Encyclopedia of model aircraft

119 Pages·2011·23.92 MB·English

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Model
aircraft
havebeenbuiltfor
morethanacentury,but
inallthattimetherehasnever
beenabookquitelikethisone.Ascoreof
thebest-knownauthoritiesintheir
respectivefieldshavebeenbrought
togethertowriteabouttheirsubjects
inamannercomprehensiveand help-'
fultothenewcomer,yetstillofinterest
toexperiencedmodelers.Evenexperts
willlearnsomethingwithinitspages.
Tosupporttheauthoritativetext,awealthofcolor
photographsisincluded,mostofthemspecially
commissioned.Inaddition,awholerangeoffine
drawingsandanumberofworkingplansfor
models,alsospeciallyproduced,emphasisethe
practicalaswellasdescriptivenatureofthebook.
Thequalityofillustrationcanconfidentlybeclaimed
tosetanewstandardinmodelingliterature,andfor ""r. ^
thisreasonalonetheEncyclopediacanbeexpected
tobecomeatreasuredadditiontothebookshelves
ofaeromodelersand,indeed,allaviation
enthusiasts,theworldover
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Foreword byWalt Schroder
First published 1979by
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ISBN 7064 09884
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Contents
Foreword
1 HistoryofModelAircraftVicSmeed 8 8. RadioControl EquipmentBill Burkinshaw 120
2. PlasticKits 9. Radio-controlled Models
WorldWarh RayRimell 16 GliderS:VicSmeed 132
BetweentheWarS: Fred Henderson 24 PowerandSport: PeterRussell 140
1939tothePresent: BryanPhilpott 28 Helicopters:John Barnard 148
3. Building in Plastic Plans-QuasarFreeFlightPowerModel 154
PlasticCard: HarryWoodman 34 10. Electric FligtitGeorgeBushell 158
Vacuum-formed ModelS: RoyRimell 42
11. Flying ScaleModels
4.WMoodoedlasnidnOMtettiaelr:MFarteedrHieanldserson 46 CForneterFolligLhti:neAlaanndColloghan 170
Industrial ModelS: Ron Moulton 52 Radio-controlled DennisThumpston 178
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5. FirstSteps in FligtitDaveLinstrum 56
Plans-AsteroidChuckGlider 66 12. Materialsand BuildingTectiniques 186
Building aSimpleKit, Martin Dilly 68 Ian Peacock
6. Free Fligtit 13. EnginesRonWarring 196
Competition PowerModelS: MartinCowley 74 14. Howto FlyVicSmeed 212
RubberandGliderClasseS: JohnO'Donnell 82
IndoorFlyerS: Mike Fontham 88 GlossaryVicSmeed
Plans-MeteoriteTow-lineGlider 92
Index
7. Control Line
BasicTroiners: GlenAlison 96
Team Racing DaveClorkson 08
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Speed andCombat: PeterRichardson
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Plans-PulsarControl LinePowerModel
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Foreword
I would not believe it possible, after more than forty
active years in the model aircraft hobby and having read
most every book written on the subject, that I could find
another that could hold my interest for any reasonable
period of time. I did however, with the Encyclopedia of
Model Aircraft.
It covers every major facet of the model aircraft field
ofendeavors in good, even great depth and is compiled in
such an interesting manner as to hold your attention
right to the very end. Even on such subjects that may
have never drawn your interest before!
In my more than thirty years of editing model aircraft
material of many categories, it is difficult to work up
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