What wonderful day to have an F3J contest.
Too late and too tired to do much more than post day 1 results.
http://SOARchicago.com
or
http://www.SOARchicago.com/F3J_1.html
http://www.SOARchicago.com/F3J_jr_1.html
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Chicago (or actually Crystal Lake) is where the Big Boys will be.
Lot's of excellent F3J action.
Come out and tow Denny, your the exact shape required.
Steve
At 10:54 PM 8/29/2001 -0400, you wrote:
Dudes
Looks like I will be in Cleveland or some suburb there of for the
weekend,
anybody
Slide a piece of rubber tubing, latex, over the handle. Cover the
coupling and it also helps keep it from loosening up. Gives a
better grip as well.
Steve Meyer
http://SOARchicago.com/stmeyer/
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
S.O.A.R. Web Page
http://SOARchicago.com/
Wow.
A lot's of planes.
Take a look at the PICS. Particularly at the different planes in
Nostalgia and RES. Oops those won't be up til later tonight.
If CodeRed Worm lets me. :-)
http://silentflight.org/NATS2001
Steve I still need to catch up on my sleep Meyer
At 09:53 PM 7/31/2001 -0400,
I don't think it matters much. The force is such that it doesn't seem to
matter. Just put it in the strongest part of the wing.
At 02:18 PM 7/18/2001 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Should the throwing peg be placed before or after the C.G. on a HLG?
TIA
Robert
Steve Meyer
Last year at the NATS a few of the top pilots were flying Super Vs.
I was somewhat surprised they are still quite competitive. Made me
be sure that I signed up to fly my Super V 2M this year.
Be sure to follow NATS 2001 Coverage
http://SilentFlight.org/NATS2001
Scores / Pictures posted nightly.
Where's the peg in the wing? How you suppose to launch it? :-)
At 10:49 PM 7/17/2001 -0500, Mike Bailey wrote:
Pictures
are at
http://home.kscable.com/mikesmodels/hlg/
Final weight is 6 oz. 1 extra ounce is in the
wing and 1/2 extro ounce in the boom and tail. The last extra 1/2 ounce I
will not
I beg to differ.
Jim is well revered in SOAR. Jim flies and practices a lot.
Our club has many great pilots.
If he's not a club great he will soon be one.
At 10:12 PM 7/10/2001 -0500, James V. Bacus wrote:
At 08:30 PM 7/10/2001,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
things
I have observed from
watching
At 08:26 PM 7/10/2001 -0700, Dick Barker wrote:
They would have a lot more
subscribers including me if they took visa. :-)
--
Dick Barker
Seattle, WA
- Turning HLG Around -
What is the going opinion of the RC Soaring Digest which currently
has an
annual subscription rate of $30 in the US.
Drill a hole in the bottom to accept up to a pound of ballast in case the
wind blows.
At 05:08 PM 7/8/2001 -0700, J Dirr wrote:
W/ the rainy day I pulled an Oly II
kit out of the rafters. Does anyone
have some tried and true (NOS legal) modifications they would like
to
share.
Steve Meyer
If anyone is looking for same. Here is an executable for Windows that
works very well. It's Freeware.
http://stevenmeyer.net/convert.zip
Steve
At 05:07 AM 6/20/2001 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi All,
A while ago there was someone who posted about a site that had a
Metric/Englich
This weekend was the Annual Fred Fredrickson Memorial Contest. Next Sunday
will be a club contest.
Unfortunately from Evanston it would be about 1.5 hour drive to the contest
field. Urban sprawl has consumed much land and the flying site keeps
moving Southwest of Chicago. I now drive 2
At 11:14 PM 5/24/2001 -0700, Winchdoc wrote:
...
A new twist on the rules, man-on-man with winches, emphasizes SOARING not
LANDING
The Midwest Celeb's are going to be in Plainfield June 8th, 9th, and 10th.
Every year SOAR holds the Fred Fredrickson Memorial which emphasizes the
same, SOARING
Ok one launch, a 6 minute flight, then a hand catch for an extra 50 points.
Gee that sounds familiar. :-)
Steve
At 05:31 AM 4/4/2001 -0400, Bob Spencer wrote:
So, you've managed a 100-130 foot launch with your DHLG. Now what do you
do? What are the games played in this class?
Bob
RCSE-List
Wow! I hope they bring the surplus store when they move to
Chicago. Otherwise can I buy that on the web? Little too far. I would
never make it in time.
