RE: A Good Book
most any full scale book will give you good insight. Just undestand that all the numbers dont scale linearly from rc to full scale. Im on a aero design team at my college and we use Rahmer's (not sure if i spelled it right) text book, since all the equations are for the most part the same, Its juts the coeffiecients dont always line up. Like in scale i belive the book quotes low wing planes to have like 2-4 deg of dyhedral. But if you look at my Great planes Escapade it, it probably has more like 10-12 deg. So all in all the concepts and fundementals are the same.
but thats the design aspect. Im sure a pilot book's principles will be very similar to rc plane principles.
except we can throw the rc plane through whatever maneuvers we want without worrying about the pilot black out or getting sick, Id loose my stomach if i was in a full size plane doing some of he 3d stuff ive seen lol.