Re: [RCSE] From Sherman Knight We need your help again.

2008-04-14 Thread Martin Usher
lot. I have a foot in both camps so I'm interested in promoting co-existence -- with the best will in the world you can't play soccer on those fields 24/7, the turf won't stand it, and its a pity to waste all that nice flat grass... Martin Usher PS -- In retrospect a Turd Plant on part

Re: [RCSE] Breaking the 40 Spektrum Radio Barrier

2008-03-22 Thread Martin Usher
a handful of companies from grabbing the spectrum and sitting on it to maintain a monopoly. Unfortunately we went with the 'usual suspects' getting the spectrum so don't expect any rapid changes in spectrum use. Martin Usher PS -- It wasn't the wireless network guys. The real culprits are the mobile

Re: [RCSE] Breaking the 40 Spektrum Radio Barrier

2008-03-21 Thread Martin Usher
is if this stuff behaves like wireless networks then the transition from Working Great to PoS will be quite abrupt. Martin Usher Ed Anderson wrote: Sorry if this is a repeat, but I did not see it come through the first time and I thought it was important. I read elsewhere that the original DX6

Re: [RCSE] An Easy Glider Postal Contest

2008-03-14 Thread Martin Usher
of entrants for a particular club, that sort of thing. (BTW -- I really like the plane. It might be a small chunk-o-foam but with if its flown carefully its about as capable as a generic 2meter.)(...and it's neat when you find yourself on top) Martin Usher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Greater

Re: [RCSE] How long will 72Mhz remain open?

2008-03-10 Thread Martin Usher
that) but it won't be because of the lack of technology. Martin Usher BTW -- Don't fall into the trap of assuming 2.4GHz is limitless. It just feels that way. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe

Re: [RCSE] Well, I thought it was over...

2008-02-26 Thread Martin Usher
granular so it blows around like sand rather than having to be shovelled like wet concrete. They seem happy enough but all the same I think I'll stay somewhere where the furnace going out isn't a life threatening emergency. Martin Usher Richard Burnoski wrote: I purposely didnt get more gas for my

Re: [RCSE] EZ glider setup?

2008-02-08 Thread Martin Usher
and your patience lasts. Martin Usher PS (Motor? . what's a motor?) 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

Re: [RCSE] This Winters Projects

2008-01-13 Thread Martin Usher
its a no-brainer for many but its a headache for me -- moldies are a pain if you ding them). Then I need a new 3 meter Too many planes means far too much time cycling batteries. That's all I seem to do with my slope planes! Martin Usher (BTW -- I've got relatives who live somewhere east

Re: [RCSE] Which Wing Rod?

2008-01-09 Thread Martin Usher
with carbon tip joiners. Martin Usher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I'm in the process of desigining my wing for my road trip plane and would like to ask for recommendations on wing rods. I have 1/2 ID carbon tubes that I'll be using as spars but don't know what to use for the wing joiners (rods

Re: [RCSE] Jack Benny is 39 and 2.4 is 38?

2007-12-25 Thread Martin Usher
for enough of us to be using the kit to get a user base of experience. Martin Usher 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

Re: [RCSE] Launching Sanity

2007-12-22 Thread Martin Usher
are way too easy to fly.) Martin Usher 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. Email sent from web based email

Re: [RCSE] Line breakage and launching and costest management - was Icon 2

2007-12-20 Thread Martin Usher
). I think they do this to break the winch so that whatever lift they find they can keep to themselves since fixing the mess after one of these gorilla types has had their way with the kit takes about a thermal cycle. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send

Re: [RCSE] Mythbusters: Concrete Glider -- thee result

2006-11-13 Thread Martin Usher
want a first class spoiler -- it looked like the first hint of rising are and it would be up and gone! Martin Usher 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

Re: [RCSE] Mythbusters: Concrete Glider -- the result]

2006-11-13 Thread Martin Usher
wrapping paper, apparently the result is very strong). Martin Usher 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

Re: [RCSE] Mythbusters: Concrete Glider

2006-11-08 Thread Martin Usher
to have much of a future as a wing core material, though. Martin Usher Ben Wilson wrote: Just noticed that this week's episode of Mythbusters is entitled Concrete Glider in which Adam and Jamie attempt to create gliders out of concrete! I haven't watched it yet - it's recorded on the TiVo

[RCSE] De-electrifying Sailplanes

2006-10-24 Thread Martin Usher
is how the wing would react to winch launches.in an electric configuration such a plane would be carrying significant extra weight which will stress the wing as the plane maneuvers but I doubt if the forces would come close to what could be achieved winch launching. Martin Usher RCSE-List

