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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 15, 2018 7:44:31 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> S. McNickle; General pattern discussion<br>
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<div>Yes! 10S<br>
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On Oct 15, 2018, at 4:29 PM, S. McNickle via NSRCA-discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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</style>Yes,
 10 S. 5000's are a good choice. You can get by with 4400-4500 up to Advanced if you're good at throttle management but 5000's give you some leeway. Many Masters and up guys are using 5500-6000's.<br>
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It's nice to have four sets...eight 5 S packs... so you can get through a four-round Saturday without charging. Most but not all fields have electricity available. You'll need a generator if you'll be flying at power-less fields with fewer than four sets.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">On October 15, 2018 at 4:09 PM "Robert L. Beaubien via NSRCA-discussion" <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>> wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">“<span style="color:#1F497D">What do you call a firm of lawyers buried up to their necks in concrete?   A failure to estimate the proper amount of concrete.”</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:tjpritchett@aol.com">tjpritchett@aol.com</a> <<a href="mailto:tjpritchett@aol.com">tjpritchett@aol.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 15, 2018 12:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Robert L. Beaubien <<a href="mailto:rob@koolsoft.com">rob@koolsoft.com</a>>;
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Returning to Pattern / Electric </p>
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From: Robert L. Beaubien via NSRCA-discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>
To: Vogel, Peter via NSRCA-discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>
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