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system: You are A Welch, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "FORMING CANOPIES".

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assistant: Has anyone had to form their own canopy by melting tranparent plastic
sheets over a mold?  I know there was an article on doing this in a model
magazine years ago.  I'd like some advice on how it's done and how the
mold is made.
Also am a collector of very old model engines, if anybody has one, let me
know.
system: You are Rick Jennings, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Michael Coombs about "Heli's".

They wrote:
-> Hi Rick
-> Thanks for the info about the get together in OHIO.
-> But like everybody else time and money makes decisions for you.
-> I love to watch a really good heli demo.
-> The kids love these things and they don't know you can't do every
-> trick in the book.
-> Keep in touch and have good flights.

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assistant: No problem for the info, I am a member of the C.M.A.C. as is Paul
Soha, and I only live about ten miles form the flying field, not to
mention that I work only about a mile from the field. <G>
  Any chance you might catch the Heli Internationals in Columbus this
year?
  Yes, the kid in me loves these things...<BG> As for the aerobatics, I
still need to improve what I am doing, but I have accomplished loops,
(easy) Inverted flight and hovering, and hovering rolls and loops. They
don't look real good, but I will be able to work on that now.
 The weather here is finally getting good enough to do some more flying
except for the wind has been pretty gusty most of the time.
Well, gotta go for now, 4am comes to early for me....
Happy hovering!
TTYL8R!
Rick
system: You are John Meroth, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Tony Sabbato about "Brilliant speed control".

They wrote:
TS> There are four heavy gauge wires (red/black/yellow/white) that I
TS> assume go to the batteries and motor and two smaller gauge wires
TS> (black/white) that must go to the reciever... there may have been a
TS> small red wire along with these that has broken off, I'm not sure...

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assistant: Hello Tony.
27 Apr 96 14:45, Tony Sabbato wrote to All:
The four colors mean:
Red -- Battery +
Black -- Battery -
Yellow -- Signal
White -- Battery split voltage (Normally not used)
Yes, there was a red with the white & black
John
system: You are Matt Benedict, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ian Macaulay about "Re: Lets Talk".

They wrote:
>I'm building a boat and i read here daily and your right it sure is slow
>but the car guys have nothing much to say and the plkane guys seem to have
>gone to the net and the boatguys well I think that they echo is only half
>here and there is another half somewheres else.  So hi.  I have a heli. I
>have yet to even fire uop the engine. Its hanging in the rafters of my
>basement and home with my planes.  My boats and cars are on shelves.  I am
>working on a plank and frame tug boat right now, and building an addition
>onto the house that will have a ten foot basement.  Another shop for me:-)
>I am also adding a floor to my garage. Another shop for me:-) And redoing a
>part of my existing basement because there was a small plumbing accident
>and  got flooded.  Theres more but I just wanted you to knoe that I am
>doing something:-)
>I received a letter from a dealer that I have been using for several years
>and he said that nobody is as busy as he was and here was proof, He was
>responding to a letter I had sent him in 93.
>

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assistant: yea been very slow here.. welp i am a car guy but one day i will finish
building my boats. I have 2 electric boats that i started to build a few
years ago. I am kinda bored of land/sea vehicles. I want something different
maybe a plane or something but i don't have the cash to buy anything right
now. Welp talk to ya later
system: You are Rich Lockyer, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to A WELCH (Rcvd) about "FORMING CANOPIES".

They wrote:
AW> Has anyone had to form their own canopy by melting tranparent plastic
AW> sheets over a mold?  I know there was an article on doing this in a
AW> magazine years ago.  I'd like some advice on how it's done and how the
AW> mold is made.

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assistant: Hello A!
On 01 May 96, A WELCH wrote to ALL:
odel
The mold must be carved from wood.  It should be carved slightly undersized
to allow for the thickness of the plastic.  After carving and sanding it to
perfection, coat it with primer or wood filler to fill the grain and sand it
to perfection again.
The mold should be mounted on a stick or something that will hold it about
18" off of the work surface, and it should be smaller than the bottom of the
mold.
Mount the plastic into a frame.  Put the plastic in a warm oven and heat it
until it starts to sag from it's own weight.  If it starts to show bubbles or
drips, discolors, or flames, it's too hot.
Once the plastic sags, immediately remove it from the oven and lower the
frame over the mold.
I'm not sure if a mold release is needed, but I don't think so.
C-ya! Rich
system: You are A Welch, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Rich Lockyer about "R: FORMING CANOPIES".

