Radio Controlled Soaring Digest April 1999 Issue
Issue Contents:
Cutting aileron out from bagged wings is risky. Instructions for makingailerons with skin hinges and tape hinges including tools and methods.
History of MAD Aircraft Design. Andre Gottmers and Mark Pavey are long termfriends into RC Soaring for 3 years. Friends urged them to start theirbusiness. They make Curtis P-40 Valkyrie 2M Baby Alba-tossBaby Bowlus.
Authors experience with 2 and 6 ch. version of Highlander EPP Foamy. Tailboom stiffened with CF arrow shaft. Details for methods and other mods.
Hitec R/c IIISS offers single 3 ch radio for RES. Mixing for V-tail use.Trx fits in one hand control during launch. Dry batteries vs NiCad conv.Receiver is 3 ch. narrow band AM. Dry batteries can be replaced withNiCads pack. No charger supplied. Use of other servos requiressome changing of wires. Technical service is available from the website www.hitecrc.com/ Black wire to outside of plug.
Getting a 1/3 scale ship out of a tree. Learning to fly is same as learningto do aerobatics. Practice creates automatic reactions. This issue hasinstructions for doing knife edges and four point rolls. Logicfor knowing which is top rudder.
North Dakota has many treeless buttes for slope soaring. On I-94 sites atexits 10 (Sentinel Butte)
Pt II of Beginners Primer. Software for selection of motors batteriesgears props for an airframe. MotoCalc 5.01 and ElectriCalc 2 offeraccurate predictions of performance. Large databases of motors andbatteries. Sources of software and motors are shown. Excellent Resources
Part II of A Beginners Primer for Electric Powered Models
An excellent history of the U-2 aircraft. Flights over Russia Cubamonitoring radiation. Defense strategy and missions are discussed
Foam cutting power supply safety is briefly discussed in a letter fromAl Scidmore. Variac power supplies need an isolation transformer.
Elliptical wing planform efficiency is discussed. The Schuemann-ellipseplanform is started and illustrated for RN corrections.
Safety issues for being out in the sun are discussed. Eye and skin hazardsregarding UV radiation. Heat Exhaustion Heat Stroke SPF rating
John Dvorak of San Jose built the Hans-jurgen Unverferths CO8 discussedearlier. Handling characteristics are discussed.
The Little BIG Winch is advertised with 40% more torque than offered byoriginal Sport Winch design. List $465 ph: 503-659-7883
The first part of a series on a low tech Rudder Elevator Spoiler design Somegoals for the design are listed with others left to be pondered.
Modellflug Internationale by Hans-jurgen Fisher shows 3 view drawings of 10classic or older designs. Text is in German. Source listed.
Readers are told about the projects being covered by RCSD and also a visitby Lee and Bobbie Murray of Wisconsin.
Beautiful photograph of ASW-26 against a background of clouds and skyon the cover of RCSD
Radio Controlled Soaring Digest April 1999 Issue
