At 01:34 AM 1/20/2006, you wrote:
In a message dated 1/20/2006 1:44:50 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The old fashioned way? With a picolario stuck in your
ear? I'm sorry... but i don't remember that from the
old days....
You're too young - use of telemetering audio variometers in US RC
soaring competition goes back to about 1969-70, at least two types
were then commercially available. They were routinely used by a
number of the more consistent winners. By the mid to late '70s,
they had about the same "must have" status as the latest hi $ moldie
today! Good Lift!
I picked up a thermal sensor from Don Clark at the 74 SOAR Nats and
used it for a couple of years. I found that I could do as well
without it so stopped using it for everything except for initial
trimming and cross country. When I was listening to the thermal
sensor, I was not catching the little indications from the way the
model was flying. The only time I had an advantage with the thermal
sensor was when the model was directly overhead or at extreme visual range.
Chuck Anderson
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