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The experiment was conducted in Manhattan in early December. A former taxi driver kicked off about half of the fourth night and moved without stopping about half an hour. Only a couple of times he had to slow down in anticipation of "green". At the same time Foreman never exceeded the speed limit, but was forced to constantly go around the cars found on the way. It went mostly straight.
In the summer of 2016 years Audi has announced the launch of a tracking system at work in US traffic. Some models of the brand learned to get information from the city's traffic management system (through the LTE network) - for example, the time remaining before the inclusion of "green" signal of a traffic light. The information displayed on the dashboard and in the projection display.


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Stella is a fictional character from the animated series Winx Club. She is the second girl of the club to be introduced, the first being Bloom. Her first appearance is in A Fairy in Gardenia.
Personality and TraitsEdit
Stella is a 17 year-old (in season 1) blonde girl described as being the daughter of the Sun and the Moon. Though she is usually proud and self-centered, Stella cares about her friends. She will stick to her friends and do anything to keep them safe. Stella is always seen wearing a smile on her face, or cracking jokes to cheer her friends when they are depressed. Basically, Stella has a cheerful and optimistic personality. Besides that, she is totally obsessed with fashion: which clothes look best on her, and which dresses best match her face. Stella often gives fashion advice to people in Alfea, but this advice is often not taken well. She would rather flirt with the boys than study and do work which sometimes annoys the other girls. The most intuitive of all of the members, Stella likes to matchmake and has often had problems with understanding why her friends do not always like getting set up. However, despite her intuition, Stella can be rather oblivious at times. She was sent to Alfea to become a stronger fairy, but this did not mean so much to her, though she did effectively become a fully accomplished fairy and a powerful one by fighting the first three season villains with the Winx. She uses her magic for anything, but she mostly wants to help her friends as deep inside she is a generous and helpful girl. Although she might disagree with her friends, Stella is very supportive and protective and will not hesitate to help them. She learns to accept that love and friendship are far more important than royalty, fashion, and shopping. Sometimes she hides her true personality because of her upbringing. In short, her cheerful exterior masks great sorrow. Her signature color varies from yellow-orange to bright orange and various shades of pink.
Season 1Edit
[1]Stella, Princess Outfit, season 1Added by FabCassandraIn season 1, Stella brought Boom to Alfea when Bloom discovered her magical abilities. She forms a team, Winx Club, with four other girls, Bloom, Tecna, Musa, and Flora. Together, they fought evil and brought peace and harmony to Magix. At first, the three witches, Icy, Deliah, and Spin, attempted to steal Stella's ring, as they believed it had the power of the dragon. They sent a note pretending to be Brandon asking her out on a date. At last, they succeeded, by kidnapping and binding Stella and thus forcing Bloom to hand over the ring. They immediately tested the ring for its magical powers. However, they were disappointed that the ring was not as powerful as they had expected. Bloom was not the leader of the group but at times takes the role. During the period Bloom took to adapt to the new environment, Stella offered sympathy and comfort when Bloom faced setbacks. One example was when Bloom found out Sky's real identity and was heartbroken. Stella consoled and comforted Bloom, even though she was in the same predicament. As a result, Bloom is grateful to her. Stella's relationship with the three other girls grew as they went on their missions to fight evil. They started to gain deeper [2]"Sunburst" attack Stella uses on KnutAdded by Roxy13understanding and trust in their friends, and appreciated their friends for their different personalities. Stella and Brandon also started to be interested in each other. Initially, Stella knew Brandon as Sky, but in the 17th episode, when Sky's true identity was revealed, she was horrified to realize that he had lied to her. She was devastated, just like Bloom, but she was optimistic and cheerful, and recovered from her shock. Perhaps Stella truly loved Brandon, so she accepted him as a squire. Stella aided Bloom in recovering her power when the three witches stole it to dominate the world. Eventually, Bloom recovered her powers, and Stella and the others joined the battlefield. Stella, Flora, Tecna, and Musa held off Darcy and Stormy, whereas Bloom settled a score with Icy. In the end, the Winx Club emerged victorious.
Winx Club: Premiere SpecialEdit
[3]Stella in Nick's One-Hour SpecialAdded by Kool PrincessStella met Bloom the same way she did in season 1. She also had the same personality. The only difference is a redesign of her in her princess outfit, her clothes, her scepter and her ring. And she was called the "Fairy of the Shining Sun," instead of Fairy of the Sun and Moon. Now that's different.
Stella first appears in the dorm when she arrives , the gang later go off to magix to get something to eat, but when they do Bloom is talking to her mum (Knut appears and then Bloom follows him). So the winx then go help her but the trix are already attacking her so they transform, but are to weak so Stella teleports them back to Alfea.
Stella is then talking to Griselda and Ms Faragonda, who are saying the will take their magical powers until the return from their trip. Stella and the winx later find out the trix are at Alfea and will be their to take the Dragon Flame, so the have to fight a monster the trix conjoured, and later when Ms Faragonda arrives and then stops the trix's monster and talks to them and then sends them to Cloud Tower, Ms Faragonda then gives the Winx their magic back.
Winx Club: Revenge of the TrixEdit
Stella used her powers to guide the Winx to Bloom who is somewhere lost in the forest outside of Alfea.
Winx Club: The Battle for MagixEdit
She picked up Bloom after she lost her powers to the Trix. She later joined her, Sky, Brandon and Knut to journey to Cloud Tower to confront the Trix. She then escaped with Riven, Knut, Brandon and the Cloud Tower students and Miss Griffin to Alfea via Vorpal Tunnel. She joined in the final battle with the rest of the Winx to fight Darcy and Stormy while Bloom and Icy went Mono-e-mono. She along with Flora, Musa and Tecna used Stormy's own cyclone to knock her and Darcy out. Later she celebrated prom with her friends and boyfriend.
Season 2Edit
[4]Added by Kool PrincessIn the second season, Stella and Brandon's relationship was off to a good start, until Stella, Bloom, Brandon, Sky, and Aisha went [5]Stella's clothes from seasons 2 and 3Added by Kool Princessto the UnderRealm. Stella and Brandon were separated from the others. They arrived in a village called Downland. There they met Sponsus and Queen Amentia. Amentia took a real liking to Brandon, which infuriated Stella, who was weak from lack of sunlight. After a recharge, she reunited with Bloom, Sky and Aisha. When they rescued the pixies, Amore saw Stella and a bond of sisterhood was born. After that, Stella was determined to get Brandon back from Amentia. Amore helped with this by putting in one of her soul mate Blossoms in Amentia's bouquet. Thanks to this act, Amentia dumped Brandon for Sponsus, t [6]Realix Stella and Aisha(The Ultimate Power Couple)Added by Mysti12817hus saving him from being married and bring him back to Stella. Before a big mid-term exam involving convergence, Stella came up with an idea to help the girls bond better: A slumber party. During the party she told her friends of a fifth grade crush on Robboe of Anphelion and her hopes of him asking her to a dance at her school. Unfortunately he asked a girl named Kimberly from Olimpis and she said yes. Stella wanted to ruin the date by casting a break-out spell but Stella goofed up and broke Kimberly's leg, but instead of asking Stella, Robbie stayed with Kimberly for the whole dance and held her hand. During the test, Stella's contribution was giving the titan vision. After passing the exam, Stella, Musa, and Aisha went to Earth with Bloom and nearly got involved with a gang called "The Suits". After that incident, Stella and the other girls went to a Halloween party and got the last laugh. Afterwards the girls went to a resort realm and Stella showed off a brand new swimsuit that was just for show. The day after, Aisha suggested they send a postcard to Stella's parents, but she did not know that they were divorced until Stella told her causing a argument between the two which lead in Aisha storming off. Stella then went to apologize to Aisha, thus earning her Charmix. She then went to the UnderRealm with the other Winx and the Heroes to save Bloom from Darkar. She solved a puzzle involving colors,while joking about making the teacher reconsider her grade.
