<p>This comprehensive manual covers rubber powered model airplanes from a beginner’s simple trainer through gradually more complex designs, including winning scale and duration fliers. Even if you’ve never built a model, the simple line drawings and detailed photos give you the tools and techniques to build light, sturdy models that will surprise and delight you with their sustained flights. Some Important Topics Covered Include… •Plans for two all-sheet balsa models that can be built in hours and are capable of flights exceeding one minute indoors or out. •Plans for stick and tissue models that gradually introduce the builder to more complex projects. •Many techniques that can be used to simplify construction, add strength, and reduce weight. •Propeller construction and design simplified so every novice can build and even design contest winning props. •The secrets of flight trimming as the experts do it. •Numerous ideas on how to add terrific scale details. •The ABC’s of how to design your own models including Canards, Bi-planes, and Flying Wings. It’s all here…the models, materials, and methods. Learn how to work with the various materials and adhesives and how to choose the right ones for every type of model. This book shows you the difference between kits and “scratch building,” and how to modify any kit for better endurance and appearance. Don started building models in 1942. His designs have appeared in magazines and his “Fledgling” classes have added scores of young and “retread” modelers to the active scene. Don specializes in “synthesizing” difficult technical information into simple, straightforward how-to basics that make experts out of rank beginners. Rubber Powered Model Airplanes takes the “mystery” out of building successful free flight models. Whether you’re thinking of building a kit, or considering an original design; whether you build for fun or competition…this book’s for you! “THE book I would recommend to anyone, of any age, starting out in free flight.” —National Free Flight Digest “A tool to bring aeromodeling to the public.” —Flying Models Magazine “Universal. Good value for the bookshelf.” —Aero Modeller Magazine</p>

Rubber Powered Model Airplanes: Comprehensive Building & Flying Basics, Plus Advanced Design-Your-Own Instruction (Don Ross)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Ross, Don

Crafts & Hobbies

Aeronautical Publishers

<p>This companion to Don Ross’s immensely popular Rubber Powered Model Airplanes now opens the world of Electric Power, CO2, Micro R/C, and even Compressed Air, to beginner and expert alike. With explanations and graphics that break complex processes into simple steps, anyone can become a better than average builder, flyer, and competitor. This book will lead you from simple tools and techniques right through to state-of-the-art” materials that will enhance your model’s appearance and increase its flight time 25-40% or more! Some of the key topics covered include… • ELECTRIC POWER—Charging, Assembling, Adjusting, and Flight Trimming. Make an electric Power Module that can convert rubber power in minutes, right at the field. • EVOLVE from a simple 28-inch span rubber model through Competition Rubber, Free Flight Electric, and finally…Micro R/C. • NEW COVERING MATERIALS that are as light as tissue but much stronger, along with techniques that make them easier to apply. • NEW SCALE TECHNIQUES that can give your model that “professional” appearance so admired at contests. Make your own markings and decals and size and color. Create camouflage or lozenge patterns with plain tissue. • FOAM SHEET and block construction methods for scale models. • NEW RUBBER TORQUE AND TURNS formulas that need only two stokes on your calculator to predict rubber performance. • BUILD LIGHTER to reduce weight without reducing strength—a really simple way to get longer flights and stronger models. • LOST MODEL LOCATORS—what to buy—how they work. • GEARS—Do they help? A plan for Rubber Powered Contra-Rotating Props…AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!</p>

Flying Models: Rubber, CO2, Electric & Micro Radio Control - Tips & Techniques for Beginner & Expert, Book 2

DISCOVER THE EXCITING WORLD OF CANARDS  “Now, Andy Lennon has provided us with an excellent history of the canard and tandem-wing airplanes. We have, for the first time in a single source, descriptions and photos of the ‘tail-first’ aircraft from the Wright Flyer to the Starship I. The text also details the specific flying qualities exhibited by many of the aircraft.  “To the aviation enthusiast and pilot, the book will provide interesting and sometimes fascinating accounts of how the various shapes handled in the air. “The designer will find the book useful in highlighting many of the problems inherent in tandem-wing design.”                                              —From the Original Edition’s Foreword by Burt Rutan  This Commemorative Edition of the only book ever published on the exciting world of canards covers one of aviation’s most captivating concepts. You’ll learn how and why canards were developed, and how they evolved into some of the fastest, most beautiful aircraft in history.  Some of the absorbing topics featured include… • The historical significance and design evolution of the canard concept.  • Why properly designed canards won’t stall or spin. • Basic canard aerodynamics, performance characteristics, and handling qualities. • Over 200 drawings, inboard profiles, cutaways, and photos. •A review of proposed amateur-built and general aviation designs. • The amazing maneuverability of canard jet fighters.   Some of the aircraft described include: The Wright brothers’ designs and how the canard saved them from serious accidents • The outstanding designs of Burt Rutan, originator of modern canards • Quickie Series • Dragonfly • COZY • Ultralight Canards • Secret German Experimentals • Russian Utka • Details are also presented for General Aviation canards, including: The Beech Starship I • Avtek-400 • OMAC-1 • Gates-Piaggio GP-180, and many other exciting canards from around the world.  CANARD gives you “the-story-behind-the-story” of this intriguing aspect of flight. Whether you’re thinking of building your own airplane, or simply want to become aware of the unique qualities of these aircraft, this book could prove to be quite helpful. If you simply want to learn about the fascinating historical technological development of canards, and the role they have played in aviation, this book is for you.

Canard--A Revolution in Flight--Commemorative Edition: Military--Civilian--Homebuilt

Science & Math

Lennon, Andy

Astronomy & Space Science

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