The Proficient Pilot
Barry Schiff
AOPA 1980


This book will help you understand things about WHY your model does what it does. It explains things in "layman's terms" making some of the more difficult parts of the theory of flight understandable.

It is aimed at the sport/private pilots of full scale aircraft, but EVERYTHING works for the average 4-channel model aircraft.

Why you can get a longer glide at a faster airspeed. Why you can keep the plane n the air longer dead stick at a glide speed slower than that maximum distance speed.

Why the airplane requres a certan turning radius at some given airspeed and a larger radius with a higher airspeed.

All sorts of things that will improve your understanding of how the model works... and that can't do anything execpt help you to be a better pilot.

How about "Stick and Rudder" by Wolfgang Langeweische?

This is a classic on how an airplane flies. It 's been in print for about 50 years or so because it's so good. It's easy to read and has good diagrams.

bax

I've never been able to locate a copy[&:] I have heard good things about it... but never having read it makes it har for me to be accurate. (maybe it says a lot of the same stuff?)

FHHuber,i'll look for that book,it should be some great reading.
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The Proficient Pilot, Volume 1
by Barry Schiff
Outstanding for its clarity and readability, this book covers such diverse topics as takeoff techniques, crosswind landings, scud running, slip tips, flying the ILS, emergency tactics, and multi-engine flying. Schiff provides a wealth of valuable information based on his years of experience. Foreword by Ernest Gann. Illustrated. 330 pages, paperback.
$19.95
Did i do good ?.

Mine doesn't say volumn 1... but its a first edition.

They have volume 1, II and a III .Just sent you a pm.
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