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Radio Control: Electronics

Author: B. Kopski


Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/09
Page Numbers: 99, 100, 102

RADIO CONTROL ELECTRICS 1 U THIS MONTHS TOPICS include meet announcement Electrics Top Ten Greg Judy Dallas Electric Aircraft Fliers DEAF club Dallas TX wrote tell 12th Annual DEAF Electric Fly-In scheduled October 3-4 Dallas RC Club affair combines some serious competitive events fun eventssomething everyone Scheduled activities include LMR Seven-Cell Sailplane/OT 30-Cell Sailplane AULD Speed 400 pylon race Lightest Make Ten Minutes Weight Lift Best Scale lot fun-flying meet offers paved runway pond food plus free evening buffet can get full info Greg 817 468-0962 E-mail thejudys@flashnet http/web2airmail netlwarnerl/deaf/ issue marks 15th anniversary association writing E-things Model Aviation writing began September 1983 issue start intended five- six-part Electric series grew ten parts before over As series drawing close MA invited continue monthly column told readership response Electric must have favorable Carl Wheeley MAs boss time wondered would enough Electric stuff write about future has never problem Electric experience began around 1972a time very little E-activity US feel its fair say Ive seen power s birth growth US during time perspective now offer what feel Top Ten things have happened within Electric aeromodeling What follows no order importance except first item Astrolight view primary reason Electric what country today see Astro catalyst what Electric has become Beginning early 1970s time virtually no Electric interest Astro came supplier scene few humble products massive conviction future hereand made feel certain Bob Boucher must have seen difficult times periods deep soul-searching over first years what limited modeling market interest somehow Bob continued gradually expanded improved product line weve benefitted today because Bob Boucher company Bob thank again bringing much hobby pleasure to everyone else enjoys rewarding quiet powerful high fast-flying part model aviation Cobalt motors introduced Astro 80s introduced major leap forward performance Electric flight typify innovative Astro thrust during years product directly aimed shortcomings lesser motors day target Walk flightline now youll find predominance Astro cobalt motors sizes geared powering kinds Electricsby least- most-accomplished E-modelers readers may realize Astro actually marketed can ferrites early days still have some introduction cobalts beginning end Astro ferrites writings early columnists Mitch Poling Model Builder Jim Zarembski RCM significant recall hanging word modelers put monthly papernever dreaming Id ever share E-thoughts own Model Aviation Mitch Jim also published several E-construction articles Mitch published book Jim some designs kitted Jims Sky Knight still marketed Aveox Both modelers major influences own early years within E-power Ive met flown both fair proper closure having met magazine columns As nearly can recall Goldberg Electra first early dedicated E-power kits established kit manufacturer still see somewhat daring move think about right mind would market E-model few Electric Goldberg did know helping numerous beginning Electric modelers product significant contribution early growth Electric some modelers remain cautious its economy can motor product gets job doneat price makes easy try first Electric Simply put properly built Electra flies welljust what youd expect Goldberg Indeed customized refined Electra won AULD KRC past Electra also forerunner several kits-in-kind Goldberg Great Planes Airtronics E-fliers owe start daring Goldberg initiative Sanyo has brought continually improving high-quality battery products aeromodeling scene Growth cell quality capacity variety September 1998 99 Five faces Electric flying fun caught lens Claudia Garner KRC 97 possible just 25 years ago Futaba introduced Electric-dedicated radio system about dozen years ago opinion very helpful growth Electric product made relatively easy modelers intimidated wires stuff receiver its built-in speed control BEC function simple installation got modelers over first installation hurdles years KRC routinely offered radio its Electric Fly raffle airplanes Ive flown radios builder andlor test pilot raffle airplanes otherwise club flight instructor Some accomplished E-modelers know use product lightweight installation Speed 400 designs