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Simon Robbins wrote:

DownLoader boB wrote:

I still read what is posted here.

Me too. I just haven't got any news to post.

And me too. I'm still waiting for Dave Jackson to make unicopters.
What's the holdup, Dave?

Kevin: I've hesitated in citing this NG as a resource for experimental helo
information because the pre-dominance seems to be toward the bigger
certified ships and there didn't seem to be much interest in the few
postings that I did on the subject.

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"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in
message ...
On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:40:06 GMT, "Dave Jackson"
wrote:

Perhaps one of the reasons is that the forums are HTML and can include
pictures etc., whereas the newsgroups are limited to ASCII.

I've been on usenet a LONG time (since the late 80s or so) and the
text only format isn't a big deal. I don't need pretty pics to get
the info I'm looking for.

Maybe the post shortage is due to the fact people just don't know
about usenet. A lot of people I know who've been in the IT field as
long as I have (or should say "was") still get a quizzical look on
their face when I utter that word. Perhaps you should mention this
group in your mag Stu....

I have no problem with using my posts here for article "seed" Stu..
If I could afford my own ship, I'd be sure to post my "exploits" and
"issues" here for your use.

Sparkle wrote:
Simon Robbins wrote:

DownLoader boB wrote:

I still read what is posted here.

Me too. I just haven't got any news to post.

And me too. I'm still waiting for Dave Jackson to make unicopters.
What's the holdup, Dave?

Unicopter????? Is there such a thing????

--

boB
Wing 70

U.S. Army Aviation (retired)
Central Texas - 5NM West of Gray Army Airfield (KGRK)

boB wrote:
Sparkle wrote:

Simon Robbins wrote:

DownLoader boB wrote:

I still read what is posted here.


Me too. I just haven't got any news to post.


And me too. I'm still waiting for Dave Jackson to make unicopters.
What's the holdup, Dave?


Unicopter????? Is there such a thing????

Almost! Two (or more?) similar concepts in the works. I want to see how
far he goes with these.

UniCopter
http://www.unicopter.com/UniCopter.html

SynchroLite
http://www.unicopter.com/SynchroLite.html

I had a rotor design on my mind for a while, then Dave Jackson appeared
in this group with his SynchroLite intermeshing rotor project. I liked
it! And it might fit well with my idea. So I've been waiting for Dave to
finish all the hard work.
C'mon Dave! :^)

Sparkle wrote;

So I've been waiting for Dave to finish all the hard work.

Currently, the hard work is;- The Very Boring,

http://www.unicopter.com/A114.html ,

with timeouts for;- The Very Ludicrous,

http://www.unicopter.com/ElectroRotor.html

Dave

Dave Jackson wrote:
Sparkle wrote;

So I've been waiting for Dave to finish all the hard work.

Currently, the hard work is;- The Very Boring,

http://www.unicopter.com/A114.html ,

Filament winding? Strongest fiber may be Black Widow Spider web. I had
one A&P instructor, a composites guy, mention that spider web is being
looked at as a future structural material. Might be time for you to
become a spider wrangler.

The OTHER Kevin in San Diego wrote:
On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 05:36:02 GMT, Sparkle
wrote:


Dave Jackson wrote:

Sparkle wrote;

So I've been waiting for Dave to finish all the hard work.

Currently, the hard work is;- The Very Boring,

http://www.unicopter.com/A114.html ,

Filament winding? Strongest fiber may be Black Widow Spider web. I had
one A&P instructor, a composites guy, mention that spider web is being
looked at as a future structural material. Might be time for you to
become a spider wrangler.


I've got a backyard full of black widows he can come harvest. The
really big one in the garage with the HUGE pile of dead potato bugs
under her web you can't have. The kids have named her Charlotte...
hehehe

Or Dave could build the cardboard mockup at your place, then come pick
it up later after it's wound :^)

I've got a backyard full of black widows he can come harvest. The
really big one in the garage with the HUGE pile of dead potato bugs
under her web you can't have. The kids have named her Charlotte...
hehehe

Or Dave could build the cardboard mockup at your place, then come pick it
up later after it's wound :^)

Neat idea.

A few years ago some scientist placed a couple of electrodes in an insect's
brain and then he was able to steer the critter. Computer controlled spider.

Dave Jackson wrote:

A few years ago some scientist placed a couple of electrodes in an insect's
brain and then he was able to steer the critter. Computer controlled spider.


It costs about 70,000 buckies to train a drug sniffing, explosive
sniffing doggie and takes many many many months of training.

Scientists recently figured out a way to train wasps to do the same job
in about five minutes.

They have a tube with some wasps in it. There is a critter cam so they
can watch the activity of the wasp and holes at one end of the tube so
the various scents can get inside the tube.

They put them by a bunch of things and don't reward them with food.

They put them by drugs and when they get agitated they reward them with
sugar water.... food.

Within five minutes the wasps have figured out what to do.

They use the wasps for just a few days then release them into the wild
as they only live a few short weeks and replace them with a fresh
batch.