[RCSE] RES Class

Hi All Can anyone please describe to me how the RES Class model specification is defined and enforced. - What stops someone building a Thermal Eagle with diheadral and an enlarged rudder to effectively destroy the concept of the class. - Do you mandate an open structure? - Are carbon fibre

[RCSE] Re:[RCSE]can jets soar?

A number of stories: Many years ago a Boeing 727 in flight idle over the the Grampians (Victoria, Australia) gained quite a bit of lift in wave lift. The pilot was an experienced glider pilot. The thing with commercial airliners is that they are quite efficient at high speed, and in a clean conf

FW: [RCSE] Roll with a Rudder and an Elevator ???

When I started flying RC Gliders in 1974 with a Graupner Amigo, it was a test of your manhood to see if you had the nerve to roll a RE model. Some RE models roll better than others. The Amigo was OK, my Top Flight Metrick was OK, my Mini Martini was hopeless, and a friend of mine (Bob Edgecombe) c