[NSRCA-discussion] 4.8 volt Vs 6.0 volt -now nostalgia

[dwaynenancy]

There are ways.  Sent Kraft a prototype using a phototransistor in the 
late '70's.  Dwayne

Earl Haury wrote:

>I flew escapements in the 50's (the price of reed stuff drove me away). 
>While campaigning an A/FX Hemi Dodge drag car at the AHRA Nats in Gary IN 
>around 1964 I watched as someone demonstrated aerobatic R/C flight during 
>intermission. I've never know who it was - but I recall the airplane being 
>low wing and actually doing AXIAL ROLLS! That left an impression that, after 
>drag racing and trap shooting, surfaced with getting back into R/C in 1972 - 
>my "trainer" was a Joe Bridi Kaos so that I could do rolls. Fortunately, I 
>missed the relay / travel stop actuators and flew the thing with a Heathkit 
>8ch radio and KPS12 equiv servos - amazing how much better I found the 
>Proline / KPS15 system when I started competing in '74 with a Norm Page Mach 
>1. Been hooked ever since and still waiting for servo pots to go away.
>
>Earl
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "J.Oddino" <joddino at socal.rr.com>
>To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 10:56 AM
>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 4.8 volt Vs 6.0 volt
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>>I don't see how anyone can call me old.  I've been 29 for as long as I can
>>remember.  I'm 29 to the 1.274 power now and since I got my new knees I
>>really feel young.  I went to the gym this week (four weeks after surgery)
>>and did 1.6 miles in half an hour on the treadmill and made 65 free throws
>>in a row.  Wait til I get my hook shot back.  None of these young guys 
>>have
>>hook shots so they don't know what to do when they get the ball under the
>>hoop.  The usual result is a blocked shot.
>>
>>I hate to admit this, but I remember when servos didn't have numbers.  In
>>fact I remember when model airplane servos weren't really servos.  They 
>>were
>>actuators with limit switches and neutralizing switches and driven by 
>>relays
>>in the receiver.  Then Bonner/Elliott put transistors in the "servo" to 
>>get
>>rid of the relays in the receiver.  I'm not sure who gets the credit for
>>having the first commercially available proportional servos but I remember
>>giving up building my own and buying some Space Control servos in 1961.
>>What is most interesting is the fact modern servos work basically the same
>>as the so called "digital servos" introduced by Mathes and Spreng in about
>>1963 in their Digicon system.  I think this was before Bob Richards was
>>born.
>>
>>Jim O
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>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Jerry Budd" <jerry at buddengineering.com>
>>To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>>Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 7:26 PM
>>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 4.8 volt Vs 6.0 volt
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>>>>OK.  That settles it.  Jim Oddino is just as old as me and I expect
>>>>he will be offended that you call people our age old.  He lives out
>>>>there on the left coast and he will probably find you, wherever you
>>>>hide, and punish you.  Right Jim?
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>>>Yeah, but he's [Bionic] and likely to last forever.  Besides, he
>>>shoots free throws better than I do.
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>>>> > Sheesh!  Single digit servo numbers?  How <retro>.
>>>>
>>>>Single digit servo numbers?  12 is a single digit?  What public
>>>>school did you graduate from, sonny?
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>>>Umm, umm (too embarassed to think of a comeback...!).
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>>>> > Next you're going to tell us how CA bottles used to be sealed with
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>>>>> wax!
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>>>>CA?  What's that?  The only things I can remember that were sealed
>>>>with wax were the receiver IF transformers and the little bottles of
>>>>sweet water you got from the grocery store.
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>>>Don't you use wax to hold your false teeth in place?  ;-)
>>>
>>>Jerry
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