Subject: Re: [RCSE] Contest format
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From: Tim Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
...in a real contest, 9 points or less out of ten, which corresponds to
900 or less out of 1000, is a low score.
So what do you do when you have a typical OVSS
be balanced against the time needed to
fly a round. The more rounds the better.
Tim Bennett
LSF IV
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during a contest... is
better done by increasing the pace of the event so more rounds can be flown.
Tim Bennett
LSF IV
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There is some validity to your point about penalizing the 6 except that in a
real contest, 9 points or less out of ten, which corresponds to 900 or
less out of 1000, is a low score. Once the issue is decided lets start the
next flight group.
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From: tony estep
I have a friend who once bet a guy he could run a mile in four minutes.
Thinking himself no fool, the guy took the bet and made a date to meet at
the high school track the next morning. Once on the track the guy said
Ready, Go. and started the watch. My friend stood there looking at him.
The guy
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-Original Message-
From: Marc Gellart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 3:11 PM
To: Tim Bennett
Subject: Re: [RCSE] Contest Format
Tim,
Good idea, and you had the perfect conditions for this format of
MOM, but would this have worked so well if the conditions
Title: TNT Schedule?
The pilots' meeting starts at 9:00 AM, first
flights at 9:45 AM at Southfork Ranch.
Hope to see you there.
Tim Bennett
CD
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From:
George Voss
To: RCSE
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 7:02
PM
Subject: [RCSE] TNT Schedule
this helps.
Tim Bennett
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From: Scott Hinckley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: soaring@airage.com
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 2:28 PM
Subject: [RCSE] Gull wing sheeting with ply
I have several 1/4 scale plans for 1930's sailplanes with gull wings.
Some have a sharp line
-pound, multi-engine meat
grinders when we fly ten ounce floaters.
Just some thoughts. I am putting on my flame-proof suit now.
Tim Bennett
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I have seen knife switches attached to the top of the batteries on winches
before and I too 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
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From:
Does this qualify as a Cross Country?
Jack, Good luck with the surgery.
Tim
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From: Bruce Hobbs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'John' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'RCSE' soaring@airage.com
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 10:39 AM
Subject: RE: [RCSE] A little solace for the thermal deprived
exercising the servos and possibly loading
the surfaces by hand on the ground prior to flight.
Good luck,
Tim Bennett
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One point I haven't seen addressed in this thread is the possibility of
damage to the charger. I have both Futaba and JR radios in my shop and have
had the experience Scobie had a couple of times (slow learner, I guess).
The batteries in the transmitter were not measurably damaged, but the
A few years ago I built a Klingberg wing. Although I intended it for slope
soaring, I chose to use my trusty upstart for the initial test flights.
After a few hand tosses seemed to show that the CG and elevons were set up
right I hooked the tow hook to the chute of the upstart and stretched it
this means
that the hub with its diameter of .58 must spin at 11,900 rpm. This might
explain why they are so noisy. Although the radial load is a lot less in
this application, I think the speed is a bit over the design expectations,
don't you.
Tim Bennett
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From: James R
I beg to differ. There is another potentially cheaper and quicker fix. The
issue is that the historic military aircraft that were developed with public
moneys are being claimed as the private property of Lockheed Martin and
other military contractors. The question of fact is the ownership of
I was reviewing these messages this afternoon and came across this thread.
Larry is correct in that the issue can be strictly about ratios, the
absolute numbers are not important in relation to weight as long as the
system balances and the tare weights are not out of whack. I think his
Another possible drag reduction: No hat hanging there.
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From: Bill Swingle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Thomas Koszuta [EMAIL PROTECTED]; RCSE soaring@airage.com
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [RCSE] Pondering T-tails
More Efficient
Pardon? I've
We see a variety of models. Pilot skill seems to be key. Poly birds are
preferred and the wood wing Monarchs are the class of the field. We publish
the model type as well full results in the SLNT newsletter in PDF format at
the following link:
http://www.slnt.org/newsletters/newletter.htm
Tim
I am the CD for hand-launch for the SLNT. We
have a contest every month, even in the winter thanks to our usually good
weather. We haven't used the zip starts that Bruce describes for a couple
of years due to the emergence of disk launch and the difficulty of achieving
reasonable
For the last several years we at the Soaring League of North Texas (SLNT)
have been developing a competition format we call the Class-A Scramble using
50 meter upstarts. The upstart is 25' of 3/16 natural yellow rubber (~$40
for 100' at Tower) with enough monofilament to make 50 meters plus a
I got mine from Barry Kennedy @ Kennedy Composites www.kennedycomposites.com
Tim
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From: Rick Van Clief [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 5:27 PM
Subject: [RCSE] Adjustable tow hooks
Not too long ago someone had a note with an
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From: Michael Lachowski [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 7:28 AM
Subject: Re: [RCSE] Contests, Landings, etc.
The correct way to limit launches is on the motor side, not on the
line side. Broken lines
Great thread, guys. Thanks for sharing.
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From: John Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: John Linda [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Soaring List
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Cc: Tim Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [RCSE] Contests, Landings, etc.
The precision part is easy, especially
, the real question then
becomes: Is the landing task the right way to resolve such discrepencies?
Also, isn't the real issue you raise scoring beyond the resolution of the
timing technology?
Tim
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From: Daryl Perkins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Tim Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED
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