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Radio Controlled Soaring Digest April 1999 Issue<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Issue Contents:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cutting aileron out from bagged wings is risky. Instructions for makingailerons with skin hinges and tape hinges including tools and methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authors experience with 2 and 6 ch. version of Highlander EPP Foamy. Tailboom stiffened with CF arrow shaft. Details for methods and other mods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part II of A Beginners Primer for Electric Powered Models<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An excellent history of the U-2 aircraft. Flights over Russia Cubamonitoring radiation. Defense strategy and missions are discussed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foam cutting power supply safety is briefly discussed in a letter fromAl Scidmore. Variac power supplies need an isolation transformer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elliptical wing planform efficiency is discussed. The Schuemann-ellipseplanform is started and illustrated for RN corrections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Safety issues for being out in the sun are discussed. Eye and skin hazardsregarding UV radiation. Heat Exhaustion Heat Stroke SPF rating<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Dvorak of San Jose built the Hans-jurgen Unverferths CO8 discussedearlier. Handling characteristics are discussed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Little BIG Winch is advertised with 40% more torque than offered byoriginal Sport Winch design. List $465 ph: 503-659-7883<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modellflug Internationale by Hans-jurgen Fisher shows 3 view drawings of 10classic or older designs. Text is in German. Source listed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Readers are told about the projects being covered by RCSD and also a visitby Lee and Bobbie Murray of Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beautiful photograph of ASW-26 against a background of clouds and skyon the cover of RCSD<\/p>\n\n\n