Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #143292 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 160 pages

Synopsis
The building and flying of radio-controlled aircraft is one of the most enjoyable, involving and fun hobbies in the world of models. This new book by guru David Boddington looks at different types of radio-controlled aircraft, including traditional fixed wing machines powered by internal combustion engines, electric-powered planes, helicopters, indoor ultralights, jets and gliders. It explains how to build an aircraft, from a kit or from scratch, and looks at engine details and radio-control systems. Truly complete, this is the perfect book for anyone who has ever thought at trying their hand at this rewarding pastime.

Customer Reviews

Excellent intro to RC a/c
As an experienced scale modeller, full-sized-pilot & amateur-aerodynamicist I purchased this book (& several others) for my son who is expressing an interest in flying RC aircraft. Having read this book & others I decided that this would have been more than enough on its own. Also, I rather enjoyed reading it for my own benefit.

This book is remarkably well put together. It is obviously written by somebody who has a wealth of relavent and practical experience backed by solid theory and an understanding of the issues faced by somebody wanting to enter the hobby/ sport of RC model aircraft.

The subject matter covers the wide scope of radio control & model aircraft - including fixed & rotary wings - from history to the future, from planning to advanced flying. There is a handful of simple line drawings which are clear and enhance the text. There is a huge number of high-quality, mostly colour photos which support and illustrate the text. Where the subject matter could be expanded in detail to a much fuller degree, the author refers the reader to specialist books in a constructive manner.

The reader who will benefit most from this book is somebody who wishes to enter the hobby/ sport of radio control aircraft with little or no prior knowledg of the subject matter. If you read no other book you would be off to a good start. Experienced modellers/ flyers like myself will potentially find it useful to help to ease new entrants into the hobby/ sport, to expand our own knowledge of the hobby/ sport and to become aware of alternatives to the way we already do things.

The down side? Yes, there is one. This book is written particularly for a UK audience using current UK prices in £-Sterling, and a reference section about British clubs & radio frequencies. As a non-UK person these sections are of no consequence. Perhaps a future issue would benefit a wider geographical audience if it gave reference sections for other countries, too - or at least a set of Internet URLs that the interested reader could use to locate the country-specific stuff.

Was this £14 or €20 well spent? In my estimation - absolutely, yes. My thanks to David Boddington for this excellent book.

Radio Controlled Model Aircraft
I purchased this book from Amazon after reading the reviews but was slighly disappointed with the book.I was expecting more information like engine thrust angles and details of building model aircraft but even though it is a good read I would not recommend it for a beginner into the hobby due to its lack of information on how to go about building model aircraft.Once again it is a book that is written by an expert but not with the novice in mindRadio-Controlled Model Aircraft

Review of "Radio Controlled Model Aircraft"
A useful and easy to read broad introduction to the hobby. The book is more like an advert for the activity rather than a clear guide on how to go about it. It is easy to dip in and out of and there are some good pictures.

However anyone wishing to take up making and or flying radio controlled model aircraft will need to buy books with more specifics and detail on the areas they are interested in.

There was not enough, for example on electric powered flight (the future of the hobby) explaining the terminology of motor types and battery considerations.

A good and helpful read.