I used to attend, I think it was in Pennsylvania, a contest that was
held in a field that had very tall high tension lines RIGHT ON THE
FIELD. I once bounced a 134 plane with a carbon spar off the top wire,
which I think is uncharged for lightning protection purposes. If I had
hit it squarely and
course, in those days, the r/c sailplaners were far away at their usual
remote flying site.
Open class R/C sailplanes that have carbon wings are perfect for causing
power outages. Their wingspan comfortably bridges 12Kv lines and the carbon
is resistive so you get a really neat arc instead of
Martin Usher wrote:
Open class R/C sailplanes that have carbon wings are perfect for causing
power outages. Their wingspan comfortably bridges 12Kv lines and the carbon
is resistive so you get a really neat arc instead of just tripping the line
breakers.
What eventually falls to the ground
At 11:17 PM 6/14/2002 -0400, Andrew E. Mileski wrote:
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Then there's the pic of one (DLG?) sitting on the lines. Who's gonna
get it down. Think it is in the LSF picture gallery.
Last year at the NATS a Stork hung in the high tension power lines for 2
days before finally falling to the
At 10:35 PM 6/14/2002, Steve Meyer wrote:
At 11:17 PM 6/14/2002 -0400, Andrew E. Mileski wrote:
...
Then there's the pic of one (DLG?) sitting on the lines. Who's gonna
get it down. Think it is in the LSF picture gallery.
Last year at the NATS a Stork hung in the high tension power lines for
Try this http://soarchicago.com/HangingStork.jpg
At 10:45 PM 6/14/2002 -0500, James V. Bacus wrote:
At 10:35 PM 6/14/2002, Steve Meyer wrote:
At 11:17 PM 6/14/2002 -0400, Andrew E. Mileski wrote:
...
Then there's the pic of one (DLG?) sitting on the lines. Who's gonna
get it down. Think it
At 11:19 PM 6/14/2002, Steve Meyer wrote:
Try this http://soarchicago.com/HangingStork.jpg
A classic picture... 8-)
Remember, that was Karl high tension Miller at the sticks, not Steve or
I. 8-))
Jim
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