Radio Controlled Soaring Digest November 2003 Issue
Issue Contents:
Photos of Phil Barnes Mantis are shown on front and back covers of RCSDAn article on the history of the Mantis to be in December issue.
and Drag by spanwise position. The popular airfoil SD7037 is used in theexample. Great learning article.
Great design article with equations and constants for designing wings towithstand launch loads based on foam and composite materials.
Jerry provides some valuable information to help you plan a flying vacation inCA. Contacts for two clubs are given and driving information to various pointsof interest between fields. The two clubs are SVSS and Clear Lake Modelerswhich is a club flying wet electric models.
Strong thermals were found over tree lines which suggests that threes can besources of thermals under certain conditions. Greg Ciurpita points out thatWunderground Weather makes available weather reports from very numerous privatesources on the internet. This could be helpful to slope soaring and thermalsoaring fliers who want to know what conditions at the field really are.
Dave repairs a sloppy rear wing alignment pin situation and provides amethod to fix it and also to establish one on a new model. A template ismade from the wing root and transferred to the fuselage wherethe alignment pin can be precisely located.
Gordy explains why proper CG settings should be done at flying airspeed.Gordy proposes flying inverted and seeing if -elevator is needed. A heavy nose will provide security of self recovery but not without a drag penalty that will hurt you when flying slowly.
The West Michigan Soaring Society of Grand Rapids has linked their site toRCSD. The site is worth a visit www.rcsoaring.org
In his trans-atlantic flight Maynard Hill set 2 world records for sub-f3A.Distance in a straight line: 3 030 km and Duration: 38h 52m 19s
Radio Controlled Soaring Digest November 2003 Issue
