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  1. CatalinaWOW

    AMA and Multirotors

    "The rather elementary and poorly produced video, which I am confident was not viewed by a vast audience, has an essential message if you have an effective method to get it before those in need of the information. How and where was it was made available and is there documentation to support it's...
  2. CatalinaWOW

    AMA and Multirotors

    The multi-rotors are easier to fly out of the box than those things that came before. But that isn't the only problem. I learned to fly outside the auspices of the AMA and clubs. I am sure that many, many others did also. And our wildly out of control learning attempts were probably as...
  3. CatalinaWOW

    AMA and Multirotors

    I noticed several things at the AMA show. Wood is right, there were a lot of multi-rotors. Not quite as dominant as he says, but close. The AMA guys did look old and tired and not like somebody one of the kids buying multi-rotors would relate to. The AMA had sponsored speakers talking about...
  4. CatalinaWOW

    Engine Running -> Wings On / Wings Off?

    Seems like it depends on what the weak link in your airframe is. Wings off has higher natural roll resonance frequency, might match better to engine vibrations. Wings on lowers frequency, might match better to engine vibrations. Wings off results in higher amplitude motion of the airframe on...
  5. CatalinaWOW

    Respect and the Power of Nothing

    I am one who would like something more definitive than a deafening silence, but it doesn't have to be nasty. Things like: 1. I had one of those and didn't feel the need to get another or even to fly it much. 2. Several of us at our field had one, and while they were OK, we had the following...
  6. CatalinaWOW

    Happy New Year!!

    Happy New Year to all. rcpilotacro's post says a lot to me about what I like about GSN!
  7. CatalinaWOW

    What is YOUR RC Prediction For 2015?

    I foresee clubs folding and fields closing because airports will not want to deal with required coordination with RC activity within 5 miles. Fortunately I also foresee hundreds of fields successfully working with their nearby airports. I also foresee major retailers such as Best Buy realizing...
  8. CatalinaWOW

    From the beginning. How did you start flying RC?

    It might be worth recalibrating for some of us. When I said I couldn't afford it, I meant even a U-control plane meant saving for months. For many of us now $200 means eating out a little less or something like that. $200 dollars is serious coin for someone working for near minimum wage, or...
  9. CatalinaWOW

    From the beginning. How did you start flying RC?

    There is a common thread here, and in the stories I hear at the fields where I fly. A lot of us loved this hobby when we were young, and couldn't afford it. We came back when we had some spare dollars and spare time. That seems to also be true for many of the young flyers of today. We can...
  10. CatalinaWOW

    LED light controller?

    If you really want to roll your own, the following website has some good ideas and info. http://www.laureanno.com/RC/ Even though electronics were my career and hobby for decades I'd rather buy these than build them. Put the creative brain cells to work on new problems, but the great thing...
  11. CatalinaWOW

    LED light controller?

    I've had great luck with these: http://www.hansenhobbies.com/products/onboardacc/ers/ Don't remember the voltage limits, but I use them with 3 cell lipos so they should handle a lot of peoples needs.
  12. CatalinaWOW

    Members, If You Want to Help Out - Sponsor GSN!!

    I'm in at level 1. Not much real benefit to me, but I am not here for fancy forum access. I am here because it seems like a good site and because I really didn't appreciate the way the other site was handling issues. Hope this helps you keep up and moving.
  13. CatalinaWOW

    Hauling Your Plane in a Pickup... Best Ideas? Post them here!

    After watching my son's plane get "caressed" by the wind in the open bed of a pickup I think some sort of protection makes a lot of sense. Maybe split a sheet of plywood down the middle and add some 2x2 s to make some "solid stakesides". I know I have some stakesides for my pickup that weren't...
  14. CatalinaWOW

    Radio lockout

    I use Futaba, but don't see reliability as a reason to switch from JR. While there are some minor technical advantages for the FASST system, in real life I believe they matter in an almost unbelievably rare set of circumstances. Almost all "radio glitches" for these two brands (and actually...
  15. CatalinaWOW

    Your Package Arrived Smashed!!

    Many, many moons ago I worked for the USPS. We tried to take care of stuff, and most of the time did an all right job. But everyone has bad days, and there are bad individuals and there is bad luck. For example, one day I had just loaded a truck with about 6 cubic yards of parcels for...
  16. CatalinaWOW

    From the beginning. How did you start flying RC?

    Dad flew free flight when he was a kid, and when us kids came along thought that would be a good family thing. He designed and we built a free flight sport flyer powered by an Atwood 0.049. That engine was terribly hard to tune, but we periodically got flights out of it. Until one day it went...
  17. CatalinaWOW

    Chinas Hobby Exports.

    Competition can drive prices up or down. The existing, high price vendor can do things to reduce costs and compete on price. That usually means a drop in quality and or service. The existing vendor can also choose to maintain their current standards. But since at least some customers will be...
  18. CatalinaWOW

    Epoxy...favorite mixing cups?

    I've used all of the methods mentioned above, and had good results in almost all cases. I like the small graduated cups best, but also often use the clamshell cups that premium apples and other fruit comes in. Usually hold about a dozen apples so you get two dozen cups that have no ridges and...
  19. CatalinaWOW

    Sheeting foam wings, how much weight is enough??

    I agree, don't shy away from vacuum bagging. Much, much better and easier than weights. Weights seem straightforward, and they are, but complexity comes from doing one thing over and over. Let's see. Do I put the buckets alternated with the pavers, with lift weights on top of the pavers...
  20. CatalinaWOW

    Fixing up the firewall

    Next thing you know someone will do their engine's logo in marquetry.
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