[NSRCA-discussion] Cleaning out the shop

Daniel McLalin dmclalin at gmail.com
Sat Jul 24 16:32:24 AKDT 2010


Does that include those of us that say OH OH?

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Ronald Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net> wrote:

> Guys who say, "Oops!"  a lot should steer clear of electric-powered
> airplanes.
>
> Ron
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> On Jul 24, 2010, at 6:42 PM, <shinden1 at cox.net> wrote:
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> Agree Dave
>>
>> As in any competition you have to know your equipment ,keep up with
>> maintenance ,and have backups.
>> I saw many smoked batteries,and burnt speed controllers at the Nats ,,as
>> well as flame outs from the YS Engines.
>>
>> Competition is supposed to be rough on equipment .I know of plenty Neu
>> motors that have spun.or burnt and took forever to be repaired or replaced
>> and upgrades continue as in any competition engine.
>>
>> But I will agree if you are new to the sport .or not very handy ,,Electric
>> my give you an easier time in competition
>>
>> Bryan
>> ---- Dave <DaveL322 at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>> I would agree that a properly running YS170 is still competitive...but
>>> with
>>> the "cost" of more fiddling, more maintenance, and less margin on the
>>> noise
>>> meter.  For anyone starting from scratch..I think it is getting very hard
>>> to
>>> make the argument that electric is more expensive.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The Neu F3A certainly is putting the most RPM to the prop of any of the
>>> currently used electric setups, and the potential "cost" is that when
>>> propped to make the big power...it also has the capability of smoking
>>> lipos
>>> if the throttle hand is too heavy.  The newer higher KV Plett Evo might
>>> be
>>> in this category as well, but I've not seen one run yet.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  _____
>>>
>>> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
>>> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of mike
>>> mueller
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 6:32 PM
>>> To: General pattern discussion
>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Cleaning out the shop
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>>>
>>>  Well stated Matt. Although I do have to say that the most balistic and
>>> powerful plane I saw at the Nats was Bobby Satalino's Beryl with a non
>>> CDI
>>> YS 170. Next in performance was anything with a Neu like Dave Lockhart.
>>>
>>>  E. has many options that deliver the mail. Still a good YS is viable.
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> --- On Sat, 7/24/10, rcmaster199 at aol.com <rcmaster199 at aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> From: rcmaster199 at aol.com <rcmaster199 at aol.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Cleaning out the shop
>>> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>>> Date: Saturday, July 24, 2010, 5:06 PM
>>>
>>> I took a 3 minute flight on Dave Lockhart's Bravo several weeks ago...it
>>> was
>>> my first on a full blown electric. And it was enough to convince me that
>>> wet
>>> powered systems are behind.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The Electric Bravo is superior in its powerplant than practically every
>>> wet
>>> set-up I've seen. (That's not necessarily true of all electrics but
>>> Dave's
>>> set-up is something else...like cheating)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It's gonna be expensive but if one wants to be really serious about
>>> pattern,
>>> electric power has got to be in your future. And no, it has nothing to do
>>> with judging in my opinion. Electric just makes power delivery (of the
>>> type
>>> we demand in pattern), easy.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> MattK
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: shinden1 at cox.net
>>> To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>>> Sent: Sat, Jul 24, 2010 2:21 pm
>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Cleaning out the shop
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I smell electric in your future!
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>>>
>>> Bryan
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>>> ---- Archie Stafford <astafford at md.metrocast.net
>>> <http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=astafford@md.metrocast.net>
>>> >
>>> wrote:
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>>> Now that the NATS are done, I'm going through some stuff and getting rid
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>>> things I'm not using.  I wanted to post the items here first.
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>>> 1 NIB YS 1.70DZ CDI with ignition - 800.00 (this setup has never run)
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>>> 1 YS 1.70DZ CDI with ignition fresh factory rebuild with new ignition
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>>> 700.00
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>>> 1 YS 1.70DZ CDI with ignition fresh factory rebuild with used ignition
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>>> (still runs perfect) 600.00
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>>> 1 Hatori 821 Pipe brand new, no box  120.00
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>>> 1 Hatori 821 pipe used, but perfect condition 75.00
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>>> Please email me directly at astafford at md.metrocast.net
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>>> Arch
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