Rubber Powered Model Airplanes: Comprehensive Building &

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

This comprehensive manual covers rubber powered model airplanes from a beginnerâ€™s simple trainer through gradually more complex designs, including winning scale and duration fliers. Even if youâ€™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 Includeâ€¦ â€¢Plans for two all-sheet balsa models that can be built in hours and are capable of flights exceeding one minute indoors or out. â€¢Plans for stick and tissue models that gradually introduce the builder to more complex projects. â€¢Many techniques that can be used to simplify construction, add strength, and reduce weight. â€¢Propeller construction and design simplified so every novice can build and even design contest winning props. â€¢The secrets of flight trimming as the experts do it. â€¢Numerous ideas on how to add terrific scale details. â€¢The ABCâ€™s of how to design your own models including Canards, Bi-planes, and Flying Wings. Itâ€™s all hereâ€¦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 â€œscratch building,â€ 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 â€œFledglingâ€ classes have added scores of young and â€œretreadâ€ modelers to the active scene. Don specializes in â€œsynthesizingâ€ difficult technical information into simple, straightforward how-to basics that make experts out of rank beginners. Rubber Powered Model Airplanes takes the â€œmysteryâ€ out of building successful free flight models. Whether youâ€™re thinking of building a kit, or considering an original design; whether you build for fun or competitionâ€¦this bookâ€™s for you! â€œTHE book I would recommend to anyone, of any age, starting out in free flight.â€ â€”National Free Flight Digest â€œA tool to bring aeromodeling to the public.â€ â€”Flying Models Magazine â€œUniversal. Good value for the bookshelf.â€ â€”Aero Modeller Magazine
Country USA
Brand Motorbooks International
Manufacturer Aeronautical Publishers
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 113576
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780938716198
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Motorbooks International
Manufacturer	Aeronautical Publishers
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	113576
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780938716198
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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

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