Title: RE: [RCSE] (RCSE) having a bad
day
Ouch! You don't just call up Deiter after one of
those.
Yup, John Derstine would be a better choice: ahh, John, do
have a set of wings and a fuse? The stab is fine...
Dieter Mahlein
http://shredair.com
The problem that we've been having so far is putting 2.5
horsepower through a belt without it delaminating, though even that
problem should be solved quickly.
For the record, getting 2.5 HP continuous is no problem with the
Reisenauer 6:1 Motor Chief gearbox and a 22-sized Lehner motor.
Title: Re: [RCSE] SuperStands, 'A Must Have' item for
keeping
I got mine
at Vislia years ago and its still serving me!
I saw the versions that Tom has and they are improved. The
stand has less metal which makes it a lot lighter in the
Sportube and probably draws less attention in the Xray
Anybody know why I can't get onto Shredair's website?
If you do, please let me know. -- This is out of our (ShredAir's)
hands, and just in time for the holiday, it'll be interesting to
locate someone who can correct this problem.
Meanwhile, you can e-mail us (I think) or call us (541/954-6842).
Title: Re: [RCSE] AIRTRONICS ROCKS!
AIRTRONICS ROCKS! I won a new complete RD8000 radio
at F3J in the Rockies, and Skip won a new Stylus!
This is the second time this year that Airtronics has
donated radios to our contests; and I know 3 guys personally who have
won Stylus's this year.
THANKS
Isn't that what Volz servos cost new?
jim
Not anymore. Check the Euro exchange rate, for example at
http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi and add about 2.6% to get the rate
banks actually charge...
Dieter Mahlein
http://shredair.com
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Finally, after a week of host server woes and SCUS (stupid computer
user syndrome) on my part, we managed to update our site.
This includes a new album with pictures from the German Oktoberfest
Pokal F3B contest last September and a separate page for the
Easy-Patch central wiring system for
Can someone explain a bit about how the wing rod works ? Has there
been any incident of wing panels detaching from model gliders in the
air ? I am yet to witness one. I know it works , just don¡¦t
understand why .
Unless there is flutter or severe turbulence, flying loads will
prevent the
Don't worry about the HS-50 actuating two ailerons, especially if
they're on torque tubes, which mostly cancel out loads. If you want
something all done, consider a VIP pylon racer; it's molded to fit
the HS-50. I fly mine on the slope with all the electric junk
installed and a folding prop.
I have the two versions you're decribing and use them both in Vision
and Infinity transmitters.
I'm sure Airtronics tech support can give you a detailed explanation.
They can be reached at 800/567-6867 or 714/978-1895
Dieter Mahlein
http://shredair.com
I have had no response to this
Hi all,
I asked about this a while ago on the scale exchange, and didn't get a
response. I'm wondering if someone wouldn't mind explaining how a water
ballast system (mainly for scale models) works.
Is the system pressurized? Do they typically incorporate a diffuser to
disperse the water
Anyway, new ideas keep cropping up and I can build 3 or 4 GENIES for what
even a cheap moldie costs, so why not? It sure avoids GPS!
Harley,
Cheap moldies are just that and shiney on the outside. Not much
thought other than quickest, cheapest, short-term, quick-buck
production goes into
A question for other Stratos owners (or Dieter)... a club member heard that
I might have to take it easy on launches because the SL version was not as
strong. He was not sure but trying to be the friend he is by passing along
a caution he had heard. Is this true? Should I avoid full-pedal
I thought it was common knowledge that model airplane related items
and activities defy the laws of physics. I know this, based on my
experience with thin CA. At this point, I'm not sure if I've fixed
more or wrecked more with that stuff. I know it readily flows against
gravity and
No Doc, but they are becoming known for showing up at thermal death
matches and beating up on unsuspecting TD pilots ;)
Jeff
Nahnahnahnahnah... a real slope head is no thread at a thermal death
match. He'll either fall asleep (heads up!) or die of boredom after
no more than 5 minutes of
I am sure someone with more knowledge about fluid dynamics can say this
better than I can, but it is NOT frontal area that determines drag. The drag
increases faster than the frontal area when you lower the flaps and the drag
increase from 60 degrees and 90 degrees is enormous, much more than
Question for you aerodynamic geniuses out there:
I'm a seat-o'-the-pants genius... :o)
The real question I have is the wing I want to use has
built in dihedral starting about 1/3 of the way out -
will this dihedral cause handling problems, or is the
airfoil more critical?