Steve
At 01:29 PM 3/27/2001 -0800, Patrick Sloan wrote:
Group,
I took a trip to the Boeing Surplus store and found 9 cases that look to
That is very effective at getting line speed.
But that is also the problem. The towers are linear to the attached
devices. If any failure occurs the devices or line is launched straight at
one of the towers. What kind of damage will a hand tow reel do when it
hits somebody in the head?
Charlie,
In case you didn't know already, you are infected with a worm.
Here is the description.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/happy99.worm.html
Here is the cure.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/fix.happy99.worm.html
Anyone who ran the executable follow link above to
FREE Antivirus software. http://antivirus.cai.com/
I have been getting hit by the W95.Hybris.gen.
Also known as, W32.Hybris.gen, W32.Hybris.22528.dr, W32/Hybris.gen@M,
I-Worm.Hybris
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w95.hybris.gen.html
I like Symantec's site for Virus information.
Sorry Charlie, the email headers point to you.
The happy99 virus is not smart enough to fake the email headers.
Are you sure you did a complete scan with updated virus signature files?
At 08:47 AM 12/18/2000 -0800, Charles Miller wrote:
Hey Guys
I didin't mean to send that out,,, According to
Stefan,
That's what I used to hold my Hi-start. (It's still around here
somewhere.) Our soil here in Illinois is
usually soft enough, and this allows installation with no hammer. A longer
spike and hammer usually are not practical to carry.
Steve
At 09:05 AM 12/17/2000 +0100, Stefan Smets
I am looking for Stork parts. Have a repair/rebuilding project. Even
looking for some of hardware as well.
(This is the real Stork, the one North East Sailplanes sells.)
http://www.mcs.net/~bacuslab/jvbstorkusa1.jpg
(Don't look Jim.)
Steve Meyer http://SOARchicago.com/stmeyer/
[EMAIL
At 07:46 AM 11/21/2000 +, Kjell-Arne Fjelde wrote:
As I´ve said befor, we have 4 of these recievers, and a mix of radios, but
all have the same problems.
Any ideas?
Yeh. Only one transmitter on at a time. :-)
I also heard you could have them tuned.
Steve Meyer
I wonder how Pat programmed that Escape with his 4 channel AM transmitter? LOL
On board mixers, reversing some servos, and probably slaving 2 together. LOL
Steve
At 10:14 PM 11/5/00 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dave
Your 100% right BUT, I still think Pat would look good with one of
At 06:09 PM 11/4/00 -0800, Dieter @ ShredAir wrote:
Regarding the achievement program, Scott Hewett started one years ago when
DS still meant diddly squat... :o)
Does that mean you west coast boys will be starting a Backside Boys
Club? rotfl
Steve Meyer http://SOARchicago.com/stmeyer/
At 11:41 PM 11/4/00 -0500, Antonio Martinez wrote:
I am considering switching to the 8013 TX. Previously I
have been useing an 8UAF (FM).
Will all my FM RX's (futaba and hitecs) work with it (as the
dealer claims to be true...)??
No.
Airtronics will drive both receivers, Standard Shift and
At 11:41 PM 11/4/00 -0500, Antonio Martinez wrote:
I am considering switching to the 8013 TX. Previously I
have been useing an 8UAF (FM).
Will all my FM RX's (futaba and hitecs) work with it (as the
dealer claims to be true...)??
Correction.
Airtronics Stylus will drive both receivers,
At 11:38 PM 11/4/00 -0500, Antonio Martinez wrote:
My 8UAF has begun giving false low battery status. Fully
charged packs give a low voltage reading, resulting in the
low battery alarm going off soon after turning the TX on. I
seem to recall seeing a thread about this some time ago, but
could
At 11:28 AM 11/4/00 -0600, Nxtdoor wrote:
Don't forget the JR has no sliders for camber.
The JR 10X does.
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I need some advice. I have an original Renaud Emerald. An Emerald Pro. :-)
The stab bellcrank assembly has separated. The brass tube is still in
place. Both sides that mount to the insides of the fin are still attached,
however it appears that whatever is attached to that is loose. I have
Looks like it could be quite difficult concentrating on your plane.