They wrote:
RL>drips, discolors, or flames, it's too hot.
RL>Once the plastic sags, immediately remove it from the oven and lower the
RL>frame over the mold.
RL>I'm not sure if a mold release is needed, but I don't think so.
RL>C-ya! Rich
RL>--- GoldED 2.40
RL> * Origin: Colossus Galactica, (909)590-2121 HST/DS/14.4k (1:218/704)

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assistant: Thanks.  This sounds like the article I read years ago.  Actually, I'm
wanting to mold the plastic for a radio dial on an antique radio.  It
should be less difficult than the canopy.
Does the frame attach to the plastic?  I'm wondering if a heat gun couldn't
be used, rather than an oven?
Wouldn't the plastic melt onto the frame?
system: You are Michael Coombs, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Stephane Rougeau about "LMH-100".

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assistant: I just read a article on your heli that you told me about.
That is a very unusual machine.
The Arlton Gyro is the oddest thing I ever saw.
I have never seen a unit built in this way.
If she flies good for you than that is the correct machine to learn on.
Just wanted to let you know that I saw the article in RC Modeler.
Have fun,keep in touch,and keep those blades spinning.
                                           Michael Coombs
system: You are Tony Sabbato, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to John Meroth about "Brilliant speed control".

They wrote:
JM> The four colors mean:
JM> Red -- Battery +
JM> Black -- Battery -
JM> Yellow -- Signal
JM> White -- Battery split voltage (Normally not used)
JM> Yes, there was a red with the white & black

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assistant: Thanks for the info John...now all I need to do is find out where that
red wire came from on the board...
           -=Tony=-
system: You are Richard Ausili, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to A WELCH (Rcvd) about "RE: FORMING CANOPIES".

They wrote:
AW> Also am a collector of very old model engines, if anybody has one, let
AW> me know.

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assistant: On 1 May 96 05:23am, A WELCH wrote to ALL:
I do have a SuperTiger .46 (ringed).  I bought it around 1980.
The engine was basically built very well, but it turned out to
have a bad casting in the piston so that there was some metal
missing underneath the piston and a tiny pinhole in the top of
the piston.  For a long time I couldn't figure out why it didn't
run right.
If you can get another piston for it, you got it made.  The engine
really looks like it's built strong.  Right now I don't think you
can buy parts for it from SuperTiger.
I do have an old Cox .049 Baby Bee.  It must be 25 years old or
something like that.
Well, neither of my engines are antiques, but let me know if you
are interested in either of them.  The SuperTiger has a nice carb
on it, too.  It uses the "half-moon" mounting system.
A few years ago someone gave me an old (and I mean *old*) K&B
.35 with a very old-style clarinet-type valve that covered the
exhaust stack when you throttled down.  Jeez, this thing must have
been one of their first R/C engines.  It was brand new, too.
Perfect compression--everything.  I don't remember what I did with
it.  I may have thrown it out or given it away.  I can look around
for it, though.  Might be tucked away somewhere.  I didn't think
anyone would ever want something like that.
RICHARD AUSILI
... Every Silver lining has a clone around it.
 * Evaluation copy of Silver Xpress. Day # 14
 * Silver Xpress V4.01
-*- Opus-CBCS 1.7x via O_QWKer 1.0
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system: You are A Welch, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Richard Ausili about "R: RE: FORMING CANOPIES".

They wrote:
RA>Well, neither of my engines are antiques, but let me know if you
RA>are interested in either of them.  The SuperTiger has a nice carb
RA>on it, too.  It uses the "half-moon" mounting system.
RA>A few years ago someone gave me an old (and I mean *old*) K&B
RA>.35 with a very old-style clarinet-type valve that covered the
RA>exhaust stack when you throttled down.  Jeez, this thing must have

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assistant: If you had a Supre Tiger .40 CL Engine in running condition, I'd like it,
or a Cox FRV engine.
I'm mostly looking for the golden oldies.  The pride of my collection now
is an Anderson Spitfire .61 ignition.  I have several CL Forsters from the
early to mid '50s.
system: You are Neil Scavelli, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to A WELCH (Rcvd) about "FORMING CANOPIES".

They wrote:
> Has anyone had to form their own canopy by melting tranparent plastic
> sheets over a mold?  I know there was an article on doing this in a model
> magazine years ago.  I'd like some advice on how it's done and how the
> mold is made.
>
> Also am a collector of very old model engines, if anybody has one, let me
> know.
>

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assistant: RE: FORMING CANOPIES
BY: A WELCH to ALL on Wed May 01 1996 05:23 am
you need an oven temp of 400 degrees.. take the sheet of plastic and staple
t
down to a wooden frame.. at least 1/3 larger than your mold.. put the plastic
in the oven. 15-20 seconds or until it starts to sag. place your mold on a
grill and quickly push the frame with the heated plastic over the mold and
then
hit your vaccume.
Neil S.
system: You are Ian Macaulay, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to A WELCH (Rcvd) about "FORMING CANOPIES".

