RE: [RCSE] Benchmark Sailplanes

2007-11-28 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It hangs like an AVA. Dennis Hoyle WMSS AMA# SNUT www.rcsoaring.org - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: soaring@airage.com Sent: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:53:19 -0500 Subject: [RCSE] Benchmark Sailplanes When sitting around discussing a new or different

Re: [RCSE] Benchmark Sailplanes

2007-11-28 Thread winchdoc
Skeeter...

[RCSE] Benchmark Sailplanes

2007-11-28 Thread psiegel
When sitting around discussing a new or different sailplane design, often one will hear phrases like, It launches like a __. Or, It ranges out like a _. Or, It hangs like a _. Or even, It lands like a _. Once a sailplane is mentioned in one of those scenarios, that sailplane

Re: [RCSE] Benchmark Sailplanes

2007-11-28 Thread Ed Whyte
SAPPHIRE - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: soaring@airage.com Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:06 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Benchmark Sailplanes Skeeter...

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2007-11-28 Thread Martin Doney
Ok gays I can't quit laffing. Help me! Martin Doney Baldwin, MI (the middle of nowhere) LSF 7429 level IV RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in

RE: [RCSE] Benchmark Sailplanes

2007-11-28 Thread chris
It flies like a Cirrus (in the 70's), and I still fly mine as it still is my benchmark. Original Message Subject: [RCSE] Benchmark Sailplanes From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, November 28, 2007 11:53 am To: soaring@airage.com When sitting around discussing a new

RE: [RCSE] Benchmark Sailplanes

2007-11-28 Thread John Diniz
DUCK!!! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: soaring@airage.com Subject: RE: [RCSE] Benchmark Sailplanes It flies like a Cirrus (in the 70's), and I still fly mine as it still is my

Re: [RCSE] Benchmark Sailplanes

2007-11-28 Thread Brian Smith
PROTECTED]; soaring@airage.com Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 2:03 PM Subject: RE: [RCSE] Benchmark Sailplanes It hangs like an AVA. Dennis Hoyle WMSS AMA# SNUT www.rcsoaring.org - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: soaring@airage.com Sent: Wed

Re: [RCSE] Benchmark Sailplanes

2007-11-28 Thread Ed Whyte
AFLACH, AFLACK, AFLACK, DUCKY!!! EW. - Original Message - From: John Diniz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: soaring@airage.com Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 4:46 PM Subject: RE: [RCSE] Benchmark Sailplanes DUCK!!! -Original Message- From

RE: [RCSE] Benchmark Sailplanes

2007-11-28 Thread d.o. darnell
Benchmark? Define benchmark! I don't like this word. How bout paradigm, probably equally as ambiguous instead? RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent

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2007-11-28 Thread junk11
ROTFL !!! Mark Mech www.aerofoam.com - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: soaring@airage.com Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 12:06 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Benchmark Sailplanes Skeeter...

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2007-11-28 Thread Johnny Berlin
AMEN John The other John - Original Message - From: John Diniz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: soaring@airage.com Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:46 PM Subject: RE: [RCSE] Benchmark Sailplanes DUCK!!! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [RCSE] Benchmark Sailplanes

2007-11-28 Thread Lincoln Ross
Not sure I like the sound of benchmark. Aren't those made out of bronze and cemented into granite? I feel old, because I haven't seen these names: Windsong Magic (Never flew either but saw SO MANY of them, and I did own an Anthem later.) turns like a: Metrick ;-) handles thermal turns like

Re: [RCSE] Benchmark Sailplanes

2007-11-28 Thread tony estep
Well, for size, there's the Sailaire. For everybody has had one at one time or another, there's the Oly or Gentle Lady. For dominating the TD scene for the longest time, there's the Icon. For quality, there's the PP Super Lite. For obtainability, there's the Supra. For the plane that people love,