Testing your engine’s performance
What really goes on with engines when they are tearing
around the skies? I have always wondered. Have you?
For more years than I want to reveal, I have read
the various “engine columns” of my heroes, many of whom I
consider to be legends in their own time. When I was asked
to do “The Engine Shop,” I was uncertain whether I could
meet their levels of excellence and technical knowledge about
things such as metallurgy. I was sure I couldn’t replicate their
efforts.
Radio Control Aerobatics - 2008/09
WE HAVE LOST a great RC Aerobatics (Pattern) pilot and
competitor. I received a note from Bob Lee, letting me know that
Kirk Gray passed away June 1, 2008, from a heart attack.
I was shocked because he was only 41 years old. There is
something wrong about people dying who are 20 years younger
than you are; it’s just not the natural order of things.
The Engine Shop - 2012/02
Exploring O.S. engines
RADIO CONTROL AEROBATICS - 2003/10
THERE IS A pair of new engines aimed at
the Pattern market: the 3M Mintor 1.40 and
the Mintor 1.70. Both are rear-exhaust
engines produced by an Italian company,
and they have been designed, engineered,
and manufactured to meet the needs of
modern F3A models. The manufacturer of
the new engines states:
Radio Control Aerobatics - 2009/05
The meaning and effect of precision
THE PRIMARY INTENT of calling an
event “precision aerobatics” is to illustrate
that there is a requirement for accuracy in
the maneuvers that are performed. You can
find this detail in the AMA Competition
Regulations, which is available to AMA
members upon request.