Winx Club: The Shadow PhoenixEdit
[7]Stella in "The Shadow Phoenix"Stella is seen talking to Brandon about what she would do for punishment of the Trix. She later accompanies Aisha and Bloom to Lord Darkar's Castle. Stella goes with the rest of the Winx to go with Professor Avalon the opening of Red Fountain. Stella goes with the rest of the Winx Club and the Specialists to stop Dark Bloom and Lord Darkar to accessing the Realm of Realix. Stella is later shown at a party
Season 3Edit
[8]Stella changed into a monsterAdded by RomyvrStella plays a rather big part in this season. It starts off at her Princess Ball where her father announces he will be remarrying. The bride-to-be is the wicked Countess Cassandra along with her daughter, Chimera. With the help of Valtor, Cassandra puts King Radius under a spell. At her Princess Ball, Stella is spelled herself by Chimera, turning her into a hideous beast and under the influence of Cassandra her father refuses to recognize her as his daughter. But the Winx girls manage to break the spell and turn Stella back to normal. Stella earns her Enchantix by saving her father from a dragon during the thousand-year anniversary of the Kingdom of Eraklyon after Diaspro tricks Sky into drinking a love potion given to her by Valtor. Stella later breaks Cassandra's hold on her father by storming in their wedding ceremony, thus freeing her kingdom and regaining her rightful place as the Princess of Solaria. During Bloom's quest to defeat Valtor and save her parents, Stella is ever faithful and supportive and always willing to help. During this season, Stella and Brandon's relationship grows as well.
Note: In episode 4 brandon says i don't care what you look like yet in episode 22 in season 3 she says try explaining this to my boyfriend
Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost KingdomEdit
[9]Stella as seen in the first movieAdded by Kool PrincessIn the movie Stella along with the others helped Bloom in finding her parents. When the Winx and the Specialists found the Book of Fate in a secret library on Domino and she was quite interested in seeing Bloom's baby pictures when one of them popped up but Bartleby told her otherwise. She is engrossed in seeing Bloom's baby pictures kept in the secret library of Domino.
Season 4Edit
Stella appears in Season 4 with the rest of the Winx Club as they travel to Earth to find the last fairy of Earth. When [10]Stella in Season 4Added by Kool Princessthe Winx Club opens their store, Love and Pet, Stella is in charge of their grooming and clothing. When the boys come to Earth to watch over the girls, Bloom's Earth rival, Mitzi, gets a crush on Brandon and is determined to make him hers. This infuriates Stella and causes her to constantly question Brandon's loyalty since Mitzi constantly follows him around.
Winx Club 3D: Magical AdventureEdit
[11]Stella as shown in Magic AdventureAdded by Kool PrincessIn the movie Stella and the winx (minus Bloom) face the trix at Alfea.Afterwards they soon discover Bloom is engaged to Sky on a reality TV show, she then tells the winx, who all say to go to Domino.
They arrive to Domino to find a heartbroken Bloom, who is recently just dealing with a broken heart after Sky tells her they can't get married.
After being at Domino the winx teleport to Gardenia, the winx then collapse an then wake up to find out their magic is gone so they are then forced with the task to stay on Gardenia until they get their's powers back.
The winx then head to Avram to look for clues to get their powers back, which they do and then are forced to fight the trix who they then defeat.
Season 5Edit
Coming August 26, 2012....
- Main article: List of Stella's outfits
Princess of SolariaEdit
When we first see Stella after she powers down from her Winx form, she wears a bright [12]Stella in Season 4.Added by Kool Princessorange dress. On her head, she wears a silver crown similar to the design of the Ring of Solaria. Wings protrude from her back (revealin [13]Stella in her Love & Pet outfitAdded by Roxy13g that she is a fairy).
Stella has long golden blonde hair, golden-brown eyes and a medium skin tone. She is described attractive.
Her daily outfit in season 1 and 2 is a green halter top and orange skirt with green sandals. In "The Invisible Pixies" in Season 2 on Earth, her outfit is an orange ruffled top with a blue star-shaped pin and jeans with an orange belt.
Her outfit for seasons 2 and 3 is a teal strapless dress with pink stripes along with a pink belt and shoes. Also in the one hour special.
In season 4, she wears an orange tube dress with a purple belt. Her shoes are green heels with pink-and-white socks and green ankle straps.
Like Tecna and Flora, Stella wear a pair of green star earings in the third season.
[14]Mon-StellaAdded by Roxy13In "Beauty is a Beast", Chimera used a spell to turn Stella into a hideous monster, and Cassandra cast a spell to make King Radius think that Mon-Stella was not Stella. In "Pretty Pretty Princess" everyone thought Mon-Stella was doomed, but luckily the hounds knew that Mon-Stella was Stella, since Stella had the hounds since they were puppies. In "Mirror of Truth" her true inner beauty shined through, causing Mon-Stella to turn back to Stella. While in this form, she could breathe underwater and had super-strength. She looked like a fat fish woman, complete with scales, gills, webbed feet and hands and fish lips. She still had her blonde hair however.
Winx (Original)/Charmix (Nickelodeon)Edit
Stella's Winx/Charmix outfit consists of a sparkling orange one-shoulder top and mini-shorts, with knee-high boots of the same color. She wears her hair in two pigtails with orange tube ties. She also wears light blue cuff wrist bands and a headband of the same color. Her wings are three leaflets with the color of powder blue with teal tips. [15]Stella in her Winx form (Original)[16]Stella in her Charmix form (Nickelodeon) Add a photo to this gallery===Charmix=== Stella's Charmix is a mirror-shaped pin and a round wais [17]Added by Kool Princesstbag divided into the sun and moon.
[18]Stella in her EnchantixAdded by RoseXinhHer Enchantix outfit is an orange tank top with blue midriff straps and an orange and pink mini skirt. Her gloves are translucent pink that go to her upper arm. Her wings are large and butterfly-shaped, orange in color with an undertone of shades of blue, yellow, and pink. Small gems dangle off the ends. Her pigtails are now styled higher upon her head, her hair grows in length [19]Added by Butterfly27and earn a few bleach-blond highlights. She has also discarded her orange colored boots and dons strappy barefoot sandals connected by a sideways crescent button. She wears a turqu [20]Added by Butterfly27oise colored tiara upon her head. Her fairy dust bottle is a yellow diamond surrounded by two orange stars with the outer one having jewels on it. Stella was the second to obtain her Enchantix.
[21]Stella in her BelievixAdded by RoseXinhHer Believixoutfitkeepsherpigtails, highlights, and the red jewel ornaments that hold her pigtails in place from her Enchantix transformation, but now the jewels are star-shaped. She gains a pair of peach-colored bands on her arms, starting from the back of her hands to mid-forearm, almost similar to her Enchantix gloves. Her top is an orange off-the-shoulder with a purple tank top beneath, the straps and bottom visibly sticking out from under the top shirt. She wears an orange skirt with pink frills underneath and a purple bow around her waist. Her sandals have been replaced with a pair of knee-high orange stockings and plum purple and white platform, high-heeled boots. Lastly, her wings are larger than the Enchantix wings and are bright orange with tints of yellow and purple. They are decorated on the inside with gold stars. [22]Stella in her SophixAdded by RoseXinh===Sophix=== Coming soon...
[23]Stella in her LovixAdded by RoseXinhStella's Lovix is a pink dress with an orange belt, shirt, boots, and gloves that have white fleece on them. She also wears knee high socks of the same color. Her wings are transparent, yellow-orange with pink borders. Her wings also have ember jewels on the upper corners. In this power up, her attack is Crystal Light (Luce del Cristallo).
