RC Soaring Digest, Olalla, WA (2024)

05/25/2023

"Okay, okay we know — the May issue didn’t hit the streets until the 5th of the month. In addition, readers will likely have noticed that as each month goes by, another day it tacked onto the schedule. Trust us, it’s not intentional. It’s simply a bi-product of the ever-increasing workload associated with getting new issues out the door..."

Read more from the New RC Soaring Digest Staff as they wrap up the May 2023 issue.

Image: Raymond Esveldt | Our good friend and New RCSD contributor recently captured his ‘Alien’ from OA Composites at sunset over the legendary Wasserkuppe in Germany. Thanks so much for the opportunity to use your exquisite photo Raymond. The ‘Alien’ was reviewed in the April 2023 issue.

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | #グライダー | #滑翔机 | FAI - World Air Sports Federation | OA-Composites | Visit Germany

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So when do new issues come out, anyway?

05/19/2023

"In 1972 the Brillant V RC glider was introduced and soon became a legend. It was sold for over 30 years. The latest version I could find is from 2020. With a wingspan of 2760mm and a weight of 1300g, it was one of the lightest gliders in its class. Combined with the E385 modified airfoil profile it was used by many glider pilots and entered in many competitions in neighbouring countries..."

Read more and then listen to this episode, by first time New RCSD contributor Jan Sime.

Image: Stefan Hürter | Manfred Derschug launching his Brillant V in June of 2012 at Oberdiebach.

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | #グライダー | #滑翔机 | FAI - World Air Sports Federation | Jan Sime | Visit Germany

https://new.rcsoaringdigest.com/2023/05/manfred-derschug/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=5372

A retrospective on the designer and his legendary Brillant V.

05/14/2023

"Our monthly new product showcase has rapidly become one of our most popular features. This month's offering come from all over the RC soaring world: it's Poland 🇵🇱 Canada 🇨🇦 the United States 🇺🇸 and France 🇫🇷.

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | #グライダー | Ecirtech | Kohls RC models | Printful | Shopify

https://new.rcsoaringdigest.com/2023/05/cool-new-stuff?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=5340"

Three great gliders, a gadget to carry them in and a mug to toast bringing ‘em back in one piece.

04/23/2023

"Anybody who has seen the 2004 Martin Scorcese film 'The Aviator' will likely have fallen in love with the Hughes H-1. It’s sumptuous silhouette is featured in the key photo above as it glides over the slope near Wilson Lake, Kansas around the time the movie was released..."

Read more from the New RC Soaring Digest Staff as they wrap up the April 2023 issue.

Image: Greg Smith via Flickr under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 | “Jack Cooper and an LEG Hughes H-1 [at] Wilson Lake, Kansas” in April of 2005.

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | #グライダー | #滑翔机 | National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution | Martin Scorsese | Kansas Tourism

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The Aviator

04/19/2023

"On this particular trip, the captain had also arranged to have his eight-year-old son Jason tag along, and as luck would have it, the senior Leonard finished his training early, leaving open some scheduled time on the simulator. And so it was that young Jason Leonard found himself at the controls of his first flight simulator, an American Airlines MD-11..."

Read more from the third instalment of Scott Manley's series on the use of flight simulation to improve glider flight training and pilot proficiency.

Image: Condor | "Above the clouds."

| | | | | | | | | | FAI - World Air Sports Federation | Condor: The Complete Soaring Simulator | Soaring Society of America | Threshold | Treasure Coast Soaring Club

https://new.rcsoaringdigest.com/2023/04/condor-corner?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=5161

Three generations of pilots channelling flight experience through simulator training.

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Five minutes and it’s flying again. Here’s the proof.

The Five Minute Fixup series articles are intended to be short — as in five minutes reading time — that focus on saving a sad castoff from the rubbish tip. We can’t think of a better person to start the series off than Marc Panton. We also ask readers to start thinking about their own Five Minute Fixup article — we’re sure there are plenty out there! Marc leads off with: "An interesting glider popped up recently on the For Sale boards I frequent: a 4m Simprop Solution XL. I have an old 2.8m Solution that’s had a hard life but still goes well on the slope, so the 4m immediately got my attention. More interesting was the SATS system (see Resources) which blows air from a row of tiny holes in the upper wing skin about one-third chord. The purpose is to disrupt the laminar flow into turbulent flow before it separates, much like turbulator strips do..." Read more as frequent contributor to the New RCSD Marc Panton saves an (almost) perfectly good ship from the rubbish tip. Video: Marc Panton | The ‘fixed up’ Solution XL. #barnfind | #fiveminutefixup | #rcglider | #restoration | #sailplane | #simprop | #slopesoaring | #solutionxl | #upcycling | British Model Flying Association | Marc Clare-Panton https://new.rcsoaringdigest.com/2023/02/five-minute-fixup?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=4628

Dream 2700 | A Tailless Tale

"Finally, after a long journey, I was ready for the maiden flight. What a frightening day. I’m not a member at any model airfield right now. More than 30 years ago I was flying in the F3A category, and I was a very active pilot. In the last 20 years, I moved first to paragliding and after that to full-size sailplanes, and my scale model piloting skills went down a lot..." Read more from Domenico Bosco's innovative passion project. Video: Domenico Bosco | The Dream 2700 flies! #aeronauticalengineering | #aircraftdesign | #airsports | #aviation | #aviationinnovation | #dream2700 | #flyingwing | #italiandesign | #italy | #rapidprototyping | #sailplane | #tailless | #turin | FAI - World Air Sports Federation | Domenico Bosco | Shapeways | Turismo Torino e Provincia | Visit Italy https://new.rcsoaringdigest.com/2023/02/dream-2700-a-tailless-tale?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=4588

Just out: the "Lift over Drag" newsletter, the RC Soaring Digest Staff's write-up of what to expect for the upcoming July 2022 issue. Here's a sneak peek at Chris Williams new video which will be featured in his upcoming article ‘Variations on a Theme‘. Tags: #avgeek | #aviation | #planesoffacebook | #rcsoaring | #sailplane | Medium https://new.rcsoaringdigest.com/2022/07/lift-over-drag/?utm_campaign=2935

The ninth part of a twelve part series entitled '1/3rd Scale Mita Type 3 Production Notes' presented in its original Japanese along with an English translation. Read more from Norimichi Kawakami's meticulous build log. Images: Norimichi Kawakami Tags: #glider | #scalemodel | #visitjapan | Medium | Visit Japan https://new.rcsoaringdigest.com/2021/12/mita-3-production-notes/fb/rcsd/?utm_source=fb&utm_content=1936

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The eighth part of a twelve part series entitled '1/3rd Scale Mita Type 3 Production Notes' presented in its original Japanese along with an English translation. Read more from master craftsman Norimichi Kawakami's meticulous build log. Image: Norimichi Kawakami | Cockpit detail Tags: #glider | #scalemodel | #sensei | #visitjapan | Medium | Visit Japan https://new.rcsoaringdigest.com/2021/11/mita-3-production-notes/fb/rcsd/