RE: [RCSE] something new

2005-10-21 Thread Tom Copp
I have the Spektrum module in my 9303 for ground use, Works great, a 9303 with all the mixers if you like stick radios for boats or cars this is the way to go. They have a module for Airtronics as well. More of these are showing up at the RC races and work awesome. I "hear" they are working on a ai

Re: [RCSE] something new range

2005-10-21 Thread TJB
100 feet or so. It will be interesting when it is actually tested in the field. T - Original Message - From: "Jon Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 9:20 AM Subject: Re: [RCSE] something new To be fair, the following comment from the manual should be no

Re: [RCSE] something new

2005-10-21 Thread Bill Swingle
I was wondering about range also. But the radio looks fantastic. And reasonably priced too! And while there's little justification for an estabilished pilot with multiple transmitters to buy one; if anyone does please give us a FULL report Bill Swingle Janesville, CA RCSE-List facilities pr

Re: [RCSE] something new

2005-10-21 Thread Dan Ahearn
Prerry slick, I wonder about range. I couldn't find any specifics at the spektrum or Horizon sites?On 10/21/05, Jon Stone < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:2.4Ghz RC system, Spread Spectrum Modulation, 80 channels, auto channel selection. http://www.horizonhobby.com/Shop/ByCategory/Product/Default.aspx?Pr

[RCSE] Cal Posthuma in Hospital

2005-10-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I know this is a little off subject, but a long time flyer, Cal Posthuma is having difficulty with lung congestion and is in the hospital. He had and operation which installed a permanent tracheotomy and is in ICU recovering. As you know Cal has been an active soaring enthusiast for a long time

Re: [RCSE] something new

2005-10-21 Thread Jon Stone
To be fair, the following comment from the manual should be noted: "Parkflyers Only: The DX6 system is designed for parkflyer type aircraft only. This includes all forms of compact electric and non-powered airplanes as well as micro electric helicopters. While the system ha

[RCSE] something new

2005-10-21 Thread Jon Stone
2.4Ghz RC system, Spread Spectrum Modulation, 80 channels, auto channel selection. http://www.horizonhobby.com/Shop/ByCategory/Product/Default.aspx?ProdID=SPM2460 several people on this list have been asking for this for a few years. no more long antennas. :) RCSE-List facilities provided by Mod