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Conference vmszoo::rc

Title:	Welcome To The Radio Control Conference
Notice:	dir's in 11, who's who in 4, sales in 6, auctions 19
Moderator:	VMSSG::FRIEDRICHS

Created:	Tue Jan 13 1987
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1706
Total number of notes:	27193

1192.0. "The Eric Henderson Winter Building Trophy" by HAMPS::WARWICK_B (Stay young -- keep your wheels in motion) Wed Mar 07 1990 06:48

    I can't for the life of me find the note but some time towards the
    end of 1989 Eric Henderson put out a challenge to us all to build
    a plane over the winter and submit photos for judging by him.
    
    He suggested a closing date of end-March and proposed to put all
    the pictures in a folder for circulation.
    
    Well I have sent Eric some piccies of my new CG Electra details
    of which are below; has anyone else sent Eric any photos?
    
                              CARL GOLDBERG ELECTRA
        
        *   Standard Mabuchi 550 Turbo motor - ungeared
        *   Matched 1200Mah Sanyo's - 7.2V
        *   Graupner 8" x 4.5" two blade, folding prop
        *   Detachable wingtip panels
        *   Covered with metallic midnight blue Solarfilm
        *   Trim in gold Protrim
        *   Pactra metallic midnight blue spray painted canopy/cowl
        *   Gold-n-rods to rudder and elevator
        *   MacGregor JR Apex 7 tx ( it's the only set I have! )
        *   JR Apex ( NER-527X ) ABC & W rx
        *   NES 505/507 standard size servos
        *   Futaba MC114 speed controller
        *   Kit purchased by girlfriend in November at North Weald Fly-in 
            and trade show for her to learn to fly ( I'm still learning 
            myself! )
        *   Construction started just before Christmas and finished 
            mid-February
        *   Constructed on dining table & living room floor -- just a 
            couple of hours a night when not working late or playing 
            snooker! -- no idea of total building time
        *   This is my second R/C plane -- 1st was a Masterline Vandal
            ( mid-wing, aileron trainer ) constructed 18 months ago -- 
            this flies well but is not as well finished as the Electra -- 
            even the Electra could be better in my opinion -- I was 
            building a Flair Legionnaire until the Electra came along so 
            I will be getting back finishing that now
        *   Electra is now being finally trimmed for 1st flight when the 
            gales stop ( lots of 100mph wins lately!!!!!!)
        
        Brian Warwick				Newbury -- February 1990

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1192.1	WELL, HELLO STRANGER......	PNO::CASEYA	THE DESERT RAT (I-RC-AV8)	`Wed Mar 07 1990 09:35`	20
	Re: .-1, Brian, Good to hear from you again. Our UK participation seems to have dwindled to near nothing of late...can't remember the last time we heard from John Chadd down in Oz. Eric Cullen checks in from the Emerald Isle occasionally but I'd really begun to wonder what'd happened to you. Hope you'll be around for awhile. I sent Eric some pix of the restored MiG-3, taken following it's second- place finish in the Scale Masters Qualifier held here in January and, now that he's opened the format to RE-builds, I've told him to include one of the pix if he cares to. I think he's said he's received a couple of pix but not very many so I'll join you in exhorting all our fellow noters to fire a pic of their latest prides-'n-joys to Eric ASAP. \| \| \| 00 Adios, Al \|_\|_\| ( >o \| Z__(O_\_ (The Desert Rat)
1192.2	One more entry from Europe	LEDS::KLINGENBERG		`Wed Mar 07 1990 14:08`	9
	Since you are asking for European entries: Eric, I assume you will be at the March DECRCM meeting next week? I will be there and give you pictures of my FIESTA. Was finished by the end of January, but not flown yet (due to business trip to the US). If you're not there, I still want to keep the pictures until then and will send them to you afterwards. Regards, Hartmut
1192.3	The eagle ( Electra ) has flown!	HAMPS::WARWICK_B	Stay young -- keep your wheels in motion	`Wed Apr 11 1990 12:10`	37
	Further to 1192.0 ... the Electra has flown -- the 100 mph+ gales we have been having have subsided in recent weeks and last Friday I wizzed down to our offices at The Solent ( near Southhampton ) where as yet un-built-on land owned by Digital provides an excellent flying site at the moment. Trevor Hornby and Malcolm Winslade were both very helpful and between them the Electra was trimmed ( just a coupla' clicks of rudder and elevator ) and launched for an approx. 15 minute flight with yours truly at the controls for a while between taking off and landing. At 10 oz/sq ft it was a bit light for the lumps that were in the wind that day but it flew straight. CG had been set by me at half way between the limits an the plan but Trevor put a few grammes ( self-adhesive tire balancing weights ) up front just in case. I was so impressed that I went out on Saturday and bought an Osprey 100 kit ( it looks as if the Legionnaire will have to wait! ). For those who don't know it the Osprey 100 is 100" span for rudder, elevator and airbrakes if reqd. -- it is eligible for the 100S class which I think in the US of A is called Standard? This plane should come out at 8 oz/sq ft but can be ballasted for up to 15 mph winds so it should a good summer flat field plane and still be good for some light sloping. The bug has bitten -- this year I will master flying R/C!!!!!! Regards Brian P.S. have you got any more photos Eric? this note seems awfully quiet!