[NSRCA-discussion] Changing list behavior.

[Grow Pattern]

Jim,
       I'm not anti-electric. But if I reported that I had blown a rod on a YS DZ I perceive that I would get a different reaction than if I report a problem with an electric motor or its set-up. 

If I succeeded in getting one pilot to take care of their batteries in a safer way then it was worth running the gauntlet of my usual critics on this list.

Regards,

Eric.

BTW - Rules proposals are the last thing on my mind. I'll leave that to the NSRCA board and the survey results etc. Nor would I want to separate pilots. Rewarding private and funded pilots is a different issue.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jim Woodward 
  To: 'NSRCA Mailing List' 
  Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 7:42 AM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Changing list behavior.


  Hey Eric,

   

  After your last emails about the charging incident, I was sure you'd follow it up with some sort of rule change proposal.  I was guessing you would start with an outright ban on electrics J, and not a separation of pilots.

   

  Jim

   

  James R. Woodward

  Schroth Safety Products

  Engineering & Customer Support Manager

  1371 SW 8th St. Unit 3

  Pompano Beach, FL 33069

  Cell: (954) 319-0873

   


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  From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Grow Pattern
  Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 1:12 PM
  To: NSRCA Mailing List
  Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Changing list behavior.

   

  I have noticed a behavioral change in this discussion list over the years when it comes to electric power. There was always some polarization to Radios and engines etc.

   

  What I noticed most was that the glow era engine owners were very willing to report their engine failures and a whole myriad of engine fixes and preventative medicine.

   

  I still see the latter but not as much of the failure reporting. I put this down to sponsored pilot behavior with all products. I also noted a change at the top. Now most all the pilots are sponsored in one form or another. We always had a few sponsored pilots but now the unsponsored pilot is the exception.

   

  Maybe it is time to have a Pro-Am separation in the awards?

   

  I also noticed that the list does a lot more advertising/selling that it was ever intended to. That may be or not may be a good thing.

   

  Judging by my off-list in-box a lot of folks do not post on the list what they think for fear of retributional responses. "Nil illegitium carborundom men!"

   

  Regards,


  Eric.

    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: George Kennie 

    To: NSRCA Mailing List 

    Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 2:51 PM

    Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Dodged a Bullet Today!!!!

     

    Nope!,...... I think that I might have also had a similar experience with the Astro charger. 
    I had a pak that had been in storage for about 3 weeks and decided to top it off before flying, but noticed when I connected it to the charger that it started out at the maximum voltage and started increasing from there into territory I had never seen before.Recognizing that I had never seen voltages this high displayed on the screen before, I immediately terminated the charge. This all happened within a period of 15-20 seconds. 
    G. 

    jeffghughes at comcast.net wrote: 

       What everybody is assuming is that this was a screw up.It could also just have been a bad cell The manual does say not to put a fully charged pack on the charger and discharge first if any doubt.  

      -------------- Original message -------------- 
      From: Bob Richards <bob at toprudder.com> 
      I can't say how the charger works, but my uneducated guess would be that the voltage rise (internal impedance) with the application of current would be different between charged/uncharged cells. 

      Grow Pattern <pattern4u at comcast.net> wrote: 

        What still bothers me is:- If 3 fully charged cells = 12 V plus, and 4 
        discharged cells = 12 V Plus, then how does the charger know which is which?


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      Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Dodged a Bullet Today!!!! 
      Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:19:38 +0000 
      From: Bob Richards <bob at toprudder.com> 
      To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> 

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