Training School - Suitable e-book/web-book (libraries useless)

Anybody know of a good web site which act as a substitute for a book on the RC topic. I looked thru 3 branches of the library here and it seems to be a topic that has been "pruned" from their stock.

I am looking for something that would go into the details as would a book. I don't want to spend money on a book when I can't even judge the quality of the book by browsing thru it.

Admittedly, newsgroups are not the place to learn the whole topic from scratch.

Thank you,

Eric

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abracadabra
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refer to : Alan's Hobby, Model & RC Web Links

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scroll down all the headers - more information available in each section than any one book in any library.

Alan T.

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A.T.

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Thank you ! Huge amount of info. Great resource library for future specific research.

Unfortunately, for a novice, it does not follow a flow suitable to learning and growing into the sport of RC.

Would you be able to recommend one/two of the sites which are as requested like a book, working thru a logical progression of knowledge and skills for RC, namely

- foundation first, (i.e. what's a servo) - walls next (features for a good RC model design) - roof next (tuning engines, adding cameras, etc.)

I think you get the gist of what I'm looking for.

Thanks again,

Eric

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abracadabra

refer to the section "FAQ for beginners." e.g.

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work through the rest.

regards Alan T.

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A.T.

I gave it to you already

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No, but that web site is.

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The Natural Philosopher

I think you meant

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Poxy

  • relevent URLs presented as topics coverered

Thank you VERY much for these sources. Browsing quickly thru them, I think the last 2 are excellent jump-off points for a someone like myself who is trying to learn about a new domain of knowledge, namely RC, modelling, training (buddy), etc.

Eric

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abracadabra

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Have you ever considered making this wealth of knowledge even more accessible to novices that might find the page's current format a bit overwhelming ?

My suggestion, - grouping the URLs into headings of a) Newcomers b) Novices c) Intermediate d) Masters e) Experts

This would help to communicate the relative dependence on prior knowledge before progressing to the higher-level knowledge.

For the formatting of the page, I am prepared to volunteer my services.

If you are able to modify the current page by adding a Level number/letter at the start/end of each URL line, I could provide you with the reformatted version using your preferences as to presentation of contents.

If you feel that such a project is not worthwhile because the complexity level associate with the links might be too dynamic to keep up with, I will accept your stance based on your greater familiarity with the subject matter.

Thank you,

Eric

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abracadabra

You might want to try The Academy of Model Aeronautics novice site:

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It has a wealth of knowledge and insight for beginners on top of the other sites presented here.

Another source of information is the local hobby shop and several of the modeling mags. I know that some here will bad mouth the majority of them as they are full of ads but as a beginner, I found them very useful. Radio Control Modeler Model Airplane News Flying Models Model Aviation (AMA's mag) These are in no particular order. All have their flaws and strengths. Peruse them for yourself and decide on your own.

Several of these mags also publish books on various aspects of RC from beginning to scale design and most subjects in between. You may have to order them with only the small blurb as a guide but I really don't think you will go wrong with any of them.

Hope this helps,

Jim W

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Thank you Eric Life is getting harder for this old dog to learn new tricks as PC's get more complex and faster than my bank balance can keep up with the hardware etc. Whilst I have XP on notebook PC, I still prefer to use Netscape V.4 and Win

98SE on desktop as both are so much easier to locate and move document folders and files around with less flashy stuff in the background. [Hence also use of Spybot
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A.T.

Yes, and yes.

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The Natural Philosopher

Hi, Eric,

I'm putting together a link site for electric flight (2 weeks old at the moment), where I would probably do something like this. At the moment the experience levels are not included, as I need to get a good overview first to see what falls into each category, but it's trivial to tag each link with this info.

On the other hand, I think it's better to group the information by subject, rather than level. After the beginner level, there are so many specialised aspects that grouping them by subject makes much more sense. In reality, there are only three levels: beginner, intermediate and 'specialist expert'. Except for highly technical specialised articles, almost everything written can be useful to the intermediate flyer, depending on what aspect he's interested in.

Have a look (Not even all categories are there yet):

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Johan

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Johan

Don't any of these courses/books start with basic aerodynamics? Without some knowledge of how airplanes work, the novice is liable to try some idea that was discarded years ago, or make some seemingly minor mistake that makes his airplane uncontrollable. In the FS world of flight training we start with the basic theories of flight, then the structures and engine, and then the flight training itself.

Dan

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Best site I ever came across for basic intro to aerodynamics is none other (did you expect otherwise)

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From a "basic" standpoint, specifically aerodynamics, it can't be beat. some of the plug-ins are Java allowing the visitor to input his choices of parameters for airfoil (shape/angle/speed) and airframe (load, size) and get reasonably good visuals of the result, allowing for developing a feel for what is happening.

Enjoy,

Eric

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abracadabra

You may also want to look at 2 other ways of accessing the site:

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Eric

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abracadabra

Best site I ever came across for basic intro to aerodynamics is none other (did you expect otherwise)

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You may also want to look at 2 other ways of accessing the same site:

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The site top level is related to Learning Technologies and there are many aids for teachers wanting to help others understand this material.

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From a "basic" standpoint, specifically aerodynamics, The site can't be beat.

Some of the plug-ins are Java allowing the visitor to input his choices of parameters for airfoil (shape/angle/speed) and airframe (load, size) and get reasonably good visuals of the result, allowing for developing a feel for what is happening.

But, understandably, the site allows you to grow into the subject beyond basics, although it does not get into the expert (aka, Computational Fluid Dynamics math) on the subject. But the sims do have that hidden behind the scenes built-into the Java applets.

Enjoy,

Eric

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abracadabra

For more advanced stuff, an example of what can be had is

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Enjoy,

Eric

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abracadabra

Dare I say it?

Did someone mention Bernoulli?

Ed Cregger TAS

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The Amazing Seismo

"The Amazing Seismo" SNIP

You'll wake the somulant masses from their TSA induced slumber and call you a heretic...

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