Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / March 2005

I got my dad a Kadet Senior for Father's Day and I have been teaching him
how to fly. It is the perfect plane because it is big, flies really slow,
and is very very stable. It uses an OS .46FX with a 12x4 and we only need to
fly at 50% throttle and it can stay up the the air for a ...

Best site I ever came across for basic intro to aerodynamics
is none other (did you expect otherwise)
   http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/aerores.htm
You may also want to look at 2 other ways of accessing the same site:

Does anyone have any experience with any form of aluminium soldering or
welding techniques that you can carry out at home? If so what products did
you use, where did you get it from and how successful were you.
Many Thanks

I was goofing off with FMS and trying to do a deadstick landing with the
bf109.  I couldn't do it with out registering a crash, couldn't get up
enough speed in a dive to flare.  Is this a glitch or are there planes that
are destined to get bent up if the engine quits?

I've been flying RC fixed wing for ~6 months, decent record (trainer DHC-2
Beaver still flying), and HL Pigi still in relatively good shape after being
broke in half twice.  Background = PPL in the 60's, 200 hr, and been flying
m/s flight sims for a couple of decades.  Real ...

Has anybody here heard of mountain models planes?

This is currently all over the web. I never thought I would do
something like this
but I just lost my job, I am a single mother of 4 sons, one in Iraq,
one in college and 2 still in school. I should be able to get

I use to fly with Robert (Bob) back in the mid 60's over-seas, we use t
fly the old Orbit radios. Robert, if you get this message please send m
(Ohan) a pm or email, thanks
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I picked up a 60 size bipe for very little money recently, but I have
no idea what it is.
It looks almost EXACTLY like a Skybolt, except of just one cockpit, it
has two (kind of like a Stearman). I also has a full fiberglass fuselage.

Hi guys!  Since AOL dropped the Newsgroups, I've been bouncing around
from place to place, trying to find a good, easy way to read and reply
to the R/C Groups.  What do y'all recommend and use?  TIA!
Dr1