saddens Futaba has chosen discontinue product Joe Utasi Jomar company knowledge first publish manufacture serious speed control Electrics SC-I control appeared sometime early 1980s MA construction article Jomar product led way product area believe Joe introduced concept high rate speed controlsnow recognized the way go ESCs Joe continued expand product line continually advancing state art model motor control years driven produce very best products frequently tortured less-than-perfect inputs new-product beta-testers Im proud enriched know Joe have used products have flown him Jomar designs continue product today under EMS ownership KRC Electric Fly founded 1980 first club-sponsored Electric meet country has grown size reputation become what believed largest E-meet world set standard essentially other E-meets followed skilled E-modelers got start spectators earlier KRCs Im proud have associated affair over years Sermos connectors introduced early 1980s quickly became defacto standard forE-modeling wiring interconnects Introduced John Sermos time hobby desperately combined other E-products has key part E-modeling growth Sanyo Ni-Cds powered image growth Electric ofElectrics dont fly well convincing performance routinely enjoy now 4mJisnnwrEwIwzauuuwaw2i7AuuJiw IIp SANYO RC-2000 CELLS$550 Ea SANYO RC-2000 CELLS MATCHED$600 Ea SANYO RC-1700 CELLS new$400 Ea SANYO RC-1700 CELLS MATCHED$450 Ea SANYO KR1400 AE$350 Ea SANYO N1000 SCR CELLS$350 Ea SANYO N700AA CELLS$150 Ea SANYO NSOO AR CELLS$350 Ea SANYO KR600 AE CELLS$250 Ea SANYO N800 AR CELLS$350 Ea SANYO N350 AA CELLS$250 Ea SANYO 700 AA CELLS$150 Ea 4 CELL 270AA RECEIVER PACK$1000 Ea S CELL 1000 AE RECEIVER PACK$1800 Ea CONNECTORS RED & BLACK$150 Pr WIRE SHRINK BARS ANDCr need product high-performance connectors continue popular flightline Sermos connector based established product Anderson improved several proprietary ways modeling use somehow charge Id dictate Sermos connectors become standard E-productsexcept perhaps tiniest models Aveox introduced whole new technology its brushless motors associated controllers has pushed state hobby art farther upward higher performance enhanced durability over best products known time Testimony seen meet results fact other manufacturers have introduced brushless products again innovative leadership role yet another supplier exploding E model hobby marketplace Chargers have grown technological accomplishment High-performance highquality products such SR Smart Charger others have made task fueling Electrics easy pleasant technically sound Earlier more-difficult confusing charging approaches often resulted flight performance shortfall fried packs have disappeared flightline Todays foolproof peak-charge detection systems virtually guarantee best power system performance flight after flight So ends Top Ten pick persons products have made remarkable Electric quarter-century can hardly wait see what next quarter-century brings So begins 16th year MA Thank everyone making Please enclose SASE correspondence youd like reply Wrigley Way Milpitas California 95035 Voice/Fax 408 946-4751 408 WINGS-51 PRODUCTS no further fully molded sailplane needs RnR offer selection high performance sailplanes will address specific requirements F3BThermal Duration Slope Cross Country Mark Allen designed World Championship F3B EAGLE now being produced RnR its new lower price RnR sailplane enjoys design construction enhancements 1997 RnRs composite molded technology provides unique blend strength weight optimization Noticeable results found through increased durability torsional stability stiffness incorporated wing fuselage tail section also offer selection parts joiner systems scratch builders Out catch latest visualsspecificationsand competitive pricing ofRnRs sailplanes contact RnR RnR skys limit. 102 Model Aviation x Sweeps Electric NATS F7 LMR motor took top 8 plates Class LMR Sailpianel Congratulations David EliasI Free Class B Aveox took tot top 7 plates te tie Both 3 ooints Catalogttist&aorge Joy won Class ft using F7LMR motor 12 tells Call write tax e-mail us tor FREE tatalog Shown new FlO Compethion model new lightened version weighs 215g wires tapahle ot nearly 1 horsepower used 10 tell F5B tompetition also worlds powertul 7 tell motor used new Hybridrive L60 tontroller tan get over 700 watts trom 96 ounte patkage ye ox Inc 31324 Via Colinas #103 Westake Village CA 91362 Phone 8185978915 Fax 8185970617 httpllwwwaveoxcom info@aveoxcom Aveox High Performance Brushess DC Motors