Stiffness of the
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
For those of you who plan to come to the DSlope Fest as participants
or spectators, please bring winter gear. It can be quite cool there
any time of the year, especially when the wind blows, which it does
frequently. A warm hat, coat, fingerless gloves, goggles, and wind
pants are often
Anyone have any experience with the Culmulus (powered or not)?
Also, ShredAir describes this plane with a HN 92-285-935 airfoil. Huh?
Does this compare to some of the more generic airfoils? Which?
Thanks,
Dave
Hello Dave et al.,
I've always assumed this airfoil was by Norbert Habe (and it
I need 9 people and I can get them for $75 each, shipped
from what I remember, do I have any takers... Just doing my
part to pass on a good deal. No joking around on this one
either.
Tom Copp has been supplying them for a long time, has them in stock
now, and will have them in stock in the
So far, 11 pilots are registered for ShredAir's DSlope Fest at Cape
Blanco on April 19-21. Please see the list at
http://shredair.com/dsfest4.html
If you're interested in joining this demented bunch of esteemed speed
freaks, please send me an e-mail with your channel number and plane
Hi Dieter
FYI- Joseph's last name is NEWCOMB!
Oops, sorry, I hadn't finished my coffee before I posted. At least I
got his name right on the website. Thanks for pointing that out. I
keep confusing his name with Jerry Holcomb, an excellent local pilot
and AMA official.
Dieter
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I will be at the DG airparts/X-C Soaring/Shredair booth with a large load
of videos to sell.
Will have Going the Distance, EL 3, and Pro Aero Tow, and a few others
for sale at a good discount.
Demos will be running on the booth TV so come on by and say hi.
Will be there all 3 days.
On
If DP says it, I believe it, but Do I smell the quote of this week??
Brian Smith
With the Profi, you can accomplish
miracles, both for landing, and for normal flight.
I thought it would be this one:
I'm going to make it easier to fly. The planform may be a bit
aggressive for most of you.
Is it just me or is just about every new car commercial out there showing
some totally awesome slope sites. I just saw a new Toyota 4 Runner
commercial showed an incredible DS site that they drove right across the top
of. I would love to know where that is located.
See Ya,
Pat McCleave
Suppose you need new servo caps for a set of Voltz servo's. Where would
you start looking for replacement parts.
No, I don't need any. Have a friend who is trying to get spare parts for
Multiplex, and is having much difficulty. He's considering switching to
Voltz, but wants to know if it
There is another consideration to add to this. There may be instructions
with the kit but they are not in English... Instead, I received
help from members of the exchange and finally, after many requests,
the manufacturer did provide a translation.
I have also found that with scale ships
Someone suggested build a slope, no joke.
My ideal slope is a hexagon shaped mesa with each side 1000 feet long or
longer. It should be at least 500 feet above the surrounding area and have
walls which slope at approx. 60 degrees. Also the top should have one tree
so if you're going to crash
We were talking about whether a pilot having 18 months of flying
under his belt would be ready for an Ellipse 3CAM. Chances are good
he would. You've been flying for a year and you are ready for an 85oz
molded Eclipse V.
It is a myth...
Dieter
I agree with Michael Neverdosky. You need
I wish to take issue with statements that a pilot with 18-months of
flying experience cannot handle a good molded sailplane. I can only
speak for our line of planes, but they fly more precisely and
consistently and predictably and with overall much better performance
than the crates usually
Went flying yesterday with my new Profi 3030. I always do a range
check. When using other Tx's I've just not extended the antenna.
With the 3030 I simply didn't install it. I walked off a bunch of
steps, perhaps 30 and watched the surfaces wiggles as I went.
Everything worked until I got
We're they really used without permission? I recognized them as coming
from Shreddair, but I assumed that Deiter had something to do with NSP
selling the Brisk.
Brett
For the record:
Marcela Leal (who took the pictures), myself, and ShredAir are in no
way associated with Northeast Sailplane
This is our first sale since ShredAir started 2 years ago. Sale items
include F3F and F3J gliders, hotliners and F5F gliders, some EDF
(electric ducted fan) planes, a few Plettenberg/Schulze systems for
EDF and helicopters, and a 1/3 scale Lo-100.
Also, due to the consistently high US
This year, we're attending the SE Modeler scale fun fly at Eagle
Butte on June 9 and 10, and we're staying to fly at the various
slopes for a few days thereafter. For those attending the event, the
following ShredAir slope and F3B planes will be on hand to inspect
and to test fly before and
I lost my servo connection on a RnR moldi and a bad thing happened. The
fuse is a dog toy. One of the wings got munched near the root. The shape
is still there but it now has undesirable softness to it. Is there a link
that demos repairs to this stuff? Thank you
Martin
Martin,
Assuming
Hello everyone,
As part of our new Event Album pages, Marcela has uploaded a few
pictures of Soar Utah 2000: http://shredair.com/album.html
No need for us to remind everyone who didn't make it what an
outstanding event they missed, Paul Naton's video rubs that in
adequately...
