[RCSE] Sinha Deturbulators

Been reading about them for years, with initial skepticism, but growing excitement the past year or so. This months SOARING has them featured in Bill Collum's column, soaring tech, June 2008 page 19-22 Heady stuff! I'm sure many here are aware already, and hopefully some are already

[RCSE] Some (very) short glider videos (OT-1:1)

The end of a faithful ASW-20, N31AP "OD"http://www.martialartsacademy.org/./media/mp_gliderscum_4.asxMore at www.gliderscum.com A fine mid-winter soaring day in Southern California:http://www.martialartsacademy.org/./media/mp_zr_5.asxMore at www.martialartsacademy.org/zr.htm

Re: [RCSE] Re: New DS world records

With any luck i will have it up on www.mccomposites.com before too long. As you can imagine Brian has been on the phone a few times. Must feel good to be *THE MAN* when it comes to "DS Worthy" gliders... john roe www.roenation.com

Re: [RCSE] Visalia Fall Festival Scores posted...

After a brief analysis... Who is that "Joe" guy who just barely missed winning all three classes? One advantage of getting older is that you can *finally* place higher than your age...Way to go Bob Lenard! Wish I had made it up there... John Roe www.roenation.com

Re: [RCSE] I made a glider video

Thanks John. Here is a good example of a flight documented entirely with datalogger info displayed in 3D: http://www.martialartsacademy.org/300k.htm I took no pictures on that particular flight, did not even bring a camera...but you can still get a good sense of the flight. John Roe

[RCSE] I made a glider video

Not exactly up to Paul's standards. Not models. But you might enjoy it... http://www.martialartsacademy.org/./media/mp_zr_3.asx John Roe www.roenation.com

Re: [RCSE] mono soaking

you got it!

Re: [RCSE] mono soaking

back in the stone age it was water + surfactant (we used downey) Gorgon thought "yak jiz" was the ideal substance, but john

Re: [RCSE] Visalia Fall Fest Accomadations warning

Thanks. I'm gonna be there, gonna sleep on the field. john www.roenation.com

RE: [RCSE] Why are so many gays unsubscribing?

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[RCSE] Final Glide, Mark Navarre

Mark Navarre died Sunday when his ASW-20 impacted terrain on the white mountains. He was one of my best friends, and we had the best times ever flying both full scale and R/C gliders together. Sucks. john Quietman John Roe www.roenation.com Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo!

Re: [RCSE] Dawn Flight video

I only have a ratty old copy-of-a-copy, and would love a DVD as well, so CC me please... John Roe __Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: [RCSE] Schweizer Build Threads

Nice website, very cool. You need to model the best flying Schweizer of all time, the 1-34 of course. ;-) quietman SGS 1-34 N7626 "ZR" www.martialartsacademy.org/zr.htm __Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around

[RCSE] Here's a fun thread on a full-scale site

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.aviation.soaring/browse_frm/thread/51ae4fc78352a9b4?scoring=d Almost as cool as a DS thread... :-) John Roe www.roenation.com Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!

Re: [RCSE] F3B team selection

Way to go Gordon! Man I gotta dust off a few models and get out there again, especially as I have procreated myself out of full-scale etc. John the jealous... "Dad's Home" http://img.4chan.org/f/src/195918_dad_s_home_2.swf __Do You Yahoo!?Tired

Re: [RCSE] Who is Tappdog?

I dunno. I would guess he participates in either Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or mixed martial arts, or both, by his handle. Maybe check out the posters on the "fight boards" quietman Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway - Enter today

Re: [RCSE] Classic Quotes

There are two kinds of models, ones that have crashed and ones that are gonna crash john roe Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard

RE: [RCSE] If you're flyin' today...plus slipping thermal turns

I did a bit (3.5 hours) of flying today out in Elsinore, Ca. I found myself low (600 feet) patiently working a tiny 100 fpm thermal until it built up enough to get me away again. I really focused on slow(ish) tight slightly slipped turns, and on keeping my head on the head rest, as the G-loading

[RCSE] World record soaring video...

