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News and Reports 2003
SCAT Electronic News 8 December 2003 issue 838
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Hall of Fame nominations for the 2004 Symposium
tissue
Looking for Tow Hooks- Ben Noon
Sony CLIE etc
King Orange number 50. - Hinson
Sympo Stuff - Stalick
Woebneking
Help for F1H statistics
Re : Woebbeking
VECO DAKOTA BIPLANE to R/C
Hall of Fame nominations for the 2004 Symposium
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Bob Beecroft is the chairman for the 2004 Hall of Fame. The date required
for nominations is February 1st, 2004. Please e-mail nominations to Bob at:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or mail to: 3488 Linda Vista Terrace, Fallbrook, CA,
92028-9127. After February 1st the committee will make selections for the
2004 Hall of Fame from the list of nominations. A write up on the
individual and photographs will then be required from the person who
nominated the member.
tissue
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Hi Roger-
I am recently back into model building after many years. I am now
working on a model that comes with Esaki Japanese tissue. I'm looking
for some info on the best way to attach it to the frames. Also, which
side of the tissue is the up side. One side has a has a shine, and is=
smoother than the other.
Thanks for your help.
tom
Looking for Tow Hooks- Ben Noon
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Hi,
Dear Roggr,
I am looking for some tow hooks for sale.
I would like to purchase 8 new tow hooks M&K stile.
Those are for my young students and must be at a reasonable price.
Sincerely yours,
Ofer Ben- Noon
Sony CLIE etc
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A note for any tech-heads out there messing with electronic timers. I
just
discovered how to use the RS-232 port on a Sony Clie for programming my
timers. The port is available on two pins of the 18 pin connector used for
USB and power, even though these pins are not brought out. The logic is
opposite that of a Palm and the voltage swings from 0 to 3V, instead of -5
to +5 on a Palm, so interfacing with a low voltage timer chip is real nice.
So with some custom hacking, a nice cable can be attached to that connector.
If anybody wants to know which pins these are, just let me know.
Also, there are several nice public domain terminal programs available for
the Palm or Clie, which make it easy to talk RS-232 to a custom timer. I'm
using one called "ptelnet" which can be downloaded after searching the
internet. I've got to admit that it is a pure pleasure to use a small PDA
device to program a timer after years of using a laptop PC because I've been
stubbornly making my own custom timers rather than using the more commercial
devices.
Lastly, Roger mentioned our VW (not VM) Westfalia van a few issues back.
Brian & I have discovered that this is quite a lucky vehicle, and must be
the reason for Martyn Cowley's great success over the years ;-). Since
using this vehicle in a few contests this fall, Brian & I have flown 41
regular rounds, me dropping only 2 seconds and Brian only 8, and Brian would
have been perfect except for hitting the antenna on an RV. We haven't been
quite so lucky in the flyoffs, but we'll be there next time. After my model
stalled in the final flyoff round at Livotto's, letting Victor, Ben, and
Ernesto beat me, I've been flying gliders 2 or 3 times a week, have got a
brand new airplane going, have re-trimmed about 3 models, etc. So the next
time I see you guys in the flyoff, no more mercy! ;-)
I realized one good thing about competion flying - it is a real motivator to
make us do good things. The motivation to get out of bed early, run, fly,
innovate, work, build, repair, etc. is healthy. Sport flying is fun too,
but I'm sure I'm working harder at this, and getting more out of it because
I want to do better in the flyoffs!
Ken Bauer
King Orange number 50.
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Hi Roger,
We are holding the 50th King orange the last three days of the year. Looks
like a really big one. Ray Matthews of FUBAR fame was the CD of the first
King Orange, and will be the CD of the 50th one.
If you can cut down the entry form and put it on SEN, we would appreciate
it. I
