General
Information
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| The R/C Soaring Guide |
If there's a more comprehensive description of what R/C
sailplanes are all about, I haven't found it. |
| See
How it Flies |
An illustrated primer on why planes fly. A must read if you care about the physics of flight. |
| Fatlion |
A good description of what R/C sailplanes are all about,
information on slope soaring, combat flying, and an excellent list of
planes organized by skill level. |
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MH AeroTools |
A web site by
Martin Hepperle, inventor of the MH series
of airfoils. |
The
LiftZone
- Discussion Groups |
Articles on everything soaring-related. Check out the
discussion groups. |
The
EZone
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Discussion Groups |
"The virtual home of electric flight". All
electric-powered planes, some sailplane reviews. Lots of technical
information on electric motors, speed controllers, propeller
configurations, etc. Check out the
discussion groups. |
| R/C
Soaring UK |
R/C Soaring UK. Reviews and technical whitepapers. |
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Slope Soaring - Hong Kong |
Reviews, pictures, etc. |
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SlopeFlyer.com |
Focused on slope flying. But you probably
guessed that. |
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Redwood Soaring
Association |
A great photo on the home page. |
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SLO Locals
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| Andy
Schuler's Pics |
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Bill Mulder |
Hit the combo box at the bottom for Gentle Lady & Sky Shark
info |
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Berkeley
Johnston's Wanderer |
Only Berkeley would fly a crunchie on our slope. |
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Foamies
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| Dave's
Aircraft Works |
A focus on "scale" fliers. I've only seen a
couple, and they were fairly tank-like in the air. In strong winds they'd
probably be fine. |
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North County Flying
Machines |
Makers of the Moth, a "plank"-style EPP sloper in the JW
style, and Bluto, probably the two best EPP slopers out there right now. |
| Trick
R/C |
The manufacturer of the famous Zagis. |
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Aircraft
Manufacturers
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Art Hobby |
Well-named: these planes really look like works of art. |
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Dynaflite |
Notably the Talon & Bird of Time. |
| Great
Planes |
Great Planes, maker of the Spirit (among others). |
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F3X.com |
Nice slope racers, some almost affordable, some
not even close. |
| FVK
Modell |
A German manufacturer of sailplanes. Great
stuff. |
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Graupner
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German manufacturer of all things R/C. |
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ShredAir |
High-quality (very expensive) F5/3B stuff. |
| DC
Hobby |
A truly horrible web site with a rude webmaster, but the new owner of the famous Airtronics kit line.
Except the Olympic II; he was too good for that kit. |
| Mad
Aircraft |
More foamies, including the Highlander. |
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Pole Cat Aeroworks |
Hammerhead One-design sloper, and some HLGs |
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Resellers, Aircraft, Parts, etc.
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Bruckner Hobbies |
Radios, good prices. |
| Dymond
Modelsports |
Sailplanes and electric accessories. |
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ET-Air |
Espen Torp, importer of composite planes
including the Wizard Compact II, and the Opus. |
| Hobby
Lobby |
A smallish but good source for sailplanes,
electric and otherwise. Well-selected accessories (motors, speed
controllers, etc.) for the electric versions. |
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IRF Machine Works |
The Little Big Winch, and a rotary driver
system. |
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Maxx Products International |
All kinds of stuff. I go here for servo
extensions, connectors and plugs. |
| Northeast
Sailplane Products |
Maker of a few, reseller of
many. Lots of things to look at here. |
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Radical RC |
Another source for connectors and other
supplies. |
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Tower Hobbies |
Not too many sailplanes, but a good selection of
other necessities. |
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Variometers
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Picolario |
It talks back. On-command spoken altitude, tone
indicating rising/sinking. |
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ELV-Telemetriesystem |
Digital display, also shows on-board battery
voltage. Their website thwarts linking. To see the product, click
- Shop
- Freizeit-Modellsport
- Zubehör - Flugmodelle
Then navigate to the third page. |
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Projects
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Turkey
Vulture |
A sailplane that looks like a turkey vulture.
Really. |
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V-Sentry |
A cheap audible flight monitor/plane finder
system. Other neat stuff on this site, too, including a build-it-yourself
CAMPac for Futaba radios. |