[rcsoaringdigest] The New RC Soaring Digest | February, 2022 | Vol. 37, No. 2

This month's cover photo by Alexandre Mittaz and A. Ramirez features a Baudis SkywalkerXL over a beautiful snowy landscape near Gadmen in the Gruyère region of Switzerland. The elegant 5m, 7.5kg ship is being held aloft by a northeast Bise wind that was blowing on December 26, 2020.

February, 2022 Volume 37, No. 2

We have another great crop of 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 Bird? Like. Bird-like. Terence C. Gannon Jan 30 · 7 min read "Sometime in the mid-1970s, the cinematic rendering of Richard Bach's mega-hit book Jonathan Livingston Seagull had arrived in the movie theatres of Vancouver, BC. By the time our family got to the Vogue on Granville..." Silent Arrow® Conducts First Overseas Operations in Middle East Two GD-2000 autonomous cargo gliders successfully deliver 465kg of payload ending with 'zero sink rate' auto-flare. The NEW RC Soaring Digest Staff Jan 31 · 3 min read "LOS ANGELES, January 31, 2022 — Under the terms of a $1.5 million contract to evaluate their operational capability in the field, the Silent Arrow self-guided cargo-carrying gliders have achieved their first real-world mission objectives..." Would You Listen to RCSD Articles? Our publishing platform Medium is currently testing a new audio option — we're in the test group and we love it. The NEW RC Soaring Digest Staff Jan 31 · 3 min read "It may be the next time you click an article in the New RC Soaring Digest, you will notice something new and really exciting: If you click the listen button you will be able to select from one of six different accents and listen..." First UK Slope Flights for the Alpenbrise Initial impressions from pilot Iain Medley-Rose after the third airframe from the production moulds is committed to the air. The NEW RC Soaring Digest Staff Jan 30 · 3 min read "The Alpenbrise, the latest design from Aeroic Composite's James Hammond, has been seen flying on a slope in the UK. A modern take on the classic four metre Alpina from Multiplex, this brand new glider..." Yes, it's the brand new New RCSD Embroidered Beanie. Already stress tested to -25C in our late December cold snap. Available in five great colours. Check them out in the RCSD Shop.   Sponsored The Vantage An F3F design suitable for light conditions while still being race competitive — have Mario Perner and CCM hit the mark? Pierre Rondel Jan 25 · 12 min read "The Vantage is an F3F competition glider designed by Mario Perner from Austria, well known and talented pilot on the F3F scene, also team manager for several years of the national Austrian F3F team..." The Road to Gruibingen Or how I was going to spend 2021 flying more slope aerobatics but ended up flying thermal soarers on an airfield near Tortosa, Spain instead. Iain Medley-Rose Jan 26 · 21 min read "2020 was the year where all our lives turned upside down! During the turmoil it became apparent that I could retire two years early — a purely personal decision that would halt the physical decay that driving a desk brings..." The Quarter Scale Slingsby Gull Building a faithful replica of a classic design can have its ups and downs. Vincent de Bode Jan 21 · 18 min read "After I had finished the new fuselage of my small 1/8th-scale Nemere, I was looking for a new project , a vintage glider of course. First I wanted to build the Fokker FG-1, but it looked very similar to the FG-2which I had already built..." Sky High Aeromodelling Competition Over 300 student teams from across India compete in this flagship event from Tech Invent 2021. Gurmail Singh Malhi Jan 22 · 5 min read "To that end, one of the flagship events of Tech Invent 2021 was a customised glider making and flying competition named Sky High Aeromodelling Competition which commenced on 2nd of September and concluded on 4th of September, 2021..." Chip Kaye, one of our readers and contributors, is not only a talented writer but also a very talented graphic designer and he has come up with these wonderful designs. The four distinctive styles kick off our Designer Seriescollection. Check them out in the RCSD Shop.   Sponsored Shinobi | A Home-Grown Moulded Fuselage Part III: We Prepare to Make The Slip-On Nose Cone James Hammond Jan 20 · 7 min read "In the case of the Shinobi, we have four different components to make: Fuselage body, inner nose assembly, outer nosecone, and boom; so, although it's maybe a little complicated for a first project, the various parts will serve to..." Electricity for Model Flyers Part III: How Brushless Motors Work Peter Scott Jan 27 · 5 min read "We have all played with magnets and know that north attracts south and north repels north. To make a force we need two magnets or fields. A magnet may be permanent, where a solid object has magnetism built in by lining up its atoms..." Contest Performance Improvement Process Part II: Evaluate the causes for falling short of the target group's score. Ryan Woebkenberg Jan 30 · 6 min read "Step 4: Analyze How Much Your Scores Need to Improve and Evaluate the Causes of Your Score Delta. The purpose of this step is to evaluate your contest performance to evaluate how far your scores are from your goals and theorize possible causes for your shortfalls..." Where Have All the Glider Kits Gone? Filling the yawning gap between your first kits and the carbon fiber of your dreams. Bob Dodgson Jan 27 · 6 min read "I have watched the glider kit industry slowly polarize over the last few years into the two extreme ends of the cost and philosophical spectrums — leaving a barren wasteland as the home of the middle ground in soaring..." 1/3 スケール三田式 3 型改 1 製作記 12部シリーズの第11部. Norimichi Kawakami Jan 19 · 21 min read 「本1/3模型の原型機であるJA2103の計器は時代によって変化しているようです。鮮明な計器の写真が欲しかったので静岡航空資料館にお願いしてその写真を撮って頂きました。」" Simple CG Marker Eliminate measuring errors when marking the center-of-gravity. Tom Broeski Jan 28 · 3 min read "I have always measured the CG on my planes with a rule. I could never get it just right with the curved wing surface. Soooo…I made a simple tool..." The Trailing Edge Let's keep this juggernaut rolling. The NEW RC Soaring Digest Staff Jan 30 · 3 min read "has been an exciting month here at the home office of the New RC Soaring Digest. Not only did we get a buzz out of being able to report some late breaking news — quite conceivably on our pages before you heard it anywhere else..."

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