RCScratchbuilders.com E-Zine

 RCScratchbuilders.com - May 2008

Welcome to the very first newsletter of RCScratchbuilders.com.  We hope to have some fun and informative articles and featured items for you.  Please be sure to give us feedback on not only what you think, but what things you'd like to see in future issues.

 Are scratchbuilders a dying breed?

 By David Fuller, Editor - RCScratchbuilders.com

About a month or so ago, a thread appeared in the Scratchbuilt Foamies section RCGroups.com entitled Are scratchbuilders a dying breed? That title alone struck me. The comment by the original poster involved a conversation that he had at his local hobby store. The owner made a crack that "[scratchbuilders are] dinosaurs... no one scratchbuilds anymore."

"Hmmm...,'No one?'" I thought to myself. "I don't think that's exactly the case, judging from the healthy activity in the scratchbuild forums."   continued....

The Rebel KF Trainer Plane 

By Donald Ferguson, Asst. Editor - RCScratchbuilders.com

The Rebel KF left the fingers like a dove leaving the hands of a magician. Its electric motor pulling her steadily skyward. Gaining altitude, she slowly banked to the left, as if wanting to look below. He was looking up, smiling, wishing he was flying beside her, darting, diving, soaring. Such freedom only known to birds has been man's desire for thousands of years.  

Such is the case with the Rebel KF trainer. It relishes this freedom, it WANTS to fly, and you can make it happen all your own. You only need a few tools, some foam sheet material, and a desire to learn to fly. A desire to control the Rebel KF, make her go where you point her, to enjoy the pleasures of flight. To be like Ikarus. continued....

How to build a low-cost thrust stand

 By David Fuller, Editor - RCScratchbuilders.com

A frequent question that pops up on many of the R/C plane forums is, "What motor should I use for XYZ plane?" As I recall being told when I asked this question a while back (don't we all ask it at some point?), I was rather wisely corrected, "What you should be asking is, 'What plane can I build with ABC motor?'"

Well, either way you look at it - plane first or motor first - you'll eventually need to know some important data about the motor / propellor combination you use with a given battery. And the way to do that is with a thrust stand. continued...

Our features for the month of May, 2008:

Featured Builder

See some of the amazing planes of scratchbuilder Hans-Joachim of RCGroups.com.

Featured Plane

The X-1 pusher prop jet by burkefj of RCGroups.com

Featured Video

The 114 mph Shuttle Foamy by The Don.  That's one FAST plane!

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