Jan 272012
 

WonderfulUnder con­trolled lab­o­ra­tory con­di­tions, it has been deter­mined that all the dam­age to model air­planes occurs within one inch of the ground. But why did it go down in the first place?
Con­tinue read­ing “Why Do Model Air­planes Crash?” »

Jan 262012
 

To fly safely, you need at least two out of these three: alti­tude, air­speed, or brains. If you like to do high speed passes close to the ground, you only have one out of the three.
Con­tinue read­ing “Watch this! (Buzzing)” »

 

This week I talked about pitch sta­bil­ity. Pitch sta­bil­ity is such a big sub­ject that I had to break it up into two “Ask the RCad­vi­sor” seg­ments. This was part one.
Con­tinue read­ing “Pitch Sta­bil­ity Part 1 on Crash Cast” »

Jan 252012
 

To cel­e­brate the new web­site and the very recent move to a sta­ble server, I’ve decided to give away RCad­vi­sor logo stick­ers for free. These were pre­vi­ously only avail­able as part of book orders.
Con­tinue read­ing “Free RCad­vi­sor Logo Stickers” »

 

Web­site reg­is­tra­tions and newslet­ter sub­scrip­tions have been re-enabled. The prob­lems at the data cen­ter have been bypassed–permanently. Sorry about the down­time.
Con­tinue read­ing “Web­site Server Prob­lem Fixed” »

 

A mas­sive data cen­ter out­age knocked out my web­site for a day or so. Read on for more of the gory details.
Con­tinue read­ing “Mas­sive Data Cen­ter Outage” »

 

Geez, that’s a harsh title. Good news: once I got past the ter­ri­ble title, I found lots to like about this book.
Con­tinue read­ing “Book Review: The World’s Worst Aircraft” »

 

A web­site about full-size sailplanes. They call them­selves an online mag­a­zine about soar­ing, sailplanes, and glid­ing. I just call it great and worth check­ing out, even if you are not into soar­ing.
Con­tinue read­ing “Web­site Review: Soar­ing Cafe” »

 

Serendip­ity has been described as look­ing for a nee­dle in a haystack and get­ting out of it with the farmer’s daugh­ter. What the heck does this have to do with model air­planes?
Con­tinue read­ing “Serendip­ity, oh Serendipity” »

Jan 162012
 


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