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Old 10-16-2007 | 07:55 AM
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Default RE: Where can I find instruction on how to fly?

For example, when I turn and bank the plane, it starts loosing altitude and heading in a curve for the ground. I know why it does this, but what it the maneuver to cope with it?
Up elevator and a little opposite rudder. The more you bank the less the elevator will keep the nose up and the more it begins to decrease the radius of the turn. As the plane tips (banks) the rudder becomes more of an elevator in function.

A student pilot's manual (full-size fixed wing aircraft) will help with the flight fundamentals and the effects of control surfaces. Check the local library.

Harry Higley used to have a pamphlet/book out galled "Getting Airborn" that covered the basics of R/C flight. Probably discontinued for liability. It's hard to read and move it into practice because you can't hold a book while you're flying and taking your eyes off the model can be almost instantly fatal (for the model).

Seek out a club and find a mentor. Hands down the best way to learn.

Here's one called "Getting Started in Radio Control Airplanes" but I'm not familiar with it so I can't say whether it's helpful.

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXNY36&P=7

Here's a site on flight controls (full size aircraft)

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Airpl...ight_maneuvers

Another, more brief.

http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/flight52.htm