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RE: RC SKDIVING FORUM - 3/20/2007 6:46:05 PM   
JuanF



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Status: offline 		In another post here in Unusual RC I had reported about starting to use my Spektrum DX6 for RC Skydiving. At the present time I have about 50 drops on my RC Skydiver called Little Juan and about 30 drops on Small Juan using the Spektrum DX6. The radio has worked flawlessly. I haven't had any control problems at all. The only Dirt Dive I've had since using the Spektrum was because of a dead battery pack. That's what I get for buying a cheap battery pack!! I know it doesn't set any kind of altitude record but my highest drop altitude has been 1620 feet. There are other posts that have shown the range of the Spektrum to be much further than this. I have also just changed my TX & RX on my Senior Telemaster over to a Spektrum DX7. I am using an Avocet hiking watch to measure the drop altitude. I set the altimeter to zero before each drop and then after the airplane lands take the watch out of the fuel tank compartment and read the altitude my RC Skydiver was dropped from.

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RE: RC SKDIVING FORUM - 3/21/2007 3:19:30 AM   
goldenknight1



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Status: offline 		Hey fellow jumpers this is goldenknight1 back on line and computer is working. I wish to thank everyone for your quick response to my thread on rc skdydiving forum, I am really sorry it took so long but I am going to find out the status of my request and will let you all know the answer as soon as I can. AGAIN THANK YOU ALL FOR THE REPLYS POSTED AND KEEP IT UP.
GOLDENKNIGHT1

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RE: RC SKDIVING FORUM - 3/21/2007 3:21:26 AM   
goldenknight1



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ORIGINAL: JuanF

In another post here in Unusual RC I had reported about starting to use my Spektrum DX6 for RC Skydiving. At the present time I have about 50 drops on my RC Skydiver called Little Juand and about 30 drops on Small Juan using the Spektrum DX6. The radio has worked flawlessly. I haven't had any control problems at all. The only Dirt Dive I've had since using the Spektrum was because of a dead battery pack. That's what I get for buying a cheap battery pack!! I know it doesn't set any kind of altitude record but my highest drop altitude has been 1620 feet. There are other posts that have shown the range of the Spektrum to be much further than this. I have also just changed my TX & RX on my Senior Telemaster over to a Spektrum DX7. I am using an Avocet hiking watch to measure the drop altitude. I set the altimeter to zero before each drop and then after the airplane lands take the watch out of the fuel tank compartment and read the altitude my RC Skydiver was dropped from.
jUAN i AM BACK ON LINE TURKEY ! NOW YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO HIDE NOW

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RE: RC SKDIVING FORUM - 3/21/2007 4:19:37 AM   
JuanF



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Status: offline 		Goldenknight1,
Good to have you back online. Guess I'll have to go out of the country to hide now.
Juan

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RE: RC SKDIVING FORUM - 3/21/2007 6:44:19 AM   
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Status: offline 		Good idea on recording drop heights there, Juan ^^

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RE: RC SKDIVING FORUM - 3/21/2007 5:44:24 PM   
JuanF



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Thanks for your comments about my altimeter watch. I like using it because it tell exactly what altitude I dropped my jumper from instead of making a guess. I bought the Avocet at one of the local Outdoor sports shop back in the early 90's. I got the idea about using an altimeter from an article in Flying Models magazine. For your information the watch runs about $185.00 now. I also like using a Skydivers Log Book to record the drops that my jumpers have made. It's kind of a carry over from my old skydiving days. I picked up my log books from the local skydiving center here and I think that they cost something like $2.50. Below is a URL for Para-gear and they sell them for $1.95 plus postage. Keeping a log book I can go back and see where I've dropped my jumpers and friends that I have made drops with.

http://www.paragear.com/templates/parachutes.asp?group=22&level=2&parent=6

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RE: RC SKDIVING FORUM - 3/21/2007 6:21:47 PM   
JuanF



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Status: offline 		Just out of curiosity how many of you with RC Skyders were also skydivers (are still are skydiving), or served in the military airborne? Myself I started skydiving in 1962 and made my last skydive in 1970. I was also with the 82nd Airborne Division where I did static line jumps. Along the way I was also a HALO jumper and instructor. I got into RC Skydiving when I saw and ad for a Radio Controlled Skydiver. I think I would have gotten into RC Skydiving even without having jumped myself.

