RC Articles

Stuff I've written that is more than just blog ramblings...

Learning to fly:

1. Teaching yourself to fly fixed wing RC - the Ozrcflying course.
2. How to do successful hand launches - maybe read this one before your first attempt.
   
3. Learning how to fly RC Helicopters (Radd's School of Rotary Flight - external)
4. Tips and Tricks - for once you have completed beginners.
5. One Page Guide For Learning To Fly Warbirds - For Novices
   

Checklists:

1. Takeoff Checklist for Electric Parkflyers
2. The Maiden Checklist - Tips to help your new bird survive more than one flight.
   

Technical:

1. An introduction to the basic electrics of electric flight
2. Thrust, pitch speed, and model speed - Understanding these relationships.
   
3. The Glossary - Don't know what a term means. Look it up.
4. Controlling Risk When Charging LiPos - take a look at my solution.
5. Prop Unloading - Fact or Fiction - a work in progress as I try to understand what causes this phenomenon.
6. A Guide to Electric Flying for Nitro/Glow Flyers - like the Hitchhiker's Guide says... "Don't Panic".
7. Useful guide to sizing electric power systems on wattflyer.
8. Some Basic aerodynamics.
9. Magic Numbers for Electrics - excellent background knowledge for once you have the basics of electrics down.
   

Reviews/Gear/Planes

1. The Hangar - see my models old and new.
2. Gear Reviews - what I thought of various bits of kit.
3. Review: Electrafun XP (Current and Original - read the current first in my opinion).
4. Programming TowerPro Mag8 Brushless Speed Controllers - if yours came without instructions this may help.
5. Review: Stevensaero RV4
   

Modelling Tricks/Tools/Techniques

1. Undercarriage Mod for GWS TigerMoth 400
2. One approach to mounting a brushless outrunner in a GWS Warbird
3. First Scratch Build - The Multi-role Micro Ultra Stick
   

Opinions, Articles etc (more than just reports on my flying)

1. Building to Fly or Building to Crash - an opinion, and one that is kind of controversial.
2. Controlling the Costs of RC Flying - making your dollars go further.
3. FMS Downloads - A modified supercub that is like a hobbyzone Supercub is here amongst other things.
4. Getting your plane out of the tree - what works for me, and what I've heard others suggest.
   

Funnies

1. Get Your Ground Glider Here
2. The Immutable Laws of Model Aviation