New RDS coupler status
Harley Michaelis
2-USA made RDS".Thanks goes to the sailplaners who provided the funding
for the tooling, to toolmaker Brian Wood who persevered with patience to
get it all right, to modeler Duane Beck who provided the engineering
drawings and Jay Kimbrough of Kimbrough Racing Products who has agreed
to use their facilities to injection-mold the couplers.
Special recognition goes to modeler-machinist Walt Dimick who will soon
be supplying the RC modeling community with the couplers and a new line
of RDS accessories. Announcements will follow when all is ready.
It is with great sadness that I announce today's passing of flyer Chuck
Kimbrough who volunteered to make the 1999 coupler and committed
Kimbrough to do this new one. Chuck, 83 and retired, had a hand in
designing this one and got interested in seeing the new coupler become a
reality.
As mentioned a few weeks ago, the European F3B fraternity has gone
almost entirely to the RDS in those highly refined airframes to get the
cleanest possible wings and maximum possible performance. Like it or
not, the trend has started. Expect to hear more about the RDS out of
countries that make ARF's for US consumption.
The new G2-RDS has been meticulously designed for all kinds of fixed
wing aircraft with hinged surfaces, not just sailplanes. Having
installed RDS in some 50 of my personal sailplanes, I learned what's
needed to make a fine-functioning system that's inexpensive and
realistic to install in about anything but DLG's that require micro
sized components.
Shortly, final Installation Instructions will be on line and a place for
Q's, A's and modeler input will be provided. Announcement will be made
when all is ready.
Stan Myers
Stan
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Ron Russell
ghAB9...@mail.gmail.com>, Stan Myers <stan...@gmail.com> writes
Excellent news, cant wait to see and use the product.
Mind you, in the early days of F3f my then favourite model, an Elipse 1T
has around 1/3 inch slop on all wing control surfaces. Yes it still flew
well, getting down to 33.41s way back when my hair was NOT this strange
silvery (not white) colour. Unfortunately I did bury it one day at big
speed with 4lbs 8oz lead on board. It did have an extra ballast tube
right across the wing centre section. :-)). Ah the good old days!!
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Chuck Anderson
this morning. This is the first year since I retired in 1994 that I
have not entered the Nats. My first Nats was the 1974 SOAR Nats and
I have entered every Nats held east of the Rocky Mountains except
when my work schedule prevented me from getting off. I have a lot of
good Memories of those events.
While not the AMA Nats, I always think of the 1994 LSF Tournament as
the Nats because it was the first contest held at the new AMA site at
Muncie. What I remember most about 1994 at Muncie was the
weather. It was cold and rainy with high temperature near 60 degrees
and the first Nostalgia event was rained out completely. I always
entered Two meter, Unlimited and Nostalgia until eye problems forced
me to drop Two meter but I added RES when it was flown at the Nats.
1995 was the first year the Nats was flown at Muncie. On August 1, I
stopped by the Post Office on the way to the field to mail Visalia
entry. This became an annual event for me when August 1 fell during
the Nats until 2001. This year, the weather was extremely hot
with temperatures in the high 90s with humidity to match. Spent a
lot of the day with a wet towel that had been soaked in my ice chest
draped around my neck. Thunder storm stopped flying in middle of
fourth round of the first day of Unlimited' The contest was supposed
to resume at suspended point the next day but Hurricane Erin moving
through central Mississippi prevailed and the rest of the Nats was
rained out. Many fliers got stuck in the mud and we took turns
pushing each other out.
In 1996 I found that I could get a room for less than $100 a week at
the Super 8 motel so was able to spend a full week at the Nats. This
turned out to be the most fun since the SOAR Nats. On days I wasn't
flying, I would time, help with the winches, and assist a cross
country team. I continued this practice until Super 8 discontinued
their weekly rate.
1996 turned out to be my best Nats since the SOAR Nats. I flew my
Sailaire in Unlimited because I had crashed my Unlimited model the
week before. This turned out to be a very windy Nats but I still
managed to max all but one round and wound up in 17th place. Good
weather held so Nostalgia was flown for the first time. I could have
won easily if I had flown as well as I did in Unlimited but I didn't
and wound up in fourth place.
1997 turned out to be a memorial Nats for me for a different
reason. On Friday before the Nats, I woke up with very distorted
vision in my left eye. My eye doctor said the problem was a weak
blood vessel in back of eye. He could not do anything and
recommended that I see a specialist. I canceled motel reservations
and went to see Dr. Collier on Monday. He did a complete examination
and said that if the blood vessel ruptured, I would be blind in that
eye and recommended Laser Surgery. Vision in that eye was worse
after the surgery but Dr. Collier said that vision will slowly
improve for next five to six weeks.
My vision was improving on Tuesday morning so my wife drove me to
Muncie. Eyes somewhat improved but very windy on the first day of
Unlimited so decided against flying. I could have flown the Sailaire
but couldn't go downwind with thermals. I flew Nostalgia just to say
I flew at the 97 Nats.. To my surprise, I received Le Gray award for
service to soaring at the banquet.
