Author: D. Garwood


Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/01
Page Numbers: 86

RADIO CONTROL SOARING S * S S S TECH TIPS 96 Nats Big contests tend bring out best fliers flying techniques also place see latest equipment accessories some things saw Muncie Removable landing skegs Skegs stop airplane sliding results increased landing accuracy improved ground safety may molded fuselage attached bolts mounting tape makes easy move fine-tuning makes removable case want fly same airplane event skegs allowed like F3B newest USA F3B team member Gordon Jennings explained skegs using made printedcircuit epoxy board attached fiberglass base epoxy containing chopped fiberglass strands skeg built fuselage temporarily protected clear plastic kitchen wrap later attached fuselage service nylon filament tape Turbulator tape fin stabs Michael Selig director ULUC Low-Speed Airfoil Tests LSATs University Illinois flying zig-zag turbulator tape rear control surfaces Blackhawk Michael guy knows quite bit about airflow said turbulation helps lowspeed handling basing wind-tunnel test data 5D8020 airfoil forget need continuing support airfoil testing development project donations modelers would business can check latest information WWW site http/wwwuiucedu/ph/www/m-selig get new 96-97 edition UJUC LSATs T-shirt recent 10-page Camberline newsletter sending suggested donation $15 hipping Michael Selig Dept Aero/Astro Engineering UIUC 306 Talbot Lab 104 5 Wright St Urbana IL 618012935 Checks should made payable University Illinois 86 Model Aviation re Flight Fling Thing 56-inch-span polyhedral balsa HLG built flown George Repicky Rexford New York Weighs approximately 11 ounces Aerodynamicist Michael Selig assembles Blackhawk Unlimited contest 1996 Nats Note zig-zag tape f stab Midwest Essence 78-inch polyhedral balsa-and-plywood sport NSP Victory full-house unlimited-span competition machine sailplane built flown Jim Harrigan Rensselaer NY built flown Bob Powers Clarksville New York