RC Soaring Digest

Highlights of the September 2010 issue:


RenDiLeos 1-26
  • COVER PHOTO: Ren DiLeo's 1/4 scale Schweizer 1-26 in flight over the beach at Torrey Pines California. For further information and more photos, please see pages 16 through 18 of this issue. Photo courtesy of Ren DiLeo.


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  • A Montana Slope Soaring Adventure - Curtis Suter and several co-travelers go to Platte Mountain, just south of the city of Three Forks Montana, for some great slope soaring.
  • Ren DiLeo's 1/4 scale Schweizer 1-26 - Additional information and several more photos of the ship on the cover.
  • Re-engineering a Sailplane Winch - Winch launching a couple of RC sailplanes with "special needs" served as the impetus for Pete Carr to do some research and make a few changes to his winch. Pete also includes some tips for improving overall winch performance.
  • Scaling Sailplanes - Originally published as part of Sailplanes!, a book by Ferdinando Gal and Aldo Calza.

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