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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / March 2009For Indoor R/C Flyers
Going to Toledo? Watch for this neat book on CD Bob Aberle's new book on Micro/Indoor Flying that John Worth is going to sell on CD discs. It has 118 pages and 138 photos. John will have these CD's at the booth he will be sharing at Toledo with Roland Friestad (FULL SIZE PLANS). Only $10. Index gives you an idea of what it contains: INDEX (BY MAIN SUBJECTS) Your local hobby dealer...................................................................................................... 1 About the inserted photos..................................................................................................... 1 RC Micro World Free Article............................................................................................. 2 What is a micro/indoor model aircraft................................................................................. 2 What size and weight aircraft are we specifically talking about?........................................ 2 Sub Micro category.............................................................................................................. 2 Micro Indoor Category......................................................................................................... 2 Standard Indoor Category.................................................................................................... 3 Open Indoor Category.......................................................................................................... 3 Parking Lot and Backyard Flying......................................................................................... 4 Types of Aircraft.................................................................................................................. 6 Indoor Facilities – Where to fly!.......................................................................................... 8 Size of Indoor Facilities..................................................................................................... 10 Primary advantages of indoor/micro flying........................................................................ 11 Audience for this book....................................................................................................... 11 How best to get started....................................................................................................... 11 ParkZone Cessna................................................................................................................ 12 ParkZone Citabria.............................................................................................................. 13 ParkZone Ember................................................................................................................. 13 ParkZone Vapor................................................................................................................. 14 Kyosho Cherokee............................................................................................................... 15 Plantraco Butterfly............................................................................................................. 16 Mini Room Flyer................................................................................................................ 17 E-Flite mCX Helicopter..................................................................................................... 19 What type RC Equipment................................................................................................... 20 2.4 GHz Spread Spectrum.................................................................................................. 20 Plantraco 900 MHz............................................................................................................ 21 Plantraco 900 MHz spread spectrum mod.......................................................................... 21 Specific Equipment............................................................................................................ 22 ParkZone Brick.................................................................................................................. 22 Falcon Brick...................................................................................................................... 23 Discrete RC Components................................................................................................... 24 Receivers........................................................................................................................... 24 Servos................................................................................................................................ 30 Connectors......................................................................................................................... 34 Mounting techniques for RC components........................................................................... 35 Magnetic actuators............................................................................................................. 37 Wire gage and soldering.................................................................................................... 38 IR RC systems.................................................................................................................... 39 What type power system?................................................................................................... 39 Brushless outrunner motors................................................................................................ 43 Motor mounting.................................................................................................................. 51 Props.................................................................................................................................. 54 Prop adapters and prop savers........................................................................................... 54 Electric motor speed controllers (ESC’s).......................................................................... 56 Hooking up the ESC to your motor..................................................................................... 59 Batteries and in particular Li-Poly..................................................................................... 61 Chargers............................................................................................................................. 64 Load capability.................................................................................................................. 66 Calculate motor run time.................................................................................................... 66 Li-Poly battery sources...................................................................................................... 67 Alternate power sources.................................................................................................... 69 Getting down to more specific aircraft recommendations.................................................. 70 For the rank beginner......................................................................................................... 70 For the RC sport flyer who already has experienced model aircraft flight......................... 70 ParkZone AR6400 6 channel brick.................................................................................... 72 ParkZone 1.5 gram $20 micro servo.................................................................................. 72 ParkZone Sukhoi RTF 4 channel........................................................................................ 73 Actual aircraft recommendations by weight....................................................................... 74 Truly micro aircraft from several grams up to 2 ounces total weight................................. 74 2 to 6 ounce aircraft weight................................................................................................ 