Re: [RCSE] Lithium Ion charging

2006-10-21 Thread Martin Usher
Go to Target and buy an inverter for your car that will convert the 12v power to 120volt. Their price varies from $30 to $50. Its better to get a larger than a smaller one (i.e. avoid the 100 watt one, go for a 200 or 400w one). Martin Usher Bill Swingle wrote: OK, hypothetically here

Re: [RCSE] Latest news on 60 Acres South

2006-10-05 Thread Martin Usher
such a minority that we don't have the votes or the fiscal clout to make a big noise. Its a little easier with golf courses because its quite obvious what's going on -- its a mechanism to convert public facilities for private use. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send

[RCSE] Invisible Models

2006-09-26 Thread Martin Usher
to build a flying device that can trick our eyes into not seeing something that's there (since I seem to spend a lot of time when flying looking for something that's there but it seems to have disappeared!). Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe

Re: [RCSE] Foil Wing Bags

2006-08-25 Thread Martin Usher
because if you don't the cover can get so hot it will actually start to melt the plastic. So, yes, the stuff's good for shielding the wing from bumps and scratches but don't leave the wing in the sun unless you're trying to cook it. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane

[RCSE] Software is important (Was MS Outlook question)

2006-08-14 Thread Martin Usher
it against a brick wall, the cure is just to stop doing it. Unfortunately people are reluctant to change, you often have to work with what they're willing to do, but there's no harm in getting the word out to cut down on the number of questions later. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided

Re: [RCSE] MS Outlook question

2006-08-14 Thread Martin Usher
system that mandated that you had to use it. For the rest of the time you are better off using Anything But Microsoft. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe

Re: [RCSE] PCM vs FM in Sailplanes,,,HUGE advantages!

2006-07-21 Thread Martin Usher
I suppose replacing your clunker four channel FM radio for an up-market 10 channel PCM one with proper surface mixing has nothing to do with it...its just the modulation Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL

Re: [RCSE] SC-2 contest

2006-07-11 Thread Martin Usher
Also, contest #5 is coming up on August 20th at TOSS (Thousand Oaks). Information is at:- http://toss.freeservers.com/files/2006sc2r1.pdf (We're also doing a Bent-Wing contest earlier in August, on the 6th. Information is at:- http://toss.freeservers.com/files/BUBW06r1.pdf ) Martin Usher

Re: [RCSE] Re: Can one use a copper wire for an antenna

2006-06-22 Thread Martin Usher
won't show up at all except as reduced radio range). Martin Usher 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. Email

Re: [RCSE] Carbon-fiber reinforcement for Alcyone wing; vacuum bagging with a Foodsaver

2006-05-20 Thread Martin Usher
and the whole lot into the bag and the vacuum on is a process that has to go smoothly. Once you start having to go back and repeat steps things can go to pieces very quickly (think classic slapstick comedy except its not funny..) -- so you don't want to go back. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities

Re: [RCSE] A technical radio question needing simple answers

2006-05-11 Thread Martin Usher
of the scanner and you don't want to put too much signal into the scanner receiver, if you overload it then you're going to get all sorts of modulation effects (that is, apparent signals will show up all over the spectrum). Its helpful to know the relative strengths of the signals. Martin

Re: [RCSE] loaded question...2M

2006-05-08 Thread Martin Usher
mine for about 230, its now listing for $290. Martin Usher 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. Email sent

Re: [RCSE] Re: TX RF output? Long!

2006-03-10 Thread Martin Usher
can still use a CB radio to talk to someone instead of a cellphone). Conventional radio is essentially obsolete, it'll eventually go the same way as spark gap or R/F alternator technologies, but it will take some time before it fades away. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model

Re: [RCSE] Re: TX RF output?]

