News

 


October 2011
Thanks to Andy Sayle for finding an error in Flying Wing Calc, Flying Wing Plank Calc and Sailplane Calc spreadsheets.  The error affected highly swept wings balance point and was providing nose heavy results.  All the files have been updated! 

2011 
George Voss has reviewed both instructional DVD's for RCGroups.
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here for the excellent reviews!


2011 
Tinamou has been translated to Italien in Issue n.109 of Modellismo magazine.
 

2010 
Sailplane Calc was translated to Italian and published in Settimo Cielo.  This is a directory of Modellismo magazine.  


29 June 2010
Updated "Sailplane Calc V-Tail" calculations to accurately reflect Dr. Mark Drela's formulas on the "Tail Sizing Checks" tab for Vv/Vh.
See http://www.rcsoaring.com/rcsd/RCSD-2004-08.pdf page 13.

 


11 June 
AVAILABLE NOW!
"A Beginner's Guide to Composite Pod and Boom Fuselages"
Please see the Videos Page.

 

4 July 2009
Sailplane Calc is now available in METRIC!
Thanks to Jaap Braam for helping with the conversions.

 

2009
Sailplane Calc has been updated!  
There was an error in the calculation of Spiral Stability (B=) on the Tail Sizing Checks tab. 
Thanks to A Todd Jurhs
for finding this error.

 
Flying Wing Calc now supports wings with three tapers!