Author: Pat Hawkey Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co. ISBN: 0890247234 Category : Airplanes Languages : en Pages : 98
Book Description
Learn how to construct and finish plastic model aircraft by mastering basic and advanced techniques in assembling, aligning, gluing, surface preparation, painting, and decaling.
Author: Andy Lennon Publisher: Air Age ISBN: 9780911295405 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 140
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A comprehensive guide to designing radio control model airplanes. Andy Lennon presents a thorough and comprehensive introduction to the intriguing world of model aerodynamics. Whatever your modeling background, this book will be a valuable reference source in your R/C library and will never be outdated. Fully illustrated.
Author: Dr. Heinrich Eder Publisher: Verlag für Technik und Handwerk ISBN: Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 219
Book Description
Antique and classic models are not "antiques", but replicas that are intended to remind us of the early, golden days of model aviation. The antique modelling scene has gained a lot of popularity over the last few years: Many model aviation enthusiasts no longer want to follow the path of ever larger models with their high-tech equipment. The rounded forms of the antique and classic models stand out from the modern technologically determined standard forms – and amaze younger people. The smell of fuel and varnish inspires some older model pilots and brings back forgotten memories of their youth. In addition to an introduction to antique and classic aeromodelling and a broad theoretical and practical knowledge, the book contains an extensive and impressive as well as illustrated collection of over 100 antique model portraits, which were taken at antique model meetings in Germany and nearby foreign countries. The author, Dr Heinrich Eder, has been active in the model aviation scene for almost seventy years. In the book, he gives an overview of building materials, stringing methods, and the design of the "antiques" – spanning from the past to the present. In addition, Eder addresses topics such as aerodynamics and the profile problems of vintage models as well as the typical drives from the compressed air engine to the carburettor diesel and gives important tips on installation. From the content: • Introduction to Antique and Classic Model Flying • Drives of antique models • Construction techniques and plans • Aerodynamics of antique models • Flight stability of antique models • Flight practice • Over 100 illustrated model portraits • Improvement and upgrade of various printer models
Author: Carlos Reyes Publisher: www.RCadvisor.com ISBN: 0982261322 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 208
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Build and fly your very own model airplane design. Using clear explanations, you will learn about important design trade-offs and how to choose among them. The latest research and techniques are discussed using easy to understand language. You will discover: The special challenges faced by the smaller models and how to overcome them. How to choose the right material for each part of the airplane. Easy rules for selecting the right power system, gas or electric. When it makes sense to use one of the innovative KFm airfoils. Pros and cons of canard and multi-wing configurations. A step-by-step design process that includes goal setting and flight testing. In-depth discussions of important topics like airfoils and wing design. The sources of air drag and how to minimize their impact. ADVANCE PRAISE "This book is a joy to read! The writing style and wit add dimension in a way that is rarely found in today's reference materials. If someone has considered designing their own airplane and been put off because of complicated formulas, vocabulary and reference style that would bore even an engineer, this will convince them to go ahead and try it. Written with real people in mind and not engineers - and I mean that in a good way. This is a book that will reside along the other favorites on my bookshelf. Carlos really managed to produce a book that will last a long time and become one of the standards for modelers." - Greg Gimlick, Electrics columnist, Model Aviation magazine "RCAdvisor's Model Airplane Design Made Easy is the ultimate model airplane design book for both beginning and experienced modelers." - Richard Kline, Inventor, KFm airfoils "RCadvisor's Model Airplane Design Made Easy is a real contribution to the world's literature on the subject. It provides an excellent bridge between full scale aviation and aeromodeling, showing the relationship between the two, for better understanding of the differences and similarities which should be applied for good model performance. While thorough in detail, the book is also easily readable so that the information is simple to understand. It is a very good combination of theory and practical application. Nicely illustrated, the book is also full of common sense explanations and references to other sources of information." - John Worth, former President and Executive Director of the AMA "Carlos Reyes personably leads the reader through some basic aerodynamics, materials considerations, electric power system planning and a practical application of theory as it is applied to a finished flying model. The background history of various types of aircraft shows the development of aviation and how it relates to the models that we build and fly today, as well as how models have influenced general aviation. It is always exciting to find some 'new to me' concepts and theories, and there were several in this well-written narrative." - Ken Myers, Editor, Ampeer electric flight newsletter "No matter how long you've been aeromodelling, or what your interests are in our great hobby, the greatest thrill of all is standing behind a unique model that you've designed and built yourself, from a blank sheet of paper - or even a blank CAD file - and preparing to make that first take off. So sit yourself down in a comfy chair, read RCadvisor's Model Airplane Design Made Easy and set off on aeromodelling's greatest adventure. Let Carlos Reyes - an aeromodeller of long standing and great talent - take you through the mysteries of how to arrive at the point that every lover of model aircraft should experience." - Dereck Woodward, aeromodeller, designer and magazine writer for the past fifty years
Author: Craig Kodera Publisher: ISBN: 9781580072236 Category : Airplanes Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
A life-long model builder, collector, and connoisseur, Craig Kodera examines the hobby of plastic model building to give you a book on collecting vintage model airplane kits. The book features more than 400 detailed, high-quality, full-color photos of vintage aircraft model kits and their components, and is written in an engaging and entertaining style to examine what gives specific models their current collectible value. Box wraps, direction sheets, and decals are also covered in detail. This book highlights exactly what collectors should look for (and be aware of) in building their collections. For proper historical perspective, the author covers model kit development in the heyday of the 1950s and 1960s. Comprehensive value and pricing information for vintage kits is shown as well.
Author: Thomas Aiello Publisher: Cornell University Press ISBN: 1609091787 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 254
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Model Airplanes are Decadent and Depraved tells the story of the American glue-sniffing epidemic of the 1960s, from the first reports of use to the unsuccessful crusade for federal legislation in the early 1970s. The human obsession with inhalation for intoxication has deep roots, from the oracle at Delphi to Judaic biblical ritual. The discovery of nitrous oxide, ether, and chloroform in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and the later development of paint thinners, varnishes, lighter fluid, polishes, and dry-cleaning supplies provided a variety of publicly available products with organic solvents that could be inhaled for some range of hallucinogenic or intoxicating effect. Model airplane glue was one of those products, but did not appear in warnings until the first reports of problematic behavior appeared in 1959, when children in several western cities were arrested for delinquency after huffing glue. Newspaper coverage both provided the initial shot across the bow for research into the subject and convinced children to give it a try. This "epidemic" quickly spread throughout the nation and the world. Though the hobby industry began putting an irritant in its model glue products in 1969 to make them less desirable to sniff, that wasn't what stopped the epidemic. Just as quickly as it erupted, the epidemic stopped when the media coverage and public hysteria stopped, making it one of the most unique epidemics in American history. The nation's focus drifted from adolescent glue sniffing to the countercultural student movement, with its attendant devotion to drug use, opposition to the Vietnam War, southern race policies, and anti-bureaucracy in general. This movement came to embody a tumultuous era fraught with violence, civil disobedience, and massive sea changes in American life and law—glue sniffing faded by comparison.
Author: Robert Schleicher Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 048615677X Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 189
Book Description
Richly illustrated manual introduces beginners to basic aerodynamic principles and all aspects of model-building — from paint and tissue covering to the secrets of selecting the best engine, fuel, and radio-control rig for each plane.
Author: Pat Hawkey
Author: Martin Simons
Author: Andy Lennon
Author: Dr. Heinrich Eder
Author: Ron Williams
Author: Carlos Reyes
Author: Craig Kodera
Author: Thomas Aiello
Author: Robert Schleicher
Author: Kurt Schreckling