Radio Controlled Soaring Digest April 1998 Issue
Issue Contents:
Second Coupe du Quebec slope soaring 3 day event was held and reviewed. Location described as being ideal for parking landing low turbulence.
Soldering tips from an expert. Details on what kind of iron tinning your iron applying heat applying solder cooling without blowing or movement.
White Planes NY WRAM Show Review. George Sparr (Aerospace Composites) gave demonstrations of composite product use. Airtronics has a newuniversal servo connector. Adapters will be available to usethe new servos on older Airtronics connectors. Ed Slegers had his newThere were replacement Monarch fuselages. Hobby Lobby gave help to those wanting information on electric flight
Bill participates in a group construction of Ruffneck Cutlass foamy models The planes flew great even of high-starts. Mods and group interactions.
The Mosquito class declared earlier is expanding with manufacturers rushing to get models on the market. Several models are shown and discussed.
UIUC tests have improved pitching moment data. The aerodynamic center isin theory at 25% but in practice +/- 2% greater; with separation.
A straight forward approach to designing the construction of an optimum composite wing designed for launch stresses and high speed lift force.
Gordy visits Sacramento Valley S.S. and is impressed with the skill of this group of flyers. Volz servos provide a new standard of performance forstrength speed longevity (5 yr. warranty). There are modelsfor wings and a dual servo.
The spin maneuver is discussed. It is good for when model is moving slow. Spin can save your plane from a high altitude situation.
Spacewalker makes a good tow plane but like other tow planes the CG can shift when the model is towing another model. Advice is given.
Hidemi Akaba aka Aka-bee is an engineer working on RPVs in the Seattle area His flying wing design is advanced with respect to material usage.
The InterMountain Silent Flyers will will host Soar Utah 98 on Sept 5-7 Labaor Day weekend. Thermal and slope soaring sites.
Aerotow 98 is planned for Elmira. Invetations are offered to vendors to advertise. The list of foreign participants is growing.
Spring cleaning and replacement of stop watch batteries. Modellbau Markt 98 is a catalog of 116 pages of models at Nurenberger Toy Fair.
Encouragement is given to readers to send articles and photos to RCSD to help broaden and enrich the content of RCSD.
Cover photo of Grunau 2B is shown from Jim Ealy plan 15 years ago.
Radio Controlled Soaring Digest April 1998 Issue
