Gordy!! For heavens sake WHAT has making dollars with radio control
beach cleaners have to do with Radio Control Soaring--have you lost your
creativity !!?? What a bummer!
This post!? I am announcing I am going to be slope soaring my tired/
Blushing /Taboo up the west coast of Japan as
Do you mean this is how we are suppose to read Gordy--/wakarimashita/!!
Sky Pilot
Soaring wrote:
SoaringMon, 28 Apr 2008Volume 1 : Number 11128
In this issue:
Re: written communication nuances
RE: [RCSE] Re: written communication nuances
Gordy takes more poetic license than the average, sure! It took him
five years of posting me to be able to spell Hawaii as J A P A N !! He
was always into too many barley pops, he said, to know the difference.
You say Thank God! for the Gordys--if we can't laugh, we are poor
indeed there
Thank You! LSF Officers for the fine post to the King County Council
Members! Below is _some_ of my edited post! We need to let them KNOW
NOW that SASS is US !! NOT just them and this is an activity that DOES
involve all ages and families. I have done it in my own way and you
can help by
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On this topic, The HLG Monarch has to be included!
ABSOLUTELY!! --Sky Pilot
Paul Clark, SKY PILOT, Osaka, Japan(AMA # 53 777 1)
http://www.jesus4greaterasia.com/
http://www.jesus4greaterasia.com/skypilot/
SKY PILOT'S HANGAR--RCHLG-DHL AFICIONADO
No virus found
This was an earlier contribution to the previous effort
which has been posted to the addressees Jim suggested. This is OUR
fight--join up !! Sky Pilot
I am absolutely disgusted with how King County has handled the
60 Acres situation!! Earlier I address some members
thusly: Respectfully [!!??]
John Roe posted: Who remembers The Old
Buzzard video? --and Dave Thornburg? Still available?
DVD? ww.roenation.com .
Welcome back Sensei!! I hope you didn't crash land out :-) !!
Is start up so bad after your illustrative years under Guru Joe :-) !!??
That you need to get back to such basics :-)
I'll second that request !!?? I NEED one,
too Sky Pilot!
From: Jim Deck
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Old Graupner Sailplane
Part?
I just acquired an old Graupner sailplane. It
has a T-tail with a two piece plastic mounting device the allows a
full-flying stab to rock on top the fin. This
From: Tom Kallevang [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is Gordy's
best post yet, on ANY subject! tk
Guess that is how the cookie crumbles! --ppc
Paul Clark, SKY PILOT, Osaka, Japan (AMA # 53 777
1)
http://www.jesus4greaterasia.com/
http://www.jesus4greaterasia.com/skypilot/
SKY PILOT'S HANGAR--RCHLG-DHL
At 08:25 PM 1/20/2006, you wrote:
The only time I had an advantage with the thermal sensor was when the
model was directly overhead or at extreme visual range. --Chuck
Anderson
Chuck! Does this mean you are going back to using it again
:-/ :-) !!??
Paul Clark, SKY PILOT, Osaka, Japan (AMA # 53
George! You are really pushing the envelope on this one :-) !! I
built one of these--and never throw-a-way a plan of anything I build,
but that was 45 years ago (and a move or two between; marriage, four
kids, etc, etc. . . ) and it was an ole'bird then :-) !! I even
tried to put a Cox 0.10
What are the dates for the AMA/LSF Soaring NATS and what day for RCHLG-DHL !!??
Where will the 2006 MidSouth Soaring Championships be - dates RCHLG-DHL
day !!??
Of course the Worlds - IHLGF, Poway, CA will be June (12) 34, 2006 !!
Please Thank You!!
Paul Clark, SKY PILOT, Osaka, Japan
I requested the dates for the AMA/LSF Soaring NATS and the
day for RCHLG-DHL !!?? Also the 2006 MidSouth Soaring Championships
dates RCHLG-DHL day !!?? Of course the Worlds - IHLGF, Poway,
CA will be June (12) 34, 2006 !! Off line results were
immediate and here they are for all. Special
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Lots of folks complained about
all the ads - me, I always felt it was the most
comprehensive/convenient comparative shopping reference out there (and
some good columnists and designs over the years). I'll miss
it (particularly since I just renewed in May!). Good
Lift!