[24]Stella in her HarmonixAdded by RoseXinhComing soon...
[25]Stella in her SirenixAdded by RoseXinhComing soon...
Younger YearsEdit
[26][27][28][29] Add a photo to this gallery==Magical Abilities==
- Main article: List of Stella's spells
Stella's attacks come from the Sun and Moon, but practically all of her attacks are sun-based. This may be because she comes from Solaria, where she is the princess, and this gives more emphasis to the sun. Stella's attacks are mainly based around light and heat, which can be explained by her connection to the Sun. Stella can throw blasts of sunlight energy and can make balls of solar heat. She has also used an attack called sun burst which burns things. She can concentrate her energy to make herself glow brightly in dark places. Stella can create streaks of solar energy and is able to create explosions of sunlight. She can shape sunlight into barriers and shields, which is extremely useful. She can conjure light in any area, no matter how dark. Due to Stella being from Solaria, she is majorly affected by the Sun. She gains her energy from the sun and is heavily weakened when in very dark places or underground. It is stated that Stella is also connected to the Moon, but only two attacks have appeared representing this: Enchantix Moon Shield and Lunar Magnetism. Stella also has the Ring of Solaria and which conveniently transforms into a magical scepter when needed. This ring allows her to focus on her energy or teleport people. However, after the sixth episode, in which she takes the ring back from The Trix, who stole it in the previous episode, the ring has only made a handful of appearances since, and has no longer been seen to be used by her after she gained her Enchantix.
In her role as the fairy of the sun, the moon and the stars, Stella wields the ultimate ability to manipulate Light, the fierce power of the Sun, the mystic force of the Moon and the astral energy of the stars. Her powers are the expression of inner vision, sight, intuition, and clarity. Due to the fact that Stella's powers revolve around light and heat, she cannot remain in a dark area very long.
Stella posesses a magic item known as the ring of Solaria. Because it was originally created from a small part of the Dragon Flame, it is believed the ring holds immense magical powers and the Trix mistakenly thought the Dragon Flame was in it because of that. This ring can transform into a scepter, which appears as a long, slender staff surmounted with a round, flat disc shaped like the symbol of the sun. When she earned her Enchantix, she no longer needed to use the scepter, except for teleportation.
[30]*Favourite Food: Chips
- Favourite Colour: Green
- Favourite Hobby: Shopping
- Favourite Pet: Puppies
- Ideal Boyfriend: Brandon
- Best Friends: Bloom and Brandon
- Favourite Movies: Comedies
- Loves: Shopping
- Hates: Not going Shopping
- Favourite Music: Anything that makes her dance
- Favourite Shoes: All, one for each occasion
- Favourite Subject: Metamorphology
- Favourite Spell: Moon Ray
Transformation SequencesEdit
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Concept artsEdit
[38]Stella's early concept art[39]Stella's concept art in 2001 - 2005[40]Stella's concept art in 2006 - 2007 Add a photo to this gallery==Trivia==
- Stella's appearance was apparently inspired by actress Cameron Diaz, according to Iginio Straffi, the creator of the Winx Club.
- The hairband from Stella's Harmonix from is similar to the hat worn by Andrina, one of the sisters of Ariel in the 1989 Disney film "The Little Mermaid", both of them have blond hair, and the ribbons making up her Harmonix sandals as well as her Sirenix thighs are of the same color as Andrina's mermaid tail. Bloom also looks like Ariel, and Ariel's and Andrina's mother Queen Athena who appeared in the 2008 film "The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning". Ironically, Tritannus may have been partly been inspired from King Triton, the father of both Andrina and Ariel, as both Tritannus and King Triton use a trident and they have similar sounding names.
- "Stella" is a Latin and Italian word meaning "Star", referencing her powers, which are derived from celestial objects such as the Sun, the Moon and the Stars. Coincidentally, her parents' names, Radius and Luna, reference the sun and moon respectively. "Stella" could also be a play on "stellar".
- Stella is a year older than the Winx and the rest of her class due to being held back a year for her acts of delinquency.
- Stella had once flirted with twenty-six Specialists within a day.
- Stella's opposite is Darcy
- Elementally: Stella having light related powers and Darcy having darkness related powers
- Personality: Stella is extrovert while Darcy is a sort of introvert and fights by cunning
- She has had suffered body mutations:
- Turned into a monster by Chimera
- Her face turned into a doodle when she gave up her looks for the Water Stars
- Stella is normally seen with Bloom and Flora more than the other girls.
- It is revealed that she is acrophobic (scared of heights), which is ironic since she can normally fly
- During planning, aside from the age, Stella relatively remains unchanged.
- Stella's princess outfit and scepter were redesigned in the Nickelodeon dub.
- Stella has appeared in every episode so far.
- Although a princess, Stella is a classic princess, a direct opposite to Aisha's rebellious princess
- Stella had two childhood designs: in season 2 she wore glasses and looked like a nerd; in season 3 she was more formal.

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Hi, Here is the latest figure to my collection that I have been working on, its a pegaso 75mm 71st Highland light Infantry regiment. I still have a few things to do on the figure all the gold and a final detail run to clean up some small bits but not much. This is one of the nicest looking figures of the period, although quite a straight up and down pose is quite eye grabbing.....
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- Matabele said...
Dave, the blending work ( highlights to shadows) on both the jacket and breeched looks excellent.And the setting works really well - a good "frame" to the model.
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Excellent work. Reds and whites are perfect.
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Hi Mark - Thanks very much mate, its always a pleasure to hear your comments
Jaime - Thank you very much, I had a look around your Blog and the others you have on there, you have painted some great stuff....
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These new body chains from KocoSky will transform any swim wear into fierce party attire. Imagine your curvaceous body peeking through the icy chains. It's like fire and ice melted into one perfect package.
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Firstly I am so thrilled to announce that I have been chosen to be apart of the design team for 7 Dots studio!!! This is so hard for me to believe and I think I'm excited and nervous all at the same time.
Another obvious change is my blog!!!
The amazingly talented Anita Rodway designed this new look for me and I totally love it!!! Thank you Anita!
In other news I have a layout to share. This is another layout created using the Main kit at "A Piece of cake designs".
I have created yet another boys layout. I knew straight away when I saw this paper in the kit I just add to use it as background. I have used various strips from the papers and the vellum mixed with some old dictionary paper to create a background and then used various stamps quite randomly.
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"nuibox An affordable small form factor vision sensor." Looks intriguing - the post lists parts and looks to have steps to build the box but most of them are incomplete. Post in progress?
stribe 8 prototype works!
So far the firmware just sends serial data into Max which in turn sends out weird noises and 8 values via an OSC string, but it's a start. Next step is to accept incoming OSC commands to drive the display from software, and to write some cool apps in Max and Reaktor that take advantage of the unique properties of the controller.
I've been trying to learn enough Max to get the monome and stribe running from inside the same app, and I almost have it working by combining an app I wrote for the stribe with a monome app - but I gots me some learnin' to do before I can really get going on my main ideas for this. But now the pieces are all here.
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Hi Angel! I hope you're well and keeping your head above water as we enter the final stretch toward Christmas. I am officially Overwhelmed, with a capital O. I have been so busy making gifts as well as items for my Etsy shop and custom orders, along with the regular routine of raising 2 small children and running a household, plus all the typical holiday craziness. You know how it goes. But can I just say: AAAHH!!!!!!
All right, deep breaths. Since I can't show you the handmade gifts I've been working on, because recipients might be reading, I am going to show you a custom project I worked on last month. I thought it might be fun to share, since it's a holiday project. (Apologies if you visit my personal website, as I already posted photos there!)
