Talk:Radio-controlled glider

Latest comment: 15 years ago by Nimbus227 in topic Expanded

Proposed change

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Propose moving 'Slermal' reference from Thermal to Slope. Also will help with stubs when time allows. Emersunn 23:12, 16 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Layout

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I think we need to do away with this structure:

  • Forms of flight
  • Types

And break it into this:

Thermal RC sailplanes categories: (description of thermal flight)

  • Handlaunch
  • Competition - Two Meter, Standard Class, Open Class, RES (winches and hi-starts explained)
  • Scale (aerotow explained)
  • Cross Country
  • Electric launch (F5J)


Slope sailplanes categories: (description of slope flight)

  • Slope racing
  • PSS (power scale soaring)
  • Scale
  • Dynamic Soaring

Commonm thermal and slope topics:

  • Building (scratch, kit, arf, rtf)
  • Materials (balsa, compostite, glues, covering)
  • FAI competitions (F3F, F3B, F3J etc . . .)
  • Competitions (local, majors)
  • Radio gear (TX, RX, servos, flight data recorders)
  • Ballast Explained
  • Airfoils (MH, AG, E***, SD****, S****, HQ, RG, polars, Rynolds numbers, aspect ratio, camber and reflex, etc . . .)
  • Meteorology
  • Clubs and associations (AMA, FAI, etc)
  • Batteries
  • Notable people - (writers, designers, pilots) Thornberg, Drela, Wurts

Expanded

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I've had a go at tidying/expanding using some of the thoughts above, article is missing a 'history' section, when did RC gliders start for instance. A 'construction' section would be nice given all the different methods. I have created a Commons category for images and also created a 'navbox' to try and link up radio models in general. Cheers Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 21:19, 27 August 2009 (UTC)Reply