Safety Comes First - 2006/10
Problems with starting your engine could blow you away
Safety Comes First - 2007/06
SAD NEWS: Model Aviation Hall of Fame
member Addie Mae Naccarato has passed
away. I had the good fortune to grow up
within bicycle-riding range of her hobby
shop in Burbank, California, and developed
a deep respect for her vast experience and
kind willingness to share aeromodeling
knowledge.
The mother-
Safety Comes First - 2009/04
Voice-command radio control: your airplane is listening
I HAVE RECEIVED reports about a small
number of preproduction voice-command
radio-control (VC/RC) systems that have been
brought into the country for informal testing.
These units are not yet certified or licensed, so
all parties will remain anonymous here. The
field-test results were surprising.
Safety Comes First - 2011/06
I SOMETIMES JOKE about how 3-D pilots
fly “flat models,” but Jim Riggle makes them
the hard way. He told me about an adventure
he had in the comfort of his workshop.
Safety Comes First - 2005/03
“WITH CONTROL LINE, the airplane
never gets more than 60 feet away from
you and you can watch it all the time—in
fact, you better watch it all the time!”
—Nick V.
CL Combat fliers may disagree (they
can fly by feel while watching their
competitor’s airplane), but keeping your
aircraft in sight is important for the rest of
us. Outdoor RC pilots frequently have an
issue with glare from the sun. The Red
Baron made use of the fact that an airplane
is hard to see when it’s in the sun, but now
we also know that ultraviolet (UV) rays
from sunlight can damage human eyes. Do
you wear UV-blocking glasses when
flying?
