The 8 hour slope task was my most amazing day of soaring. I couldn't have scripted it and quite frankly, others told me after the achievement, that they had real serious doubts if I was to be successful. I used two servo Olympic II (called Milvus Govindus) with 4 AA alkaline batteries, which in hind sight only left me 43 minutes extra of run time to spare. I used a standard 4 ch Airtronics Vanguard, and had to swap out the NiCad pack twice, returning the spare to the Sirius charger. Starting late is not conducive to achieving the goal, but having good buds near your side for encouragement is. It also helps for a bud to have a 1,000,000 cp spotlight, and another bud to play "tractor beam" during the last hour of your flight. Then there is the nearby high school football game with the bands playing, crowds cheering, and a full moon to boot... If I was to do it again, I would plan better, but I seriously doubt I'd have as much fun the first time... Thanks Rob, Brian & Ivy, Don & Betty, Jack and many others.
Steve Siebenaler (one silly win from Level V) Cincinnati, Ohio USA -----Original Message----- From: Jack Strother [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 7:57 AM To: Dieter @ ShredAir Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] Battery power for LSF 8 hour slope -- Why?..Cause I can I am inclined to agree with Marc, I did mine with my closest buds, and the attempts before hand was with friends as well. Brian Smith took me out one day with a plywood thing..LOL Sheared off the wing tip of my SailPig... He actually drove quite a distance to do it as well. When I did mine I used 4 double A batteries, 4 servos, in a Chicago Sky one, Style... It was a tuff day that day, the wind was blowing 25-35 and gusts to 40 depending where the storm center was I am not sure, but the 8 hour was as much fun for the witnesses as well , at least in my case. Looks like Me, Marc and Remus are on the same course for the Level V. Why do it....cause I can, It was fun, one of the better memories of my soaring career.. Honest. Jack At 04:26 PM 2/21/2003 -0800, you wrote: >>I have a chance to get this slope flight completed with the proper >>level two witnesses next month. I want to fly a six JR368 digital >>servo model for this. (I know, get a paragon.) Any ideas on battery >>type to make sure I have the eight hour go? Tx and Rx >>THANKS! >>Guy > > >Assuming you don't want to learn about or deal with Li-Polys and buy a >charger for them, NiMH is a good choice; and most chargers will charge >them properly. > >For example, the Sanyo 1350 mAh are 4/5AA size, weigh about 23 g, and 8 >of >them can fit into many F3B/F/J competition gliders with some creativity; >doubling up on the cells gives you 2600 mAh, which should suffice. Of >course if 4 Sanyo 2600 mAh fit, this will be easier; the 2600s measure 23 >by 43mm and weigh about 62 g. > >Now I'm opening a can of worms: >Just what IS the purpose of an 8 hour slope flight? Proof that you have >big batteries, a large thermos, and a larger bladder? I thought torture >was outlawed now? Nobody requires wannabe priests to pray the rosary in a >casino -- why fly 8 hours non-stop on a slope? > >I know excellent TD pilots who got a slope plane only to complete the >LSF >requirements. Considering that many of these pilots don't much care for >flying on the slope, the LSF should consider dropping the slope >requirement. Or at least make it a real slope task, such as requiring 8 >launches and 8 landings during a 1-hour flight with the same airplane >without repairs or recharging; then, I might be interested. > >Dieter Mahlein >http://shredair.com > >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 text only format >with MIME turned off. Jack Strother LSF President Loveland, OH LSF 2948 LSF Level IV CSS Silver http://www.silentflight.org 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 text only format with MIME turned off. 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 text only format with MIME turned off.