TNX! for the pics, Jack! Can't miss Paul--have you guys ever considered
taking a collection and buying him a new hat :-) !!?? --Paul, the one in Japan
Paul Clark, SKY PILOT, Osaka, Japan(AMA # 53 777 1)
http://www.jesus4greaterasia.com/
http://www.kcat.zaq.ne.jp/skypilot/ (dated)
SKY
Steve! Jack left out the dog. You don't mess with a man's dog either! --Paul
Paul Clark, SKY PILOT, Osaka, Japan(AMA # 53 777 1)
http://www.jesus4greaterasia.com/
http://www.kcat.zaq.ne.jp/skypilot/ (dated)
SKY PILOT'S HANGAR--RCHLG-DHL AFICIONADO
--
No virus found in this outgoing
He is a legend alright--infamous as well
as informative--gregarious and a hoot :-) !! Not everybody's cup of
tea, a great guy :-) !! A Dave Berry humorist--riles the
uninitiated, aids the needy :-) !! Get's it right; gets it
wrong--depending on your point of view. If you can't laugh at
yourself
has anyone had problems taking transmitters on
aircraft for travel in US?
NEVER!! OTOH my hand carried birds have often been challenged--very
disconcerting, considering the profound difference between the actual
inherent difference in danger between the two!! --Sky Pilot
Paul Clark, SKY
Stefan Wahlberg posted SALglider, As I understand it
neither US or Germany are fully following the Provisional rules F3K that
is stated by FAI. Why is it like this???
In part Phil Barnes responded, We have been flying hand launch
contests in the States since before there was F3K (I think). I'm
Most everyone should be so fortunate ! or Five Stars! Around
the USA there are several pockets or centers of major RC Soaring
activity. William R. Henley
[EMAIL PROTECTED] plus
http://www.reddata.com/sass/
has just given you the SASS Club's WELCOME! to one the most
important and BEST!
They
Chris Adams could give you a response to the question. You lurking Chris !!??
http://www.scrollsander.com/ChrisSoaring.htm
Paul Clark, SKY PILOT, Osaka, Japan(AMA # 53 777 1)
http://www.kcat.zaq.ne.jp/skypilot/ (dated)
SKY PILOT'S HANGAR--RCHLG-DHL AFICIONADO
Lost 34 friends one night, Pleiku, Nam--only two survived playing dead of
three SF Green Beret Teams. I am so PROUD I SERVED, I
am thankful I had three years I could give my country! -- was 7th
SF Gp (Airborne) Sky Pilot
Paul Clark, SKY PILOT, Osaka, Japan (AMA # 53 777
1)
. . . to boot; what a hoot :-) !! Together you guys
have lost enough nuts to feed the town of Olney, IL's White squirrels for
a long Winter. --Sky Pilot
My TX has a thousand+ hours on it , how about your's S? :-)
Louisville tonite and cold, well for here that is.
--Gordy
Does leaving it on over
Recent postings on the SAL Group have my research-writing juices flowing
again; when I try to list-organize all my projects, I always include my
A 'Light' History of RCHLG ! It is something I want to do,
have worked on a lot, but a lot has happened since I was able to focus on
it.
I am
As I did not particularly follow the trend away from the
poly-two-servo RCHLG I am a little lost as to who cranked up the dihedral
on our birds. I would be interested in how this more immediate
history has developed and/from the models out there competing with each
other in the hands of those
As Martin's post is interesting and illustrative of the kind
of help I would like in accumulating information from around the world it
follows below. Help me help ourselves to a FUN narrative of our
RCHLG history; and Thank You! for the read! - and the
INFORMATION you are getting ready to post
Another advantage to Fort Steilaccom Park is that it
is right across
the street from Western Washington State Hospital (mental hospital).
So You could visit some ex-RC pilots while you are in the area.
SASS
Paul Clark, SKY PILOT, Osaka, Japan (AMA # 53 777
1)
Some call it grass--actually it is Susuki bamboo
like grass; well bamboo IS in the grass family--and when it covers a
mountain top (rare) you have a possible slope sight in Japan--BUT it may
be from knee high to over your head--WORSE than corn; i.e. doesn't grow
in rows and can cover ponds of
You are in trouble NOW, Tom--not just BUSY,
but in TROUBLE!! You have been reported to RCSE !!! Anybody
who has been around RCSE KNOWS Tom. Gads!! Well, Tom, at
least you have finally been reported to RCSE--you have joined an elite
group :-) ! Gads!!?? Sturat say Thanks,
Tom. (Oh! But 15, you're
My hat is off to Gordy for the time he spent
encouraging a novice glider guider...And
that is all I have to say about that... --Brian
Smith
That's the Gordy I know :-) !!