I was contacted by a lovely lady named Christina back in early November to create 4 holiday pieces for her family members. They exchange unique holiday gifts at Thanksgiving and she wanted to wow them. After some back and forth with sketches and ideas, we settled on 4 burlap art pieces: 2 with stockings and 2 with snowflakes. Along with the grey snowflakes above, here are the other 3 pieces I made for her.
These pieces each feature a burlap canvas upcycled from coffee sacks, with fabric and felt applique, and some beading. I am pretty happy with how they came out and Christina was thrilled -- which is always a relief! You might recognize the little stockings as the inspiration for my Scrappy Stocking Ornaments (tutorial here).
Custom projects are so much fun and I've been so busy working on a variety of them this month. I can't wait to share more of them as the holidays move forward!! Angel, I know you've been working on some custom projects too. I'd love to see!
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On Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 machines, the WinSxS folder can take up quite a bit of space. On the test system shown in Figure A, the WinSxS folder takes up just over 13GB, which is 65 percent of the entire Windows folder.
Even in the day of 500GB hard drives, 13GB isn't an insignificant amount of space. You could store about 3,700 MP3s on that amount of space. And on older machines with hard drivers under 100MB, conserving space is the name of the game.So, here's this week's question: How do you safely reduce the size of the WinSxS folder? Note: Of course, you could just go into the WinSxS folder and start willy-nilly deleting files. But, you might very well make your system unstable. So to get full credit for this question, you need to explain why randomly deleting files within the WinSxS folder is a bad idea and how you can reduce the size without compromising system integrity.
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|The 2m Lil Bird, Big Bird, and Sky Bird are now on their own page.
|The Oly IIS and Oly III, are now on their own page.
Sky Bench is proud to announce the availability of the famed Original Airtronics Olympic II sailplane kit, better know as the OLY II. We are now producing this great flying and super durable Lee Renaud design.
The OLY II has been the best beginners R/C Sailplane for years and has taught thousands of r/c sailplane enthusiasts how to fly successfully. The OLY II will stay up on the slightest of thermal activity and produce long flights for the beginner, but don't be fooled into thinking it is only for beginners. The OLY II is still winning contests, Tom Kellevang flew his OLY to first place in the 2000 AMA/LSF Nostalgia NATS and the wind was fierce all day.
The kit was originally designed to build fast and now Sky Bench has improved on that with laser cut wing ribs that are stacked, and ready for immediate use with out needing to be punched out like a die cut kit. The fin is now a one piece laser cut part that saves building time and more importantly makes a much stronger tail section to better withstand a flip over landing. Both the stab and rudder also have laser cut parts to save building time and create more accurate and stronger flying surfaces. The fuse top and bottom are now laser cut and this will also save building time.
The wing leading edges are pre shaped and require minimal sanding, spoilers are optional, but installation is shown on the construction plan. All hardware to complete the model is furnished except the adhesives and covering materials. The 5/16" steel wing rod that joins the two wing halves is a competition level wing joiner.
Separate plans are furnished for the wings and the construction manual is illustrated with lots of photos to make building a snap.
This was my second build after the Gentle Lady. The OLY II had its test flight this weekend and did great. 16 minutes off the winch with very little lift. Looking forward to building the Big Bird.
Oly II Testimonials with Photos
Click here See Ed Whyte's OLY II Instructions.
Kit Price, $168.95
Bob Legue's Electric Conversion
.. Interior motor area dimensions ..
Notice.......... January 2006
I have been continually striving to improve the OLY ll kit to improve the strength and the ease of assembly.
The kit now includes the Du Bro Laser push rod package and Du Bro metal clevises. This will improve the quality of the kit and make the building more enjoyable.
An electric motor mount former is also included in the OLY ll kits. Many builders use four wood triangles in the corners of the fuse to round the fuse down to match the spinner diameter.
Flight Battery and Servo Information:
I use a 4 cell, KR-1400-AE Ni-Cd Flight Battery pack from Batteries America, with a Hitec receiver protection rubber pad (1/8" thick) between the nose block and pack. This fits just right in my OLY ll. I have two quarters for added nose weight. I'm using the larger size Hitec HS 300 servos for rudder and elelvator.
Beginners tips: Flying R/C Sailplanes
Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4
Designs by Ed Slobod
Pierce Arrow, Pierce 970, Paragon, Paramount, Gemini and Ridge Rat.
The top photo is my 2nd Pierce 970 I had way back in 1977. Hard to see, but I put flaps on this one. The airfoil is a thin flat bottom and was one of the best at lifting out in light lift. The Sky Bench kit includes half inch wide vertical balsa shear webbing between the 1/2" wide spars in the inner wing panels that will make a very strong wing. Carbon strips are not included. Ed Slobod is famous for his Paragon design, but I think when the Pierce 970 starts showing up at the flying fields, you fellas will see the light and want a 970 too. The flight speed envelop is much larger due to the thin wing. Back in 77, we didn't have carbon to beef up the wings and so the 970 was a bit fragile, but not anymore. This is a big sailplane with 120 inch wing span that is very easy to build and one of the great all time best Nostalgia performers.
Thanks to laser cutting, I have saved the builder a lot of construction time on this kit. The wing rib cap strips have been eliminated, the wing is set up for a single wing rod instead of two, the inner wing panels have 1/2" wide spars with precut vertical shear webs between the spars, the stab ribs do not require cutting in half like the original kit did, but still has a sysmetrical section and the stab control horn can be built attached to a stab root as shown on the plans or within the fin to reduce drag and protect it from breakage.
The fuse sides, top and bottom are laser cut for a fast build with tab and slot former construction to keep the fuse straight. 1/64" plywood doublers are used at the nose/wing joiner and at the fin junction. The fuse wing joiner area has been modfied to greatly increase the strength.
Alex Hall and his Pierce 970
John Boughton with his P 970. John has his balance point at 3 1/4" back from the leading edge and the tow hook is 2 1/2" back from L. E.
The plan show the balance point way forward of John's setting, but John kept pushing the CG rearward until the proper performance was achieved. Just looking at the plan, most everyone should know it is positioned on the plan too far forward. The P 970 has a low wing incidence and that requires a rearward CG location. I'm nearly finished building my P 970 and I'll start the CG at John's setting. Thanks John.
I have found a good use for an Aluminum Cigar tube, it makes a great ballast holder, complete with screw cap. I use a brass tube filled with melted tire weights ( think green ) that easily slides in and out of the Aluminum ballast holder tube. The Aluminum tube is glued into the fuse at a downward angle and is centered length wise over the balance point.
View of spoiler servo wiring connectors epoxied to inside of fuse and wing at the same time to insure alignment.
Steve Jaworski's February 2018 Pierce 970
Well the 970 flew today.
What a beautiful machine, no trim required, c/g and tow hook per John Boughtons recommendations were perfect. I will be moving the hook back as time goes on but for starters it was good. The ship turns beautifully with no hint of tip stall. I did, as always, put a touch of wash out into the tip panels.
The ejector pin joiner and spar system were rock solid as the launches became progressively stronger. The ship has a great appearance and visibility in the sky.
Thanks again for your help in getting me into it .
Best Regards , Steve Jaworski
Span 118" - Wing Area 1080 sq. in.
Paragon complete Kit .. $188.95
Paragon Laser Cut Parts
This is a very, very quick building kit. The fuse snaps together with dead on accuracy. And the wing is three piece for easy transporting and construction. No wing rod to install means QUICK CONSTRUCTION.
I am very glad I can bring this classic back to the flying fields and it is just in time for today's high interest in installing e power to our Sailplanes. There is plenty of room in the fuse for the motor and batteries with easy access.
