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Figure 22

May 2012 Issue

FRONT COVER: A bit different than the usual RCSD cover.
Figure22: Upper and lower pressure waves along streamlines. ©2011 Philip Randolph, e393 plot by S. Allmaras. From the feature article in this issue, starting on page 4.


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FFA DIAMANT
Archive		RC Soaring Digest/B2Streamlines is pleased to be able to
make available the DIAMANT Archive containing materials
belonging to Art T. Babiarz, Jr., owner and caretaker of Flug- und
Fahrzeugwerke AG DIAMANT 16.5, serial number 012,
N1193, XX. This vast amount of material is more than likely the largest
collection of DIAMANT information in existence.




SLOPE SOARING
NEWS
ARCHIVE
PDF versions of Slope Soaring News, published February 1988 through February/February 1990 by Charlie Morey. All twenty issues are now available for downloading.









INDEX thru 2005A complete index for all issues of RCSD through 2005. The search engine is now configured so the results have links to the respective PDF files.




RCSD ARTICLES
 * Brian Agnew, holder of 15 national titles, shares his expertise regarding trimming an R/C sailplane. (HTML)
 * Dr. Michael Selig wrote two important articles for RCSDsome time ago, and he has given us permission to post both articles on this web site - "Flys Faster" and "The Square-Cube Law and Scaling forRC Sailplanes." (HTML)
 * "Scaling Sailplanes," a chapter from the book"Sailplanes!" by Dr. Ferdinando Gale and AldoCalza, is now available as a PDF document (2.2 MB). Written by Dr.Gale, this 53 page treatise explores the physics behind obtaining"scale" performance from a miniature glider. Includes aerodynamic principles and construction materials.




CLUB LINKSA growing list of organizations, special interest groups and clubs dedicated to the advancement of R/C soaring.




GETTING STARTED
IN RC SOARING
Revised 03/04		Getting Started in RC Soaring? Or want to help others get started in the hobby? Take a look at this full color printable handout the RCSD Team put together. Includes brief descriptions of thermal and slope soaring, gives aircraft and radio recommendations,and has a list of resources. Last revised 29 April 2004.







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