Gentlemen, I REALLY apologize! I don't know what could have possibly gotten into me...It must have been a moment of weakness. I humbly beg your forgiveness for "watering down" our ranks with such "riff-raff", even if he is a good stick! <G>
I'm going up to visit Dan next weekend and, while he's busy building our Genie Pros, I thought I'd help him get a headstart while we still have a season. I'm going to bring him my Victory-C so he can work with Doug Pike to get started. I can't wait 'til he gets his first whiff of TD with an Unlimited ship! Note to Doug Pike: Teach Dan NOT to fool around with the launch pedal with plane hooked-up & in one hand whilst holding radio in other! Note to Dan: If Doug starts fooling 'round with the launch pedal, back away from the line, back away from the line quickly! Now back to fooling around with my XP3-E conversion. Yep, an old XP3, that can't be DLG'd any longer. I won an Astro 010 Brushless at the Worker's Raffle, and...Well, I should know in a few days if it will work. Actually, it's my wife's fault...She wants to learn to fly! -Sheldon- -----Original Message----- From: DAN KITCHING [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 12:37 PM To: soaring@airage.com Subject: Re: [RCSE] soaring issues - I now understand I'm beginning to understand the addiction to thermal hunting and I'd like to place the blame where it belongs, squarely on the shoulders of my good friend Sheldon Smith. I've always appreciated soaring, but was truly hooked after putting a 42 minute flight on my Ariane V6 a while ago. Folks, this is a 1.66 meter F5B plane that weighs 60oz all up. Of course, it climbs at over 100km/h, but it WILL NOT thermal in a fart. It took a boomer day, but now I'm doing less climbing and diving than climbing and soaring and I'm realizing more and more that boomers are not necessary to climb, but smooth circling and energy retention will allow me to thermal in moderate conditions. I'm starting in earnest today on a Genie Pro. Winston was kind enough to clue me in on the section changes he made for this wing as opposed to the Genie and Genie LT/S, and the foam cutter is primed and ready for action. Look out JB, I think I might just attend the NATS next year with Sheldon. Looking forward to comparing tunes collections on our iPods. Dan in Canada --- Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whooooo, he's got it bad,.... I've been there, and it can take years > to get your feet back on the ground : ) > > Dave Morgan > > --------------------------------------------------------- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "D Hauch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <soaring@airage.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 6:43 PM > Subject: [RCSE] soaring issues > > > > I was thinking today while setting up my winch in > the rain > > that i must have some serious issues. > > > > But I just went one day in a row without flying > and couldn't > > think of going two without. :-) > > > > So I went twice today to make up for the missed > day of soaring. > > > > Dave Hauch > > www.git-r-built.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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are > generally NOT in text format > > > > 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. Email sent from web based > email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format > 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format