SIG NITRATE DOPE is non-taughtening type.  Just like LITE-COAT (non-taughtening butyrate). 

The only full taughtening dope product we have is original SUPERCOAT CLEAR. 
All SUPERCOAT colors are mixed in a non-taughtening butyrate (LITE-COAT) base.

Mike Gretz
SIG Mfg Co

I wonder how long this will go on?  There are people out there that pay for their modeling with plans services with permission from the original designers as well as places like the AMA, who makes little profit from their sales.   I myself have loaned plans to individuals for their use and the original plans returned to me. 

Now the last time I got a set of plans off the bay that  the seller only sends an e-mail set of plans,  it took me several tries to get them loaded to a disc.   By the time I got a printed copy it cost more than they were worth after I found out they were available as a printed copy from somewhere else.

Almost like being there with the gentlemen we have posting pictures.  Thanks to all.

Try a little more right thrust in the engine. I build all my planes with the same problem. How is it during the overhead eights? There has been mention of gyroscopic precession being the culprit and adding a "Rabe rudder" being the cure.

Way to go Angela - the Skyray looks GREAT.  They fly well too, looking forward to your flight report.

Randy you did good too!

You don't have to worry about letting go of the handle, as the shock will not let you open your hand. If you have a blocked nose due to the sniffles or sinus problems, it also opens your nose........but I would suggest that there other simpler and safer remedies out there.

I think that one of the best static incidents I've seen was with Bob Hunt at the Spanish world champs in 2006. He took off, and I forget the maneuver he did when he got zapped, but he shouted to the judges "electricity.....electricity!!" Everyone thought........o.k.....big deal, so you're flying an electric model. No need to shout about it. Meanwhile, Bob was trying to point out that he was getting static shocks. In 2004 in Muncie (also the world champs) Billy Werwage had to quit flying during one of his official flights, and many people had hair looking like Einstein's!

We get a lot of static up here in Johannesburg at 5000 to 6000 ft. in the summer. Using a metal handle or adding a wire from the lines does help, but I've found that it depends on the soles of your shoes as well. Modern plastic type soles will still give you shocks, so if you want the whole deal, just fly with bare feet. However, if there is a big fat black cloud above the circle, pack up and stop flying, because you are just asking to ionize a nice path down to you for lightning to strike.

There was a good thread on this a few years ago on the Stuka Stunt forum. Someone mentioned that if you have these black clouds overhead and lots of static, then just fire a model rocket into this lot and the thick smoke (full of carbon??) will make for a nice path for lightning to zap the circle. He did stress the point that you have to retreat some distance away for the circle, but said that it was pretty spectacular! I don't think that I need to be there......I'll just check it out on You Tube!

Keith R

I can test it.  I have a volumetric flask just for that purpose and a scale good for .01 gram.  Bring me a sample in a nicely sealed vessel, and I'll give you the word.  Better yet, bring me one of them jugs for my personal use. 

Who's the boat racer?

I'd research the specific gravity to see if there's any moisture in the fuel? Maybe there's another way?

For what it's worth, seriously, I've only gotten zapped once, here in the Pacific NW. It was drizzly (fathom that!) and we were trying to have a combat contest. I think that was the Inter-Club team contest where I flew against Henry Nelson (he was flying a VooDoo with a GH Torp and didn't get started). I was flying a Series 61/64 K&B on a modified Big Iron, and it not only started, but didn't blow up. About 4 years ago, I flew in a torrential downpour and significant breeze at NW CL Regionals in Eugene, and didn't get zapped or crash. I'm not worried about it this year, either.  Steve   

Looks like we (NW Skyraiders) are about to come into about 150 gallons of free "meth" (aka methanol alcohol). The guy giving it to us is a boat racer, and is giving that up. It comes in 15 gallon jugs, apparently. I was figuring on mixing a sample (maybe 10 oz?) of 80-20 fuel from each jug and testing it to see if it would run fer chit. We can probably find a few NIB IC engines to bench test.
1)  Is there a cheaper and simpler way, like chemically?
2)  If it's NFG (Not Fuel Good), what's a good way to dispose of the bad stuff? I already have thought about Pete Ferguson's swimming pool; that's out, for some reason.

  Steve