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RE: RC SKDIVING FORUM - 3/21/2007 6:44:24 PM   
goldenknight1



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ORIGINAL: RC MANIAC119

There is a guy in my club...gearing up for RC Skydiving. The problem is...I know nothing about it, and it does look like it might be A TON OF FUN!!!

SO.........I need a place to go for this kind of info...and RCU is perfect.........

ROCK THIS FORUM!!

rc maniac119 this is the place to be. this is goldenknight1 thanking you personally for the quick response, blue skies and fair winds to you

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RE: RC SKDIVING FORUM - 3/21/2007 6:56:32 PM   
goldenknight1



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Status: offline 		have been jumping since I was 20 years old in 82 airborne and was with goldenknights for 3 years at age 23 joined green berets did halo's like juan and served in viet nam for 32 months and quit jumping last year at the young age of 70. Come on and join the fun and lets jump
goldenknight1

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RE: RC SKDIVING FORUM - 3/21/2007 7:11:47 PM   
goldenknight1



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Status: offline 		Hello to all of the jumpers over other side of the Pacific and Atlantic let your freinds who are also jumping know about rc universe and our forum. We would really like to hear from everyone and what kind of canopies you use and some pictures of your jumpers in flight and landing, we are always looking for new ways of competition and how you score your jumps. Blue Skies and keep the wind in your face!!!!! goldenknight1

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RE: RC SKDIVING FORUM - 3/21/2007 10:37:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		We'll give this a shot and see how it goes. If you guys can sustain and grow it we'll be happy to give you a spot to squat.

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RE: RC SKDIVING FORUM - 3/21/2007 11:03:17 PM   
JuanF



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Thank you very much. Sure do appreciate it!!
JuanF

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RE: RC SKDIVING FORUM - 3/21/2007 11:08:32 PM   
goldenknight1



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Status: offline 		plane insane: thank you very much we will make this forum work you watch and see. best regards to you and rc universe for the chance to show how much it will be used . goldenknight1

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RE: RC SKDIVING FORUM - 3/21/2007 11:49:00 PM   
goldenknight1



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Status: offline 		OK GUYS WE HAVE OUR FORUM, WE USE IT AND I DO MEAN USE IT OR WE WILL LOSE IT GET THE WORD OUT TO EVERYONE YOU TALK WITH ABOUT RC SKYDIVING AND START POSTING PICTURES OF YOU JUMPERS AND TELL US WHAT TYPE AIRCRAFT THAT YOU USE FOR DROP PLANE, AND IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH YOUR EQUIPMENT GET ON THE FORUM AND TALK ABOUT IT THIS IS HOW IT WILL PAY OFF, I HAVE BEEN RC SKYDIVING FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS AND I STILL LEARN THINGS WHEN READING ALL THE POST THAT ARE SUBMITTED ON RC SKYDIVING. SO COME LET SHOW PLANE INSANE THAT WE NEED THIS FORUM

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RE: RC SKDIVING FORUM - 3/21/2007 11:51:58 PM   
goldenknight1



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Status: offline 		THIS IS AN UPDATE WE NOW HAVE A FORUM
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ORIGINAL: goldenknight1

Hey fellow jumpers this is goldenknight1 back on line and computer is working. I wish to thank everyone for your quick response to my thread on rc skdydiving forum, I am really sorry it took so long but I am going to find out the status of my request and will let you all know the answer as soon as I can. AGAIN THANK YOU ALL FOR THE REPLYS POSTED AND KEEP IT UP.
GOLDENKNIGHT1

OK GUYS WE HAVE OUR FORUM SO LETS START USING IT NOW. GO TO UNUSUAL RC AND YOU WILL SEE RE: RC SKYDIVING FORUM

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