Hi Ray, The Paragon kit arrived yesterday right on schedule. I'm very impressed with the quality of the cutting, the wood and the way the parts are organized. Also, the use of hardwood for stringers and spars for both the wing center section and tips as well as the cross-grained filler between the spars in the center section promises to make a much stronger wing than the original. Thanks again. Tom Ball AMA99767
Another famous design by Ed Slobod. This was the forerunner of Ed's Paragon and has now become a popular conversion to Electric by adding three more ribs in each center wing panel to extend the wing to 91 inches.
This laser cut kit includes the six extra ribs.
Pierce Arrow specifications:
24 oz. flying weight shown on Ed's construction plan. Extra six ribs adds 112.5 sq. in. wing area.
Partial Kit Only, Laser cut parts include:
Beautifully accurate laser cut wing ribs, plywood wing joiner braces, balsa tips and center section of stab and plywood canopy pieces.
Fuse sides, strip wood, spars and tail stick stock not included.
Partial Laser Original Kit NOW with fuse and tail parts
Jerry Krainock's Modified Version
Partial Laser Modified Kit ............. $89.95
Jerry Krainock, a great friend of Ed Slobod, sent pics of his February, 2018 build. Ed's daughter Ann created the Graphics.
Hello Ray
hopefully the picts of the PA came through. The model came out at 17.2 oz. which is almost 7 oz lighter than the plans call for. I made it a 2 piece wing for travel and storage purposes, and the stab is removable. To do the stab, I made the fuse longer behind the elevator so I could move the fin to the rear. I kept the chords of the Fin/rudeder the same but raised the top chord about 1.5 inches (approximately 20% bigger) to improve rudder response. Servo's are HS-55, Frsky 4 ch fasst receiver and 600MA Futabe receiver pack. I made the wing rubber band on used a fore/aft arrangement ala Paragon. As the equipment is so much smaller and I had to scratch build in any case, I recuced the height of the fuse by 5/8 and the width by 3/4 inch. The nose and tail moments are the same but the fuse is about 1" longer because of moving the fin. The rib set was excellent. Wood selection was firm and the spar slots tight. I used Harbor Freight files to clear out the ash and all spars were a tight fit.
So, thats it. It has been very cold here and my hands hate cold weather. I'll fly it in a couple of weeks.
Jerry Krainock
|Designs by Ken Bates
Superior Flying Wing performance designed by Ken Bates
Gordy Discovers Ken's Windlord.
Windlord for Electric or Winch
wing span 100" area 1400 sq. in.
Semi Kit includes: Laser cut parts as shown in photos.
Partial kit ... $129.00
See Ken's build thread on RC GroupsPurchase plan #215 from AMA Plan Service
Windlord laser cut parts
Not a question. This is to let you know I "finally" finished the Windlord!!!
Have not taken a picture yet, and probably wont until I have test flown it. Am hoping for some decent weather this coming week.
Particulars on the airplane are: Finished ready to fly weight 65 1/2 oz!!! I noticed that in the original build article, the suggested ready to fly weight of the glider version was 55 to 70 oz, so I guess my finished weight with the added weight of the motor, and battery is not too bad!!!
Had problems with the original motor I installed in it (AXI 2820/12) It was an old motor, and I found it had thrown a magnet so it was out of balance!!! Replaced it with an AXI 2820/8, which is a much higher rpm motor, will probably replace it in the near future, but for right now, it will have to do!!! With a 10x6 folding prop, the 2820/8 motor, it pulls 55 amps so it is right at its max amp draw!!! With the AXI2820 series motors, and a 3S 2200 mAh lipo pack the cg came out dead on the suggested location. Have not put the final finish on the fuselage until after it is test flown and trimmed, just in case I have to add some ballast in the rear of the fuselage. Would like for the finished weight to have been a little lighter, but with that plywood box fuselage, I doubt there is any way to reduce the weight any more!!! If I build another one, I will probably substitute 1/4 balsa for the plywood!!! Used 4 HS82 servos in the wings, and one for the rudder. Covered the airplane with Ultracote "light" transparent purple and white. That saved quite a bit of weight since it only weighs 3.5 grams / sq ft!!
Any how, hope you get your lazier cutting straightened out soon.
Wing Span ... 155" Wing Area
... 2100 sq. in.
Full KIT PRICE...$269.95 SH...$27.95......NOT AVAILABLE
Plans and instructions not included
Order construction plan #354 and build instructions from AMA Plan Service (web) or (email).
Partial Kit
Order construction plan #354 and build instructions
Ken Bate's Merlyn Building Instructions
Hi Ray,
Just put my ordre in the mail for your Cloud Bound 4 full kit. I plan to motorize it just like I did the Merlyn. I've attached some Merlyn pictures and a short video of its maiden takeoff from the dolly (Quick-Time). The Merlyn flys extremely well which makes this ol' (84) man very happy.
This is the power set up Chet installed in his Merlyn:
Ken Bate's Merlyn Building Instructions
U-TUBE videos of Richard Robbins E Merlyn
The famous Legionair series of sailplanes designed by Cecil Haga are now available as a Partial kit. Cecil's son Bill has given exclusive rights to Sky Bench to kit the whole series of Legionairs. Cecil designed several versions of the Legionairs, 2M, 100", 132",140" and the Shuttle in 2M and 100". The Legionairs were very popular and well know and exceptional performers. The airfoil was designed to handle the Texas high winds with a low wing loading which will allow today's rc pilot to penetrate and search for lift far from the confines of the flying field and still thermal out in light air.
A special thanks goes to Bill Haga, Jack Womack, Bill Maserang, Jim Ealy, and Jim Deck for their help in this project.
Building tips and parts change notification
Robin Sleight's Legionaire Notes
Partial Kit to build 100" or 132" or 140" versions
Partial Kit includes:
Plans (state which wing span), laser cut parts and Fiberglass Pod
With Carbon reinforcement strips.......... $188.00. SH ..$29.00
Your choice of original airfoil with hole for tube spar or notches for 1/8-3/8 spars.
Choose the S-3014 airfoil with hole for tube spar or notches for 1/8-3/8 spars.
You will need the Fuse Tail Boom and Wing tubes. I do not stock them.
Designed by Otto Heithecker in the early seventies, it was the best then and thanks to laser cutting, is the very best nostalgia sailplane kit available today. The 145" wing span and the 70% of span flaps give this design modern day performance. This is a very stable design capable of flying in 35 mph winds or floating like a butterfly.
Requires 3 to 5 function R/C. All parts are laser cut and is a builders dream come true. Includes original construction article.
Click here for Assembly tips and photos
2015 Toledo Show
Tom Scully at the 2015 AMA NATS
Dave Beach, 2015 AMA Nats Nostaglia
Pete Schlitzkus is eagerly waiting to fly his Challenger in the 2010 AMA Nats Nostalgia event. I am definitely eager to see Pete's work of art, looks beautiful.
Congratulations to Pete and his truely beautiful Challenger, finishing in 3rd place at the AMA Nats Nostalgia event, July, 2010.
Hats off to Pete for his First Place in the 2011 AMA NATS Nostalgia event with his Beautiful Challenger
The AMA Nostalgia event is a great place for woody sailplane enthusiasts to meet and share their love for building and flying Woodys. This one day event has remained popular and attracts contestants from all four corners. Come fly with us...
USES EPPLER 193 airfoil
Available as a Partial kit with plans.. $149.95
Designed by Otto Heithecker, similar to his famous Challenger, but using the E 193, an Airfoil with a wider speed range than Otto's Clark Y Challenger. Build it with flaps or add Ailerons shown on the plans. No building instructions available, Otto's Challenger kit instructions are included.
WF-XL KIT ... Full kit ... $199.95
Wing span 116" Wing area 780 sq in. Airfoil S3014
Plan drawn for RES plus optional flaps and ailerons.