2006-03-08 Thread Martin Usher
that it wouldn't help to look at the output spectrum from time to time, but (IMO) suggesting to people that radios somehow require regular servicing like a car is an application of FUD. Martin Usher (time for the flameproof suit) PS. Receivers don't emit R/F -- actually they could

Re: [RCSE] Re: Redundancy for Scale (Two or more batteries)

2006-03-06 Thread Martin Usher
a battery that's been used successfully over a couple of months over a new one any time. (I'd be wary of switches, though -- the ones that you buy are pretty reliable (they actually have two sets of contacts) but they're still quite cheaply made. Its easy to buy good quality switches.) Martin Usher

Re: [RCSE] Evolution of RC RF

2006-02-23 Thread Martin Usher
-- so the chances of us getting a slice for free is, I'd guess, relatively slim. I'd love to move to spread spectrum. Just not at microwave frequencies. If we could get our hands on just one redundant UHF TV channel that would keep us happy for a very long time. Martin Usher RCSE-List

Re: [RCSE] He still sees no need for Dial a channel, but I have -- for years

2006-02-21 Thread Martin Usher
fast if you use them repeatedly Martin Usher 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. Email sent from web

Re: [RCSE] Aircraft Designers - Completing the Design

2006-01-05 Thread Martin Usher
that difficult to get right during the design and a nuisance to add after the fact. Martin Usher 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

Re: [RCSE] Subject: RC and airports

2005-10-10 Thread Martin Usher
was right on the edge for this pilot if he's going to get fazed by a chunk of packing foam. You can't be too careful with aircraft -- sometimes its more fun to sit on the ground and fly the thing by proxy. (Cheaper, too) Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe

Re: [RCSE] Hmm? very interesting

2005-08-17 Thread Martin Usher
that could alter the shape smoothly as it flies, and preferably not by carrying a powerful computer and a pile of actuators. EPP foam and tape seemed promising because its sort of flexible but still strong. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe

Re: [RCSE] AMA's position with regard to soaring

2005-07-31 Thread Martin Usher
cowering in terror over a handful of rag-tag irregulars hiding in caves? Why are we even discussing this? Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must

Re: [RCSE] Lithium battery disposal

2005-05-21 Thread Martin Usher
but it has the same sort of ring to it) Martin Usher 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. Email sent from web based

Re: [RCSE] JR transmitter synth module

2005-04-03 Thread Martin Usher
that's main advantage is that it simplifies the manufacturer's inventories. Martin Usher 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

Re: [RCSE] Signal strength switch?

2005-04-01 Thread Martin Usher
too exotic for us at the moment. Maybe the answer is to put two radios in the plane (a 72 and a 50 MHz?) and merge the outputs in a microcomputer. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note

Re: [RCSE] Signal strength switch?

2005-03-31 Thread Martin Usher
should ignore it, I think the radio amateurs have got the right idea in opposing it tooth and nail, its a really stupid idea, one of those things that just because its sort of technically feasible doesn't make it viable or desirable. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News

Re: [RCSE] Gentle (Ornery) Lady project

2005-03-14 Thread Martin Usher
foam's the answer?) (The only way you're going to do a max pedal launch of this plane is to make it less of a floater -- no matter what you do to it one tap's going to have it going up like a kite. So reduce the wingspan to maybe half a meter and ballast it like a brick, that might work.) Martin

Re: [RCSE] a beautiful ornithopter

2005-03-03 Thread Martin Usher
For the linguistically challenged:- http://www.ornithopter.de/english/index_en.htm (Same site -- English version!) Martin Usher Scobie Puchtler wrote: Wow. Check out this rather elegant ornithopter and in particular the quality of the craftsmanship and design: http://www.ornithopter.de/bilder2.htm

Re: [RCSE] Rare earth magnets as wing retention devices?

2005-03-01 Thread Martin Usher
the attraction. Martin Usher 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. Email sent from web based email

Re: [RCSE] Breakaway fuse?

2005-02-28 Thread Martin Usher
helped but nothing was as effective as practicing with a plane that could hit things without breaking. Its also useful to look how the foamie's made -- you can use the taping techniques on balsa planes. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe

Re: [RCSE] dual conversion

2005-02-22 Thread Martin Usher
will be obselete. Martin Usher 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail

Re: [RCSE] Off subject: Help with MS Outlook Express Email Problem?

2005-02-20 Thread Martin Usher
streaming video in the Firefox browser, for example -- but its a small price to pay to have a working computer. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages

Re: [RCSE] Off subject: Help with MS Outlook Express Email Problem?

2005-02-20 Thread Martin Usher
computers, BTW. Its not been more intrusive because of consumer reaction (negative) which might derail it before it gets pervasive -- there's still too much legacy kit around, older analog televisions and radios, that sort of thing.) Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane

Re: [RCSE] Need some guidance from the gurus...........

