Technical

R/C Specific

Determining the Proper Engine Mounting Adjustment for a Given Thrust Angle

Use this spreadsheet calculator to aid in engine mounting.

Locating the Center of Gravity of your Plane

Where your C.G. is located on your model aircraft is one of the most important factors in determining how well it flies. It is also one of the most difficult parameters to measure as anyone will attest who has tried to balance a low wing monoplane on a pair of pencils stuck in a 2 x 4.

If you want to know where the C.G. is located on almost any configuration of model plane accurately, and I mean within a sixteenth of an inch, make this device

For Tips on How to Properly Trim Your Plane, click here, here or here. They're all basically the same.

For Suggested Allowable Ranges of Propeller Diameters and Pitches, click here

For a lesson on Propeller Induced Forces by Randy Sinn, click here

To Download a Free R/C Airplane & Helicopter Flight Simulator, click here

R/C Tips, Hints, and Construction, click here

Aviation in General

For Classic World War II ERA Aircraft Training Films & Documentaries, click here

For Fun Facts Directly and Indirectly Related to Aviation, click here

For an Animated Demonstration of Flow Around an Airfoil, click here

To Listen in on an Intellectual Debate on Lift Between Newton and Bernoulli, click here. Don't read it all at once, however, or your head will explode.

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