The New RC Soaring Digest | April, 2023 | Vol. 38, No. 4

[The New RC Soaring Digest]

The April 2023 issue is out. It's your monthly dose of commercial-free RC soaring journalism from around the globe including (click any article title to read):

The Launch Zone

• In The Air — The trouble with Canada. — Terence C. Gannon
• Letters to the Editor — Intellectual property, flight simulators and Daylight Saving Time - the letters we received are eclectic, to say the least. — The New RC Soaring Digest Staff
• Spencer Lisenby Shatters Own Record, Pushes Transonic DP to 907km/h — The dynamic soaring ace extends his dominance of the outright model aircraft speed record extending back over a decade. — The New RC Soaring Digest Staff
  

Guest Editorial

• It's Time to Raise the 250g Limit — A 1kg limit proposed by FAA-recognized, community-based organizations strikes a better balance. — Adam Weston

Features

• Alien — A Carbon Encounter of the Bird Kind — Pierre Rondel
• Magnetic Building Board — An attractive project for a Sunday afternoon. — Marc Panton
• Flying Back in Time — A fond recollection of an event where the star of the show burned bright but not long. — Chris Williams
• Project ALTius — Part III: Working within weight and financial constraints. — Tiberiu Atudorei
• Twist Distributions for Swept Wings — Part 3: Taming adverse yaw created by aileron deflection. — Bill Kuhlman
• Vacuum Bagging Basics — A primer for those just starting out on their composite construction journey. — Rachael Geerts

Ongoing Series

• Condor Corner — Three generations of pilots channelling flight experience through simulator training. — Scott Manley
• Soaring the Sky Podcast — E108: A Soaring Fix From The Gliding Junkie — Chuck Fulton
• Super Strong Clevis Rods — Don't let them be the weakest link. — Tom Broeski

Retrospectives

• Glider Patents — US 5026313 A: Model Airplane — The New RC Soaring Digest Staff
• Stamps That Tell a Story — Philatelic tributes to soaring in Japan, along with a brief history. — Simine Short

That’s a Wrap!

• The Trailing Edge — The Aviator — The New RC Soaring Digest Staff

It’s FREE. We hope you enjoy it and thank you so much for reading.

Terence C. Gannon
Managing Editor
The New RC Soaring Digest
https://new.rcsoaringdigest.com