If you would like to see the world-record breaking video of the Extreme going 212 mph, and then 215 mph, you need to follow a new link at: http://www.mccomposites.com The band-width demands were too great, so the old link was broken and the new one formed. The old video was 10 meg, the new one

[RCSE] Extreme DS

Doug Reel and Kyle Paulson both joined the 190mph+ DS club at Vincent today. They were flying two new 2meter molded DS Extremes, and recording speeds with a radar gun. They both recorded top speeds of 192,andDoug was "cruising" in the high 180's while talking about the servos etc. and the 100"

[RCSE] Funny aviation audio

This is pretty good. The pro pilots on this board have most likely already heard it... http://www.whoohoo.net/pilot/index.htm Very cool, enjoy JR. A person is a person, no matter how small .Horton hears a who (Dr. Suess) __ Do you Yahoo!?

Re: [RCSE] molded psyko nose cone

Sam, what the hell did you DO to my Psyko? JR. __ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [RCSE] Bob Lenard please contact me

Yah Bob landed his cumpulsion on Alicia Parkway in front of a car...crunch! jR. __ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe

[RCSE] This is sorta cool...

Mebbe some of you scale aerotow guys could do this as well at Visalia. Or we could do it full-scale, I'll drive if you'll jump...;-) http://alto.nethit.fi/kuvat/ JR. The beatings will continue until morale improves John Roe www.martialartsacademy.org

Re: [RCSE] Best TD plane?

I would tell you but this thread comes up so often i already have. Search the archives. J.R. Grumpy in Michigan after reading the F3J world report. I'll be here till wednesday, any slopers or flat-landers wanna let me wreck a plane? Clare area, or will travel... = John Roe Laguna

[RCSE] Sliders, Sky-diver near-miss

http://www.dropzone.com/features/Skydiverinnearmisswithsl.shtml Slider for camber is good. Sliding, not digital, elevator trim equally good and correct, for the same reasons. Thus sayeth the Roe. John RoeLaguna Hills, Ca "Where guns are outlawed, terrorists only need boxcutters"

[RCSE] Want to buy a used Lap Top

Sorry to waste band width, but most of us glider guys are pretty handy with computers, except me... I just dropped my laptop in the parking lot at work, I think it's dead. So does anyone have a used one for sale, or a specific recommendation on where to get a very inexpensive used one on the net

Re: [RCSE] Re: Memorial day Massacre

Ron Quintana writes: Valbuena will get his in the end, That is my fervant hope, perhaps from a cell-mate in prison. JR.Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup

[RCSE] Memorial day Massacre

Some of you may remember the Easter Week Massacre at Laguna Niguel. That was when a certain person who doesn't like R/C gliders allegedly was shooting the planes with an air-rifle and a wrist rocket. Despite the fact that he is now being to treated to a party by the Superior Court of California he

[RCSE] For RF Sailplane pilots

I was looking at other stuff when I came across this talking vario with available factory made total energy probe system. It is listed as being for "RF Sailplanes." Cute. http://www.renschler.de/english.htm JR.John RoeLaguna Hills, Ca "Where guns are outlawed, terrorists only need boxcutters"

Re: [RCSE] DAW's Ka6 EPP 3 meter

Joedy writes: Would anyone care to most their feedback, building and flying experiences with DAW's Ka6 EPP 3 meter glider? A lot of fun on the slope, flys suprising well in suprisingly little lift. Must be flown like most large scale planes, smoothly and with care to maintain airspeed and energy.

[RCSE] Real slope combat (the Easter Week Massacre)

Apparently inspired by events in the middle east and New York a local homeowner in Laguna Niguel has redefined slope combat for us. He set himself up with a high-powered air rifle and a good vantage point for sniping (his back yard), and started banging away at our planes. Due to his location and

[RCSE] Re: 8103 landing mode

Craig admits: I'm an in-flight switch flipper (camber, rudder mix on/off,reflex) and have not had a problem. One can learn to remember,enabling landing mode and confirming rudder mix on is part of mycheck at the abeam point of my approach. Evil advice, somedayyou WILL have a problem.Sooner rather

Re: [RCSE] Re: 8103 landing mode

Rusty writes: Just try not to remember that the next time you're on a commercial flight on final!! :) So very true, and the number 1 priority for airlines all the way down to recreational pilots is and has been for years to reduce the workload on the pilot. Nearly all accidents in aviation are due

[RCSE] Off-topic don't read, unless you are a computer weenie.

