[NSRCA-discussion] Cleaning out the shop

[Pete Cosky]

Or buy a good welding hood

Pete Cosky
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ronald Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 8:24 PM
To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Cleaning out the shop

Guys who say, "Oops!"  a lot should steer clear of electric-powered  
airplanes.

Ron

On Jul 24, 2010, at 6:42 PM, <shinden1 at cox.net> wrote:

> Agree Dave
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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:
>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Regards,
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>> Dave
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>>   _____
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>> 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.
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>>  E. has many options that deliver the mail. Still a good YS is  
>> viable. Mike
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>> --- On Sat, 7/24/10, rcmaster199 at aol.com <rcmaster199 at aol.com> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> 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.
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>> 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)
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>> 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.
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>> MattK
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>> -----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 at md.metrocast.net> >
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>>> Now that the NATS are done, I'm going through some stuff and  
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>>> 1 NIB YS 1.70DZ CDI with ignition - 800.00 (this setup has never  
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>>> 1 YS 1.70DZ CDI with ignition fresh factory rebuild with new  
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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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>> to=astafford at md.metrocast.net>
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