http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/guided.htm

Thought that this Site would be a good addition to the Beginners Area of RC universe it has alot of information that i think anyone whos flys Rc Planes Should know.

Hey I have a question, I am new at this hobby and when I am reading all these forums people are always talking about "expo" what dose this mean? and could you explain it to me in detail please thanks.[8D]

Our radios are proportional. That means the farther you move the stick the farther the servo moves and all this in about the same speed through its full range.
Sometimes, as we get into more aerobatic airplanes, we have alot of movement on our flight surfaces to perform aerobatics. This is fine and dandy but it makes the airplane somehwhat twitching during normal flight when we don't need the big control movements.
Expo (Exponential) is a way to slow down the controls near the center of the stick. Meaning if you only move the stick a little bit from center the servo will not move as far making the airplane easier to handle but when you move the stick farther you get the same large movements you had before.
OH by the way, Nice link, linkadrip

Thanks that would info would have helped a lot with my first plane. I just ordered a hangar 9 piper pawnee, Saito 82a, and a Spektum DX7 so I hope that this is going to be a good summer.

I am sure it will be [8D]

Thanks Missleman. I think it's good for people to read a little about the forces that are exerted on a flying object our Rc airplanes follow the same Forces as any flying object just on a smaller scale. And its good to know the physics behind it all and what is happening. I hope the link helps people learn a little more then what they knew before about flight.

Another resource:

[link=http://www.dc-rc.org/bobsmanuals/Bob%20younts%20Principals%20of%20Flight.PDF]RC "Principles of flight"[/link]

Found here:

[link=http://www.dc-rc.org/bobs%20guides.htm]Click me![/link]

What about me? [link=http://www.hooked-on-rc-airplanes.com/learning-to-fly-rc-airplanes.html]I got one too! Click here Click here![/link]

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Great links hopefully more people will add some And the moderaters will make this a sticky.

Yes that is particularly good.

Thanks

I have another question, I am getting the DX7 radio and it comes with 4 digital servos. Can I use regular non digital servos on this system and will it cause any conflitcts with the other digital ones? thanks

No problems with that. Digitial servos draw more current, but you can mix them with analog servos just fine.

Thanks. I am waiting for all my stuff to get here so that I can start flying in about 2-3 months, have to wait until the snow melts.[&o]