At 05:59 PM 10/12/00 -1000, Brian C wrote:
As long as we are on the subject (blame Karlton), there are a couple pretty
nice shots of my friend Kari and my Patton Spitfire located here.
http://www.aloha.net/~[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Maybe you should hold a Gentle Lady one design contest then. Or if you
can't get enough contestants then there is a Nostalgia Class as well.
What your saying is a sail plane enthusiast can't buy a $40 dollar foam
airplane and compete.
One would have to spend 100s of hours learning to build a
At 08:08 AM 9/13/00 -0700, Sean Porter wrote:
... Some dude
walking his dog was standing nearby. The leash had
just enough slack to allow the dog the room to step on
my wing. It creased it pretty bad on the bottom. What
do you do...get mad, make the guy pay?...dismiss it
and fix it?
...
At 12:28 AM 9/14/00 -0700, Scrollsander wrote:
... You want thrills and chills, and something which will showcase some
perfromance BUT not launch height (I have to stay away from that one).
So what kind of events would you try?
a) a limbo is good
b) a loop and catch
c) a all up last down
No. I didn't see any.
At 08:50 AM 9/14/00 -0400, Bill Harris wrote:
Doesn't Dick Barker have plans for the "Uplink" at his WebSite?
http://www.eskimo.com/~dickb/UpLink.html
--Bill
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 19:12:57 -0500 Steven Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I haven't found any.
So I'm b
At 12:58 AM 9/10/00 +1200, Peter Presant wrote:
Hi there
I have just been reading your posts about HLG golf. One thing that was
not clear to me was how you scored. Was the glider only required to land
on the green or did it have to be within a specified distance? I can
understand counting
I just installed Eudora 5.0 An interesting feature is that Eudora will
rate a message for offensive content.
1 Chile = "Might be offensive"
2 Chiles = "Probably offensive"
3 Chiles = "Message is on fire"
Now I'll be able to spot those flaming messages before I even open
them. So hold the
At 10:10 PM 9/10/00 -0700, Tom Watson wrote:
... Seems like my "80 MAh" packs are delivering 35-43 MAh...in other
words, they
Remember Standard Capacity NiCd ratings use a discharge of 1C, temp of 23
deg C, and an end-of-discharge voltage (EODV) of 0.9 volts. EODV may be
different on each
I guess it just depends who's in line.
At 03:24 PM 8/24/00 -0700, John B wrote:
I ordered my Fun-1 one from CR about 3 weeks ago and
I'm starting to check my front porch every day in
anticipation (CR told me it'd be about 3 weeks).
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I've seen the Aspire fly. Looks impressive. (Of course I'm sure it was the
pilot.)
Nice RTF.
Won't take a strong zoom however. :-) RIP Karl Miller's Aspire.
At 11:23 PM 8/21/00 -0700, Louis Gonzalez wrote:
i was looking at the spirite 2 meter sailplane.
it looks preety good for 100 dlls ,
At 12:50 PM 8/20/00 +, John Ihlein wrote:
What kind of batteries are peolpe using in HLGs these days. I've been
using 3 and 4 cell packs of 110's, and am not totally satisfied with
them. Weight wise, they are okay, but these little cells are not the
easiest to maintain. ...
What?
The Fred Fredrickson Memorial was rained/blown out. So we have created a
rain date and threw in a HL contest as well.
Here are the tasks for Saturdays HL contest.
A: Ladder Task, 5 second intervals, starting at 15 seconds and proceeding.
B: 10 one-minute flights, Unlimited throws
C: Total time
Here are the tasks for Saturdays HL contest.
A: Ladder Task, 5 second intervals, starting at 15 seconds and proceeding.
B: 10 one-minute flights, Unlimited throws
C: Total time aloft, No flight longer than two minutes, 8 throws allowed
D: 1 one-minute, 1 two-minute, 1 three-minute, 1 four-minute
Obviously an exception to the rule.
"If you don't know what's good know what's expensive."
At 10:02 AM 8/15/00 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How about those $30K Ford Explorers with Firestone tires
that blow out on the highways.
Even with the most expensive batteries, if you don't
At 09:16 PM 8/15/00 -0400, Robert James Sherliker wrote:
On behalf of the Canadian guys that came down for the two day event I
would like to thank all members of the Dayton club for the good time had
by all our team. We enjoyed the level of competition and the format for
the contest set by the
Instead of posting "Is the list down" or "test" which does not give you a
definitive answer on what is going on, after all it could just be your
account expired or your mailbox was full and you were kicked from RCSE. Or
you were kicked from RCSE from posting off subject material. :-)
JUST
At 01:32 AM 8/6/00 -0500, James V. Bacus wrote:
At 01:28 AM 8/6/2000, glide wrote:
Bought it when it was first featured
in S E Modeler Magazine.
