*The 2M Image is gone... Don is there a new Image in RD?
:-)*
Wait, I just read up on the demise of RCSE. If Gordy is elected president,
he can fix this with our tax dollars.
Is there no free/cheap list server out there that we could auto-subscribe us
all to a new address? [EMAIL PROTECTED] I
REDACTION: The google group is superior. Disregard the effort of creating a
new list.
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Paul Emerson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
*The 2M Image is gone... Don is there a new Image in RD?
:-)*
Wait, I just read up on the demise of RCSE. If Gordy is elected
minute tasks, landing
tape... Mike landed a 5:03 with a 96 landing and Cody a 5:00 with a 92
landing if I remember correctly.
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www.emersunn.com
if time allows. To:
http://www.flickr.com/emersunn
First thoughts of the morning- cold mud/hot coffee.
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Sorry this took so long . . .Printable form (includes RES woody class info):http://www.casl.net/swc/SWC_2007_FLYER_ENTRY_FORM.pdf
Online form:http://www.casl.net/swc.html (click the REGISTER ONLINE NOW link)
Mail-in forms go to:Pablo A. Romero 1924 N 118th DrAvondale, AZ 85323More questions?
Lithium in this case is equivalent to the Platnum in a Visa card - marketing only; no actual lithii were harmed in the making of this battery.On 10/30/06,
Robert Samuels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
They are not rechargable.They are E2 Energizer Lithium.They are notidentified in any other way.No
Clarence,I can answer some of these questions.I just got off the phone with Chico and we are still trying to get the best price for BBQ and T-shirts for the SWC 07 contest. I am sorry for all the confusion but I was told to open the online registration for all at a certain date with or without the
I forgot to mention that a printable, mail-in form will also be available at www.casl.net as soon as the BBQ and T-Shirt prices are in. Sorry again for the delay.
On 10/26/06, Paul Emerson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Clarence,I can answer some of these questions.I just got off the phone with Chico
That is where I got my Robic SC-707 - $34.95 to my door with the free shipping.
Even the Robic SC-500e looks nice at $15.95 (start stop reset only).
I like the SC-707 a lot, good for all types of flying, heat resistant
- cheapo stopwatches don't last in AZ.
Lots of good pics here:http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=577416On 10/9/06,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I will be posting scores tonight and I believe Ed Hipp has some pictures to post as well. We just have to recover a bit from the task.Phil Hill
--
Well, I'm not there but through the magic of the internet I can tell you this: Weather was very nice to perfect today, and judging by the 2nd round scores, JW is on top.
http://www.cvrcsoaring.com/2006_scores.htm(link only shows the 2nd round scores of all classes and I am not sure it is not an
Awesome. That even beats this note I found on the workbench one day after work:http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/239520163/For those too lazy to click it says Love you! Beer in fridge!
I wasn't even valentines day.On 9/7/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
got a
replacing competition requirement with non-competition tasks that provide a
comparable level of challenge and skill development
To re-create a comparable level to a competition there would have to
be a task that required you to launch on a specific day, at a specific
time, regardless of
The links I think . . .
On 9/6/06, Marc Gellart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just to lighten the mood a bit, was at www.youtube.com last evening looking at
a video of a 3D ship flying and kind of started watching some other flying
stuff. Wow, there is some cool stuff there. Three personal
I have two Futaba FP-R127DF receivers, one is new this year, one is
older, and also one extra crystal. (channels 23, 16 and 36,
respectively).
$70 shipped con-US.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/232958593/
Paul
www.casl.net
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Not sure if this qualifies as Great but . . .
Mounting pushrod housings inside a tailboom or fuselage:
With a music wire pushrod, hold the housing in place using neodymium
magnets on the outside of the boom. Then hold the boom upright and
dribble thin CA down the housing (being careful not to
I noticed a 2M with Drela Derivative airfoils at Sal's site:
http://nesail.com/detail.php?productID=5125
Has anyone seen it in person yet? Looks promising.