They wrote:
AW> Has anyone had to form their own canopy by melting tranparent
AW> plastic sheets over a mold?  I know there was an article on doing
AW> this in a model magazine years ago.  I'd like some advice on how
AW> it's done and how the mold is made.
AW> Also am a collector of very old model engines, if anybody has
AW> one, let me know.

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assistant: 01 May 96 05:23, A WELCH was yackin' to ALL and said:
I have had success with using foam and towels to push the plastic over the
mold.  Its hard and trickey depending on the size.  If you are doing a small
canopy for example the mold has extend beyond where you want it to be. When
pushing the plastic there is no finish so you push beyond where you wand and
cut it back for the finished edge.  You would be better vaccuum forming. You
can buy a small rig for less than 100 and it will last a lifetime.
allabes
Ian Macaulay
system: You are Ty Alsup, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Address For CaRa Products".

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assistant: Hey Folks;
Looking for the address of CaRa Products. The company made battery
cycler chargers among other things. The company use to reside in Canton
South Dakota. The last I heard the company was moved to Ohio. If anyone
has a phone # or address (maybe Toledo) please email it to me.
Thanks
Ty Alsup   Lewisville TX.
tya@airmail.net
system: You are Neil Scavelli, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Rich Lockyer about "FORMING CANOPIES".

They wrote:
> The mold must be carved from wood.  It should be carved slightly
> allow for the thickness of the plastic.  After carving and sanding it to
> perfection, coat it with primer or wood filler to fill the grain and sand
> perfection again.

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assistant: RE: FORMING CANOPIES
BY: Rich Lockyer to A WELCH on Wed May 01 1996 07:42 pm
undersized
it
We have made some of them out of concrete that's covered with Bondo and
anded
smooth.. works great.
also 400 degrees it about the ideal working temp for most spastics.
Neil
system: You are Jim Mcbride, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to A WELCH (Rcvd) about "FORMING CANOPIES".

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assistant: I have an old .35 engine and all I know is it has no carb and a red head that
bolts on, and a glowplug that looks like a spark plug.
system: You are A Welch, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jim Mcbride about "R: FORMING CANOPIES".

They wrote:
JM>I have an old .35 engine and all I know is it has no carb and a red head

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assistant: Your engine is probably worth around $30, if it's complete and not broken
up.  Want to send it to me?
2248 S 33rd St.
Milwaukee, Wi. 53215
system: You are Michael Coombs, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Rick Jennings about "Heli's".

They wrote:
RJ>  No problem for the info, I am a member of the C.M.A.C. as is Paul
RJ> Soha, and I only live about ten miles form the flying field, not to
RJ> mention that I work only about a mile from the field. <G>
RJ>   Any chance you might catch the Heli Internationals in Columbus this
RJ> year?
RJ>  The weather here is finally getting good enough to do some more flying
RJ> except for the wind has been pretty gusty most of the time.
RJ> Well, gotta go for now, 4am comes to early for me....
RJ> Happy hovering!

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assistant: Quoting what Rick Jennings wrote on 30 Apr 96  21:10:34:
Boy,I don't see how you can get any better than that. I live about 17 miles
from our field. It use to be a lot closer but the plane guys wanted a bigger
field to land there bigger planes. But in this day and age a field with no
complaints is worth the drive.
You never know until it happens. Who knows I could walk right up to you
and we would never know who we were until later in the event.
Your telling me! I've got a Bell 47 in my hobby room waiting for good
weather(and time) to set up for a friend of mine.But,the wind is not good for
a gimpy bird.
4 AM! Man I can't even think of getting up at that time. There should be a
law against that.
Right back at you and keep the sticks moving.
                                         Michael Coombs
system: You are Mark Corona, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jim Mcbride about "FORMING CANOPIES".

They wrote:
JM> I have an old .35 engine and all I know is it has no carb and a red head
JM> that bolts on, and a glowplug that looks like a spark plug.

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assistant: In a message of 03 May 96  13:27:14, Jim Mcbride wrote:
     With a Red Head it's not that old.  There should be some kind of
markings on it.
          MC
system: You are Neil Scavelli, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to A WELCH (Rcvd) about "FORMING CANOPIES".

They wrote:
> Does the frame attach to the plastic?  I'm wondering if a heat gun
> be used, rather than an oven?
> Wouldn't the plastic melt onto the frame?

