[NSRCA-discussion] Old Farts club

[James Oddino]

The way I remember it when I started competition, it was based on  
control functions not channels. All classes could have throttle,  
Class I was rudder, Class II was rudder and elevator, and Class III  
was rudder, elevator and ailerons.  In fact most systems used two  
"channels" per control function.  Later on people used 4 channels on  
elevator. Up, down, up trim, down trim.  This took two "servos".  I  
recall that Cliff Bennett in South Bend built a rudder only plane for  
his son Dick that used a reed bank and servos that required two  
channels, that were far superior to escapement type "servos".
The good old days!
Jim



On Aug 17, 2007, at 11:21 AM, billglaze wrote:

> Class 1, single channel. rudder only.
> Class 2, single channel, everything you could get on it, rudder,  
> elevator, motor.
> Class 3, Multi channel.  (Period.)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bob Richards
> To: NSRCA Mailing List
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 6:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Old Farts club
>
> Remember when the different pattern classes were based on how many  
> channels were used?
>
> Bob R.
>
>
> Ed Alt <ed_alt at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Yep. A friend had a Schoolboy. Loops, rolls, wingovers, Cuban 8's,  
> split S
> and Immelmans were all possible.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 5:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] More flexibility in  
> classselection?-->Personaldilemma, what to do next season
>
> > Yes! I forget the name of the aircraft, but it was a high wing, low
> > stab taildragger with A LOT of upthrust on the engine. It was pretty
> > amazing what you could do with just the rudder.
> >
> > Oh.. and I'm only 39 years old, but I've been flying for 35 years.
> >
> > -Doug
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Bob Richards
> > Date: Thursday, August 16, 2007 1:38 pm
> > Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] More flexibility in class
> > selection?-->Personal dilemma, what to do next season
> > To: NSRCA Mailing List
> >
> >> Have you flown RC for more than 30 years?? Have you ever looped
> >> and rolled an airplane with just rudder control? :-)
> >>
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