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Spirits' HomeThis page is for things that may be interesting to
the average modeler. For a site that provides good reference data , identifies national aircraft museums, etc, etc. or, just some good browsing. See Warbird Alley Free Plans Service You can download any one of more than 1500 model aircraft plans into a PDF file and take it to Staples, or FedEx Kinko's and have your plans run off at any size you desire. Control Line Speed, Jet Speed, Stunt University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Dept of Aerospace Engineering. Recently uploaded low Reynolds number propeller performance data from wind tunnel tests. The tests include small propellers from APC, Graupner, GWS, Kyosho, and Master Airscrew. Over 100 propellers have been tested, and so far data for 80 propellers is online, click here. Details about the tests were recently published: AIAA 2011-1255.pdf Uncle Willies Plans This is where you can buy laser cut kits and look at plans of old models/kits. Aerodynamics for Model Aircraft Aviation Pictures to Celine Dion's "I'm Alive" Basic Guide to Electric Flight Balsa Full-Size Twin Engine Fighter "FIFI"...Last Boeing B-29 flying...taxiing at Spirit of St. Louis Airport. "FIFI" Photos by Carolyn Schlueter B-17 Flight, Paul and Grandson Aiden Davis-Monthan, and Many Other's Memories Plane A Day Here's a great plane database with photos, facts and some videos and great history. A look into the cockpit of Lockheed aircraft Just click on the picture to see the cockpit. A Walk Back in Modeling Time (Check out the Vintage Sections) Model Aviation in the 1930 to 1960 era Part 1 Model Aviation in the 1930 to 1960 era Part 2 Ben Lanterman Photos of Various Meets Almost Everything You Wanted to Know About Models
Rear Updraft Carburetor Throttle Setup
Torque Wrench and Torque Values for Model Engines Differences between Digital and Analog Servos THE Servo Chart - use to look up almost any old or new servo to determine torque and other interesting information B-29 Superfortress and X-1 Model Gathering of Mustangs and Legends
NASA (X-Series) Designations Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Museum US Military Aircraft and Weapon Designations!
Russian Aircraft How to Adjust a Two-Needle Carburetor How To Convert the Size of a Two-Blade Prop to a Three-Blade or Four-Blade Equivalent
Winterizing Engines
Antenna Length Calculator! FINDING "MEAN AERODYNAMIC CHORD"! Tech Stuff by "Professor Stuart"! The Complete R/C Model Airplane FAQ site! GLOW PLUGS - Heat Ranges Explained!
Pylon Racing Lap Counter Plans Mixing Different Percentages of Fuel! (You must have MS Excel loaded on your machine...wait for the second pop-up window and click Cancel on it and your in, OR you can download the Excel file by right clicking on "Mixing Different Percentages of Fuel" above and then click on "Save Target As:" and it will download to where ever you tell it on your hard drive.) The Blue Max R/C Flying Club! (Has a lot of interesting information for the beginner and the experts, wait till it fully loads and look on the left side for links.)
So you Want to Know About Controls?
(You must have MS Excel loaded on your machine...wait for the second pop-up
window and click Cancel on it and then accept the Enable Macro in the pop-up
window. OR you can download the Excel file by right clicking on "So you Want
to Know About Controls?" above and then click on "Save Target As:" and it
will download to where ever you tell it on your hard drive.) |
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