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<DIV><FONT size=2>Voltage and current are two very different things... You
can store 50,000 volts in a capacitor. Grab the terminals and when it
discharges it will "wake you up"... might get a couple of tiny flash burns at
the contact points, but thats it.... lots of voltage but no appreciable
current.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I know the capacitor trick works... as it was an unfortunately
common trick for electronics techs to play on newbies in the power plants in the
Navy. Charge up a D cell sized capacitor with a Meghometer... and tell the
newbie to go get the thing. If the newbie wasnt acreful to avoid touching
the terminals... he had quite a shocking experience. If the newbie was carful
and picked it up so as to not get shocked... the "appropriate response"
was to toss it to the guy who sent him for it... and he would naturally
catch it, almost guaranteed to get shocked himself.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=geobet@gis.net href="mailto:geobet@gis.net">george w. kennie</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 11, 2006 12:15
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off
topic,nothing like a crash to keep us humble</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I find this hard to understand. Makes sense with
a handle like the old EZ-Just where the cable runs to the rear of the handle
and actually makes contact with the palm of your hand, but with the current
generation of handles the line and adjuster cable don't even come close
to your hand. Even the two long bolts holding the cable boss are like an inch
away from your hand. I think I remember that 1/2 inch of air gap is a 10,000
volt insulator. I think if the charge was sufficient to jump a one inch gap
you would be quickly converted to R/C ( maybe ashes?).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>G.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=d.pappas@kodeos.com href="mailto:d.pappas@kodeos.com">Dean
Pappas</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 11, 2006 11:28
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off
topic,nothing like a crash to keep us humble</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=979591915-11102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>So
you guys will like this ... As you know, I helped Bob Hunt retrofit an
electric powerplant in his Control-Line 2004 Genesis Extreme.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=979591915-11102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>That's the seeries of stunt ships with that name since the early
seventies, not Chip's airplane.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=979591915-11102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Bob flew the plane at the Worlds in Spain, this last Summer, as he
won a berth on the team last August in Muncie.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=979591915-11102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=979591915-11102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>In
Spain, they had hot dry weather with intermittent thunderstorms in the
distance and wouldn't you know it,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=979591915-11102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>during a flight when he was first for the day, Bob stared
getting tingles in his arm.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=979591915-11102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>He
broke from the pattern, flew low, and started yelling "Electricity" to
the judges.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=979591915-11102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>They and all the spactators nodded politely and smiled, as if to say,
"Yes Bob we know the airplane is electric".</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=979591915-11102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>So
Bob started yelling the words OUCH and SHOCK, before everyone got the
idea.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=979591915-11102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>later,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=979591915-11102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Dean</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=979591915-11102006></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=979591915-11102006></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dean
Pappas</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman">Sr. Design Engineer</FONT>
<BR><FONT face="Times New Roman">Kodeos Communications</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">111 Corporate Blvd.</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">South Plainfield, N.J. 07080</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(908) 222-7817 phone</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(908) 222-2392 fax</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">d.pappas@kodeos.com</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>jivey61@bellsouth.net<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 11, 2006
11:07 AM<BR><B>To:</B> NSRCA Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[NSRCA-discussion] Off topic,nothing like a crash to keep us
humble<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> You just brought back a
memory. I was putting in a practiceflight at The Greater
Southeastern Championships at Dobbins AFB,Marietta Ga. in 1957 and
could feel the electric tingle every time I went above 10 ft. There was
thunderstorms in the far distance,maybe 10 miles. I flew the whole flight
at 6 ft and used my hankerchief on the handle.That did insulate me
somewhat.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you live to grow old ...gotta be
lucky.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim Ivey</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=bob@toprudder.com href="mailto:bob@toprudder.com">Bob
Richards</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA Mailing List</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 11, 2006
8:59 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off
topic,nothing like a crash to keep us humble</DIV>
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<DIV>Don't laugh too hard! I was flying once and got a static
discharge through the lines, handle, and into my hand. I was nowhere
near power lines. The atmospheric conditions were just right for
building up static on the lines until it reached enough potentional to
jump from the wire to my hand. Scared the heck out of me!!
Luckily I did not let go, which was a good thing since I did not
have a safety thong attached.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Bob R.</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Claude Weimer <cweimer@tconl.com></I></B>
wrote:</DIV>
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saw a fellow flying a stunt plane one time go nose in. He looked
shocked<BR>and said "I got a hit". All of us watching cracked
up.<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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