ROL NEWS--AeroTech Endorses Consumer Adjustment of RMS Delays

This document actually addresses TWO longstanding recommendations I have made to Gary.

Good job Gary.

It took a while but better late than never. This is a tremendous positive going forward.

Thank you also to David Erbas-White for catalysing this recent change.

Jerry

Pay forward.

In article snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com, Jerry Irvine at snipped-for-privacy@gte.net wrote on 4/13/05 11:18 AM:

Yes Jerry, I will acknowledge that you have made suggestions along these lines over the years. One of my earlier responses was the posting of all the RMS assembly drawings on the AeroTech website (which included delay and spacer length data). Thanks to Bobby for that one too.

I guess it was an issue of critical mass WRT timing, customer demand, David's catalytic effect and the patience required to put it together.

Thanks.

Gary/RCS

Does this make me a 'catalytic converter'?

BTW, I'd also like to publically thank Gary for not only doing this in regards to the delay issue, but in updating a couple of 'holes' that were present in the assembly drawings (i.e., some of the newer Redline motors weren't present). As of yesterday, those drawings have been put up on the website, so that anal-retentive types (other than myself) can download them. Thanks again!

David Erbas-White

P.S. I've stated somewhere (don't know if it was in this thread) that I think one of the key issues really is the timing -- for the past few years, AeroTech has been struggling to get back on its feet after the fire. But for the past year or so (witness the LUR motors, etc.) they're now 'looking forward' again.

And innovating.

Out of curiosity, Gary - since RMS delay grains are identically sized for each motor-size, will you eventually be making up a tool to hold the drill-bits, and guage the depth properly? (a-la Cesaronis' ProDAT delay adjusters)

I'm not Gary, but in another thread a few days ago, he did mention that they were working on a tool of some sort...

David Erbas-White

In article snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com, Len Lekx at snipped-for-privacy@NOSPAM.rogers.com wrote on 4/13/05 12:31 PM:

It's under development.

Gary/RCS

Unfortunately, as a catalytic converter, you'll be subjected to extremely high operating temperatures and eventually, over a period of about ten years, You will clog up, become inefficient and have to be replaced. :)

I pesonally did not want to inform him of the future demise he is facing, but was looking at the value to others that his catalytic endeavours have produced.

COOL! :-) (I just wanted to know...)

Point.

Unfortunately, I'm already clogging up and becoming inefficient -- oh well...

David Erbas-White

Jerry already has them on his web site. 8-)

Try eating more fiber :-) Christopher Brian Deem NAR 12308 TRA 2256 level II

David Erbas-White wrote:

Does that mean we have to call the process "Jerry rigging" the delay?

NOW if only Estes would come into the 21st century and produce a single long delay/ejection charge assembly that could be used on all of its motors.... with a simple tool to alter the time delay....

Can you hear me Quest?

I don't understand why Estes/Quest will not go this route....It is allowed by the CPSC, so that means they can be sold to children.

pros cons?

shockie B)

Big manufacturing con.

It just seems to me that EVERYONE getting excited about the RCS (who acquired AT) "adjustable delay times" is new to HP or doesn't fly HP yet!

You want a real delay, use electronics, as that is the "safest" way to go!

I've yet to see anything from CAR/TMT/S&T which buy off on Gary's Press release.... (bunny doesn't make these calls guys.. Just like he deferred to S&T when TMT hit the Kodson stuff a few years back!)

If I were to cert someone for L1 who built their first RMS that day and modified the delay as a part of it, I'd be scared!

Rocksim isn't that accurate with delay times... A big variable is CD which by default, is wrong for larger birds.

I know, from experience, that a motor delay that's 2 seconds over is much less prone to a big failure than one that's 2 seconds early! (error on the long side), and RCS's (formerly AT) announcement is just a "bull in a china shop" move, to backdoor CAR/TMT/S&T! Heck, did you all read the post from CTI that detailed the additional testing involved with their adjustable delay?

Remember +/- 20% folks...