For Beginner's

• Randi Carr's Fatlion.com has many tutorial descriptions of RC, and a large list of links.
• Tower Hobbies has some beginner's pages, and is one of the biggest commercial RC web-sites.
• Model Airplane News is a magazine representing all aspects of RC Flight, and has links to many other sites.
• A model airplane flight simulator, from Dave Brown or Great Planes, will teach you the skills needed to keep from crashing, and save you much grief.

• Getting started - avoid common mistakes
• Fabulous Foam - Durable planes for beginner's

Educational Sites

• NASA Glenn Research Center - Beginner's Guide to Aeronautics
• See How It Flies A new spin on the perceptions, procedures, and principles of flight
• Dryden Flight Research Center X-Planes

Articles and Web-Sites

• Soaring Technical Papers
• Radio Controlled Soaring Digest Free electronic web magazine

• Trimming Your Model Sailplace Sherman Knight
• Nylon Screws for R/C Model Sailplane Wing Mounting Oliver Wilson
• Modifying a Kit Model for Nylon wing Mounting Bolts Oliver Wilson
• Sources of Hinge Tape
• Cradle Launch of Sailplane

Articles at other Web-Sites

• Charles River Radio Controllers
• Sky Rangers Model Flyers

On-Line Analysis Tools

• Airfoil Comparison Tool
• The C.G. Calculator
• Mean Aerodynamic Chord (MAC)
• Wing Analysis

Aerodynamics

• Units of Lift in the Lift Equation

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