[NSRCA-discussion] website back up

[Keith Hoard]

Wasn't that also the first "digital" system?

On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 11:49 AM, ehaury <ejhaury at comcast.net> wrote:

> "Escapement"  comes from the mechanical clock mechanism and is a device
> that allows energy to "escape" from a spring in a regulated incremental
> manner. Our escapements did the same thing - applying the energy escape from
> the wound rubber band to a lever that moved the control surface.
>
> Earl
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
>
> To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 10:28 AM
>
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] website back up
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>
> Sorry, the origin of the term escapement was before my time.  Geez!   I
>> haven't been able to say anything like that for a while.
>>
>> Ron VP
>>
>> On Dec 4, 2010, at 10:21 AM, rcmaster199 at aol.com wrote:
>>
>> Ha, ha, ha...very funny Ron.
>>>
>>> Are you sure you didn't stick the big key in the back of the TX to  wind
>>> that spring up??
>>>
>>> Hey, BTW, where did the term "escapement" come from?
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net>
>>> To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>>> Sent: Sat, Dec 4, 2010 11:16 am
>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] website back up
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hey! We didn't have to "wind up the radio". We had to wind up the
>>> escapement rubber band. Big difference!
>>>
>>> Ron VP
>>>
>>> On Dec 4, 2010, at 10:09 AM, Bob Richards wrote:
>>>
>>> > Showing my age? Yeah, I wrote Fortran programs in school - on punch
>>> > cards. My first personal computer was a TRS80 MIII that I paid
>>> > $1000 for, 16k memory and cassette tape program storage. I worked
>>> > on point-of-sale systems ("POS" - LOL) that had 32k core memory. I
>>> > still have a cash register board somewhere with core memory on it.
>>> >
>>> > Well, at least I never flew a plane with a radio that required
>>> > winding up the radio. :-)
>>> >
>>> > Bob R.
>>> >
>>> > --- On Sat, 12/4/10, Bob Kane <getterflash at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > You are showing your age. You could see the "bits".
>>> >
>>> > Bob Kane
>>> > getterflash at yahoo.com
>>> >
>>> > --- On Fri, 12/3/10, Bob Richards <bob at toprudder.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Core memory, I bet!
>>> >
>>> >
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Keith Hoard
Collierville, TN
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