Gliding with Radio Control
by Martin Simons
This is a beginner's guide to building and flying model sailplanes. Within 18 chapters, Martin describes nearly everything involved in getting started in this aspect of the hobby -- choosing and building the glider, installing the radio control equipment, and learning to fly are just a few of the topics covered. Written by an internationally known and acknowledged expert in model aircraft aerodynamics, this volume makes an excellent "textbook" for junior high and high school classes! - Getting Help
- Costs: The Radio Equipment
- Costs: The First Glider
- Field Equipment
- The Glider Layout and Structure
- Finer Points of Design
- The Radio Control Gear
- Building the Model
- Fitting the Radio Into the Model
- Balancing the Model
- How the Glider Flies
- A Little More Theory for the Serious Reader
- How the Glider Controls Work
- Learning to Fly
- Launching
- Landing
- Soaring
- What Next?
- Appendices
- A check list
- Publications
- Magazines
- Glossary
110 pages, illustrated, with glossary. US$18.00 
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