Now taking orders for kit with straight 1/4" diameter Injector heat treated steel core pin wing rod version. SUITABLE FOR CONVERSTION TO ELECTRIC POWERED SAILPLANE, SLOPE SOARING, OR LIGHT FOOT WINCH LAUNCHING.
This version of the WF-XL is best suited for conversion to Electric motor, light footed winch and Hi-Start launching.
Electric motors installed in RC Sailplanes has swept the world of Woody builders. The attached electric motor offers a high degree of convenience and ease to launching and finding a flying field suitable for flying safely.
The straight wing rod is 1/4" diameter. The wing dihedral is set by 2" under each Rib # 12. See Wing Construction Tips on my Sky Bench web site for tips on how to install the brass tubes and rod.
The plan is drawn showing flaps and ailerons, but materials are not furnished. See Frank Wren's on line WF-XL instructions with great photos for flap construction. CLICK HERE FOR FRANK'S INSTRUCTIONS AND PHOTOS.
Due to the wing's in board panel length, the flaps can be used as flaperons, just like the Challengers wings. Flaps can prevent electric motor and prop landing damage and provide a wider envelope of flying speed
Wing span 116" Wing area 780 sq in. Airfoil S3014
Plan drawn for RES plus optional flaps and ailerons.
Hi Ray I just finished the Windfree XL. Thanks for an excellent kit, by far the nicest woodie kit I have ever built.
Pictures attached, yours to use as you please. I will be posting a build log on the RC groups forum.
Finished weight 44 OZ includes 3 OZ nose weight. The fuse & fin were scalloped to save 11 grams which saved about an ounce of nose weight. CST tapered CF spar caps used, .060"-.014 top & .030"- .014 bottom. Full sized servos & regular Monokote used.
I'm sure if I was targeting weight I could have easily saved 5-8 oz but why bother? Your wood selection & laser cutting is excellent.
I didn't replace a single piece of kit wood.
I really appreciate your design mods. They are pretty much everything I would have done to the original design.
Tim Stone
Plan drawn by Ray Hayes for Sky Bench
Frank Wren's Building instructions link for a Spoileron Version that could be flaps instead. Builder could also add ailerons. His wing dihedral set up is very flat, should make an excellent sloper with the S 3014 airfoil.
Here are the pictures that go with the build instructions, if you use the MS Word format.
Specifications: wing span: 100", wing area: 555 sq. in.
Requires 2ch radio or if you want spoilers we stock the Hitec 3G ss 3
ch. complete radio system with two HS-80 servos and an inexpensive micro servo for the spoilers.
It is perfect for those evening Flying sessions when the lift is very light and the fading sun glitters on this beautiful glider. The wings have D-tube construction that is necessary for an accurate airfoil and a strong wing. The wood selection in the kit is very good and light. The average weight is 25 to 30 oz. and easy to build.
Mark Smith made the Windfree famous in the seventies winning major contests all over the USA.
I cut my R/C soaring teeth on the Windfree in the early seventies. The modifications I made to it were narrowing the fuse and reducing the fuse height as maybe noticed in the photo of my current red Windfree, sometimes I would sheet the top of the wings (I probably built at least ten of the Windfrees back then).
My current Windfree weighs 23 1/2 oz.. A sharp leading edge on the inboard 2/3 of the wing produces excellent results for working very light lift. Years ago, I discovered how to fly upside down in thermals with the Windfree for added kicks.
The best looking Windfree I had was all white with red monokote on
the bottom of the wings and stab. Enjoy.
Ray Hayes LSF 803 NSS 029
Correction to an old misprint, this is Rod Smith, not Ron, he is Mark Smith's farther. This was their start in the model kit manufacturing business.1971 photo, second annual Nationals Soaring Event that became known as The SOAR Nats. Click here or on photo for larger pic and magazine text.
Dan Pruss, John Nielson and SOAR crew hosted seven consecutive events, 1970 thru 1976.
Wing Span: 72 in., Wing Area: 532 sq. in., Weight: 24 oz.
The Windward won the first Chicago Soar Nats in 1971 and the 1971 Western R/C Soaring Championships and is still a very good performer today. The Windward design lead to the 100" Windfree kit designed by Mark Smith and both models flew exceptionally well, the Windward kit is extremely easy to construct. The rudder and elevator are pre shaped sheet balsa wood, laser cut wing ribs, and many other laser cut parts, and original Mark's Models kit plans and instructions. The wing dihedral joint and spars are beefed up for today's strong electric winches. Rudder and elevator control only, however, spoilers and ailerons are an easy builder option.
Designed for high performance slope and thermal soaring, the Windward is easy to fly and an ideal trainer. Enjoy.
Ray: I have seen the Windward fly and always wanted one, now, at last I can enjoy building and flying a Windward. I will also build one with a geared Speed 400 and narrow the fuse.
Pictured above are the laser cut parts for the Sky Bench Windward kit. One of the areas I work on when I redo old kit designs like this Windward, the OLY ll and other kits to come, is try hard to reduce the parts count which means quicker building time for you and me. Some important changes I made to the Windward is moving the spar back to the high point of the airfoil. This requires wider wing sheeting stock, but improves the wing strength and the airfoil. The trailing edge was changed from built up 1/16 sheet to Trailing Edge stock which is also more costly than the original kit, but sure reduces building time. The original kit didn't have a fuse former, it does now. I substituted some balsa fuse parts for plywood parts plus changed the wing dihedral braces to improve strength in critical areas. Remember, they used 6 volt winches when the original kit was introduced. The wing tip parts are laser cut according to the plan as well the center rib angle template is included.
All Laser cut wood parts, original construction plans, instructions are included. I hope you builders will reduce the width of the fuse, especially from the wings leading edge (that is where the new former is located) forward to the nose block. The wide nose section on the original was due to the large size of radio equipment back then.
Hi Ray,
Hi Ray,
Just wanted to say Happy New Year and send you a couple of photos of the Windward kit my 5-year old son and I just finished. I've been away from models for quite a while, and wanted to introduce my son to the joys of building and flying gliders, something I loved when I was a kid. Anyway, the Windward was the perfect kit for that! We built it with no mods to the plans. Wings are covered with traditional silk and dope and the fuselage/tail is covered with Silkspan and dope. Initial test glides were perfect, she really floats! Looking forward to getting it on a high-start as soon as the weather cooperates. We already have one of your Oly II's waiting to get built as well. Anyway, thanks for being a great source for the kits we all love and remember.
Best Wishes,
Pete Brown
Hats off to you Pete, I hope your son Henry will have a great time learning his Dad's modeling skills.
Hi, Ray.
Back in 2001, I emailed you to order a Windward kit. I remember relating that my previous model had lasted 17 years, until I strained it through an oak tree. The Windward has been a favorite of mine since the early 1970s, and I promised to send you a photo when I completed my latest. Well, one thing led to another and the plans languished in my "to-build" file until last year. I finally managed to sit down and knock out my third Windward and flew it this past March, on the local hill I've been using for almost 40 years (I think my friends and I spent most of our teenage years up there!). Anyway, I'm enclosing a couple of pics taken right after the maiden flights. As you can see, I built up the horizontal stabilizer and put lightening holes everywhere else. This one weighs around 22 oz., with standard Futaba 3004 servos and a 600-milliamp pack up front. Since I was flying alone, and it was a gusty afternoon, I couldn't get any flight shots, but I hope you enjoy these.
The Viking was an extremely popular kit design back in the days of NOSTALGIA and today it will qualify for both RES and NOSTALGIA CLASSES. Introduced in May, 1978 by Tom Williams of Craft - Air, the Viking and line of Windrifters dominated the r/c soaring scene in the early years.