Help me. I just received a gift of an old toshiba satellite pro 425cdt laptop. I got it to use in the field for soaring, including downloading flight logs from gps receivers installed in either full-scale planes or models so I guess this post is not completely off-topic. Here's the problem. Unit

Re: [RCSE] Flying in and around Newport Beach, CA

Greg- I'm in Michigan, but what you should do is call 949-248-2778 and get directions to the Laguna Niguel slope club from Dave Sanders. There is also a possiblility of slope-ing the back bay if the winds right and you can get in there... John Roe = Prof. J. Roe Laguna Hills, Ca When

Re: [RCSE] Simulated Air - Need some input

"Clarkson, Tom" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to develop some simulation code for HL gliders. My hope is tomodel some real world contest conditions. I hope to uncover which cl's arethe most important to optimize in an airfoil design. However, I don't have agood feel for the "rising"

Re: [RCSE] What you can do now.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A Call for Support of our National Guard and Reserve Forces Families - September 2001snipThese are small but real steps you can take to help your community and country.Reach out, touch lives, and make a difference. John- Thank you for posting this. By far the best and

Re: [RCSE] Another full-scale story by John Roe...(hit delete?)

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[RCSE] Places to live and Soar (Texiz humor)

This link goes to the currently unfolding cartoon of the adventures of Pez D. Spensor, Sailplane Racer in Uvalde Texiz. http://www.imdata.com/pezpage1.htmlProf. J. RoeLaguna Hills, Ca www.MartialArtsAcademy.org www.ScCollege.org/mroe I exist in the hope that ...I may stir up a race of rebels who

[RCSE] The Pro's quick CG test...

If anyone is curious as to what Joe Wurts, Daryl Perkins, et all will commonly do to "check" the CG of a plane when you hand them the Transmitter; it's this... They will trim straight and level at some reasonable "floaty" speed, then roll inverted. If the plane continues happily or climbs/descends

Re: [RCSE] F3b worlds...and scoring

Remember that Gavin got a 100 point penalty as well, which will be deducted AFTER the throw outs :-(... John Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $0.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger.

[RCSE] Re: Glide Polars

This is an EXCELLENT visual tool to help make Blaine's math come to life while sitting in the comfort of your computer chair! No math needed, just click and watch the animation. Then re-read Blaine's equations he so kindly posted and see them come alive.

[RCSE] Save Speedvision petition.

Dear Friends, I have just read and signed the online petition: Speedvision NASCAR programming hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petition service, at: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/svsn/ I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might

Re: [RCSE] looking for Brian McClean

--- D Hauch/ D Unruh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone have a number or a e-mail address for Brian? Thanks, Dave email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work Phone: 541-383-5179 = Professor John Roe Laguna Hills, Ca www.MartialArtsAcademy.org Moral relativism, feet firmly planted in mid-air.

Re: [RCSE] Full Scale Opportunity

Mike writes: Want to see some real glass sailplanes? Or maybe a real manly piece of heavy metal, or piece of something... ...I might tow up my Schweizer 1-34, if I'm feeling thirsty for pain, and if Dave Sanders finishes my minor threat nose art (a sheep with teeth bared)...hey great sports

[RCSE] Mantis Thread

At the risk of interupting the fascinating threads on what a particular airplane looks like, I would like to give a briefing on my impressions of the Mantis. I have flown two examples, and would classify them as "in the ballpark" for US TD competition. You could certainly win a local regional

Re: [RCSE] Cool aviation software fun stuff

Hi Jim, Cool site John, tnx. You're welcome. How's the glider ticket coming? Got my private pilot's license last November, am working on my commercial license, should be done by the middle of summer. Just about to put down a deposit on a 304CZ, 15 meter class plane, gotta get the wifey to

Re: [RCSE] F3J Penetration Comparison

Ronald writes: Should I get the time to cross 100' in calm wind? Get the time to cross with the least altitude lost. Let's say the model loses 5 feet in 100 at 25 mph. that would be: 20:1 Lift/Drag (L/D) @ 25 mph (best L/D speed) The equation to figure out how far you can go (penetrate)

Re: [RCSE] Aerotowing advice

Chris Gregg writes: but trouble on the downwind leg. Remember to the plane(s) there is no such thing as an "upwind" or "downwind" leg. The towpilot is most likely slowing the plane down on the downwind leg, since from a ground-speed perspective the plane appears to speed up when travelling

[RCSE] F3F race july 29th at Laguna Niguel

Here are the results of the F3F race at Laguna Niguel. Conditions weren't great, as the times will attest, but other than a 1/2 hour intermission while we waited for some sort of atmospheric system to go inland, the wind was reasonably consistant. It was fairly cool, and MUCH nicer than the