[NSRCA-discussion] Electric vs. Glow

[Verne Koester]

Hi Jason,
I'm venturing, or maybe I should say, wading into electric this year. You mentioned the brake eating gears. I'm sure you meant the conventional brake that flat out stops the prop. What's your thought on the Hacker f3a brake that comes with the competition version of the speed control? We haven't seen or heard much of anything about this motor or the controller since the Worlds.

Thanks,
Verne Koester
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: JShulman 
  To: NSRCA Mailing List 
  Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 8:37 PM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Electric vs. Glow


  Hasn't this debate been started/finished several times before? I know one thing, we're on our second glow set-up in 2 weekends... # of flights- 0. If this set-up doesn't work, it's electric time.

  And just remember, electric still isn't for everyone. You have to want to do it. There are small things that we've learned along the way (leaving the brake on is only for F5B other wise it eats gears) as is with all new technology. I've been to the field with pilots that don't ask me anything about their set-up, and it has been way "different" from what works. But I go and offer the help to them and they have always enjoyed the results of the "new" set-up. I didn't do this alone my first time. My deal to fly electrics at the Worlds in 2003 was simple: I'll fly electric, but Sean (Hacker USA) had to go to Poland with me. I had no clue what I was doing, and I was asking questions whenever anything came up or new happened. Now I know enough to get myself in trouble, but since I stay with what works, that hasn't happened...

  Everyone has different experiences with the same products. I'm going through it right now and it's not fun, but it happens. Fix it, or change it and move on. That's my philosophy.

  Regards,
  Jason
  www.jasonshulman.com
  www.shulmanaviation.com
  www.composite-arf.com 




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