We have some new members that need some help understanding the aerodynamics of flying a radio controlled sailplane.
When I was young, very young, I had the luck and honor to hook up with the local Air Patrol. They had a glider program for their members and I joined, went through ground school and trained in full scale gliders. The ground school helped me understand flight. I further studied slow speed aerodynamics in my last year of high school (1970) in an independent learning class. Both of these helped me when I started flying RC Gliders, so I was not afraid to do it. I think that new flyer's sometimes feel intimidated by the the concept of learning flight and this inhibits their learning curve. I hope to create a ground school for new flyer's to give the a firm foundation before they start flying. We could also use it as a presentation at local hobby shops as an introduction to RC Soaring. This should be in plain english, not too technical so as to scare them away. I found some power ground schools but nothing directed toward RC Soaring specifically. Does anybody have something out there? I also posted the same message on RCGroups. Thanks, Dennis Hoyle WMSS / Secretary AMA #SNut LSF #7847 Dennis Hoyle WMSS AMA# SNUT www.rcsoaring.org
