Dick,
Where are you getting 100 ft rolls of glass? What does a roll run in $$?
Thanks,
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick Barker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: [RCSE] Re: Luddite!
> Quit whining and learn to build your own toys. As a downsized, early
> retiree type I have learned to cope with the cost of progress by building
> my own hlgs. If you are willing to invest in a gallon of epoxy, a $10
> refrigerator compressor, 100 yards of 1.4 oz glass at sale prices, and
> can do your own design then you can at least do the hlg stuff at a very
> resonable price. A very good hlg can be built in under 25 hours for
> less than $30. The electronics add another $150 for a RCD-555, 2 CS20
> servos, and a MPG-10 gyro. Don't fight progress, learn how to contribute
> to it.
> --
> Dick Barker
> Seattle, WA
> - Turning HLG Around -
> http://www.eskimo.com/~dickb/UpLink.html
>
> >Progress is a wonderful thing....
> >I am perturbed by the rapid escalation of technology in competitive
soaring
> >events in Hand Launch and RES, as well as the whole hand-tow
phenomenon....
> >Hand launch is cool: I think the new trends in materials and new launch
> >techniques are a great expression of creativity,....Now, if I wanna win
>trophies, looks like I need to buy a gyro for my Discus-launched all
> >carbon molded, helium-pressurized Hypershnitzel 2001HLG...
>
>
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