Author: B. Kopski


Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/09
Page Numbers: 99, 100, 102

RADIO CONTROL ELECTRICS 1 U THIS MONTHS TOPICS include meet announcement Electrics Top Ten Greg Judy Dallas Electric Aircraft Fliers DEAF club Dallas TX wrote tell 12th Annual DEAF Electric Fly-In scheduled October 3-4 Dallas RC Club affair combines some serious competitive events fun eventssomething everyone Scheduled activities include LMR Seven-Cell Sailplane/OT 30-Cell Sailplane AULD Speed 400 pylon race Lightest Make Ten Minutes Weight Lift Best Scale lot fun-flying meet offers paved runway pond food plus free evening buffet can get full info Greg 817 468-0962 E-mail thejudys@flashnet http/web2airmail netlwarnerl/deaf/ issue marks 15th anniversary association writing E-things Model Aviation writing began September 1983 issue start intended five- six-part Electric series grew ten parts before over As series drawing close MA invited continue monthly column told readership response Electric must have favorable Carl Wheeley MAs boss time wondered would enough Electric stuff write about future has never problem Electric experience began around 1972a time very little E-activity US feel its fair say Ive seen power s birth growth US during time perspective now offer what feel Top Ten things have happened within Electric aeromodeling What follows no order importance except first item Astrolight view primary reason Electric what country today see Astro catalyst what Electric has become Beginning early 1970s time virtually no Electric interest Astro came supplier scene few humble products massive conviction future hereand made feel certain Bob Boucher must have seen difficult times periods deep soul-searching over first years what limited modeling market interest somehow Bob continued gradually expanded improved product line weve benefitted today because Bob Boucher company Bob thank again bringing much hobby pleasure to everyone else enjoys rewarding quiet powerful high fast-flying part model aviation Cobalt motors introduced Astro 80s introduced major leap forward performance Electric flight typify innovative Astro thrust during years product directly aimed shortcomings lesser motors day target Walk flightline now youll find predominance Astro cobalt motors sizes geared powering kinds Electricsby least- most-accomplished E-modelers readers may realize Astro actually marketed can ferrites early days still have some introduction cobalts beginning end Astro ferrites writings early columnists Mitch Poling Model Builder Jim Zarembski RCM significant recall hanging word modelers put monthly papernever dreaming Id ever share E-thoughts own Model Aviation Mitch Jim also published several E-construction articles Mitch published book Jim some designs kitted Jims Sky Knight still marketed Aveox Both modelers major influences own early years within E-power Ive met flown both fair proper closure having met magazine columns As nearly can recall Goldberg Electra first early dedicated E-power kits established kit manufacturer still see somewhat daring move think about right mind would market E-model few Electric Goldberg did know helping numerous beginning Electric modelers product significant contribution early growth Electric some modelers remain cautious its economy can motor product gets job doneat price makes easy try first Electric Simply put properly built Electra flies welljust what youd expect Goldberg Indeed customized refined Electra won AULD KRC past Electra also forerunner several kits-in-kind Goldberg Great Planes Airtronics E-fliers owe start daring Goldberg initiative Sanyo has brought continually improving high-quality battery products aeromodeling scene Growth cell quality capacity variety September 1998 99 Five faces Electric flying fun caught lens Claudia Garner KRC 97 possible just 25 years ago Futaba introduced Electric-dedicated radio system about dozen years ago opinion very helpful growth Electric product made relatively easy modelers intimidated wires stuff receiver its built-in speed control BEC function simple installation got modelers over first installation hurdles years KRC routinely offered radio its Electric Fly raffle airplanes Ive flown radios builder andlor test pilot raffle airplanes otherwise club flight instructor Some accomplished E-modelers know use product lightweight installation Speed 400 designs saddens Futaba has chosen discontinue product