Links

R/C Soaring: Mike Shellim's splendid magazine. Gliders (slope), some electric powered models, ECO Piccolo, Multiplex corner, technical stuff, lots of good links.

The Future is Electric: Ken Myers' Electric Flyers Only website with monthly Ampeer newsletter. All about electric flight, articles on several topics, model and equipment reviews, lots of useful technical information and data sheets.

E-Zone Magazine: All about electric flight, columns on several topics, model and equipment reviews, technical information, useful FAQ.

LiftZone Magazine: All about sailplanes, columns on several topics, model and equipment reviews, technical information, useful FAQ.

Envision Design: Blaine K. Beron-Rawdon. Technical white papers, model design (spreadsheets 'Plane Geometry'), design data for comparison ('Planes Database'), servo linkage design (spreadsheets 'Linkage Design'). Look on R/C Soaring too.

HQ-Modellflug: Dr. Helmut Quabeck. Models, HQ airfoils, THE (German) book on model aerodynamics and design and the (spreadsheet) program FMFM.

MH-AeroTools: Martin Hepperle. Aerodynamics, airfoils, programs for design and analysis of airfoils and propellers, propeller scanner and more.

UIUC Applied Aerodynamics Group: Michael S. Selig. Aerodynamics at low Reynolds numbers, propellers, airfoil database, UIUC Low-Speed Airfoil Tests (LSAT) of the UIUC Applied Aerodynamics Group.

XFOIL: Mark Drela. The famous airfoil design and analysis tool.

aerodesign: Hartmut Siegmann. Professional information on aerodynamics and model design, airfoils, sample projects, models etc.

Advanced Topics in Aerodynamics: A. Filippone. Many clear and vivid explanations, especially on low speed aerodynamics. (Archived in 2008.)

Pteranodon: Fred Ludwig (already passed away). The flying saurian Pteranodon and the stork as well flying tailless models, moreover a model airship: simply great!

fkrnts2: Johannes W. Leinauer (already passed away). 'rc - bionic thermal glider' and more very interesting models as well as ideas on model flying (soaring). Good links. (Archived in 2005.)

Geier-Segelflug: Johannes Huser. Serious and obviously successful project to design model gliders in concept and detail taking examples and suggestions from nature (birds). (Archived in 2013.)

Bionics at Berlin Technical University: Giannino Patone and Werner Müller. Research report: Biomechanics of birds feathers and their bionic realization. (Archived in 2016.)

The Albatross Project: Wake Forest University. Distinct explanation and animation of dynamic soaring. (Archived in 2019.)

RC Helicopter Web: John Vugts. Good information for r/c helicopter beginners. Training models (parameters) and demo flights for REFLEX simulator, videos and pictures (including crash pictures), interesting links. (Archived in 2016.)

Fly Heli: Kurt Moraw. Lots of good (even if old) information for beginners and experts, regarding heli models, simulators and electronics. Videos and pictures, interesting links. (Archived in 2012.)

Practical Theories: Colin Mill (creator of the very realistic CSM simulator). Very informative articles on model helicopter technology, setup, and flying. Not really new (1995 - 1997), but still completely valid.

REFLEX XTR² by Stefan Kunde. Top sim for helicopters and 3D/pattern aircraft, good for other aircraft and even slope and thermal soaring. Webshop.

SeligSIM (formerly FS One) by Michael Selig. Absolutely top notch for all kinds of airplanes, especially 3D but others as well, like soaring even with winch launch and aerotow. No helicopters. From 2022 on free download and usage, renamed 2024.

crrcsim: Charles River Radio Controllers Simulator. Aerodynamics by Mark Drela. Perfect thermalling trainer, several models, nice sceneries. Best with R/C Joystick, but also usable with mouse.

sss: Slope Soaring Simulator by Danny Chapman. Really great for slope soaring, but thermalling as well, even slope combat with robot models. Very interesting terrain, sound. Best with R/C Joystick, but also usable with mouse.

PicaSim: R/C flight simulator by Danny Chapman. Really great for slope soaring, but thermalling as well. Very interesting terrain, sound. Best with R/C Joystick, but also usable with mouse.

Flight Gear: Open Source, modular, several physics modules, many aircraft, very realistic sceneries. Very interesting. Major drawback: no models, only 'real' aircraft.

Aerobatics - Top Secret?: The neXT R/C heli flight simulator, but also many heli models and very good variants of the Katana for REFLEX XTR for download, and aerobatics videos, all by Klaus Eiperle.

www.Szenerien.de: Very nice sceneries for REFLEX and other major simulators, instructions, workshop and much more, by Harald Bendschneider. Look at his other website www.Sceneries.jimdo.com (workshop) as well!

Sceneries for R/C Flight Simulators and Tools: Very nice up-to-date sceneries for REFLEX and other major simulators, SDU tool, RSK workshop, by Paul Dürr.