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Jeez, you newcomers like Oddino and van Putte make me smile. How
about 1954: state of the art was Babcock 3 channel, TUBES for gosh sakes,
plug in relays, a 3 channel radio that weighed 3 lbs., super-regenerative
front ends in the receivers, escapements (driven by wound up rubber bands),
non-self neutralizing servos, only one RF frequency, unless you were a
Ham radio operator, (27.255 mc, or 452 mc.) Most used the engine
of choice, a Fox .35, when K & B brought out the Green Head R/C with
coupled exhaust baffle, it swept the field. And, I was there!
<br>I could go on and on, but don't want to put you young 'uns to sleep.
<p>Bill Glaze
<p>JOddino wrote:
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<font face="Arial"><font size=-1>You're
right on the spelling Ron. Gie. I went out in my goodie box
and found one in a package with instructions. We should explain it
wasn't a pot, just the wiper, but it made a big difference with cermet
elements that would wear holes in the brass wipers. The good old
days.</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font size=-1>A Rhett story.</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>I
got to the Nats on the last day of qualifying in 1972 and Bill Salkowski
said I should see this kid that is up just before him. Turns out
the kid was great but the judges had never heard of him and so he didn't
qualify for the finals.</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>The
next year the boys from the South talked him up all year and he had it
won before he got there.</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>There
is a big message here. The game is a lot more complicated than just
flying well. If you want to win you need to understand the game.</font></font><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Jim</font></font>
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<a href="mailto:vanputte@nuc.net" title="vanputte@nuc.net">Ron Van Putte</a></div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org" title="discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</a></div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 10, 2003 8:37
PM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: Malibu ??</div>
<p>JOddino wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hey all you old guys, do you want to buy some Geizendanner (sp?) pots?
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I think I'm going to pretend that I don't know what you're talking about.
<br>BTW, I think it's Giezendanner. Geez! That seems like <u>forever</u>
ago that we fiddled with pot replacement every 50 flights or so.
The wuss pilots these days wouldn't put up with that.
<p>Ron Van Putte
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