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<DIV><SPAN class=750443321-12022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Bill,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=750443321-12022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
still have my 27.255mc Babcock transmitter and receiver plus the compound and SN
escapment. I had a 6' Buzzard replica with a Mcoy 35 Red Head. I doubt it still
works. Had to carry 5# of batteries; A, B and C. Lots of fun flying. If you
could get the plane back down without breaking it, you were lucky. One flight
per day was normal.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=750443321-12022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Tom
Weedon</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=750443321-12022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>WA8WAA</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> discussion-request@nsrca.org
[mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Bill
Glaze<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:14 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
discussion@nsrca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Malibu
??<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>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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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=vanputte@nuc.net href="mailto:vanputte@nuc.net">Ron Van
Putte</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto: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:
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid006901c2d186$38872900$d9be1b42@socal.rr.com
type="cite"><PRE wrap="">Hey all you old guys, do you want to buy some Geizendanner (sp?) pots?
</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE>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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