On 8/1/06, Daryl Perkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dave,
What a great post. Thank you. You're right on about
the MH32 being a poor choice
Meh. My Grandpa claimed that he and his friends once tried this stunt:
Theywould transfer a water skier being towed on a boat toa tow rope dangling from a small plane. This was attempted on the Bourbeuse river in Missouri which is one of that state's most twisted and meandering rivers - it winds
Dear #1 through #99,
I was within 20 feet of the crash - remember I was out there hunting
for a dropped pocketknife. The plane tapping the wires and landing in
the tilled dust that is desert farm land was softer than any
competition landings I have seen.
I would recommend that the saddle area be
So the question is, what happened to the interest in RC Soaring.
Bottom line: The interest in RC soaring has been replaced by the
instant gratification of the electric park flyer.
Things impeding the interest in Soaring:
1) Need a big field close to home (urban sprawl has eliminated
he flys a Genital
LadyGenital Lady?I think I saw that in Tijuana once . . .On 2/25/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So you missed the Last Chance to Beat Gordy on His Birthday man on man
contest today in Orlando ;-( Slightly under 200 pilots attended.
Well we had a nice day
At the SWC I saw no less than three batteries go sour on 3 different
stopwatches (luckily only one was during a task). Don't check your
stopwatch battery before you fly, just replace it.
Paul
www.casl.net
aka SWC winch master with the bullhorn
Scores are up at http://www.casl.net/swc_data/06scores.html
Thanks for coming out and see you next time.
Paul
On 2/12/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi guys,
Well I made it from snowing Atlanta today to Puerto Vallartawere it is not snowing :-)
Sitting on the beach typing
I left before the scores were posted today. The first round was 4
minutes and then there were 4 rounds of add-em up with a total of 33
minutes. However things were running behind so they shortened it to 3
rounds of 23 minutes (my numbers may be a little off).
Weather was nice with a little breeze
For the n00b, I'd use flickr.com - free image hosting and easy to use.
http://www.flickr.com/
My account:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
On 12/3/05, Michael Lachowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you have a project with lots of pictures and updates, you might want
to set up a
Sorry, that message was for Dave. Now I'm the n00b.
On 12/3/05, Paul Emerson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For the n00b, I'd use flickr.com - free image hosting and easy to use.
http://www.flickr.com/
My account:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
On 12/3/05, Michael Lachowski
2M Sold.
4M still available: new trade and price details here:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=442503#post4614871
Thanks RCSE!
Paul
www.casl.net
On 11/15/05, Paul Emerson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Valenta Models Thermic XL 4M (canopy version, carbon d-box wing)
RTF minus
Registration is now available at http://www.casl.net/swc.html
Paul
www.casl.net
On 11/17/05, Darwin N. Barrie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The web site is being finished up right now for registration. The contest is
the SECOND weekend of February this year. The dates were changed due to many
ME: Hey what channel are you on?
PFG: I dunno
ME: Well you might be interfering with our club field across the
street, you don't want to shoot down one of those $2000 planes do you?
PFG: Meh.
ME: Well you could join our club and enjoy frequency control and the
shared knowledge of 100 fellow
Gordy - nice sweater.
On 11/3/05, Ben Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I had only heard about the naked sloping photos -- but now thanks to
Frappr I have SEEN them.
MY EYES! MY EYES!
Thanks Gordy!
James V. Bacus wrote:
Up to 65 members now and some really great pictures! I have seen
Copied from the xc soaring mailing list, sorry if you have already seen it:
-
I came across this link showing NASA using an SBXC and autopilot to
thermal.
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/home/index.html
I think we probably need to ban NASA from entering our XC events!
John
On
Mammatus, simply enough.
http://vortex.plymouth.edu/cloudboutique/mammatus.jpg
On 10/17/05, Harley Michaelis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone know the proper name for the cloud formations suggested by the
name I've given them in the Subject Line?
If this shape is outside of your
Anyone have a spare adjustable towhook?
or-
An online dealer of said hook of adjustability? (Difficulty: must accept PayPal)
Thanks for your time.
Paul
www.casl.net
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They gotta recalibrate that gun, that only looked like 300.75 mph to me.
On 10/6/05, James V. Bacus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually the video is here...
http://www.slopeaddiction.com/
Jim
Downers Grove, IL
Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR
AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV
I have 2 lightly used Volz Wing Maxx servos that I need to trade for
high-quality servos that will work for the R/E in my Fusion.
