<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I prefer to fly with a caller. I practice with an automated timer and it just isn’t the same. Our local contests should be run just like a contest anywhere else. We’re doing this for fun, so there’s really not a need to cut our fun short. Suppose we could go to 12 rounds! LOL <div>CT<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Soaring Euphoria in Montana. Sent from my iPhone. </div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Aug 25, 2019, at 2:31 PM, Montana ALES reflector <<a href="mailto:mt-ales@lists.webworks.net">mt-ales@lists.webworks.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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I like the idea of self timing. The only issue I can think of is
the count down. I can set count up or count down timers on my
Spektrum DX9, but I don't know about playing the voice files every
second during the last 20-30 seconds of the flight. I guess I'll
have to play around with it and see what I can or can't do.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/25/2019 6:48 AM, Montana ALES
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<p class="MsoNormal">So we're getting small numbers at the
contests recently and I think we need to think about self
timing via our transmitters.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would guess that everyone has a
transmitter that can do this easily with a little programming.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This way we can fly one Group.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So like yesterday we had to go out there 10
times to fly five Rounds If self timing we could only go out
to the line 6 times and have flown more rounds.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think for the Futaba transmitter I can
program the timer to start when the motor starts then make a
second switch to stop that after landing. It may be a second
or two off from an actual timer but shouldn't make a
difference in the overall results.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What do you folks think? The negative is
that we lose a bit of camaraderie when having a timer/caller
and that person being able to point out who is going up or
down elsewhere in the sky?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thoughts?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Curtis<o:p></o:p></p>
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