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What's On This Site: |
Keith Shaw is the Guru of sport scale electrically powered aircraft.
His words, transcribed from a talk to the EMFSO (Electric Model Flyers of
Southern Ontario) by Martin Irvine of Kingston, Ont., apply to all types of
successful e-powered aircraft. I have reorganized the original paper, that
Martin published for the EMFSO, and put it into .pdf format. It is in four
parts that are linked into a single document for reading and printing. The
documents are .pdf files (Adobe Acrobat Exchange - portable document files).
If you don't have the FREE Adobe Acrobat Exchange Viewer, there is a version for DOS, Windows,
Mac & Unix. To go to Adobe for your FREE viewer, 
Download shaw1. pdf | 158Kb |
Download shaw2. pdf | 196Kb |
Download shaw3. pdf | 214Kb |
Download shaw4. pdf | 185Kb |
AND NOW - EVEN MORE KEITH SHAW TO LEARN FROM!
| Thanks to Air Age Publications Editor-in-Chief, Tom Atwood, many of Keith Shaw's MAN articles are available for downloading here. As of Jan. 1, 1997 Tom Hunt & Ken Myers MAN articles are now also available | |
Please Click Before Downloading |
Please Read This before downloading to learn more about these articles and how they are presented. |
Download shawmr95.pdf - 47.0Kb |
"Electrics" from the March 1995 column, how to construct motor mounts for direct & gear drive. |
Download makepack.pdf - 73.6Kb |
"On Constructing a Good Ni-Cd Battery" - just what the name implies. |
Download twins.pdf - 116.0Kb |
"Electric Twins" really covers all kinds of multi-motor aircraft. |
Download aerobat.pdf - 39.6Kb |
"The Art of Low Power Aerobatics"How to fly your sport and sport-scale aircraft in a pleasing manner for spectators. How to get the "BEST PERFORMANCE" during a routine. |
Download chrg2ef.pdf - 535Kb |
"Charging into Electric Flight; a primer from the master"How to get started the RIGHT way into electrics. |
Download scale.pdf - 55Kb |
"Electric Sport Scale" from the July 1987 of the now gone Model Builder, it's the granddaddy of all electric flight articles by Keith Shaw. This is the one everyone references to build great electric planes of all kinds. |
View In-line Pack Construction |
This is Keith Shaw's article "On Constructing An In-line Battery Pack" from the April '94 issue of Model Airplane News. |
View Landing Gear Hints |
This is part of Keith's talk to the EMFSO on wing mounted landing gear done the RIGHT way! Just click and view. |
Keith Shaw's Prop Talk to Midwest R/C, Nov. '98 |
This information about props was taken from a speech that Keith gave to the Midwest R/C Society of southeastern Michigan in November 1998. |
| Exciting NEWS! | Also from the pages of MAN - Tom Hunt! Even more great info! |
Download pickpwr.pdf - 77.7Kb |
"Choosing the Right Power Package" Tom's Excellent September 1996 MAN column on how to power your e-flight project. A real keeper. |
Download convert.pdf - 19.9Kb |
"Tips to Convert Glow Kits to Electrics" Tom's April 1996 MAN column tells how to select suitable kits to convert from glow to e-power and how to do it. |
Download Fly_prop.pdf - 24.5Kb |
"How to Fly Your Propeller" Tom's July 1993 MAN column tells why static thrust is not the whole story and suggests other considerations when selecting a prop for a certain task or mission. |
| And Here's Myers! | Also from the pages of MAN and the Ampeer - Ken Myers! Even more info! |
Download kress.pdf - 43.6Kb |
"Kress Jets Computer Software" This is the article from the September 1996 issue of MAN where I review the computer aid software available from Kress Jets. I still use the Electro Flight Design program a lot! It does have a 60 amp maximum, but other than that, no limitations. Great programs. Need help designing electric ducted fans? Kress has a program to assist you. Check them out with this review. |
Download rchndbok.pdf - 96Kb |
From Model Airplane News comes R/C Pilot's Handbook. This is a short review of that book by Ken Myers. It includes everything from the basics of R/C, including getting started, through advanced techniques, including electric flight. Download the review - then you'll see you really need this book. It should be available in all hobby shops. If not, contact Air Age Publications. |
View Mid-Am '98 |
Larry Marshall covered the '98 Mid-Am and has given permission to post. This will take a bit of time to load, as the pages are archived as .jpg images. |
| Vacuum Forming | This is the article requested by many on the EZone's E-flight list |
| Read Vacuum Forming Article in your browser | This article was reprinted from the Winter 1994 Electric Flight United Kingdom (EFUK) newsletter. I've added some other info that you may also find useful. |
| Aircraft Plans and articles: | By Permission of the designers |
| Construction of the MicroSport, S400 sport plane | View this construction article by Jim Young from the December '97 issue of Model Airplane News. With permission of the author, Jim Young. A Note from Jim: "Please let people know that I have foam cores available for the MicroSport. If anyone has any questions about building or flying it, please feel fee to contact me." |
| krumpler.pdf - 158Kb | This is the 1990 contruction article by Martin Irvine of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It originally appeared in Model Aviation, the Dec. 1990 issue. It is available here with permission of the author. Plans should still be available through Model Aviation. |
| W-1 Tailless Aircraft for Speed 400 - FAI05, GeeBee Model D for
geared S400
also available, Monocoup & tailless w/lg (WASP) |
An original design "tailless" is posted here by permission of the designer, Carlo
Ciarniello of Powell River, B.C., Canada. It is available in several formats to download and
modify as you wish. All commercial rights remain with the author, of course. You can also order
a set of plans from the designer. Check this one out! Carlos also has two more plans available for
the Monocoup and Wasp. They aren't downloadable, but you can get ordering info.
GeeBee Model D for Geared Speed 400, check this one out too. |
 04/03/99  Low-Lizz |
From
Carlo Ciarniello email: cbciarn@prcn.org
Once again, Carlo has provided us with a FREE plan. The specs are: Motor: Cobalt 15 - 25,
Cells 12 - 16, 1700SCRC, Weight: 70 - 90 oz., Span: 50 7/8 in., Chord: 12 in., Area: 571 sq.in.,
Wing Loading: 17.6 - 23 oz./sw.ft.
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| Computer Aids | By Permission of the authors: |
| Jim Ryan's Excel Weight Estimation Spreadsheet | This is the spreadsheet mentioned in his Model Airplane News column Cybernews. It is pretty handy. |
| Airfoil Plotting Program (Profili) | A FREE airfoil plotting program by Stefano Durone of Italy. Contains over 1000 airfoils that you can add to and/or modify. Note: This program is downloaded from Stefano's site, therefore you'll be leaving the EFO site to download it. |
| Balance Spread Sheet in Excel | C of G calculations for Electric RC From: Carlo Ciarniello
C.Ciarniello@mbltd.com
This is a simple Excel spread sheet which calculates the Center of Gravity of a radio controlled aircraft. For each item or element of the RC craft (such as batteries, servos, motors, etc) the user must enter the distance from the firewall that the item resides as well as the weight of the item. The spreadsheet will calculate the MOMENT about the firewall for the item as well as the total weight of the aircraft. The final calculation performed is the Center of Gravity as the distance from the firewall. |