Details on the Wing Maxx here:
http://www.rc-soar.com/hardsoft/volz.htm
A picture of my servos:
http://homepage.mac.com/emersunn/4sale/PhotoAlbum25.html
Note: Cannot
. . . and auctioning it all at once:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6002239149
Stock up on those xmas stocking stuffers for your flyin' buddies!
Thanks for the bandwidth,
Paul
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Dude, don't talk about the weather, you will jinx the whole f0*king thing.
I saw Daryl fly the new, improved Insanity yesterday - nothing to
worry about - just another thermal on an ant fart land on a dime
ship. It's all in the thumbs, so just bring your old Genteel Lady.
Paul sitting this one
Fitting my sailplane with an iPod as we speak.
Not really understanding what's going on here, is the noise creating
sound turbulators across the whole wing surface?
Works on small, slow aircraft . . .
On 8/26/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bill Johns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Richard Burnoski and some of the SOAR southsiders were F3J
towing a huge 4m ThermikXL, ROG style!
Did they do this right off the ground or use a dolly?
I recently purchased one of these big birds, and was hoping someone
out there in RCSE land could answer a few questions:
1) CG? (I know it is a
I recently setup top driven flaps and noticed two things:
A little trickier to setup, especailly if there is a secondary TE spar
and the servos are mounted to the servo cover (are they all this
way?).
The benefit of the top driven is the linkage is pushing on the fat
part of the horn, instead of
BTW This is the 2nd leg of the revived Triad.
Details here: http://www.rcsoaring.com/triad
On 6/16/05, Dudley Dufort [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There are only nine days until Spring Fling 2005. The entry period is
drawing to a close. Entries postmarked after June 20, 2005 will be
returned
I replied to Ed, but forgot to share with the list:
Our club uses a knife switch with a lanyard attached to the switch
that sits by the retriever operator. Looks like this one, although
ours moves sideways and not up and down:
http://tinyurl.com/bffb4
Very easy to grab and yank the lanyard to
was concerned about the explosion hazzard until I observed
that the lanyard was nylon. No worries about sparks when in the event of a
short the lanyard melts!
Tim
- Original Message -
From: Norman E. Timbs, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Paul Emerson' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'RCSE' soaring@airage.com
Don't know if this applies, but your e-mail reminded me of this
document I received from Airtronics:
RD8000
Procedure for Obtaining Separate FLAP and AILERON Servos with
CROW for Sailplanes:
First select the etc Channel using the FUNCTION CH + key. Press the
Function \/ Down key to scroll
down
Is there a way to test the quality of a receiver using some kind of
electronic measuring device - and has it been done?
I am looking for what's best and want to know if the data is available.
The reason being is all receiver data I have found is wholly
subjective - X brand is better, I never had
Is this the new RX-9 / RX-12 SYNTH DS IPD from Multiplex?
On 5/3/05, Tom Broeski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a 9 and a 12 ch synth receiver for sale:
9 is $130 (list is $215) and 12 is $190 (list is $309)
Tom Broeski
32 Mount View Dr
Afton, VA 22920
540 943-3356
RCSE-List
You know what would be cool - if you took one apart and integrated it
into your club's freq board, so each board slot would have it's own
LED light indicating if it was open or not (but do NOT use it as a
subtitiute for putting your card/pin up there). Shouldn't be too hard
to wire that up, and
Thanks for the bandwidth.
On 4/12/05, Paul Emerson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am selling as a group:
3 JR 341's good condition used
1 JR 351 good condition used
1 Hitec 205BB servo good condition used
1 NIB Hitec Supreme 8ch + shift, no crystal
See this picture of it all if you have
I am selling as a group:
3 JR 341's good condition used
1 JR 351 good condition used
1 Hitec 205BB servo good condition used
1 NIB Hitec Supreme 8ch + shift, no crystal
See this picture of it all if you have questions:
http://www.public.asu.edu/~emersunn/images/DSC3.JPG
All servos have new
your calendars now!
On Mar 22, 2005 3:11 PM, Paul Emerson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fellow pilots,
CASL is considering moving the SWC date to the second weekend in
February, due to the fact that our event conflicts with the Northwest
R/C show in Puyallup, the Superbowl and the Phoenix Open
friendly curiosity
I thought RX antennas were tuned to a frequency by being a specific
length. So wouldn't adding wire put it out of tune? Or is more wire
always better because it has more surface area to receive?
