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<DIV>As long as we're taking a trip down RC memory lane, this may be of
interest:</DIV>
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<DIV>Ed</DIV>
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<DIV>-----Original Message----- </DIV>
<DIV>From: ehaury </DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 12:49 PM </DIV>
<DIV>To: General pattern discussion </DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] website back up </DIV>
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<DIV>"Escapement" comes from the mechanical clock mechanism and is a
device that </DIV>
<DIV>allows energy to "escape" from a spring in a regulated incremental manner.
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<DIV>Our escapements did the same thing - applying the energy escape from the
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<DIV>wound rubber band to a lever that moved the control surface.</DIV>
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<DIV>Earl</DIV>
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<DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV>From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte@cox.net></DIV>
<DIV>To: "General pattern discussion"
<nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 10:28 AM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] website back up</DIV>
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<DIV>> Sorry, the origin of the term escapement was before my time.
Geez! I </DIV>
<DIV>> haven't been able to say anything like that for a while.</DIV>
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<DIV>> Ron VP</DIV>
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<DIV>> On Dec 4, 2010, at 10:21 AM, rcmaster199@aol.com wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>>> Ha, ha, ha...very funny Ron.</DIV>
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<DIV>>> Are you sure you didn't stick the big key in the back of the TX
to wind </DIV>
<DIV>>> that spring up??</DIV>
<DIV>>></DIV>
<DIV>>> Hey, BTW, where did the term "escapement" come from?</DIV>
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<DIV>>></DIV>
<DIV>>> -----Original Message-----</DIV>
<DIV>>> From: Ron Van Putte <vanputte@cox.net></DIV>
<DIV>>> To: General pattern discussion
<nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org></DIV>
<DIV>>> Sent: Sat, Dec 4, 2010 11:16 am</DIV>
<DIV>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] website back up</DIV>
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<DIV>>> Hey! We didn't have to "wind up the radio". We had to wind up
the</DIV>
<DIV>>> escapement rubber band. Big difference!</DIV>
<DIV>>></DIV>
<DIV>>> Ron VP</DIV>
<DIV>>></DIV>
<DIV>>> On Dec 4, 2010, at 10:09 AM, Bob Richards wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>>> > Showing my age? Yeah, I wrote Fortran programs in school - on
punch</DIV>
<DIV>>> > cards. My first personal computer was a TRS80 MIII that I
paid</DIV>
<DIV>>> > $1000 for, 16k memory and cassette tape program storage. I
worked</DIV>
<DIV>>> > on point-of-sale systems ("POS" - LOL) that had 32k core
memory. I</DIV>
<DIV>>> > still have a cash register board somewhere with core memory
on it.</DIV>
<DIV>>> ></DIV>
<DIV>>> > Well, at least I never flew a plane with a radio that
required</DIV>
<DIV>>> > winding up the radio. :-)</DIV>
<DIV>>> ></DIV>
<DIV>>> > Bob R.</DIV>
<DIV>>> ></DIV>
<DIV>>> > --- On Sat, 12/4/10, Bob Kane <getterflash@yahoo.com>
wrote:</DIV>
<DIV>>> ></DIV>
<DIV>>> > You are showing your age. You could see the "bits".</DIV>
<DIV>>> ></DIV>
<DIV>>> > Bob Kane</DIV>
<DIV>>> > getterflash@yahoo.com</DIV>
<DIV>>> ></DIV>
<DIV>>> > --- On Fri, 12/3/10, Bob Richards <bob@toprudder.com>
wrote:</DIV>
<DIV>>> ></DIV>
<DIV>>> > Core memory, I bet!</DIV>
<DIV>>> ></DIV>
<DIV>>> ></DIV>
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