2005-02-14 Thread Martin Usher
quite a lot of fun to make a PoS fly. It'll never work as well as a brand new factory built 2m Icon but that's not the point. (If all you want to do is stay up then maybe the best thing to do is remove the noseblock and replace it by an electric motor.) Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided

Re: [RCSE] Contests 2 M class

2005-02-12 Thread Martin Usher
. bricks) but a modern one performs as well as a bigger plane, especially if the person flying it knows what they're doing. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe

Re: [RCSE] The muddy field of copying

2005-02-10 Thread Martin Usher
for peanuts so we can profit from our genius, complaining loudly to all when people cut us out as unnecessary (you could call it the real hidden danger in outsourcing!). Martin Usher BTW -- LM and the companies that they sold the design rights to are cheeky. We (the taxpayer) have already paid them

Re: [RCSE] About having non-AMA sanctioned contests

2005-02-07 Thread Martin Usher
, they're there to learn the trade and tune pilot and plane. They're open to all but since there's only so many weekends in a month and the prizes are nominal at best you don't get too many people showing up from other clubs. Martin Usher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (snip..) RCSE-List

Re: [RCSE] Dead stick landings

2005-01-31 Thread Martin Usher
and seriously injured the student.) Martin Usher 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. Email sent from web

Re: [RCSE] Cell Phones and Synthesizers

2005-01-27 Thread Martin Usher
the answer either -- its not holding the phone's that the problem, its the talking. Anyway, IMO there's really no comparason with circling in a thermal and careening across a crowded parking lot in a SUV. Martin Usher BTW -- My Prism Tx synthesizer module is cell-phone resistant (even the old sort

[RCSE] Other R/C Band Users

2005-01-24 Thread Martin Usher
should encourage people to move to 216MHz...we might also have a go at explaining to the people at the AMA that all is not hunky-dory in R/C land (but I'm not sure they'd understand). R/C aircraft need reliable radio communications if they're not to be a danger. Martin Usher RCSE-List

Re: [RCSE] Frequency Scanners

2005-01-18 Thread Martin Usher
the other fliers in the area, there's a bunch of them and none seem to be aware of other R/C activity, clubs, AMA or anything like that...)(He was flying a 40 sized helecopter by himself) Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe

Re: [RCSE] High Altitude Glider

2005-01-17 Thread Martin Usher
(the fliers in the air are credited with their flight time and they just have to land for points or something like that). What it'll mean in practise is that once that horn goes off everyone's just going to be diving for cover. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News

Re: [RCSE] High Altitude Glider

2005-01-17 Thread Martin Usher
, tissue and rubber bands. Martin Usher Incidentally, returning to the original subject of this thread, this site first popped some time ago, it even got its own thread in RCSE. They're Canadians, they seem to know what they're doing and it looks like a fun project for them. RCSE-List facilities

Re: [RCSE] Typical current drain

2005-01-03 Thread Martin Usher
of the surfaces had started binding. It doesn't take much to dramatically increase the current drawn by a servo. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must

Re: [RCSE] Interesting Club Traditions / S.Texas weather

2004-12-25 Thread Martin Usher
. Texas -- right along the coast from Northern Mexico to an icy mix in New Orleans. I didn't know they got winter that far south..a White Christmas not just in Houston but in Brownsville as well. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe

Re: [RCSE] Interesting Club Traditions

2004-12-23 Thread Martin Usher
flying weather. The weekend promises to be a bit warmer, 70s, beach weather -- our Xmas plans include a walk around the beach then back for a BBQ. I'll probably fly on Sunday (Shall I go on?) Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe

Re: [RCSE] RF Synthesizer

2004-12-22 Thread Martin Usher
. You also have to look closely at the settings -- the slots tend to widen out with use so its very easy to accidentally set the channel to one adjacent to the one you were going for. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests

Re: [RCSE] HTML email settings.

2004-12-18 Thread Martin Usher
way myself -- the only problem I have with non-HTML mail (like this one) is that try as I may I can't get the line breaks right. Answers anyone? Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note

Re: [RCSE] P-38 Again

2004-12-15 Thread Martin Usher
of situations where any other plane would have been shot out of the sky (i.e. nobody could catch the thing). Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must

Re: [RCSE] product discontinuance

2004-12-10 Thread Martin Usher
that the company's suffering financial stress -- this attempt to license these designs to hobbyists is the corporate equivalent of rummaging through the sofa for loose change. Martin Usher

Re: [RCSE] New era or just hype?

2004-12-09 Thread Martin Usher
? After all, we don't need the display when flying and we could just as easily program the thing using an external computer, even using something as small as a PDA. Martin Usher PS. I like the Palm OS. Its quite capable of running a radio, it'll do a lot more than two channels (don't be rude). I use

Re: [RCSE] California Foam -Home Depot?