78 6 to 16 ounce aircraft weight.............................................................................................. 82 Construction materials and techniques............................................................................... 85 Foam sheet material........................................................................................................... 86 Shaping foam sheets........................................................................................................... 87 Purchasing airfoil shaped foam.......................................................................................... 87 Selecting lightweight balsa and foam................................................................................. 87 Weighing your balsa wood................................................................................................. 88 Cements.............................................................................................................................. 89 Paints................................................................................................................................. 89 Carbon fiber tape for reinforcing....................................................................................... 90 Iron-on covering................................................................................................................. 90 Tissue covering.................................................................................................................. 91 Accessory items to consider.............................................................................................. 91 Control surface hinging...................................................................................................... 93 Balancing a model (CG location)....................................................................................... 94 Building light..................................................................................................................... 94 How to size an electric power system to a particular weight model aircraft..................... 95 Power loading parameter table.......................................................................................... 97 Comments on the table....................................................................................................... 98 Flying................................................................................................................................. 98 Other aircraft considerations.............................................................................................. 99 Helicopters........................................................................................................................ 99 E3D/F3P aerobatic aircraft.............................................................................................. 100 EDF (electric ducted fan)................................................................................................. 101 ROW (rise off water indoor flying................................................................................... 103 Old-timer aircraft............................................................................................................. 105 Nostalgia RC aircraft....................................................................................................... 107 RC indoor pylon racing.................................................................................................... 107 Electric power indoor controline flying........................................................................... 107 Attending indoor fly-in’s.................................................................................................. 109 Indoor contests................................................................................................................. 111 Future of indoor/micro flying........................................................................................... 111 Publications and columns (indoor/micro activities)......................................................... 112 All about RC MICRO WORLD....................................................................................... 112 Reference major indoor related websites........................................................................ 114 Source and vendor references.......................................................................................... 115 Joining the AMA.............................................................................................................. 115 About the author............................................................................................................... 117 About the publisher.......................................................................................................... 118 An added bonus ---- since this book was done on Microsoft WORD, it is possible to use the “FIND” command to locate specific items throughout the book. To do this first go to “EDIT” at the top left corner of your screen. Then drop down and select “FIND”. You will receive the response, “FIND WHAT”. In the box type in the word or words you want to find, then click “FIND”. You will be directed to every place where the word or words appear in sequential order from page 1 until the end of the book. You may at times get more than you need, but this feature can be helpful in supporting the more generalized index. Looks really interesting, but I am not going to Toledo. Is there any other way to get this CD? > Going to Toledo? Watch for this neat book on CD > > Bob Aberle's new book on Micro/Indoor Flying that John Worth is going to > sell on CD discs. It has 118 pages and 138 photos. John will have these > CD's at the booth he will be sharing at Toledo with Roland Friestad (FULL > SIZE PLANS). Only $10. >Looks really interesting, but I am not going to Toledo. Is there any >other way to get this CD? This is a good place to start looking. Bob edits this magazine and has contributed an article similar to his new CD here. http://www.cloud9rc.com/indoorflying.asp >> Going to Toledo? Watch for this neat book on CD >> >> Bob Aberle's new book on Micro/Indoor Flying that John Worth is going to >> sell on CD discs. It has 118 pages and 138 photos. John will have these >> CD's at the booth he will be sharing at Toledo with Roland Friestad (FULL >> SIZE PLANS). Only $10. -- Ray Thanks for the article. I haven't done a point for point comparison between the article headings and the chapter titles on the CD but it appears to me that the CD is much more inclusive. I didn't see any comment about the CD in the article so the question remains. Is there any way to get the CD without going to Toledo? >> Looks really interesting, but I am not going to Toledo. Is there any >> other way to get this CD? [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > -- > Ray >Thanks for the article. I haven't done a point for point comparison >between the article headings and the chapter titles on the CD but it >appears to me that the CD is much more inclusive. I didn't see any >comment about the CD in the article so the question remains. Is there >any way to get the CD without going to Toledo? It wasn't at all meant to be a comparison but a means to contact the creator of the CD. Go there and contact him directly. Perhaps he'll send you one for the cost plus postage. I live in Australia at the moment and won't be going either. The CD looks very interesting. -- Ray The book has 118 pages with 138 photos. It will be on a CD disc so that it can be sold for just $10.00. John Worth will have the first 100 CD's with him for distribution. >The book has 118 pages with 138 photos. It will be on a CD disc so >that it can be sold for just $10.00. John Worth will have the first >100 CD's with him for distribution. That wasn't the question, Sandy. The question was can it be made available somewhere besides "Duncie." -- Ray |
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