Born to Fly

As a beginner, I am looking for a good book on flight instructions/manual on R/C Plane.

Is there a good book that teaches the basics of take-off, landing, etc ?

Besides that probably one with physics of flight would be great.

Preferably, I could pick up the one you have recommended from Amazon.com

rider_89

A book like that came with my trainer, check your manuals for your trainer.

Rider

Time Pilot

I've read two of Harry Higley's books, Getting Airborne Volume 1 & 2 and don't really recommend them. They are expensive and, I find, not only hard to read because of the way they are formatted, but not very well written as well. Worse, it seems on every other page is some shameless plug for another of his books. For the Higley fans, I admit that they do contain good information though.

I've not read it yet, but do plan on getting this book should I ever decide to build Great Planes PT 40. Not only does it tell you about building, but it seems to give you some of the information you'd be looking for too.

R/C Modeler Magazine Store
Flight Training Course
Our Price $14.95

By Ray Hostetler

Volume I (304 pages) covers everything you need to know from building to flying. The new Flight Training Course is centered around two aircraft: Great Planes' PT 40 kit and Hobby Shack's ARF (Almost Ready to Fly) Right Flyer 40T. The construction of each aircraft is highly detailed from start to finish, with over 600 photos and 100 figures complementing the text. Subjects covered include: flight theory, control systems, equipment selection, building techniques, your first flight, and much more (2nd Edition).

Hope this helps.

CafeenMan

I found the same thing about all his books. Some good info, tons of plugs for is products and a lot of contrived examples that make things much more difficult than they need to be. I haven't read either of these books but I don't intend to either.

The RCM flight training course is very good. There are also a lot of great resources on the web. You need to avoid the sites of yahoos who think that flying is all about thrashing planes around the sky and abusing them until they get buried in the dirt and find things that actually explain how a plane flies, recovery techniques and other flight dynamics. If you understand the fundamental concepts you'll get farther faster.

I'm not sure if this site has anything for beginners, but it is a plethora of information for trimming and related topics.

http://www.geistware.com/rcmodeling/index.htm

Born to Fly

That's a great link. I managed to find most of the information I want. Thanks.

Geistware

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Try the two links on my beginners page.
http://www.geistware.com/rcmodeling/novice.htm

Born to Fly

Cafeenman & Time Pilot,

Thanks for the links. I bought the RCM trainer.

Miles,

Your site is great for beginners like me. Keep it up !
I am fascinated by the animation of your Aerobatic page.
The animation says a thousand words, along with the animation.
great, great, great site.