Terry Koplan of California flew a Viking in the 1978 FAI Team Finals, Pensacola, Fl., to 2nd place beating out the Aquila Grandes, Grand Esprits, Aquilas, Paragons, Legionairs, others, and I'm sure he still has one or two of these beauties still flyable [see below]. This is still one of the best "Floaters"
A couple of the main reasons for the designs success was the large wing area and light wing loading. The wing proved to be very strong and should have no problems with todays 12V winches, back in the good ol'e days, we used 6 volt winch batteries and smaller test tow line. Sky Bench includes some tips and parts to strengthen the fuse weak spots, just in front of the fin and wing.
Features we are proud to present in this kit are the laser cut fuse parts with TAB-SLOT construction for quick accurate building and superbly laser cut wing ribs that will make this kit a joy to build. The kit is furnished with all hardware, wood, original construction plans and instructions. Two Sky Bench Case Hardened Tool Steel Wing Rods, 5/16" diameter, are furnished.
I know you will be delighted with the flight performance and ease of building this design and I can't wait to have mine completed and in the air. Enjoy!
Beautifully Laser Cut Viking kit, Mark I or Mark II
Full Kit - Includes Wing Rods ...........$198.95
Partial Kit parts, Instructions and Plans ... $129.95
Both Wing Rods and Brass tubes kit ...... $29.95
Viking MK I Build Thread by Kevin Laurion
Terry Koplan and his twenty two year old Viking, still going strong. This photo was taken July 2001, This is the same Viking Terry flew to 2nd place in the 1978 FAI Soaring Team Finals.
Is this a Sky Bench assembly line? It is the 2001 Leesville, High School Aero Space program students putting together a whole bunch of Sky Bench Viking kits. Last year they built and flew the 2M Lil Bird kits.
Ray's Viking under construction
Test flight was April 1st resulting in a 45 min. test hop (no Aril fools
here). What a great bird. Why didn't I fly one of these in the late '70's?
CG was at trailing edge and this NOS will come back up wind when the flat
bottom designs leave you short of home base.
Here is my latest - my Viking.
Thought you should see it before I crash it!!.
I hope not! It sure is pretty, I think.
Cal Posthuma and his brand new Sky Bench Windrifter built from our partial kit.
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Windrifter 100" now available as a partial kit, click here to go our Partial Kit page. See a Photo of the laser cut Windrifter parts, vastly improved engineering from original kit produced years ago that includes tabbed formers and slotted fuse sides with 1/64 plywood doublers.
Durning the summer between flying, repairs and fishing I managed to put together your Windrifter partial kit. After I installed a capture tow hook I decided I needed another electric sailplane. Pictures show the finished product, as you can see I used up all of my scraps of covering material. My wife said it would make a nice quilt. If the wind lets down this pm I will do a test fly. I have never met a Windrifter (SD100) that didn't fly well so it shouldn't be any problem.
John Lusk
Carl Lorber's Thermal Queen
144" wing span Eppler 385 airfoil
Laser cut plywood and balsa Wood Parts and PLANS ...
Partial kit includes: Construction plans, Wing, Stab and Rudder ribs, Fuse formers and Crutch, Plywood wing dihedral braces and 1/64 Plywood fuse side Doublers.
Carl's construction article appeared in the November 1970 issue of Flying Models magazine. The laser cut wing ribs have been modified from two bottom spars to two top and two bottom spars, this allows the builder to fill between the spars with vertical balsa shear webs and shear webs on the sides of the spars. I built a Thermal Queen in the early seventies and will build another one from this Sky Bench kit. Watch for my construction photos.
Fly the Queen after dinner, it will go up in the slightest of rising air. Building this kit is simple for me, but I have over sixty years of building experience and don't need instructions to build any woody sailplane. If you're an instruction word by word, step by step builder and haven't learned how to "read" a construction plan, forget this kit.
Thermal Queen Instructions
Carl Lorber never had this in mind when he designed his great flying Thermal Queen. Installing e power in RC Sailplanes is very, very popular these day's. Bruce built his TQ from a Sky Bench kit and reports the design is a real floater.
Carl Lorber with his Prancer
Standing with Carl is Dwight Hartman, original mfg. of the fiberglass fuse mold.
Ray's Gulf Coaster Building Tips
Don Harris has been flying his Gulf Coaster in the Nostalgia event for several years with great success. Don built his GC from scratch.
Now you can have this great flying old timer from an easy to build laser cut kit with an accurate Clark Y airfoil.
Partial Laser cut kit, parts shown in above Photo
Kit Price ........................................ $ 98.95
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Spar notches in ribs are 1/8 x 3/8" and 1/8 x 1/4" instead of 1/4 square.
Re-designed Plywood Polyhedral joint braces that fit on front side of spars.
Wing ribs are cut to require wider ( 1-15/16" ) T.E.
Plan shows two 3/16" piano wire wing rods.
Don's success in the Nat's Nostalgia events with his Gulf Coaster was the motivation to kit the design. The Clark Y is a very competitive airfoil to use in Nostalgia designs, I flew mine in the very high wind conditions at the 2010 AMA Nostalgia Nats with 9 oz. of ballast and finished 4th even after losing 1000 points for missing the landing box. Kits available from Sky Bench finished 2nd thru 7th at the 2010 Nostalgia Nats, a very enjoyable event regardless of where you place.
Placed fourth in the 2010 AMA NATS Nostalgia, so what is the big deal about that ? Considering I had a zero flight, the Gulf Coaster did very well. Don Harris also had a zero score with his Gulf Coaster and finished 7th. Don and I love to compete with with this design. Ray LSF 803
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Everything is Moving, Everything is Joined: The Selected Stories of Stella Duffy (published September 5th)
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Reports of the death of globalisation have been greatly exaggerated
But that's not what I'm here to talk about. Reports of the death of globalisation have been greatly exaggerated, at least by me. My reasoning, just over a week ago, was that the globalising impulse of Pluto in Sagittarius was coming to an end, and with Pluto entering Capricorn, with its emphasis on boundaries, and with each country having to save its own banking system, we might see a withdrawal into separateness, at least for now.
But I think there are more possibilities than this. And globalisation has been taking place on many levels – economic, cultural, political and technological. In some ways it has been helpful, in other ways it has been unfortunate. If you see life as occurring in cycles, like I tend to do (and like astrology does), then globalisation looks like a phase we are passing through for now, and eventually we will do so again. If you believe that humanity is engaged in a sort of collective evolution, that we have a kind of destiny, then globalisation looks like the point at which humanity finally began to come together as one. This looks like a fundamentally good thing, being a collective evolutionary stage. Just because you believe one or the other viewpoint strongly doesn't make it truer. It's a good one to argue over a few bottles of wine.
Another possibility for Pluto in Capricorn, on an economic level, is that proper form is given to the globalisation that has been taking place in recent decades. An attempt is being made at this, in the wake of the near-meltdown of the global banking system. George Bush, in the final months of his Presidency, is hosting a series of summits to try and come up with some new rules and institutions for international finance. Meanwhile South Korea is going to guarantee loans made to its own institutions by foreign banks. So people are looking to the future again, even though a recession seems certain. And it does seem that economically there is a lot of political will behind maintaining the level of globalisation we have achieved.
So this is how Pluto in Capricorn looks to be shaping up, on one level. Rather than a retreat into national boundaries, it looks like economic globalisation is going to get even stronger by being given firmer foundations. Another meaning of Pluto in Capricorn is World Government, and this might be a direction we go in over the next 16 years. Pluto in Sag has been a bit like the Wild West, and now we have proper government coming in.
