This is Aerosente's glider/sailplane resource page. Below you will find links to aircraft mfgs, build threads, build techniques, radio gear, parts, supplies, tools, articles, manuals, industry luminaries, clubs and forums. Click here to visit our blog with daily updates and postings.
FULL SCALE SOARING LINKS (These links are from the National Soaring Museum Page)
- Soaring Society of America
- U.S. Southwest Soaring Museum
- Australian Gliding Museum
- Deutsche Segelflugmuseum
- Polish Aviation Museum
- Otto Lilienthal Museum
- Sailplane Directory
- Soaring Forecasts
- Harris Hill Soaring Corporation
- Vintage Sailplane Association
- 1-26 Association
- World War II Glider Pilot's Association
- World Class Soaring Association
- Sailplane Homebuilders' Association
- US Hang Glider Association
- US Ultralight Association
- US Parachute Association
- International Scale Soaring Association
- British Gliding Association
- Soaring Association of Canada
- Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI)
- Gliding Federation of Australia
- Scottish Gliding Centre
VINTAGE/CLASSIC SAILPLANES AND GLIDERS (these links are from Tom Martin - TMRC)
Full Size Model-Specific Pages
New Zealand Cherokee II Rescue and Restoration
New Zealand Cherokee II Construction
Online Discussion Forums
Full Scale Soaring Organizations
International Scale Soaring Association
Events
Publications
Modeling Organizations
The Society of Antique Modelers International
Scale Soaring Club Web Sites
Silent Knights Soaring Society
Central Valley Radio Control Soaring
Museum Links
Aircraft & Military Museum of the Ozarks
Miscellaneous
BUILDING AND REPAIRING TECHNIQUES
Foam cutting and vacuum bagging. Another resource from the Charles River Radio Controllers this page offers a big list of tips and techniques.
Wing construction for vacuum bagging. This is Graham Woods online tutorial for building a vacuum bagged wings.
Chris Fouquet's vacuum bagging. Another how-to for vacuum bagging wings.
Hot wire cut process using positive templates on foam for RC. Youtube video demonstrating hot wire cutting of a wind core.
Phil Barnes demonstrating his wing building techniques.
Phil Barnes is one of the best known wing builders in the business.
This site has some images from his video which you should buy if you're
serious about building your wings.
Paul Daniels instructional articles. Paul's site offers many how-to articles on building techniques. He also offers free plans and sells a full range of RC items from kits to electronics. He is based in Australia.
RC articles and tips.
This is the Charles River Radio Controllers index of articles and tips.
This is one of the most comprehensive sites around building tips and
flying techniques.
Phil Barnes vacuum bagging DVD. Order Phil Barnes vacuum bagging DVD's. This page includes previews.
Sanding techniques for balsa parts. Online primer on how to sand balsa parts. This is for free flight but the tools and techniques apply to HLG/DLG.
Building an all balsa HLG. This is an online primer for a free flight glider but it has many construction techniques that cross over to RC.
Making a composite tailboom. How to roll your own tailboom.
Tools For Working with Balsa Wood. Paul L Daniels has a nice web site up with really good how-to's. This page covers tools for working with balsa.
RADIO GEAR AND OTHER ELECTRONIC STUFF
Micro electronics. Plantraco is a source for really small transmitters, servos, actuators, batteries.
Aero Micro RC supplies. Online source for all kinds of RC stuff - servors, batteries, radios, receivers.
FMA Direct. Full line source for RC electronics.
Maxx Products. Servo's for HLG.
Airtronics. Full line source of radios, transmitters, servo's etc.
Hitec. Full line source of radios, transmitters, servo's etc.
JR. Full line source of radios, transmitters, servo's etc.
Futaba. Full line source of radios, transmitters, servo's, etc.
Multiplex USA. Full line source of radios, transmitters, servo's, etc.
QuickPeak + TorqMaster Field Charger. This is the combination I use for quick charging in the field.
WHERE TO BUY PARTS, SUPPLIES, TOOLS, ETC...
Mouser. Comprehensive site for all things electronic.
Micro-Mark. Online source for small tools, jigs, clamps, and other building supplies.
Dremel. The online source for all things Dremel.
The Carbon Store. Online source for carbon, kevlar, etc., flats and shapes.
Tailbooms. Source for tailbooms.
Hobby Lobby. Online source for parts and supplies.
CNC router table for balsa wood parts. Information on building your own table plus links to other resources.
Foam CNC routers from CNClinx. If you want to shape your own wing cores.
Foam CNC cutting machines. These are CNC foam cutting machines. This is from Foamlinx who is related to CNClinx.
Tekoa CNC foam cutting machines. Another foam cutting machine supplier.
Vacuum bagging and composite tooling. AIRTECH is a manufacturer of vacuum bagging and composite tooling for resin infusion and hand lay-up processing.
Vacuum bagging systems and equipment. Aerospace Composite Products sells vacuum bagging systems and equipment.
CNC Routers. Torchmates routers and cutters advertised for hobbyists.
ARTICLES, MANUALS, SCRAPBOOKS, ETC.
Polecat 2007 Challenge Paul Naton's photos of the the annual event. Great wallpaper shots here.
Dave Garwood's article on DLG gliders.
This is an excellent article introducing the discus launched gliders.
If your new to the sport this is a great article to read.
R/C For Beginners.
Ray Hayes at SkyBench writes about RC for beginners. Ray is the guy who
did the Oly II kit which happens to have been the first RC glider I
built circa 1984. Ray gives great advice to guys looking at entering
the hobby.
The RC Battery Clinic. Source for questions. problems and troubleshooting fro RC batteries. some of it is dated but still good stuff.
A collection of aircraft manuals. Model Flight offers a comprehensive set of manuals for many different aircraft, all downloadable from their site.
Airfoil design. Article and comprehensive resources about airfoil design including details on various planforms used today..
Instructional HLG/DLG DVD's. Paul Naton's two DVD sets on building and flying DLG's are very good.
Polecat's Denny Maize on lessons learned. Informative article by Polecat founder Denny Maize on things he has learned the hard way.
Mark Drela on "Ruddering". Great diagrams and text from Mark Drela on use of the rudder while thermalling
Pathways Within Model Aviation And Beyond. Robert Munson's online primer for model airplanes.
How-to PDFs for composite building techniques. Fibre Glast offers a large selection of PDF's for download describing composite building techiques.
Primer on radio control systems. Online summary of transmitters, receivers, servo's batteries, etc.
Lipo battery packs in DLG. Good primer article on how and why to use lipo.
Comparison of servo's for DLG. This is a good discussion on RC Forums about various servo options for DLGs.
ONLINE FORUMS, CLUBS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
SAL Forum Yahoo Fairly active forum for side arm launch gliders.
San Francisco Bay Area RC group.
Web site for those of us in Northern California interested in HLG/DLG.
They have a forum dedicated to HLG/DLG contests in NorCal.
RC Universe glider forums. Good forum to monitor for reviews, techniques, ideas, atc.
Charles River Radio Controllers. One of the oldest RC flying clubs their web site is a great resource for tips and techniques.
FlyQuiets UK F3k forum. Excellent forum from the UK on all things HLG/DLG.
Allegor Lite forum. Yahoo forum for Mark Drela designed aircraft including Allegro Lite enthusiasts.
RC Groups HLG/DLG Forum. Another big forum for all things HLG/DLG.
DESS Contest Photos Great pictures from an east coast DLG contest.
Marin County RC Clubs. Web site dedicated to RC and full-size flying.
