Malibu ??

[Del Rykert]

I didn't know anyone was still around as old as GOD and still interested in PRECISION Aerobatics. (VBG) 
 
     Del K. Rykert
     AMA - 8928 
     NSRCA - 473
     Kb2joi - General 


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Glaze 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 7:13 AM
  Subject: Re: Malibu ??


  Jeez, you newcomers like Oddino and van Putte make me smile.  How about 1954: state of the art was Babcock 3 channel, TUBES for gosh sakes, plug in relays, a 3 channel radio that weighed 3 lbs., super-regenerative front ends in the receivers, escapements (driven by wound up rubber bands), non-self neutralizing servos, only one RF frequency, unless you were a Ham radio operator, (27.255 mc, or 452 mc.)  Most used the engine of choice, a Fox .35, when K & B brought out the Green Head R/C with coupled exhaust baffle, it swept the field.  And, I was there! 
  I could go on and on, but don't want to put you young 'uns to sleep. 
  Bill Glaze 

  JOddino wrote: 

    You're right on the spelling Ron.  Gie.  I went out in my goodie box and found one in a package with instructions.  We should explain it wasn't a pot, just the wiper, but it made a big difference with cermet elements that would wear holes in the brass wipers.  The good old days. A Rhett story.I got to the Nats on the last day of qualifying in 1972 and Bill Salkowski said I should see this kid that is up just before him.  Turns out the kid was great but the judges had never heard of him and so he didn't qualify for the finals.The next year the boys from the South talked him up all year and he had it won before he got there.There is a big message here.  The game is a lot more complicated than just flying well.  If you want to win you need to understand the game.Jim 
      ----- Original Message -----
      From: Ron Van Putte
      To: discussion at nsrca.org
      Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 8:37 PM
      Subject: Re: Malibu ??
        
      JOddino wrote: 

Hey all you old guys, do you want to buy some Geizendanner (sp?) pots?
I think I'm going to pretend that I don't know what you're talking about. 
      BTW, I think it's Giezendanner.  Geez!  That seems like forever ago that we fiddled with pot replacement every 50 flights or so.  The wuss pilots these days wouldn't put up with that. 
      Ron Van Putte 
       
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