2004-12-06 Thread Martin Usher
of insulation.) I'd be interested in hearing about foam sources, I'd like to get some to start cutting. Its probably available from builder's merchants, suppliers to the trade, rather than the big-box home stores. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe

Re: [RCSE] Video camera on Eagles shoulders

2004-12-06 Thread Martin Usher
not American and the place that the bird was flying looked awfully like Scotland) Martin Usher 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

Re: [RCSE] Drela Foils

2004-12-01 Thread Martin Usher
of a displaced Ukrainian aerospace engineer who's discovered how to earn hard currency ring about it.) Martin Usher 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

Re: [RCSE] Pirated Plans

2004-11-16 Thread Martin Usher
it impossible for someone else to reinvent them and claim the work as original. Martin Usher [I think the current policies of publishers that are geared towards opaque media and restricted access will wreak enormous damage on our culture.a new Dark Age. Very little that we create is truly new

Re: [RCSE] Say What!!!!

2004-10-28 Thread Martin Usher
mano thing sometime It might be worth building a DLG with a Clark-Y airfoil; I don't think anyone's done it soI don't think we can say its that much worse than any other foil. (I suspect it will work rather well, especially if there's an expert flying it.) Martin Usher

Re: [RCSE] Pager? Interference

2004-10-22 Thread Martin Usher
a realtime congestion displays for motorists. Martin Usher 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.

Re: [RCSE] Security issues and R/C models

2004-10-21 Thread Martin Usher
with them, bulk up a bit so they don't look like a small bunch of oddball hobbyists that like to play with bits of wood and tissue paper. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe

Re: [RCSE] Security issues and R/C models-keep politics off the exchange

2004-10-21 Thread Martin Usher
we did. There are politics involved because politics sets the agenda, the cultural environment, and its the only way we're going to have any kind of input into this process. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL

Re: [RCSE] Turbine engine for your saiplane . . .

2004-10-20 Thread Martin Usher
of it will be heat but a significant amount will be available at radio frequencies.] Martin Usher (The cooking site's worth a look...understandable recepies, almost revolutionary.) RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [RCSE] Re: Jammin' with the V. Pres

2004-10-19 Thread Martin Usher
, for example, that we seem to be in a vat of goo or that somethings interfering with our radios. Tom'll be all right once we've got him dosed up correctly, just be tolerant in the meantime. Nobody's perfect. Martin Usher It is clear to me that there is a Republican conspiracy against = Channel 47

Re: [RCSE] Security issues and R/C models

2004-10-16 Thread Martin Usher
and ears open, but also keep a sense of proportion. Martin Usher (BTW -- You might find a visit to Israel interesting -- its full of people trying to live ordinary, everyday, lives in a society that's got what could be the worst-case in day to day terror threats. The locals don't seem

Re: [RCSE] Re: Flying Early Thursday

2004-10-15 Thread Martin Usher
of a Presidential visit. (Random thought -- I wonder if the Secret Service realize that raptors can be trained and that some of the places where this sport is very popular include Iran and Pakistan.) Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe

Re: [RCSE] So Cal this w/e

2004-10-15 Thread Martin Usher
Thouand Oaks has a club contest. Don't expect to win money. (Don't expect to win...you never know who you might be flying against.) You could run through the list of clubs to see if there's anything else to your taste. Check the links on www.sc-2.org. Martin Usher. - Original Message

Re: [RCSE] Mako - can you tell me about it?

2004-10-12 Thread Martin Usher
of the art RES.there are a lot of choices out there.don't dive on the first thing you come across! Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must

Re: [RCSE] Bird attacks vs. airplane color

2004-10-08 Thread Martin Usher
them. Martin Usher - Original Message - From: Brent Hoover [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 5:29 PM Subject: [RCSE] Bird attacks vs. airplane color While out flying yesterday, I got to wondering about the times we have heard of a bird attacking

Re: [RCSE] Gordy

2004-09-30 Thread Martin Usher
Oprah. Martin Usher 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.

Re: [RCSE] September is almost over and....you really want a new thread????

2004-09-28 Thread Martin Usher
on people.70ozs of molded plane can kill, 30ozs of softer material is less likely to do so.) Gripes? Flames? (Solutions??) Martin Usher [BTW -- I had an North East Omega come down...that's one very strong plane, it will fly again. Its also cheap enough to junk and get a new one. I stopped

Re: [RCSE] September/October thread -- interference

2004-09-28 Thread Martin Usher
and better (and much more expensive) things (full size) but I'm still flying those sailplanes. Martin Usher 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

Re: [RCSE] Remember that B-52 with 8 turbine engines?