Paul Clark, SKY PILOT, Osaka, Japan (AMA # 53 777
1)
http://www.kcat.zaq.ne.jp/skypilot/
(dated)
SKY PILOT'S
The Seattle Area Soaring Society (SASS) project being lead by Sherman
Knight to SAVE 60 ACRES for RC SOARING is in a very important
round--with recent media coverage, Seattle Times and KIRO TV, and letters
and posts to King County Redmond City officials there is movement
in our desired
[Thank You! for the space/read, and
SASS says Thank You! I am in kahoots with
Sherman/SASS. I don't know how the RCSE so messed over my last
post--it came out fine in the SAL Allegro-lite groups.]
CONTINUED support in posts and letters is needed until this has been seen
through. Sherman is
Lui you posted, I am new to thermal soaring and is
trying to learn as much as I can about this magical way of getting
lift. Check out Paul Naton's Everything you wanted to know
about thermals. at:
http://radiocarbonart.com/Pages/mainrca.html
No problems here and same day shipping likely :-) !!
I started archiving everything Wed,
30 Oct 2002 10:59:29 -0600,
and have a ton of archives from RCSE members when I put out a
request for them (I've got back to Aug 2000). --Andrew E.
Mileski
Back to August 2000 an archive of RCSE !!?? In Japan we joke about
the business, the store, the shop
From: Mark Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: Gotta
Love Ebay - off topic but airplane related
Wow...a blast from the past! Back in 1973 this B-25 . . . wanted $3,000 .
. . had the cash . . . backed out . . . here is my old bird
again . . . just another junky old plane.
--Mark
Mark! You aren't
ARE THERE ANY SOARING SUITES IN NORTH OR
SOUTH CAROLINA ?
Try Kitty Hawk !! Couldn't resist-- or Jockey Ridge.
Paul Clark, SKY PILOT, Osaka, Japan (AMA # 53 777
1)
http://www.kcat.zaq.ne.jp/skypilot/
(dated)
SKY PILOT'S HANGAR--RCHLG-DHL AFICIONADO
The best ones are the ones that think
outside the box. Who came up with vacuum bagging,
fiberglass fuselages, carbon fiber wing spars,
winches, etc., etc. Trying something new is the root
of our development to where we are today. Jack
Womack
I am thinking of someone who has a list of firsts
WOW!! Sure glad RCSE finally got past the sink (Thanks! Mike-Lee)--that
must have been some thermal that went through to have such a downer--I was
in Outer Mongolia at the time; what did I miss :-) !!
Paul Clark, SKY PILOT, Osaka, Japan(AMA # 53 777 1)
http://www.kcat.zaq.ne.jp/skypilot/
Yah! I know quite well that the Klingberg Fling Thing is one of the last
Mohicans of the RCHLG oldies--1994; just goes to show how fast things have
changed. I felt sorry for my ole'hobby shop man and took it off his shelf
to help him out.
Any idea what the airfoil on it is!!?? It ain't
Jim has done us a great service:
Here is a web page that will help you make the right sound if you
pile one in, in another country.
http://www.diseaseworld.com/ouch/ouch.htm
8-)) Jim Downers Grove, IL
The Japanese is right--just the cultural nuance is missing; or something,
reality :-) !! Yes,
RE the DYNAMIC SOARING FESTIVAL VIDEO, I saw the original post, BUT no
purchasing information--what did I miss :-) !!??
Paul Clark, SKY PILOT ONE, Osaka, Japan(AMA # 53 777 1)
http://www.kcat.zaq.ne.jp/skypilot/
SKY PILOT'S HANGAR--RCHLG AFICIONADO
RCSE-List facilities provided by Model
David J. Schat [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted, Why I like
instructions! and quiche, too :-)!?
Aside from all the things previously mentioned I like to read through the
instructions first (several times) and visualize how a model goes
together then it's time to start optimizing. I rarely
FREE PR :-) !! I paid for my Chinook :-) !! You are welcome SASS--pay
back time--Red!! Thanks! for a GREAT Northwest Regional RCHLG-DHL
Contest! I was only sorry I could only make the first day of the
competition and missed appearing in Endless Lift III, I mean the DHL short
ala'Paul
From MM [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, I have an old Windfree that
came to earth awhile back as a meteor and I am having difficulty removing a
bunch of the old covering off of the wing. Is there a trick to getting it
all off easily? Picking and scraping with an exacto knife is taking
forever...
We received this warning today. Please check your hard drives. We found one
on both the C and the D hard drives.
Paul and Rickie
Just received the following warning from fellow missionaries who had sent
us an email prior to my sending one to yours. Please check out the
following for the sake
. . . for RCSE!!?? Don't think this was your first post on the thread :-) !!??
