The New RC Soaring Digest | February, 2023 | Vol. 38, No. 2

[The New RC Soaring Digest]

The February 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 — There is reason and purpose to all things. — Terence C. Gannon
• Letters to the Editor — An answer, another question and somebody whose folks definitely raised him right. — The New RC Soaring Digest Staff
• Cool New Stuff — New products that will fill you with enthusiasm without emptying your wallet. — The New RC Soaring Digest Staff

Features

• Building the Rico-SHE LW — Part II: Finishing and Flying the Classic from Phoenix Model Products — Marc Panton
• Downsizing the Bergfalke IV — Part II: So how did it all pan out? — Chris Williams
• Dream 2700 | A Tailless Tale — Part IV: The Sky Awaits! — Domenico Bosco
• Project ALTius — Part I: A simpler approach to high-performance glider development using CAD/CAM. — Tiberiu Atudorei
• The Hustler — Your opportunity to build a classic design from the golden age of RC sailplanes. — Don Edberg
• Twist Distributions for Swept Wings — Part 1: Why place proportionally more twist in the outboard portion of the wing? — Bill Kuhlman
• Replacing a Wing Servo in a Glass Slipper Wing — Tired of hassling with servo frames in ridiculously tight spaces? — Rene Wallage

Ongoing Series

• Science for Model Flyers — Part IV: Aerials — Peter Scott
• Soaring the Sky Podcast — E093: Monkeys, Coconuts, Field Fires and John Denver | An Interview With Don Ingraham — Chuck Fulton
• Condor Corner — Introduction — Scott Manley
• Five Minute Fixup — Frequent RCSD Contributor Marc Panton Kicks Off a New, Informal Series — Marc Panton

Retrospectives

• Stamps That Tell a Story — Philatelic tributes to aviation pioneer Octave Chanute. — Simine Short
• Glider Patents — US 4061028 A: Aircraft Total Energy Sensor — The New RC Soaring Digest Staff

That’s a Wrap!

• The Trailing Edge — Life according to Jerry Seinfeld. — 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