I bought mine just because of that cover shot on S E Modeler Magazine! 8-)
Yeah, you had your eyes on the wrong model. :-)
Steve
Steve Meyer
At 08:52 AM 8/2/00 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey guys,
Here's a very rough compilation of NATs results, basically top tens of each
comp.
Note: Some of these may not be totally accurate, trying to use what's left of
my memory. :-)
X-Country:
(From Memory)
1: Skip Miller (60+ miles)
2: Paul
Just got back, early. Nostalgia / RES was rained out after 2 rounds.
I did some reports last year but I didn't have a laptop with me this year.
More later, about 400 messages to catch up on.
At 09:39 AM 7/27/00 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rich
Was wondering the same thing. Years
At 12:22 AM 7/20/00 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
and you didn't.
Now Scott don't bother posting an attack, or Larry, no need to rush to K'mans
defense, we all still love him :-)
Sal's new place in Colchester Vermont ( a hell of a long way from Kentucky by
the way, take a look at a map!)
At 09:18 AM 7/19/00 -0400, Rodger Hamer wrote:
I am making up a three cell 110 pack and looking for ways to connect them.
At first I used the conductive goo on the sticky side of EKG leads, but I
think the resistance is actually too high, though I haven't fully discarded
the idea yet. Then I
At 01:12 PM 7/19/00 +, Tord wrote:
I have myself witnessed a model using Chrome Oracover (Ultracote)
that had the worst case of servo jitters I've ever seen! It landed
sucessfully through Providence alone (the pilot had evidently not
done any kind of range check before take-off).
With the
At 07:37 PM 6/26/00 -0400, Ben Diss wrote:
Thanks for all the comments and suggestions.
One thing came up often in the replies. Most people question the use of
such a small servo in such a big plane. The Escape has a very small outer
aileron. The dimensions are 9.5" x 1.25". According to
I was confused with the map on the web page. Maybe the locals have
different names for the roads. And the map software was unable to find
"Tom Sawyer Park".
So Click below, this should be accurate, I hope. :-)
Any time I hear the word "PARK". :-)
I start wondering, how big, any trees
But I usually have to beg to bring the HLG along in the van. (I may get a
little snippy when the kids get too close to my wing.) :-)
VG Denny.
At 05:38 PM 6/20/00 -0700, Karlton Spindle wrote:
ROFLOL! I admit I
24 Hours after the largest HL contest in the world and no stories yet?
Was it that humbling?
Gag order?
Do we have to wait for pay per view?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Not wanting to wait for video.
Steve Meyer http://www.mcs.net/~stmeyer/
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
S.O.A.R. in Gurnee, IL
S.O.A.R.
I agree.
But no matter where or what you are there will always be critics.
At 08:31 AM 5/26/00 -0400, Barry Andersen wrote:
Guys, these responses sound awfully amero-centric. While I realize much
of this is in jest, this is a real guy who dresses a little different than
current west coast
At 11:36 AM 5/12/00 -0700, Bill Palmer wrote:
Does changing the CG on a TD ship change the stall speed of that plane?
It sure will make it more exciting.
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At 11:09 AM 5/12/00 -0700, Louis Gonzalez wrote:
does anybody know were can we get some berg recievers??
DJ Aerotech http://www.bright.net/~djwerks/
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At 11:13 PM 5/10/00 +1000, Michael Imsic wrote:
I would appreciate opinions on the proper placement of the throwing peg on a
HLG relative to the CG.
I prefer about half way between LE and CG.
Steve Meyer http://www.mcs.net/~stmeyer/
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S.O.A.R. in Gurnee, IL
S.O.A.R. Web Page
When I ordered an extra module I inquired on what was in stock, purchased
the closest to my desired frequency and then bought a crystal set for the
frequency needed. Seems they do not stock odd channel modules, but the
crystals they do.
