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Books on Ariplane design - 12/3/2002 10:03:25 PM   
zimkzimm



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Status: offline 		Hello,
Does anybody know of any good books out there on model airplane design? I want to try designing my own shortly here, probably a big gas plane, and want to start reading up on design theory and what not.
Thanks,
Kurt
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Books on Ariplane design - 12/4/2002 12:21:24 PM   
Lightfoot



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Status: offline 		There is a long list of R/C books on my web page, several of which cover aircraft design. I my opinion, the best is "Basics of R/C Model Aircraft Design : Practical Techniques for Building Better Models" by Andy Lennon. If you click on the name of the book, it will take you to a summary of the book with links to reviews and comments of the selected book and you can order it online.



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Books on Ariplane design - 12/10/2002 11:44:56 PM   
kdc



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Status: offline 		A more basic book is DESIGNING MODEL AIRCRAFT by Peter Miller published by Traplet. Eventually you will want Andy Lennons book but you may want to start with Millers one first.

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Books on Ariplane design - 12/11/2002 2:08:49 AM   
FHHuber



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Status: offline 		When it gets down t putting the plans on paper... you always end up using a bit of the "TLAR" method. (That Looks About Right)

After having seen designs that succeded... if it looks right, it'll probably fly OK. (and a lot that doesn't look right will fly anyway if given sufficient power... )

A website that has a bit of a "primmer" on design: http://webpages.charter.net/rcfu/ Follow the links: "Hints Tips and Helps" then "Practical Model Airplane Design"

BTW... There's LOTS of great info on that site.

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