There is also the issue of resources. It is becoming clearer that we can only consume so much oil, water, commodities, food etc, and the world seems to be getting towards that point of maximum consumption. So whatever improvements are made to the world financial system, Pluto in Capricorn will be increasingly marked by a struggle for resources. Towards the end of this transit, for example, we will see the Neptune Return of the first oil strike of 1859, and Neptune rules oil. So there will be a tension between the increased trade and prosperity that economic globalisation, with an improved set of international laws (Pluto in Cap) gives, and the withdrawal into national boundaries (also Pluto in Cap) that a struggle for resources will tend to lead to. Pluto will reach its mid-way point of 15 Capricorn in about 7 years time, while it is still square to Uranus, so it may be then that the really defining issues of Pluto in Capricorn become clear.
The trouble with globalisation so far is that it hasn't been so much about interconnectedness and the realisation of our common humanity etc, but about American culture and values and business practices becoming the world's culture and values and business practices. Globalisation has to a large extent been about domination.
But that is the nature of countries. It became very clear at the Olympics, for example, that China has huge ambitions to occupy the top spot. Personally, I'd rather have America there. What seems almost inevitable, however, is a return to the old system of competing superpowers.
The internet is a result of the globalising process we have recently been through. That seems likely to develop rather than disappear. But it has also had its Wild West, Pluto in Sag, aspect. Pluto in Cap will inevitably bring in more regulation which is sorely needed, for it has become a haven for thieves and paedophiles. But there is always a price to pay for that. Like with Glastonbury Festival when, during its Saturn Return, a wall was built around the site. It kept out much of the criminal element, but also a lot of the free spirits.
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- marmitelover said...
I wonder also whether Pluto in Capricorn will transform attitudes towards old age, something needed in the West considering that the population is ageing.
China in the top spot? What a horrible idea. Nobody can relate to the Chinese, they seem quite alien. There is little in Chinese culture to aspire to, although I'm happy to be corrected on this point. (At least the Americans are gutsy and dynamic.) Having read Wild Swans, I was horrified and repelled by their bizarre and inhuman behaviour towards each other.
- 1:46 pm, October 21, 2008
And if Obama becomes the American President, wont that take the heat out of this whole stupid black/white/khaki/honey/yellow/whatever skin colour? Or does that have to wait until Pluto hits Aquarius when I shall be too old to care probably! Sans teeth sans... as Will Shakespeare puts it!
- 12:38 am, October 22, 2008
- Dharmaruci said...
No, they'll probably shoot him...sorry, that sounds callous, but a lot of Americans apparently think that.
- 1:39 am, October 22, 2008
It's interesting how this pernicious assassination meme has become so prevalent.
Something to do with the Christ mythos and the need that society has for someone to die for our sins. The purer of heart they seem to be, the more people seem to savour the idea of their death.
Obama, as the thinking goes needs to die for the racial sins of America, so we can all weep and wail and be emotionally traumatised and somehow his death will purify us all.
All the bigots will regret their racist thoughts and feel justly chastened and those of us who are liberal will feel his loss even more greatly and be inspired to become even holier than we already are.
WAKE UP PEOPLE! This is all age of pisces gumph and it's coming to an end.
Who better to call in the age of aquarius than a former community organiser whose motto is 'Change' with an aquarius rising, and a rather protective 12th house jupiter (rather conveniently there in case anyone still stuck in sacrificial pisces mode gets any ideas).
- 2:52 pm, October 22, 2008
marmitelover.. I guess you're not Chinese?
I once knew a Vietnamese girl who told me about bizarre and inhuman behaviour in her country, by Americans. In fact it was the first time I understood that I shouldn't believe that 'we are best' propaganda that every country forcefeeds to it's children.
China's political system isn't good. The west isn't innocent either.. far from it.
Thanks for the article Dharmaruci.. it's pretty much what I think.
- 11:31 pm, October 22, 2008
Thank you for this article.It has at least taken some weight from my shoulders because as you said, you have been a little out of hope for the future.
- 6:13 am, October 23, 2008
- Dharmaruci said...
Hi. Glad it cheered you up! But actually, I wouldn't necessarily view a retreat from globalisation as a bad thing, because there is a lot about it that I don't think is helpful.
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Help requested posted on 14th September 2017:
Patrols on Zebra Crossing
Can anyone let me have their local authority adopted engineer's guidance for a patrol to be required on a Zebra?
Beryl Miles
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Kate Carpenter
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Patrols on Zebra Crossing
My 'devil's advocate' question would be 'why should a patrol be needed on a zebra crossing?' if the crossing is not safe without a patrol, it's also unsafe all day at weekends; in the holidays; when returning later from after-school clubs etc. My instinct is that a child old enough that a parent or guardian is happy to let them walk alone then they are old enough to judge the use of a zebra. If speeds are too high to make this safe, then the crossing probably doesn't comply with the LTN 1/95 and LTN 2/95 guidance and should be altered. I know many authorities struggle to get enough patrols; sites with controlled crossings would be my absolute last priority, partly because it gives a strange message to a child; you cannot safely cross here alone on school days at start and finish but going to shops, town, holidays etc you're on your own. That feels like an inconsistent message which I believe is the opposite of what children need. I am sure others will disagree, but I've thought about this a lot for many years and can't find any way of making sense of the inconsistent message.
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We work within the SCP Guidelines.
Currently we have one SCP at a Zebra X but we have 3 others at light controlled crossings. These SCP's were in place prior to the Zebra X/Light controlled Crossing being created. There were no other vacancies at the time in the same areas offering the same hours therefore the SCP's remain. However, if a vacancy became available in these areas offering the same hours, we would move the SCP and children would use the crossing as they would normally out of school hours. The exception to this rule would be the width of the carriageway being over 12 meters.
On a personal note, I agree with Kate's comments about giving mixed messages to children at Zebra/Light Controlled crossings.
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Falkirk seems to be an exception to the rule then with more SCPs than they know what to do with (we can hardly get anyone to apply for positions in the past around our way) and the Council bean counters haven't twigged there's a saving to be made there..
Presumably they're just in charge of pushing the button at signal controlled crossings as it would be an odd situation to have a green light showing and an SCP in position stopping traffic.
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In North Lincolnshire we do have some patrols on zebra crossings. Whilst light controlled crossings are a duplication of resources as both require vehicles to stop before pedestrians cross zebra crossings rely on the judgement of the pedestrian of when it is safe to cross. Children are more liable to make mistakes in that sort of situation so in some circumstances we do provide a patrol (where we can recruit). We assess in the usual way and do not use any guidance from engineers.
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Staffordshire currently has several school crossing patrols on zebra crossings. While a zebra is some protection, at school times on busy roads, children can be unpredictable and a patrol provides the expertise to ensure the children are able to cross safely. We assess using the national guidelines
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There a few sites in Devon where Patrols are deployed on zebras so it's not black and white..
I suspect it may have been due to pressure from the school community however there are schools who are prepared a fund a Patrol, sometimes temporarily, on a zebra, especially if it's a recent installation e.g. a new school site and the school feels it will assist the transition for children and parents. Schools are advised of the risks such as the potential confusion for drivers with having a patrol on a formal crossing.
To answer your question, Beryl, we form our own evidence based decision. What would be useful is an agreed national criteria PV2 adjustment when the site is on a formal crossing - either a higher PV2 than the 4 million normally used or a 'negative' adjustment factor.
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In New Zealand, all our school patrols work on zebra crossings, or on 'kea' crossings (part-time zebra crossings that revert back to normal road when the patrols aren't operating).
However, our patrols don't normally operate on zebra crossings that are controlled by lights.
Besides the safety aspect, another reason for having school patrols on zebra crossings is to stagger the flow of traffic and pedestrians, so that each gets a turn.
If a busy school crossing didn't have patrols, a huge backlog of traffic would begin to form as the children stream across the road in their own time. Whereas with patrols, the pedestrians have to wait and then cross in groups.
More info here: https://education.nzta.govt.nz/resources/policy-and-practices/school-traffic-safety-teams/school-patrols
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