[rcsoaringdigest] RC Soaring Digest - October, 2021 - Volume 36, No. 10

For the October issue, we're featuring the always breathtaking photography of the firm Speedamigo-Modellflugfilm. In this particular shot their FW-Models LS 6c is captured against that inimitable 'cielo azzurro italiano' near Cantiano, Italy. We love the light in this picture—summer with just a tinge of fall. Check out Speedamigo's YouTube and Instagram feeds: they're amongst the best we've found.

October, 2021 Volume 36, No. 10

We have lots of other great articles for you this month—we encourage you to click any of the stories below to go straight to that article and start reading...

Contents

In The Air We belong to a very exclusive club. That is not the good thing we might think it is. Terence C. Gannon Oct 6 · 7 min read "In the 1970s I had the great fortune to attend the model airplane air show held at the then-mothballed Boundary Bay airport in Delta, British Columbia. About the only specific logistical detail I can remember is..." Letters to The Editor Our readers take their turn at the editorial typewriter. The NEW RC Soaring Digest Staff Oct 2 · 4 min read "We have had a number of readers suggest that bringing back this venerable institution that predates—by a couple of centuries, at least—all the noisy social media channels that we have at our disposal..." Welsh Open F3F 2021 The latest edition of the most attended slope racing event ever. Kevin Newton Oct 3 · 9 min read "F3F is slope racing against the clock, covering 10 legs of a 100m course. It is flown one up, rather than man-on-man, which has pretty much died out across the UK due to the attrition and associated cost..." Three Is the Magic Number Why you need to turn of your television set and give GPS Triangle Racing a go. Iain Medley-Rose Sep 30 · 11 min read "My glider is launched and it is climbing at 16m/s and passing 150m. All of a sudden the plane has started to climb faster and is climbing at 20m/s. The thermal is marked by a circling bird and the lift is..." Flying Back in Time The posse head back under the sea to La Belle France. Chris Williams Oct 5 · 9 min read "Customs men are not usually noted for their sense of humour, but when the three of us, myself, chauffeur Barrington Smallpiece, and Transit ballast Sideways Sid were stopped at the British entrance to the..." Lentus: Elapor at Its Best! Inspired by prestigious modern full-scale gliders, does the latest Multiplex offering make the grade? Pierre Rondel Oct 5 · 10 min read "It has been six years since the Heron was released but its big brother, the Lentus, has been finally announced at the end of last year and it is already a dazzling success as Multiplex was quickly out of stock..." Is your publication locked up in old media and traditional distribution methods? Would you like to relaunch as a 'digital first' publication like RC Soaring Digest? We did it for them and we would love to help you, too. For more information, please visit our website.   Sponsored Cross Country Soaring with a Rabbit The case for not using a retriever line when using a dolly. John Marien Oct 3 · 7 min read "I love cross country soaring. To me, it is the best type of soaring with the most fun shared with friends working together as a team and competing against each other. Driving down the road with the wind..." So You Want to Be a Composite RC Sailplane Manufacturer? Part III: Welcome to the Hotel California James Hammond Oct 3 · 9 min read "So where had we got to? OK, I remember: we'd done the factory tour, which quickly illuminated several problems — none insurmountable, plus more importantly brought up a number of important questions..." Kinetic Theory and Drag The second in a two part series which returns to an examination of first principles. Peter Scott Oct 5 · 10 min read "When a solid object moves through a fluid—a liquid or a gas—or a fluid moves around a stationary solid object—the object experiences a force called drag. For a moving object this opposes the movement. In powered aircraft..." 1/3 スケール三田式 3 型改 1 製作記 マルチパートシリーズの第7部。 Norimichi Kawakami Sep 30 · 21 min read 「三田式3型改1はタンデム式複座なので、前後に2つの座席があります。座席は鋼管を溶接したフレームに板を張った「座」と、布製で長さと角度の調節が可能な「背」で成り立っています。」 I'll Get a Real Job Tomorrow! A missive from across the decades about the decidedly mixed blessing of being an RC glider manufacturer. Bob Dodgson Oct 5 · 10 min read "From the constant flurry of new and eager entrants, you know that the glider kit manufacturing business is a great business to get into. The joys of seeing your designs fill the contest skies and even win a contest..." Tool Stands Get them out of your drawers. Tom Broeski Oct 5 · 3 min read "I often use many different tools in the course of a project. Having to find the right toolbox and drawer for these tools became a real pain. So… I started grabbing scraps of wood and drilling holes ..." The Trailing Edge Trick or treat? The NEW RC Soaring Digest Staff Oct 6 · 3 min read "While it is not celebrated universally all around the world, Hallowe'en is a big deal here in North America. What's weird is that recently it seems to be celebrated more and more by grown adults revelling..."

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