More Tx Springs

[Bill Glaze]

Interesting; a name from the distant past.  I was a member of a 
sub-group of the LARKS, (Los Angeles Radio Kontrol Society) that used to 
party at Zel and Betty's house about every Friday night.  He used an 
Orbit 8 channel for a long time, making the aileron and rudder channels 
simultaneous.  Then, I had the honor of test  flying (in my competition 
Astro Hog) his first true simultaneous radio setup.  It was a single 
stick proportional; worked great.  Zel was the best and most innovative 
radio tech I ever knew.  If he had had sufficient venture capital, he 
could have marketed a great radio.  Last time I saw him, I was flying a 
trip out of Ontario CA and he was going somewhere on an airline; Betty 
was there to see him off.  Great guy!
Thanks for rattling my memory!

Bill Glaze

Dwayne & Nancy Brown wrote:

> Back in the dark ages Carl Summers (Dallas) told me that he knew of a 
> flier who had no centering springs of his sticks.  It may have been 
> Zel Ritchie.  I have a Min-X galloping ghost tx that uses a single, 
> central spring for both rudder and elevator.  If the stick is off 
> center, say doing rolls, there is not any sensation of center in the 
> elevator as you work it for the down and up in consecutive rolls.  
> It's weird.
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Bob Pastorello <mailto:rcaerobob at cox.net>
>     To: NSRCA <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org>
>     Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 9:55 PM
>     Subject: More Tx Springs
>
>     Well...a first for ME, guys....all these years, and even the
>     recent "hexes" of people telling their broken spring tales...and
>     tonight, flight one, about a minute into it.......
>     BOING......aileron goes limp.  What a truly bizarre sensation.  It
>     is REALLY weird to fly around with an aileron gimbal that just
>     goes anyplace....strange on landing, too, I might add.
>         But anywhoe - the real tale is WHAT broke.  JR 10X, about 4
>     years old....I had modified the STOCK springs when new by removing
>     two loops, and making the correct size loop VERY carefully for the
>     plastic tangs of the adjusters....(Tony S. is definitely
>     correct...the size of the loop makes a difference).  Anyway - I
>     had very carefully matched the loops, and they were fine.  Was
>     even VERY careful to not stress the spring when I bent the new
>     angle....then....
>         Tonights' failure.....
>     The LOOP broke off the *spring*.  Plastic tangs still
>     perfect....like new.
>      
>     I was amazed.
>      
>     (Tony S. - send me a set (3) of STOCK JR springs, please!!!! )
>      
>     It was a real surprise.
>
>     Bob Pastorello
>     rcaerobob at cox.net <mailto:rcaerobob at cox.net>
>     www.rcaerobats.net <http://www.rcaerobats.net>
>      
>      
>
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