Joe Utasi Jomar company knowledge first publish manufacture serious speed control Electrics SC-I control appeared sometime early 1980s MA construction article Jomar product led way product area believe Joe introduced concept high rate speed controlsnow recognized the way go ESCs Joe continued expand product line continually advancing state art model motor control years driven produce very best products frequently tortured less-than-perfect inputs new-product beta-testers Im proud enriched know Joe have used products have flown him Jomar designs continue product today under EMS ownership KRC Electric Fly founded 1980 first club-sponsored Electric meet country has grown size reputation become what believed largest E-meet world set standard essentially other E-meets followed skilled E-modelers got start spectators earlier KRCs Im proud have associated affair over years Sermos connectors introduced early 1980s quickly became defacto standard forE-modeling wiring interconnects Introduced John Sermos time hobby desperately combined other E-products has key part E-modeling growth Sanyo Ni-Cds powered image growth Electric ofElectrics dont fly well convincing performance routinely enjoy now 4mJisnnwrEwIwzauuuwaw2i7AuuJiw IIp SANYO RC-2000 CELLS$550 Ea SANYO RC-2000 CELLS MATCHED$600 Ea SANYO RC-1700 CELLS new$400 Ea SANYO RC-1700 CELLS MATCHED$450 Ea SANYO KR1400 AE$350 Ea SANYO N1000 SCR CELLS$350 Ea SANYO N700AA CELLS$150 Ea SANYO NSOO AR CELLS$350 Ea SANYO KR600 AE CELLS$250 Ea SANYO N800 AR CELLS$350 Ea SANYO N350 AA CELLS$250 Ea SANYO 700 AA CELLS$150 Ea 4 CELL 270AA RECEIVER PACK$1000 Ea S CELL 1000 AE RECEIVER PACK$1800 Ea CONNECTORS RED & BLACK$150 Pr WIRE SHRINK BARS ANDCr need product high-performance connectors continue popular flightline Sermos connector based established product Anderson improved several proprietary ways modeling use somehow charge Id dictate Sermos connectors become standard E-productsexcept perhaps tiniest models Aveox introduced whole new technology its brushless motors associated controllers has pushed state hobby art farther upward higher performance enhanced durability over best products known time Testimony seen meet results fact other manufacturers have introduced brushless products again innovative leadership role yet another supplier exploding E model hobby marketplace Chargers have grown technological accomplishment High-performance highquality products such SR Smart Charger others have made task fueling Electrics easy pleasant technically sound Earlier more-difficult confusing charging approaches often resulted flight performance shortfall fried packs have disappeared flightline Todays foolproof peak-charge detection systems virtually guarantee best power system performance flight after flight So ends Top Ten pick persons products have made remarkable Electric quarter-century can hardly wait see what next quarter-century brings So begins 16th year MA Thank everyone making Please enclose SASE correspondence youd like reply Wrigley Way Milpitas California 95035 Voice/Fax 408 946-4751 408 WINGS-51 PRODUCTS no further fully molded sailplane needs RnR offer selection high performance sailplanes will address specific requirements F3BThermal Duration Slope Cross Country Mark Allen designed World Championship F3B EAGLE now being produced RnR its new lower price RnR sailplane enjoys design construction enhancements 1997 RnRs composite molded technology provides unique blend strength weight optimization Noticeable results found through increased durability torsional stability stiffness incorporated wing fuselage tail section also offer selection parts joiner systems scratch builders Out catch latest visualsspecificationsand competitive pricing ofRnRs sailplanes contact RnR RnR skys limit. 102 Model Aviation x Sweeps Electric NATS F7 LMR motor took top 8 plates Class LMR Sailpianel Congratulations David EliasI Free Class B Aveox took tot top 7 plates te tie Both 3 ooints Catalogttist&aorge Joy won Class ft using F7LMR motor 12 tells Call write tax e-mail us tor FREE tatalog Shown new FlO Compethion model new lightened version weighs 215g wires tapahle ot nearly 1 horsepower used 10 tell F5B tompetition also worlds powertul 7 tell motor used new Hybridrive L60 tontroller tan get over 700 watts trom 96 ounte patkage ye ox Inc 31324 Via Colinas #103 Westake Village CA 91362 Phone 8185978915 Fax 8185970617 httpllwwwaveoxcom info@aveoxcom Aveox High Performance Brushess DC Motors