While you're
...All this plus probably your only chance
to see a Percival Mew Gull as a PSS ship ( wonder if the owner is related to
the guy with the Beech Staggerwing in "Lift Ticket"?).
Actually, the Mew Gull is Eric Swenson's that has also flown as an
electric-powered model. The little booger was a bit
Everybody interested in theory of speed- and energy management of
dynamic soaring have a look at
www.lfm.mw.tu-muenchen.de/lfm_sources/albatros.html
In a nutshell, this page shows and summarizes the results of
theoretical calculations designed to optimize the DS flight path. In
the graphs,
The best place is Shredair (www.shredair.com) simply because they are some of
the nicest folks in soaring :-)~
Bill Gillis
Reno, NV
Actually, get it from Dave Reese ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), he's almost as
nice as we are... :o)
We sold his video at SWC, only because Dave himself couldn't make
That's not what I meant! In most cases the Europeans can build a
decent layup with enough spar strength. Where they fall down is in
design and weight.
Thank goodness, besides TD, there are other glider disciplines (else
I'd hardly be interested). I'm sure everyone is aware of F3F, F3B,
F3J,
Something I've been looking for, but don't even know if it exists:
Does any manufacturer make a glass slipper scale jobbie with a
(near) perfect aspect ratio? I've been checking out some very nice
kits, like a DG600 and ASW-28 from Icare. But I have yet to find a
scale sloper with the long,
Greg,
Do try it with a good DS foamie. I have DSd the top of a table top
mountain where the last 30 feet or so where a near vertical cliff and
it worked well. There is enough separation there. I realize your
situation is reverse, so it's more do-or-die for you. Good Luck!
Dieter
Hi All,
Anyone know the web site or e-mail address for Higgins planes. The link
e-mail from NorCal slope page does not work. TIA Bill Grenoble--Shermans
Dale, PA
Bill et al.,
It's very possible that John Higgins is not taking orders at this
time. -- Higgins planes are designed for high wind
contrary to popular belief, there is big air every once in a while at Torrey
Pines. Today was one of those days. 20mph average, gusts to 37mph!
TWENTY whole miles per hour average is BIG AIR?!!! Heck, "Lift
Ticket" will cause more commotion in your living room than 20 mph do
on our slopes. --
I most definitely second Scott's message. How Airtronics service
manages to charge so little for their work is beyond me. Sure hope
they stay in business! The most amazing deal I got involved one of my
Infinity 600 transmitters which exhibited erratic behavior. It came
back with a new logic
Instead of bashing someone, redirect the energy and dispense praise.
Here's my first contribution:
Hollyday Designs switch harnesses: I received my first set of 5, and
they are exactly the kind of high-quality "stuff that works" that I'm
always looking for. They come with instructions and
Dudes
I'm getting confused, are we talking DSing or BSing here? Sounds like an
interesting combination of both.
Denny
Denny, of course it's both: Ballistic Slope'n and Dynamic Soaring.
Dieter
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An absolutely excellent wingeron plane is Joe Cormier's Mach-1. The
plane is extremely well balanced, flies in light lift, and ballasted,
I have shredded air with it in 40 mph wind.
The Mach-1 is a 60-inch sloper with bagged carbon wings; it's all
done and painted except for radio
Who remembers what the effect on dihedral is, relative to a high wing and
low wing positions
a plane with a straight low-mounted wing has a certain amount
of stability (instability?) and moving that same wing to the high-mount
position gives an amount of stability equivalent to how many
My apologies in advance for using this group in an attempt to correct one
of my mistakes.
A gentleman from Anaheim, CA, called a while back to order a Stratos SL. I
have lost his name and number. I thought his name was Jim Bradford, but
apparently I'm confusing him with one of the orgnizers of
Hi all,
I want to to try DS'ing on our local (small) hill and would appreciate
suggestions as to what kind of plane would be appropriate. Has anyone
DS'd with a red herring? Mog? TG3?
What planes should I be considering? EPP is probably a must and cost
is also a factor.
TIA,
Richard
The one that rises my sap is the 702. The planform, A/R and sections look
right. The fuz has a trendy narrow x-section with a small pylon and a
decent sized V tail.
I could be wrong but I understand the moulds etc are still being made so
it's early days yet, certainly one to keep an eye out for
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