The product was Precision Aerobatics Radio Control Model Airplanes & kits. It is a National & International Competition for Models conforming to an International rule set basicly says the airplane has to fit in a 2 meter square box and weigh less than 11 pounds. The flights are judged by panels of judges and scored according to formula. In 1999 the World Championships were held in Pensecola Florida, the US Team won the team class and two of the three airplanes on the team were my products.
To set the record straight, I attribute the winning to the folks I managed to get together. Great Craftsmen to build affordable parts, greater craftsmen to assemble and tune air frames and power setups and the dedicated pilots, trainers and their families who spent incredible hours practicing.
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Heiss" <jeff.heiss@...> wrote:
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> Interesting, what was your retirement business?
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> From: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of John
> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 6:50 PM
> To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Produce Quick & Cheap PCBs with a CNC paper
> cutter
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> I have been dabbling in homebrew printed circuit boards as long as I can
> remember. When I got my HP7475(?), I thought I had it. I drew the line at
> being able to do dip parts and no photo enlargement. That left the plotter
> out, the direct print would not work for me.
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> A retirement business (Successful enough to sell) left me with a 24 in
> Roland Vinyl cutter. I still do a little sign making, but I have to tell you
> that after a while it is about as exciting as cutting the grass! The
> smallest lettering I will try is 3/8 inch. The vinyl likes to bunch up
> around the cutter. Usually that is for motoercycle helments.
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> The Roland uses the same pen holder as the plotter did. It does a really
> good job plotting although changing pens would be a manual task.
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> I am sure you could print 2X, scan it, reduce it, and toner print it
> successfully. That is on my list of things to do!
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> The Roland is typical in that it does have some built in Fonts and can be
> attached to the computer with either a printer (Centronics) interface or a
> serial(RS232) interface. AFIK, all such hardware supports the HPGL standard
> that allows the computer to send All-Points-Addressable data as well as
> lines, circles, etc. I have a commercial sign program, CorelDraw, and a Cad
> program that cut/plot very well.
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> However, the HP Laser printer with the available free software exceed my
> needs at a lower cost and less effort.
> de W8CCW...
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