Author: B. Kopski


Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/09
Page Numbers: 99, 100, 102

RADIO CONTROL ELECTRICS 1 U THIS MONTHS TOPICS include meet announcement Electrics Top Ten Greg Judy Dallas Electric Aircraft Fliers DEAF club Dallas TX wrote tell 12th Annual DEAF Electric Fly-In scheduled October 3-4 Dallas RC Club affair combines some serious competitive events fun eventssomething everyone Scheduled activities include LMR Seven-Cell Sailplane/OT 30-Cell Sailplane AULD Speed 400 pylon race Lightest Make Ten Minutes Weight Lift Best Scale lot fun-flying meet offers paved runway pond food plus free evening buffet can get full info Greg 817 468-0962 E-mail thejudys@flashnet http/web2airmail netlwarnerl/deaf/ issue marks 15th anniversary association writing E-things Model Aviation writing began September 1983 issue start intended five- six-part Electric series grew ten parts before over As series drawing close MA invited continue monthly column told readership response Electric must have favorable Carl Wheeley MAs boss time wondered would enough Electric stuff write about future has never problem Electric experience began around 1972a time very little E-activity US feel its fair say Ive seen power s birth growth US during time perspective now offer what feel Top Ten things have happened within Electric aeromodeling What follows no order importance except first item Astrolight view primary reason Electric what country today see Astro catalyst what Electric has become Beginning early 1970s time virtually no Electric interest Astro came supplier scene few humble products massive conviction future hereand made feel certain Bob Boucher must have seen difficult times periods deep soul-searching over first years what limited modeling market interest somehow Bob continued gradually expanded improved product line weve benefitted today because Bob Boucher company Bob thank again bringing much hobby pleasure to everyone else enjoys rewarding quiet powerful high fast-flying part model aviation Cobalt motors introduced Astro 80s introduced major leap forward performance Electric flight typify innovative Astro thrust during years product directly aimed shortcomings lesser motors day target Walk flightline now youll find predominance Astro cobalt motors sizes geared powering kinds Electricsby least- most-accomplished E-modelers readers may realize Astro actually marketed can ferrites early days still have some introduction cobalts beginning end Astro ferrites writings early columnists Mitch Poling Model Builder Jim Zarembski RCM significant recall hanging word modelers put monthly papernever dreaming Id ever share E-thoughts own Model Aviation Mitch Jim also published several E-construction articles Mitch published book Jim some designs kitted Jims Sky Knight still marketed Aveox Both modelers major influences own early years within E-power Ive met flown both fair proper closure having met magazine columns As nearly can recall Goldberg Electra first early dedicated E-power kits established kit manufacturer still see somewhat daring move think about right mind would market E-model few Electric Goldberg did know helping numerous beginning Electric modelers product significant contribution early growth Electric some modelers remain cautious its economy can motor product gets job doneat price makes easy try first Electric Simply put properly built Electra flies welljust what youd expect Goldberg Indeed customized refined Electra won AULD KRC past Electra also forerunner several kits-in-kind Goldberg Great Planes Airtronics E-fliers owe start daring Goldberg initiative Sanyo has brought continually improving high-quality battery products aeromodeling scene Growth cell quality capacity variety September 1998 99 Five faces Electric flying fun caught lens Claudia Garner KRC 97 possible just 25 years ago Futaba introduced Electric-dedicated radio system about dozen years ago opinion very helpful growth Electric product made relatively easy modelers intimidated wires stuff receiver its built-in speed control BEC function simple installation got modelers over first installation hurdles years KRC routinely offered radio its Electric Fly raffle airplanes Ive flown radios builder andlor test pilot raffle airplanes otherwise club flight instructor Some accomplished E-modelers know use product lightweight installation Speed 400 designs saddens Futaba has chosen discontinue product Joe Utasi Jomar company knowledge first publish