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Anatomy of a Plane
A great diagram showing the parts of a typical monoplane.
Beginners:
What's a good kit for a beginner?
Daves's recommendations of planes that are quickly built and easily flown.
Canopies: Forming
and Installing Windshields and Canopies
General Model Building Tips
Short tips that don't require a whole page unto themselves alone. Lots of building
tips for beginners.
Glue Tutorial
Information on what glue to use whilst model building.
Lights: Creating
Realistic Navigation Lights
MagnaBoard™ Review
Moses Magnets: Dave's Notes on How to Pick and Install
Moses Magnets
Motors: Making a Rubber Motor
Nose Block: Making a Removable Nose Block and Motor Peg
Recipes:
Easy Built Cooking Recipes
Food to fuel the model enthusiast.
Rubber
Powered Models: Adjustment of rubber powered models
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Tissue: Techniques and
Tips for Covering Models
Tissue: Chalking Tissue Tutorial
For builder's who would prefer to color their own tissue.
Tissue: Applying Tissue for a Seamless
Finish
Tom Hallman reveals his secret to a perfect tissue covering.
Tissue: Determining Grain
in Tissue
TissueCal
Application Instructions
Click here for a complete list of TissueCalTM
markings.
Tissue: Applying Easy
Built Lite Silver Tissue
Wheels:
Making Scale Spoked Wheels for Display Models
How-to make your own spoked wheels.
Building Notes for Specific Kits:
Kit D07: Construction Notes for
Kit D07 Hampden Bomber
Kit
D08: Construction Notes for Kit D08 Bristol Beaufighter
Extensive notes and photos to guide you through the building process
for this beautiful but deadly long-range fighter.
Kit D09: Construction
Notes for Kit D09 Silver Dart
Brief write-up and photos to help you build your Silver Dart.
Kit
D12: Construction Notes for Kit D12 Etrich Taube
For builder's needing extra help building
and detailing their Taube model, very specific instructions can
be found here.
Kit ERC01: Construction Notes for Kit ERC01 Beaver Using
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Kit ERC01:
Construction Notes for Kit ERC01 Beaver Using Electric Power
Kit
ERC19: Construction Notes for Kit ERC19 WACO
Kit FF06: Electric R/C Conversion
of Kit FF06 Fairchild PT-19
For builder's interested in converting our rubber powered airplanes
to electric, this how-to will help.
Kit
FF47: Construction Notes for Kit FF47 Howard DGA-9
Need inspiration
and more how-to details? Read the construction notes of Malcolm
Campbell. He built his model for display, not flying, so keep that
in mind when deciding how much detail to put into your plane.
Kit FF54: Electric R/C
Conversion of Kit FF54 Fairchild Ranger
Step-by-step photos tell the story of this conversion.
Kit FF58: Electric R/C
Conversion of Kit FF58 Westland Lysander
Lots and lots of photos will guide you through the process.
Kit FF59: Gasoline Conversion
of Kit FF59 Royal Aircraft Factory SE5 to O.S. .20 Four-Stroke Engine
A
very successful and frequently converted jumbo size aircraft.
Kit FFP3: Construction
Notes for Kit FFP3 Model Craft Commando
A ship load of photos accompanied by pithy commentary will guide
you through the construction of this high flying aircraft.
Other Internet Resources:
Academy of Model Aeronautics
(AMA) find out what model clubs are near your home where you
can learn to build and fly. Some of the nicest people you're ever
gonna meet. Join today!
http://www.modelaircraft.org/
The Flying Aces Club
They publish a great monthly newsletter for free flight rubber power
enthusiasts and also organize the yearly contest in Geneseo, NY.
They are also a great bunch of guys to go flying with. So if you
live in the Erie, PA area, you're invited to join them. http://www.flyingacesclub.net
Where
can I get JETEX and Rapier motors for my JETEX kit? Supplies
of JETEX and Rapier motors are irregular but here are two reliable
suppliers of them. One is in the US, the other Great Britain.
Shorty's Basement
1036 Bexley Ave.
Marion, Ohio 43302 USA
Email: shorty59@roadrunner.com
SAMS
Models
The Chapel
Roe Green, Sandon
Buntingford, Herts SG9 0QJ United Kingdom
Email: aeroplanes@samsmodels.demon.co.uk
Web Site: www.samsmodels.co.uk
Mike's Flying
Scale Model Pages A
great web site created by Mike Stuart in Britain. For a terrific
step-by-step, with photos, on building a scale model go to http://www.ffscale.co.uk/comp1.htm
Mike also has an article on building your JETEX plane which includes
information on JETEX and Rapier motors. http://www.ffscale.co.uk/page4d.htm
Pensacola
Free Flight Team Even if you don't live in the Pensacola, FL
area, hence missing the experience of flying with these guys, we
suggest you join for their outstanding newsletter. Check out the
Articles Index of past newsletters on their web site.
http://www.pensacolafreeflight.org/pageDisplay.jsp?pageid=13147
Small
Flying Arts Numerous how-to articles on everything from converting
your model to electric r/c to making detachable landing gear.
http://www.smallflyingarts.com/article_archives.htm
Free Flight Cook-Up
Group and the Dime
Scale Group run by John Ernst. It's a great way to network with
other model builders and get building and flying help when needed.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ffcookup/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dimescale/
Don Ross, author of two of the most read how-to books for model
builders has just reopened his web site. Visit Don Ross' reborn
website, FLYWORDS, for his
latest information or to correspond with him.
If you'd like to know more
about the Wright Flyer and the invention of the airplane, visit
the 'Wright Experience' website at http://www.wrightexperience.com/
or the 'Wright Brothers' website at http://www.wright-brothers.org/
Please feel free to submit
a tip or tutorial, or hyperlink to our website. Please keep in
mind that only relevant information will be posted.
Balsa flies better.
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