Building Techniques For Indoor Flying Models
This series of short videos addressing the materials, building techniques and flight trimming associated with indoor flying models was created with the help of members from the Baltimore Area Soaring Society along with members of the Washington DC Maxecuters. While the impetus for these videos was generated from working with Science Olympiad teams, the information is applicable for anyone entering the fascinating sport of indoor free flight.
A table of contents listing the topic of each video has been created in order to allow a particular item to be queried. The text of the audio for each video is available for those who wish to have it for reference. We hope you find this information useful.
As we gain feedback we will modify the videos and or add to them to address questions and recommendations from viewers.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Preparing rubber and making a loop
- Motor Winding, Torque, Break-in, Breakage Safety
- Transferring the wound motor to the model and O-Rings
- Materials for Indoor model structures
- Materials for covering Indoor models
- Tools for Indoor model Construction
- Cutting Wood
- Cutting Foam
- Sanding
- Gluing Wood
- Gluing Other Materials
- Covering With Tissue
- Covering With Film
- Elastic Launched Glider flight trimming (Coming Soon)
- Rubber Powered Airplane flight trimming (Coming Soon)
- Rubber Powered Helicopter flight trimming (Coming Soon)