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Local Interest
Club Contact Information
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Adam Till - President 2004-5 / Webmaster
Club Information
Club Member Pages
Local Full Scale
Other Local Clubs
Airdrie Modellers Aircraft Society
Modellflugruppe Kloten (Switzerland) - local? Not really, but what the heck...
Soaring Governing Bodies
British Association of Radio Control Soarers (BARCS)
Canadian R/C Soaring Society (CSS)
League of Silent Flight (LSF) - see Adam Till for Aspirant Forms, he's the Club Coordinator for the LSF in our area
International Scale Soaring Association
Model Aeronautics Association of Canada (MAAC)
Northwest Soaring Society (NWSS)
World Wide Web Links
Articles
Building the Uplink - building Dick Barker's Uplink, a DLG that uses no carbon in the wings!
Building the Wizard - assembling the Wizard HLG from DJ Aerotech
Fireworks - a look at Wolfgang Zach's hollow-molded DLG
Modesto Club Glider - a club project for all skill levels
Monkeytumble - molding HLG fuselages and plans for Mark Drela's Supergee DLG
Design and Analysis Tools
Advanced Aerodynamics - a series of advanced technical articles on aerodynamics
Aerodynamic Study Guide - a series of technical articles on aerodynamics
Airfoil Database - airfoil database, Netscape friendly
Aspect Ratio - optimizing aspect radio, a discussion by US F3B team member Gavin Botha
Building a Winch-Proof Spar - some notes by Mark Drela
Center of Gravity Calculator - a simple way for determining the initial c/g for a new model
Design Articles - a collection by the Charles River R/C Club
Fletcher F3B - an interesting design study of an F3B sailplane
Mean Aerodynamic Chord Calculator - how to calculate the mean aerodynamic chord of a multi-panel wing
JavaFoil - airfoil analysis tool by Martin Hepperele
Joe Wurts' Composite Layup Spreadsheet - a valuable tool for scratch builders by a soaring guru
MH Airfoils - the MH (Martin Hepperele) series of airfoils
MotoCalc V6.0 - a must for anyone halfway interested in electric models, download the free demo!
MS Airfoils - MS (Matthieu Scherrer) series of airfoils
NASG Airfoil Database - Profili database
Panknin Twist Formula - ever wanted to design your own flying wing? Here's how...
Performance Analysis of a Family of R/C Thermal Sailplanes - by Blaine Beron-Rawdon
Plane Geometry - a sailplane analysis tool
Profile - an airfoil plotting tool (Adam gives it ****!)
Profoil - FEA analysis tool by Michael Selig
Propeller Theory - by the Prop Doctor
Roll Control and Stability - a discussion on the controllability aspects of design
SoarTech Publications - a great series of technical publications compiled by modelers
Stability - a series of articles on aircraft stability
Team Ariane - the HD (Hannes Delago) series of high-speed airfoils
- Michael Selig's University of Illinois site (only works with IE)
V-Tail Response - a discussion on the Charles River R/C site
Wind Tunnel Data Analyzer - obtain polar plots for your favorite airfoils
XFoil - subsonic FEA airfoil development system
Electronics & Radio Links
Electronic Gadgets for R/C - A collection of projects by Tony van Roon
FAQ for the Futaba 8U - from the Futaba home site
Servo Wiring Codes - which wire does what in the various servo brands?
Stefan's Electric R/C Web Site - a great collection of electronic projects like chargers, speed controls, and circuit boards
Electric-Powered R/C
F5B UK - an interesting site describing F5B activities in the UK
LiteStick Modifications - hopping-up the neat little LiteStick parkflier
Plane Predictor - a neat little online powertain predictor, kind of a simple version of MotoCalc
Team Ariane Home - world class F5B models, with technical data for scratch-builders
General Reference Sites
BabelFish - translation site for surfing non-English websites
Charles River R/C - an astounding site with dozens of great articles. Home to Mark Drela's Allegro, Bubble Dancer, Apogee and Supergee
Complete R/C Website Index - just like it sounds!
Fatlion.com - a great generalized sailplane site
Favonius.com - a super reference for vacuum baggin techniques
HLG Links - assembled by BARCS
Knewt's Place - a great reference for F3F, and molded sailplane reviews (great jokes section too!)
R/C Flight Unlimited - a general hobby site, mainly dedicated to powered models
Soaring FAQ - a listing of answers to popular sailplane-related questions
Soaring in Hong Kong - a great site dedicated to sailplane flying in the Orient
Scale Sailplanes
Aerotowing FAQ's - a listing of aerotowing information
The Coldiz Glider - a brilliant plan to escape from a Nazi prision
John Derstine's Scale Soaring - great site for scale modelers
rcsegelflug.de - a German/English discussion forum
Soaring Vendors
Aero-Model - distributors for FVK, Jaro Muller, and Hacker
Aerospace Composite Products - composite materials for scratch builders
Canterbury Models - quality sailplanes down under!
Composite Specialties - F3X.com, distributor of molded sailplanes in the US
The Composite Store - composite materials for scratch builders, great articles
DJ Aerotech - makers of the Crysalis series of sailplanes and Roadkill series of parkfliers
EMS - German manufacturer of fine scale models
Endless Mountain Models - beautiful giant-scale models and John Derstine's Pegasus tug
F3J.cz - link to Lubos Pazderka's website, maker of the extremely high quality Eraser and Eraser F3B models (El Camino in NA)
Hi Launch - sailplane accessories and distributors of Fred Sage Products
Hobby Club - a fine vendor of quality hobby products, including a fantastic line of scale and sport sailplanes
Hobby Lobby - a huge vendor of sailplane and electric products out of the US
Horizon Hobby - major distributor of hobby supplies (US)
Icare RC - 
- Canadian distributor of premium sailplane and electric
products
Maple Leaf Design - makers of the Encore DLG, Icon F3B/J, and Image 2m
MM Glidertech - makers of built-up sailplane kits
Multiplex USA - with Karlton Spindle, gentleman extraordinaire
Northeast Sailplane Products - Sal DeFrancesco's sailpalne warehouse
Radio Carbon Art - world leader in R/C soaring and electric videos
Skybench Aerotech - famous for their extensive line of laser-cut sailplane kits
Soaring Specialties - sailplane accessories
Tim McCann's Soaring Products - winches, skegs
Volz Servos - the finest quality servos direct from Germany