[NSRCA-discussion] Heathkits

Mon Jun 22 12:59:50 AKDT 2009

 Steve your right it's Mike Gaishin. He still owns patents for Radio Control equipment. He is doing a pretty good job flying again too.
 I remember flying pattern with your Dad Bill and his buddy Andy who died tragically.
 Your father was a very nice man. Mike Mueller

--- On Mon, 6/22/09, steve hannah <shannah1806 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: steve hannah <shannah1806 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Heathkits
> To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Date: Monday, June 22, 2009, 3:24 PM
> My Dad is Bill Hannah, who used to be
> the VP of Engineering for Heath Company.  He was the one
> that introduced the RC equipment into the Heath lineup.  As
> a kid I built A LOT of Heathkits.  I learned how to debug
> all sorts of electronic problems and lead to my engineering
> career.  Of course, I learned to fly on Heathkit radios. 
> 
> 
> 
> Heath radios were a kit version of the Kraft radios.  They
> had some of their own designs in the later years as well. 
> 
> 
> I believe the engineer you are talking about is Mike
> Geishin (SP?).  I'm not sure of his exact title when he
> was at Heath, but he was instrumental in their radio
> designs.  He flew with my Dad back in the day.
> 
> 
> By the way, I still have the Heath stereo system I built
> when I was in high school.  It survived the endless torment
> I subjected it to in my college years.  Good stuff.
> 
> Steve Hannah.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:51 PM,  <ronlock at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> 
> I'm still using a Heath ESV, one of the few that
> does single nicads.
> Though, I have not found much use for the timing light
> for a while -  <VBG>
>  
> Ron Lockhart
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Atwood" <atwoodm at paragon-inc.com>
> To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> 
> Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 3:37:44 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
> Eastern
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Servo Signals
> 
> Agree on missing the stores and the kits.  That was my
> introduction to Elec. Engineering and programming which has
> ended up putting a lot of food on my table over the past 20
> years.
> 
> 
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> On Behalf Of Pete Cosky
> 
> Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 1:35 PM
> To: General pattern discussion
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Servo Signals
> 
> I used to live at the Heathkit store in Pittsburgh when I
> was a kid. Never 
> used their RC stuff but I did build one of their robots. I
> miss their kits.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "mike mueller" <mups1953 at yahoo.com>
> To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> 
> Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 1:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Servo Signals
> 
> 
> >
> > Mark there's a guy Mike --- sorry I forgot his
> last name that comes to the 
> > contests that was an engineer for heathkit. He'll
> be at the Jim Hubbard 
> 
> > this weekend. I'll tell him you had a Heathkit he
> will get a kick out of 
> > that. Mike
> >
> > --- On Mon, 6/22/09, Atwood, Mark <atwoodm at paragon-inc.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> >> From: Atwood, Mark <atwoodm at paragon-inc.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Servo Signals
> >> To: "'nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org'"
> 
> 
> >> <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> >> Date: Monday, June 22, 2009, 12:13 PM
> >> The old heathkit servos (mine anyway)
> 
> >> were kit versions of the Kraft K-15 servos.
> >>
> >> In fact the whole radio I believe was a Kraft
> design.
> >> -Mark
> >> --------------------------
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> >>
> >>
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> >> To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> >> Sent: Mon Jun 22 13:06:18 2009
> >> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Servo Signals
> 
> >>
> >>
> >> Yes, as long as they are clean. That is the
> problem, it
> >> depends on contact between two components and the
> friction
> >> wears them out.
> >>
> >> I remember years ago that the large heathkit (and
> possibly
> 
> >> some Kraft) servos used variable capacitors for
> feedback.
> >> not much to wear.
> >>
> >> Ok, Jay, how long ago were the "days"
> you were talking
> >> about? :-)
> >>
> 
> >> Bob R.
> >>
> >>
> >> --- On Sun, 6/21/09, Jay Marshall <lightfoot at sc.rr.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> 
> >> I remember from my days in control systems theory
> that the
> >> analog computers were faster and more accurate
> than the IBM
> >> big iron computers. Analog pots are still cheaper,
> lighter,
> >> and higher resolution than digital encoders – as
> long as
> 
> >> they are clean…
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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