The Engine Shop-2011/08
THIS MONTH we
are going to look at
the growth and
development of gas
ignition engines.
There has been a
large trend in recent
years to use electric
motors to power
model aircraft
instead of glow
engines. The growth
of electrics has
somewhat
overshadowed the
significant increase
in popularity of
ignition engines.
Model Aero Polaris XL- 2012/05
My previous experience with
building Depron “slab-type”
foamies for 3-D flying and
general bashing around the sky gave
me a degree of building confidence,
so I was looking forward to putting
together a Model Aero Polaris XL.
The Polaris XL was conceived by
designer Steve Shumate and is a park
flyer adaptation of Laddie Mikulasko’s
beautiful North Star seaplane. It has
a floating hull that is also the fuselage
and a delta-wing configuration, but
uses ailerons and a conventional midtail
elevator.
Radio Control Aerobatics - 2006/05
A new engine-mount series from Merle Hyde
Radio Control Aerobatics - 2004/04
ONE OF THIS column’s missions is to
bring you news and information about
what is going on in the precision
Aerobatics world. Occasionally I get Emails
and telephone calls from people who
say they like the column, but ... The “but”
is almost always a request for more
detailed information.
Radio Control Aerobatics - 2008/01
Life for a Pattern pilot at a local club. I HAVE WRITTEN several columns about
how to improve your RC Aerobatics (Pattern)
flying. Some have covered how to weave
Pattern flying into a club environment. In
some columns I attempted to explain why
Pattern is declining and why it has become
invisible at most clubs.
The following letter from Sam Roman
encapsulates life for a Pattern pilot at a local
club. It got me thinking about another way to
expand the practice and the sport.