2004-09-08 Thread Martin Usher
models? Martin Usher 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.

Re: [RCSE] Well, it finally comes to this...

2004-08-23 Thread Martin Usher
maybe its time to drag out that foam cutter and vacuum pump or build that multi-thousand piece jigsaw puzzle (AKA "High performance built-up sailplane"). But its useful to clean out the workshop.you end up with so many planes that cycling the Rx batteries becomes a full time job! Martin Usher

Re: [RCSE] Re: TCAD and PDF file

2004-08-23 Thread Martin Usher
There are at least two...I been using PDF995 for some years, I prefer it to the Adobe product. Its a virtual printer just like Acrobat. It works with TCAD. Its readily available as shareware on the 'net (it nags you with adverts unless you pay the $9.95). Martin Usher - Original

Re: [RCSE] Re:Antenna ad-nauseum

2004-08-19 Thread Martin Usher
its members Internet access they started flooding the net with their newbe stuff, so much so that an AOL mailing address was instantly associated with lamer. We're more tolerant now. (Or are we?) Martin Usher - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

Re: [RCSE] Volt master

2004-07-16 Thread Martin Usher
/ household use. I find them more convenient than my lab instruments because they're small, light, quite robust and loseable. They also come with decent test leads (test probes are quite expensive, its worth buying the meter just for them). Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane

Re: [RCSE] Growing list. Inbox Filters

2004-07-15 Thread Martin Usher
care enough about what's happening on the net to devote resources to keeping it clear.) Martin Usher 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

Re: [RCSE] Looking for a 2M back up glider

2004-07-06 Thread Martin Usher
of a conventional TD plane. If you've not flown 2meter in a while its worth another look. Martin Usher BTW -- I've got an NES Omega. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must

Re: [RCSE] July 4th pyro show

2004-07-03 Thread Martin Usher
..I'm going to have some fun even if we lost) Martin Usher - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 5:07 PM Subject: [RCSE] July 4th pyro show To bad you guys can't be in Louisville tomorrow

Re: [RCSE] Re: Here is the document

2004-06-26 Thread Martin Usher
address -- its a major pain but there just doesn't seem to be any other way. (Once upon a time I thought this type of software was cute. These days if I found out who was sending these things I'd probably be tempted to take somthing which could euphemistically be called 'direct action'.) Martin

Re: [RCSE] Potting servos !

2004-06-22 Thread Martin Usher
absorb unwanted energy. Rigid mounts break things. Martin Usher. 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.

Re: [RCSE] tip stalls

2004-06-09 Thread Martin Usher
in it but a bit of opposite rudder. Holding the rudder into the turn as you fly round is an invitation to tighten up the circle which will eventually result in the inner tip stalling, you losing height and maybe going into a spiral dive. Martin Usher - Original Message - From: Bill [EMAIL

Re: [RCSE] Electronics - New Stuff

2004-06-02 Thread Martin Usher
like the idea of a soft radio but I don't like magic, clever code tends to get very expensive to test and the possibilities for interesting 'bugs' that cause planes to fall out of the sky increase. Sometimes conservative technology is the best to use. Martin Usher - Original Message

[RCSE] JR Servo Question

2004-06-01 Thread Martin Usher
I've got some JR NES-341 servos that need new gearsets. Can anyone tell me which is the correct part number to order? TiA Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe

Re: [RCSE] countdown stopwatch

2004-05-24 Thread Martin Usher
commuincation delay but I thought this might be regarded as cheating.) Martin Usher I know I have seen this tread before about a reasonable priced countdown stopwatch but I can't find one (Paul) I have a Robic 707 from Tom Copp at Composite Specialties. http://www.f3x.com/ (Andrew) RCSE-List

Re: [RCSE] How many transmitters?

2004-05-19 Thread Martin Usher
Compact Flash card, its silly. (Can you imagine just how many models you could get on one CF card? Even a small one? Its more than several lifetime's worth!) Its the same with the interfaces; there are lots of standard interfaces around, we just don't need special cables and the like. Martin Usher

Re: [RCSE] Antenna for HLG / Electric Fields

2004-04-23 Thread Martin Usher
and they don't affect our flying (assuming that nobody actually lands on them, that is). I don't know what voltage they are, I think its 7kV. If they were significantly higher voltage then the poles they are on would be a lot taller and we'd be avoiding them just like any other obstacle. . Martin Usher

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