| Get Started in Quiet Flight! |
| This special feature is our
guide to getting started in radio-controlled
electric flight and gliding. You'll learn why
"quiet flight" is the fastest growing
form of flying, see the equipment you'll need to
buy and get tips on preparing your first model
for its first flight and flying your model. This
website is continually expanding and evolving, so
we hope that you like what you see and will
return regularly as the site is updated. Click
here to enter. Good luck and happy landings! |
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| Scale Sailplane
and Glider Tug Update |
| For a long time now several CEFA
members have been thinking about aerotowing a
scale glider with an electric powered glider tug.
The tug, Byam Wight's Pilatus Porter,
has now been successfully flown. Byam says the
Porter is a real pussycat to fly, with heaps of
power. In the meantime, Matt Greenfield's 1/4
scale Schleicher Ka-8b glider is nearing
completion - click here for construction
photos! |
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| Schleicher Ka-8b |
| Click
here to view Matt Greenfield's article on the
full-size Ka-8, including historical facts,
photos and specifications on the aircraft that
became one of the most famous post-war sailplanes.
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