"Straws work great, I helped develop a small wind tunnel for middle school tech labs back in the early nineties. We used the straws with good effect. Our biggest problem was the development of a smoke generator and wand. We settled on a low…"
"The air brake seemed to be fully deployed, It looked close to carrier landing. Being the first flight, I wonder if they wanted to get some actual data on the robustness of the landing gear."
"Paul: You may want to check out the Selig low reynolds # airfoil in place of a naca. Selig is widly used in most small low speed aircraft such as rc airplanes. I think there are cross ref. #'s to the naca #'s availabel on the naca site. It…"
"Chris: Did you get instructions with that unit? I bought a simular one at Hobbypartz and it came in with the worst translation of chinese to english manual I have encountered to date. And it was about twenty dollars more. However, as you say it…"
"The AMA has allowed itself to be left behind on all the latest technology that has brought new and exciting changes to modern model aricraft hobby industry. The affordability and availability of parts coupled with broad experience and expertise from…"
Has anyone used this camera? I bought it recently and have no good way to test it yet (waiting on some other items). I am constructing a pan and tilt for it and I need to know how to Identify the orientation ie wich way is up? I need to cut a…
"I live alone, found this hobby to be an intensive enjoyable pastime. It challenges me to learn things that I never thought I would ever know about let alone care to know about. It's addictive. The biggest problem is finding a place to actually…"
"The geebee ws a leading edge design for one purpose: pylon racing. I would like to see this plane up against the stuff they race today. It might shock you."
"I like it. It looks like you used autocad or equivelent to laser cut this on cnc, is that right? In that case it is not so labor intense or expensive providing you have access to the manufacturing equipment. The design looks robust enough to do what…"