Going to Toledo? Watch for this neat book on CD
Bob Aberle's new book on Micro/Indoor Flying that John Worth is going to sell on CD discs. It has 118 pages and 138 photos. John will have these CD's at the booth he will be sharing at Toledo with Roland Friestad (FULL SIZE PLANS). Only $10.
Index gives you an idea of what it contains:
INDEX (BY MAIN SUBJECTS)
Your local hobby dealer......................................................................................................
1About the inserted photos.....................................................................................................
1RC Micro World Free Article.............................................................................................
2What is a micro/indoor model aircraft.................................................................................
2What size and weight aircraft are we specifically talking about?........................................ 2
Sub Micro category..............................................................................................................
2Micro Indoor Category.........................................................................................................
2Standard Indoor Category....................................................................................................
3Open Indoor Category..........................................................................................................
3Parking Lot and Backyard Flying.........................................................................................
4Types of Aircraft..................................................................................................................
6Indoor Facilities ? Where to fly!..........................................................................................
8Size of Indoor Facilities.....................................................................................................
10Primary advantages of indoor/micro flying........................................................................
11Audience for this book.......................................................................................................
11How best to get started.......................................................................................................
11ParkZone Cessna................................................................................................................
12ParkZone Citabria..............................................................................................................
13ParkZone Ember.................................................................................................................
13ParkZone Vapor.................................................................................................................
14Kyosho Cherokee...............................................................................................................
15Plantraco Butterfly.............................................................................................................
16Mini Room Flyer................................................................................................................
17E-Flite mCX Helicopter.....................................................................................................
19What type RC Equipment...................................................................................................
202.4 GHz Spread Spectrum..................................................................................................
20Plantraco 900 MHz............................................................................................................
21Plantraco 900 MHz spread spectrum mod..........................................................................
21Specific Equipment............................................................................................................
22ParkZone Brick..................................................................................................................
22Falcon Brick......................................................................................................................
23Discrete RC Components...................................................................................................
24Receivers...........................................................................................................................
24Servos................................................................................................................................
30Connectors.........................................................................................................................
34Mounting techniques for RC components...........................................................................
35Magnetic actuators.............................................................................................................
37Wire gage and soldering....................................................................................................
38IR RC systems....................................................................................................................
39What type power system?...................................................................................................
39Brushless outrunner motors................................................................................................
43Motor mounting..................................................................................................................
51Props..................................................................................................................................
54Prop adapters and prop savers...........................................................................................
54Electric motor speed controllers (ESC?s)..........................................................................
56Hooking up the ESC to your motor.....................................................................................
59Batteries and in particular Li-Poly.....................................................................................
61Chargers.............................................................................................................................
64Load capability..................................................................................................................
66Calculate motor run time....................................................................................................
66Li-Poly battery sources......................................................................................................
67Alternate power sources....................................................................................................
69Getting down to more specific aircraft recommendations.................................................. 70
For the rank beginner.........................................................................................................
70For the RC sport flyer who already has experienced model aircraft flight......................... 70
ParkZone AR6400 6 channel brick....................................................................................
72ParkZone 1.5 gram $20 micro servo..................................................................................
72ParkZone Sukhoi RTF 4 channel........................................................................................
73Actual aircraft recommendations by weight.......................................................................
74Truly micro aircraft from several grams up to 2 ounces total weight................................. 74
2 to 6 ounce aircraft weight................................................................................................ 786 to 16 ounce aircraft weight..............................................................................................
82Construction materials and techniques...............................................................................
85Foam sheet material...........................................................................................................
86Shaping foam sheets...........................................................................................................
87Purchasing airfoil shaped foam..........................................................................................
87Selecting lightweight balsa and foam.................................................................................
87Weighing your balsa wood.................................................................................................
88Cements..............................................................................................................................
89Paints.................................................................................................................................
89Carbon fiber tape for reinforcing.......................................................................................
90Iron-on covering.................................................................................................................
90Tissue covering..................................................................................................................
91Accessory items to consider..............................................................................................
91Control surface hinging......................................................................................................
93Balancing a model (CG location).......................................................................................
94Building light.....................................................................................................................
94How to size an electric power system to a particular weight model aircraft..................... 95
Power loading parameter table..........................................................................................
97Comments on the table.......................................................................................................
98Flying.................................................................................................................................
98Other aircraft considerations..............................................................................................
99Helicopters........................................................................................................................
99E3D/F3P aerobatic aircraft..............................................................................................
100EDF (electric ducted fan).................................................................................................
101ROW (rise off water indoor flying...................................................................................
103Old-timer aircraft.............................................................................................................
105Nostalgia RC aircraft.......................................................................................................
107RC indoor pylon racing....................................................................................................
107Electric power indoor controline flying...........................................................................
107Attending indoor fly-in?s..................................................................................................
109Indoor contests.................................................................................................................
111Future of indoor/micro flying...........................................................................................
111Publications and columns (indoor/micro activities)......................................................... 112
All about RC MICRO WORLD.......................................................................................
112Reference major indoor related websites........................................................................
114Source and vendor references..........................................................................................
115Joining the AMA..............................................................................................................
115About the author...............................................................................................................
117About the publisher..........................................................................................................
118An added bonus ---- since this book was done on Microsoft WORD, it is possible to use the ?FIND? command to locate specific items throughout the book. To do this first go to ?EDIT? at the top left corner of your screen. Then drop down and select ?FIND?. You will receive the response, ?FIND WHAT?. In the box type in the word or words you want to find, then click ?FIND?. You will be directed to every place where the word or words appear in sequential order from page 1 until the end of the book. You may at times get more than you need, but this feature can be helpful in supporting the more generalized index.