Not even remotely an engineer, Paul
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 17:22:35 -0800, Larry
are receiving two or more copies of this e-mail, but I am
trying to make sure all past contestants get this message.
PS the dates for 2006, if we decide to change, would be Feb 11-12.
Thank you for your time,
Paul Emerson
CASL board member and webmaster
www.casl.net
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Good point. It is overkill, and as soon as the magnets are separated a
little bit, they lose most functionality. Also remember that these
magnets are (relatively) easy to slide apart, so if the plane part in
question is sheard off - it will just slide away. Their real force is
felt when separating
I have use these on a smaller (100 span) model 3 piece wing. Just get
the mixed pack from:
http://www.kjmagnetics.com/
And epoxy the best size in face to face with a piece of wax paper between.
Takes a little faith, though.
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 11:35:08 -0800, Steve Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jef also designed the greatest TX never built:
http://jef.raskincenter.org/published/transmitter.html
And you may remember the all-cardboard sailplane he produced, the Western Wind:
http://jef.raskincenter.org/pictures/westernwind.html
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 19:31:42 -0600, James V. Bacus
[EMAIL
A violation of Title 39, United States Code, Section 3009?
http://www.usps.com/websites/depart/inspect/merch.htm
I assume those who received the DVD are obligated by the fine print in
their AMA membership - or perhaps they never un-checked an innocent
looking box during online renewal (Allow our
Slowly coming back to me . . .
I was approached by someone at Visalia (lost that contact info) who
wanted to represent the 2nd leg (I assume it was the Sacramento club).
If all we need to do as the first leg is normalize the scores and
forward them we can do the triad this year. If that person
Getting closed to finished on my Allegro Lite (after 14 months of hard labor):
http://www.charlesriverrc.org/articles/allegrolite2m/markdrela_allegrolite2m.htm
Also restoring/modifying and old Frank Weston WACO Two:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=186540stc=1
Also
Avoid it at all costs. Same category as a virus or spyware, IMVWEO.
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:57:45 -0600, Ed Jett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's a nuisance to everybody in your address book. It could be mildly
useful for the individual using it unless aggravates friends/customers like
it does
Just complexity on top of the same functionality?
This is new era -
from Jeff Raskin, creator of the Macintosh computer and master of
Humane [Human] interface devices:
http://humane.sourceforge.net/published/transmitter.html
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 09:38:05 -0800, Lex Mierop [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- What is the duration limit for a pure thermal (no slope assist)
duration flight?
Well theoretically . . . .
With unlimited funds and unlimited technology including
semi-autonomous flight, solar-or-otherwise recharging power system,
and night thermals - indefinitely ;-)
With current
It's not on the website yet, but there will also be HLG golf, HLG,
Slo-stick combat, and I think a night-time flying wing pylon race.
Good food and good people - better avoid the whole mess so Bill can
place ;)
Paul
www.casl.net
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 22:41:45 -0800, Bill Malvey [EMAIL
Could someone provide details on the 2 small scale WWII fighters
flying Friday or Saturday after hours?
They were very cool and quiet!
Thanks again CVRC.
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Could someone in CVRC post the scores to this list? In text or as an
attachment . . .
Had a great time - my first (and now my first annual) trip to Visalia.
The CVRC guys put on a great contest, the Sat. BBQ was outstanding,
the winches long and strong, the field was unusual to me as it had
grass
This argument is akin to the one I had with my father about the
virtues of fly-fishing vs. bait fishing. Let me paraphrase his
(somewhat vulgar) assessment:
Looks the same on the plate and looks the same in the crapper.
Or as I would like to put it:
Level V is Level V is Level V.
-
. . . from sunny Arizona. Is there any flying going on? Will be
downstate later this week.
I know I'm a week late for all the big events that's how my job
schedule works out.
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For photographing Soaring action, I would make #1 the shot speed. Some
digital cameras have a noticable delay from when you press the button
to when it takes the picture.
So when Gordy is DSing the rotor on a parked minivan- You might miss
the shot where it goes through the windshield.
I have an
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