At 03:00 PM 4/14/00 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I
When I started soaring I would show up at the flying field with my built up
plane and be amazed at the other "hi tech" planes. And more amazing the
pilots that flew them. This all appeared untouchable by me at the
moment. When I started out in the SOAR club I was not even aware of the
At 09:43 PM 1/16/00 -0500, rsiegel wrote:
Jim Bacus asked if
the Frankfurt slope has a name yet. Haven't heard one yet, but
there are already some legendary stories that might suggest some
derivatives for nomenclature. It's in the backyard of the KY.
Forensic labs - we park in it's lot! Could
At 02:45 PM 12/27/99 -0600, James V. Bacus wrote:
My opinions on RES
...
7.) RES is fun, let's not destroy it with too many rules.
...
Dittos.
Steve Meyer
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At 10:42 AM 12/12/99 -0800, Steve Witt wrote:
I'm building a DAW TG-3,
...
. I'm not sure which
one of these servo arms to use on the servos.
You can either use the single arm or cut the 4-arm one single arm. Use the
arm that when the servo is at neutral it aligns to a right angle with your
Wow so much nice information from Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED], Daryl
[EMAIL PROTECTED], and Steve, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you guys, sounds like I should try this. Always had the itch. (Is
that the reason for the name Chris.) :-)
What intrigues me, and I believe this was discussed a while back,
At 09:15 PM 10/26/99 -0700, Richard Dolf wrote:
Where does one get that stuff that makes your plane
sparkle when you can't see it anymore?
Trim tape form a Auto Parts Store.
Cut it wide enough to wrap around the LE.
Works well.
Steve Meyer http://www.mcs.net/~stmeyer/
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At 08:54 PM 10/18/99 -0700, Joe Jan Wurts wrote:
PS For those of you that are worried about safety,
the DS occurring with the composite ships above
was at about 150 - 200 yds downwind of the slope
to minimize the risk. It was that good on Sat...
Reaching "missile" speeds. Maybe a self
At 01:47 PM 10/8/99 -0600, Howard Rudy wrote:
I recall reading that he could
not hold his arms out because air pressure would fold his arms back. So he
was going to work on a way to mechanically hold the batwings straight out.
Then pivot them front to back to change his glide. I don't recall if
Go strong order new ones from Sal.
I have the "Competition" stabs on my Emerald from Northeast Sail Planes.
Higher aspect ratio, lighter, good performance.
There are others as well that will work.
Good tail feathers can save your ... tail.
At 09:19 PM 10/7/99 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 05:21 PM 9/28/99 -0500, James C Deck wrote:
OK, last Saturday, there wasn't a cloud in the sky at the sod farm.
Now, there was plenty of lift of the wave variety. My main problem was
keeping the plane in sight. When there are clouds, I like to use them as
background. But, on Saturday,
At 12:23 AM 9/28/99 -0400, Jim Carlton wrote:
As per the Logic HL, can anyone give me a hint as to how the pushrod is
attached to the control surfaces of the rudder and elevator and a source
for materials to achieve this? I believe a small section of braided
spectra line is used as a sleeve ,
At 07:40 PM 9/7/99 -0500, James V. Bacus wrote:
At 04:40 PM 9/7/99 -0400, Yiu Kwong Chan wrote:
By the way, What's wrong with partially retracted Tx antenna from launch to
launch until the HLG catches thermal, then extend it full.
Remembering to extend it... doh!
I leave my antenna's last 2
At 03:55 PM 9/1/99 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can barely afford my hobby as it is. If spent a bunch money on my
wife I'd never be able to buy a new plane.
Is it possible to have a wife in this hobby? It's been tough juggling
both. If I give more attention to one the other one
At 07:24 AM 8/20/99 -0400, Strother, Jack wrote:
Good Morning all,
On October 16 17 the Cincinnati Soaring Society will be hosting the 20th
Annual Great Pumpkin Fly.
There will be two classes flown to make it fun for all. Unlimited and R.E.S.
There will be UNIQUE 1st through 5th place
At 10:28 PM 8/8/99 -0700, Lee Cox wrote:
Has any one had any experience with sending parts for repair to FMA.???
I sent a receiver in for repair about three weeks ago. MY mistake was
to not sent receipt request.!! I sent VIA US mail. after not hearing
from them I called to see what was happening
At 09:52 PM 8/8/99 -0500, Bob Rice wrote:
Inquiring minds (mine) wants to know.
Is the transmitter charging plug opposite polarity between
Futaba and Airtronics?
JR is the only one I know of that wanted to be different than all the others.
Futaba and Airtronics are the same.
Steve Meyer
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