manufacture serious speed control Electrics SC-I control appeared sometime early 1980s MA construction article Jomar product led way product area believe Joe introduced concept high rate speed controlsnow recognized the way go ESCs Joe continued expand product line continually advancing state art model motor control years driven produce very best products frequently tortured less-than-perfect inputs new-product beta-testers Im proud enriched know Joe have used products have flown him Jomar designs continue product today under EMS ownership KRC Electric Fly founded 1980 first club-sponsored Electric meet country has grown size reputation become what believed largest E-meet world set standard essentially other E-meets followed skilled E-modelers got start spectators earlier KRCs Im proud have associated affair over years Sermos connectors introduced early 1980s quickly became defacto standard forE-modeling wiring interconnects Introduced John Sermos time hobby desperately combined other E-products has key part E-modeling growth Sanyo Ni-Cds powered image growth Electric ofElectrics dont fly well convincing performance routinely enjoy now 4mJisnnwrEwIwzauuuwaw2i7AuuJiw IIp SANYO RC-2000 CELLS$550 Ea SANYO RC-2000 CELLS MATCHED$600 Ea SANYO RC-1700 CELLS new$400 Ea SANYO RC-1700 CELLS MATCHED$450 Ea SANYO KR1400 AE$350 Ea SANYO N1000 SCR CELLS$350 Ea SANYO N700AA CELLS$150 Ea SANYO NSOO AR CELLS$350 Ea SANYO KR600 AE CELLS$250 Ea SANYO N800 AR CELLS$350 Ea SANYO N350 AA CELLS$250 Ea SANYO 700 AA CELLS$150 Ea 4 CELL 270AA RECEIVER PACK$1000 Ea S CELL 1000 AE RECEIVER PACK$1800 Ea CONNECTORS RED & BLACK$150 Pr WIRE SHRINK BARS ANDCr need product high-performance connectors continue popular flightline Sermos connector based established product Anderson improved several proprietary ways modeling use somehow charge Id dictate Sermos connectors become standard E-productsexcept perhaps tiniest models Aveox introduced whole new technology its brushless motors associated controllers has pushed state hobby art farther upward higher performance enhanced durability over best products known time Testimony seen meet results fact other manufacturers have introduced brushless products again innovative leadership role yet another supplier exploding E model hobby marketplace Chargers have grown technological accomplishment High-performance highquality products such SR Smart Charger others have made task fueling Electrics easy pleasant technically sound Earlier more-difficult confusing charging approaches often resulted flight performance shortfall fried packs have disappeared flightline Todays foolproof peak-charge detection systems virtually guarantee best power system performance flight after flight So ends Top Ten pick persons products have made remarkable Electric quarter-century can hardly wait see what next quarter-century brings So begins 16th year MA Thank everyone making Please enclose SASE correspondence youd like reply Wrigley Way Milpitas California 95035 Voice/Fax 408 946-4751 408 WINGS-51 PRODUCTS no further fully molded sailplane needs RnR offer selection high performance sailplanes will address specific requirements F3BThermal Duration Slope Cross Country Mark Allen designed World Championship F3B EAGLE now being produced RnR its new lower price RnR sailplane enjoys design construction enhancements 1997 RnRs composite molded technology provides unique blend strength weight optimization Noticeable results found through increased durability torsional stability stiffness incorporated wing fuselage tail section also offer selection parts joiner systems scratch builders Out catch latest visualsspecificationsand competitive pricing ofRnRs sailplanes contact RnR RnR skys limit. 102 Model Aviation x Sweeps Electric NATS F7 LMR motor took top 8 plates Class LMR Sailpianel Congratulations David EliasI Free Class B Aveox took tot top 7 plates te tie Both 3 ooints Catalogttist&aorge Joy won Class ft using F7LMR motor 12 tells Call write tax e-mail us tor FREE tatalog Shown new FlO Compethion model new lightened version weighs 215g wires tapahle ot nearly 1 horsepower used 10 tell F5B tompetition also worlds powertul 7 tell motor used new Hybridrive L60 tontroller tan get over 700 watts trom 96 ounte patkage ye ox Inc 31324 Via Colinas #103 Westake Village CA 91362 Phone 8185978915 Fax 8185970617 httpllwwwaveoxcom info@aveoxcom Aveox High Performance Brushess DC Motors

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