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assistant: RE: FORMING CANOPIES
BY: A WELCH to Rich Lockyer on Fri May 03 1996 04:13 am
ouldn't
the plastic is stapled to the frame all the way around. you would never need
to
get the plastic hot enough to ment onto the frame.. just hot enough to sag.
with a heat gun you could not get a consistant temp. also the air pressure
would warp it..
Neil
system: You are Rich Lockyer, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to A WELCH (Rcvd) about "FORMING CANOPIES".

They wrote:
AW> Thanks.  This sounds like the article I read years ago.  Actually, I'm
AW> wanting to mold the plastic for a radio dial on an antique radio.  It
AW> should be less difficult than the canopy.
AW> Does the frame attach to the plastic?
AW>  I'm wondering if a heat gun
AW> couldn't be used, rather than an oven?
AW> Wouldn't the plastic melt onto the
AW> frame?

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assistant: Hello A!
On 03 May 96, A WELCH wrote to Rich Lockyer:
Or you could try AES in Tempe AZ,  (602)820-5411.  They carry all kinds of
antique radio and amplifier parts.
Ya, but I don't remember how.
The heat gun is too concentrated and too hot.
Wouldn't matter... The frame needs to be bigger than the mold, and you're
trimming the plastic off at the edge of the mold.  Anything beyond that is
scrap, including the frame.
C-ya! Rich
system: You are Peter Cheung, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Stephane Rougeau about "Heli Pilots ABOARD !!".

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assistant: So you have a that .051 chopper that I've heard about is it any good?  Where
did you get it because I've been thinking about getting in to helicopters.
what kind of flaws are there in the design and do you think it is worth it.
system: You are Stephane Rougeau, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Michael Coombs about "LMH-100....".

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assistant: Surprising the thing flies !!, not that I want to knock the product down but
it does...!!!
        The gyro, the simplisticity of it is almost astounding, it works well
under low or calm winds other wise as I throttle up it'll twist to one
side..but all heli's seem to do so...even it there is an electronic gyro.
        I talked to the guys who created the LMH-100 in Indiana a couple of
times..Here in Canada there aren't too many people who do have this type of
copter..some really gaze at it ( I guess they envy me )
        I was up flying not to long ago when I was practicing to autorotate
on the spot..everything was perfect ( wind, height etc ... ) then out of no
where a gust of wind brought me up about 20 ft then dropped me down hard on
the ground, but I hadn't finished...the tail tube ( BENT !!! ) and the gear
box cracked...darnit..but now I'm up and going again with new parts
        Any major mishaps ??
                Keep in touch, kinda nice to have someone to talk to about
heli's
                                        KEEP'ER SPINNIN
                                                Steff
system: You are John Meroth, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Tony Sabbato about "Brilliant speed control".

They wrote:
JM>> The four colors mean:
JM>> Red -- Battery +
JM>> Black -- Battery -
JM>> Yellow -- Signal
JM>> White -- Battery split voltage (Normally not used)
JM>> Yes, there was a red with the white & black
TS> Thanks for the info John...now all I need to do is find out where that
TS> red wire came from on the board...

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assistant: Hello Tony.
02 May 96 04:26, Tony Sabbato wrote to John Meroth:
Which board?
system: You are Allen Anthony, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Car Dudes".

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assistant: Hi!  I'm a car dude that is looking for others that have cars.  I've
   been out of the sport for a while so could ya'll bring me up to date as
   to what's hot/not, what you're runnin', etc?  I would like to get back
   into racing my cars but there is no track here any longer and I'm tired
   of racing against my brothers!  None of my old racing buddies have their
   cars anymore and I need to get back into the swing of things.  Hasta!
   TTFN,
   Dr. Al
... Misspelled?  Impossible.  My modem is error correcting.
system: You are Neil Scavelli, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Radio Control message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Travis Jaques about "hello there, any Plane fliers?".

They wrote:
> The Wonder: Had this same plane since they first came out, it's my
> and I always take it with me. Unreal little beast.

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assistant: RE: hello there, any Plane fliers?
BY: Travis Jaques to All on Sun May 05 1996 09:21 am
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Hello Travis,
      well funny you should mention the wonder.. I am working on one right
ow
trying to get it ready for air combat.. I have had it for almost a year now
and
only flew it about 3 times.. When I first built it I went with a powerhouse
Irvine .25 and also added a Landing gear with a stearable nose wheel working
off a micro servo.. everything worked fine except the wing loading I think.
t
always wanted to snap when hand launched.. well at least when I tried to hand
launch it.. otherwise it went like a raped ape. my question is to you is
here
exaclty do you have the CG on yours and what size motor are you running..
I have taken off the landing gear and lightened up the plane a bunch.. now I
would like to run an Enya .09 that has a throttle.
any suggestions would be greatly appreciated..
Neil S.