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Assembling Your Own Servo Connectors
Make your own servo connectors from PCB connectors, or "board mount interconnect products", by Rob Crockett.
Automatic Foam Cutter
Plans and drawings for a simple foam cutter, with PC and MAC software versions.
EH Airfoils
Designed by John Yost, and developed specifically for swept wing tailless aircraft.
Epoxy Safety
Tips for working safely with epoxy, including discussion of latex gloves.
Fletcher Design Study
An article on the design of an F3b sailplane.
Glider Performance Airspeeds
An animated explanation of glider polar curves and how they relate to performance airspeeds.
Hand Towing
Reprint of a column by Michael Lachowski in Model Airplane News on F3J, hand-tow soaring.
How to Cast Lead Nose Weight
By Michael Shellim, a relatively simple method of casting lead noseweight to fit accurately inside the nose of your model.
JR XP8103 Sailplane Programming Tips
Links to articles on programming the JR 8103 radio for sailplanes.
Liftroll Cookbook
How to design a good wing using a vortex-lattice spreadsheet by John Hazel.
Mark Drela's Allegro 2m
Paper and plans describing the aerodynamics and structures of a 2m RES sailplane.
Molded Fuselage Pictures
Pictures and information on making fuselage molds.
NASA Technical Report Server (NTRS), v 2.0
Search NASA and NACA technical reports.
NSP Tips and Treasures
Collection of articles from past NSP catalogs.
Pressure Sensor-Based Altimeter Circuit
Includes introduction, what the circuit does, the circuit, the Schematic and PCB layout, tuning and adjusting, installation in the model, use, and parts list.
Project F3F
Anatomy of a project to design a moulded F3F-class radio control slope soarer, by Adrian Bedford.
R/C Soaring Radio Programming
Tips on programming full house sailplanes. Articles on programming the JR388 which are also appropriate for the JR783 and 8103.
R/C Soaring UK
What Do Thermals Look Like by Wayne Angevine, an atmospheric physicist.
RCFSpic
Connect R/C receiver to a joystick port on a PC.
Sailplane Performance Analysis
A theoretical study to evaluate the effect of minimum sink rate, span, and aspect ratio on the performance of a family of conventional radio controlled thermal sailplanes.
Sailplanes Unlimited
Listing of multiple articles and aerotow tips.
SASS Technical Information
A number of useful articles on trimming, JR Radio programming, and construction tips.
Schuemann Wing Planform
The article by Wil Schuemann which appeared in the February 1983 issue of Soaring, published by the Soaring Society of America.
Seamless Molded Fuselages
Doing a layup with and joining the fuselage in the mold.
See How It Flies
A new spin on the perceptions, procedures, and principles of flight.
The Baals Wind Tunnel
Build your own low-cost wind tunnel for $200. Tunnel design developed for NASA K-12 education.
The Rotary Driver System
Introduces an entirely new method of moving hinged surfaces in R/C aircraft. Completely internal to airframe.
Trimming Sailplanes
Article on trimming sailplanes for optimal performance by Brian Agnew.
Tubular Hinges
Knuckle or arrowshaft hinges for gapless hinge lines.
UIUC Applied Aerodynamics Group
Information on low speed airfoil testing for model airplanes.
V-Tails for Aeromodels
Some theory on V-tails: aerodynamics, flight mechanics. Yet another attempt to explain the differences between V-tails and standard tails.
Vacuum Bagging Wings
Vacuum bagging techniques for foam wings with composite, or wood veneer skins.