[NSRCA-discussion] website back up

[Ron Van Putte]

You do realize that Earl's revelation on the escapement 's origin  
suggests that he predates me, don't you?

Ron VP

On Dec 4, 2010, at 11:58 AM, Phil Spelt wrote:

> Neat info, thanks, Earl...
>
> At 12:49 PM 12/4/2010, you 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
>>
>>
>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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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