Jim you said, Kind of a shotgun post of comments, but I haven't been able
to respond to
the thread as it unwound.
Don't know how else you could respond to the thread :-) !! I will make
Muncie if the date is right
As will be remembered last year Gary Levitz lost his life in the
spectacular breakup and crash--with the props still turning--of Miss Ashley
II !! With our R/C gliders we know how deadly flutter can be to a model.
It is understandable how flutter likely took apart the elevator and the
Will it fly!? It is one of the birds I built for my son and after a few
years air time in Japan, I re-modeled it :-) for him and he has it in the
states!! It was done in see-through red and black trim--he appeared with
it in Model Builder. Yes, as already noted, it IS a kick on the slope,
Monkey King [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted, Actually, I started with
bamboo. Advanced materials do not equal an advanced modeler; you have to
start where you understand. Learning about wood vs. bamboo, built up vs.
solid wings, etc. gives you a real understanding of what you want out of a
From MSu-jaffee, Boeing will survive . . . Lockheed would probably not
have, and the resulting loss of expertise, knowledge/ability base, plus a
second source for competitive bidding... all those things were too precious
to the industry's future to lose . . .
AND Joe would have lost his job.
I am not aware that anyone has posted a reference to the four pages of
material and e-mails prepared by the Eastern Iowa Soaring Society on Wing
Launching of RCHLG. It may be seen at:
http://eiss.cnde.iastate.edu/articles/discus.shtml
Ed Harris, Editor of the Eastern Iowa Soaring Society
Buddy Roos [EMAIL PROTECTED] the NASA guru posted, "How many of you
remember the NATS (1991 or 1992) where Brian Agnew took First Place in the
TWO-METER, STANDARD, and OPEN CLASS flying
a Two Meter BANSHEE?"
SORRY, Buddy :-( !! YES!! You left out one, He took tops at ALL FOUR
CLASSES at
Paul Ferguson posted to Jim Thomas in regards to 'Contests and LSF Levels,'
"Perhaps we need to leave the existing levels alone and add parallel
'non-contest' levels with more challenging tasks."
SOUNDS LIKE!! LSF AWARDS with a nasty " * " attached to me :-) !! Maybe,
Paul, as a
Bill Johns wrote: Also, I believe it was unique as a propeller driven plane
in shooting down a jet a Mig 15 in one-on-one combat. (I'm sure someone
will correct me if I'm wrong here.)
Brett posted, "Not sure about the Corsair, but I think a New Zealand or
Australian Sea Fury did this as
O.K. Steve you done did it!!
"Jeez look at the Equine events." Steve Meyer
See!! "Ok, I can tell that you have never been horseback riding
before." David Smerza
. . . AND you had the audacity to send your post to Tom
Nagel!!?? BOY!! You ARE a masochist--must be rich, too, posting that
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 18:20:48 -0700 From: Scott Hewett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
" . . . knowing what a "Maverick" that Paul Naton can be . . . I'm waiting
to see who will be the first to fly AND film a glider sloping the West side
guard rail on the Golden Gate from one shore to the other. . . What
Rob Crockett, [EMAIL PROTECTED] , Grass Valley, Ca posted, "All kidding
aside, this use of the existing polarization of the background sky has real
potential in R/C soaring, not only for seeing your plane, but also for
seeing thermals."
Quite a post Rob :-) !! We know Joe has especially
"Jim! Its really disheartening to hear that people feel that way. I have
always
appreciated your web page and your inputs here on the exchange. Some people
make an attempt to give something back to the hobby, others are content to
leech or complain. . . " Michael, Melbourne, Australia
Jim!
Can someone help me with an updated address for Manny Tau!? My questions
to him might have an answer here so:
Manny! I bought a Rubber Ducky from you at Visalia in 1995. I finally
fitted it on my JR 347 only to realize it probably was tuned for 40MHz and
I was flying 72MHz. I range checked and
"Jim! Its really disheartening to hear that people feel that way. I have
always
appreciated your web page and your inputs here on the exchange. Some people
make an attempt to give something back to the hobby, others are content to
leech or complain. . . " Michael, Melbourne, Australia
Jim!
Got your ATTENTION!!?? Sky Pilot has a NEW address as above or
[EMAIL PROTECTED] !!
GREAT pics, Jim! Cable! Makes it possible to enjoy !
Brian, you ole'dude you--good to see you here :-) !!
AND FINALLY!! You HTML users, you abuse the group, it ain't netiquette
here, i.e. against the rule
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