Wasn't that also the first "digital" system?<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 11:49 AM, ehaury <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ejhaury@comcast.net">ejhaury@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">"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.<br>
<br>Earl<br><br>----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Van Putte" <<a href="mailto:vanputte@cox.net" target="_blank">vanputte@cox.net</a>>
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<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">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.<br>
<br>Ron VP<br><br>On Dec 4, 2010, at 10:21 AM, <a href="mailto:rcmaster199@aol.com" target="_blank">rcmaster199@aol.com</a> wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Ha, ha, ha...very funny Ron.<br><br>Are you sure you didn't stick the big key in the back of the TX to wind that spring up??<br>
<br>Hey, BTW, where did the term "escapement" come from?<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Ron Van Putte <<a href="mailto:vanputte@cox.net" target="_blank">vanputte@cox.net</a>><br>To: General pattern discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>
Sent: Sat, Dec 4, 2010 11:16 am<br>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] website back up<br><br><br><br><br>Hey! We didn't have to "wind up the radio". We had to wind up the<br>escapement rubber band. Big difference!<br>
<br>Ron VP<br><br>On Dec 4, 2010, at 10:09 AM, Bob Richards wrote:<br><br>> Showing my age? Yeah, I wrote Fortran programs in school - on punch<br>> cards. My first personal computer was a TRS80 MIII that I paid<br>
> $1000 for, 16k memory and cassette tape program storage. I worked<br>> on point-of-sale systems ("POS" - LOL) that had 32k core memory. I<br>> still have a cash register board somewhere with core memory on it.<br>
><br>> Well, at least I never flew a plane with a radio that required<br>> winding up the radio. :-)<br>><br>> Bob R.<br>><br>> --- On Sat, 12/4/10, Bob Kane <<a href="mailto:getterflash@yahoo.com" target="_blank">getterflash@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>> You are showing your age. You could see the "bits".<br>><br>> Bob Kane<br>> <a href="mailto:getterflash@yahoo.com" target="_blank">getterflash@yahoo.com</a><br>><br>> --- On Fri, 12/3/10, Bob Richards <<a href="mailto:bob@toprudder.com" target="_blank">bob@toprudder.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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