In 2001, I saw a sailplane hanging over AMA headquarters as I turned
off Memorial drive. A closer look revealed that it was an F3J model
hanging from power lines behind AMA headquarters. The annual Nats
thunderstorm moved in at end of Two Meter and most of parking area
was under water for the start of Unlimited. For the first time at
the Nats, I had a new high performance model. It lasted until the
first launch in unlimited when it ran into a very strong thermal in
the zoom. I know it was a very strong thermal by the way the left
outboard wing panel went up as the rest of the model came down. I
managed to get the model down with minimum damage while some good
modeler chased down the broken wing panel. The model was repaired
and flew again.
In 2003, It did not rain during the sailplane events but we didn't
escape the effects of rain. Launch direction was restricted because
much of the field was too rough for golf carts because of ruts left
when lots of cars got stuck because of flooding during events held on
the site the previous month.
In 2007, Nostalgia and RES were scheduled ahead of two meter. Two
meter scheduled between RES and unlimited so decided to not subject
my wife to extra days in the motel so I didn't enter unlimited. For
Nostalgia, the wind was out of the North about 5G10 with gusting
increasing to 17 by the end of the third round. Nostalgia was flown
open winch with one hour per round. Scattered high clouds with
temperature in low 80s produced lots of thermals and it would have
been a great day except for the wind. Flew my new LilAn in RES and
did much better than expected with a new design not fully checked out.
In 2008, I entered but was not able to attend the Nats because of my
wife's open heart surgery.
In 2009, I did not enter Nostalgia because it was separated by too
many days from RES and Unlimited. Raining on RES day so sat around
under Don Richmond's tent and talked to other modelers. I was so
cold that I had to occasionally sit in the van to get warm. CD
called a Pilot's meeting at noon and canceled that days flying and
said he planned run three rounds of RES tomorrow before starting
Unlimited. The next day was cloudy with low ceilings and light
drizzle this morning so the contest didn't get started until
9:30. Someone was always waiting with a golf cart to take me from
the tent directly to the winch and then directly back to the tent
from the landing zone. Wind picked up to 10 to 20 mph by the last
round. Wind gust and over control caused the model to zoom and land
hard near the spot causing slight fuselage damage in the last
round. Very tired and Unlimited didn't get started until after 1
PM. Could have flown my backup LilAn in Unlimited but I was not
flying as well as hoped so decided to drop out and get an early start home.
While I am not at the Nats this year, one of my models is. I loaned
the beat up yellow Sailaire that I flew back in the 90s to Charlie
Bair so he could fly in Nostalgia.
Jeff Carr
S Meyer
"die-hards" that I could always expect to see you there.
This year is the first year since... 1994? that I will not be attending
a majority of the events. My first NATS I attended Hand Launch and
after that I would compete in 3 or more events every year. This year I
am only competing in unlimited and F3K (Hand Launch). Seems strange to
not be heading for Muncie already, and for such a short stay, 4 nights
instead of the usual 7 or 8.
Lot of fun was lost when the Hotel Roberts closed, 3 or 4 years back.
Pilots collected on the veranda in the evening shared pizza and beer
and told stories of the day and years back. That camaraderie is lost to
now trying to coordinate a dinner at a local restaurant. But that does
not replace the spontaneous gatherings that would occur at the Roberts.
Last year was my easiest memory, when RES was rained out we headed out
to see a movie, The Hangover, it was a great laugh and even ran into LJ,
JD, MS, and Cooke at the Movie. We came out of the Movie and the
weather was great!
See everyone at Glider Camp soon.
Steve Meyer
Chuck Anderson wrote:
> It's Soaring Camp time and it seem odd to not be leaving for Muncie
> this morning. This is the first year since I retired in 1994 that I
> have not entered the Nats. My first Nats was the 1974 SOAR Nats and I
> have entered every Nats held east of the Rocky Mountains except when
> my work schedule prevented me from getting off. I have a lot of good
> Memories of those events.
> ...
Chuck Anderson
>Lot of fun was lost when the Hotel Roberts closed, 3 or 4 years back.
>Pilots collected on the veranda in the evening shared pizza and
>beer and told stories of the day and years back. That camaraderie
>is lost to now trying to coordinate a dinner at a local
>restaurant. But that does not replace the spontaneous gatherings
>that would occur at the Roberts.
I stayed at Hotel Roberts in 1994 and 1995. It was always a fun
place for modelers except for the problem of carrying my Sailaire up
and down the elevator. In 1996, I discovered the weekly rate at
Super 8 and was able to spend the whole week even though I only
entered 2-meter, unlimited, and Nostalgia. Lots of fliers stayed
there but it wasn't like the Roberts. I always went for the
camaraderie as much as for the competition. I was never one who
thought that second place was the first loser. Instead, I looked at
how many I beat. Supper with friends was often the highlight of the
Nats, especially after a day of not flying up to my expectations.
Chuck