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Page 1December 2003
December, 2003
Vol. 20, No. 12U.S.A. $3.50
 
R/C Soaring DigestPage 2
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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"Soaring Site"............................................
Judy SlatesEditorial................................New Web Site for Houston Hawks....................................................................On the Home Front............................................................................Gift Idea Issue4
"On The Wing..."...........................
Bill & Bunny KuhlmanFlying Wing Design & Analysis..............Jochen Haas' Taborca7
Review.........................................
Bill & Bunny Kuhlman....................The Golden Age of Model Aviation by Alvin Sugar8
Christmas & Gift Giving Ideas.................
Dave Register................................................................Bill & Bunny Kuhlman.................................................................................Greg Smith...........................................................................Dave Garwood14
Sailplane History..............................
Anker Berg-Sonne..................................................................History of the Mantis20
 Technical Analysis & Design.......................
Mark Drela..........................................Elastic Modulus of Common Foams
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TheSoaringSite
Happy Flying!Judy Slates
 TABORCA 
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aunching Taborca at theTeck hills in southwestGermany. Jochen Haas’ Taborca is thesubject of “On the ‘Wing...” thismonth, written by Bill & BunnyKuhlman.
New Web Site for Houston Hawks
W
e received a message from GarySeawright, webmaster for theHouston Hawks in Texas. They have anew domain name and web site:http://www.houstonhawks.orgThe
RCSD
 web pages were updated byour web masters, B2 but, alwayscurious, we took a quick trip to theweb site to see what the HoustonHawks had to say.There is a 30-Day Introductory PilotProgram, which “allows any person toexperience the excitement and chal-lenge of radio-control soaring, whetherthey have a sailplane or not. Onceregistered, a person has 30 consecutivedays of FREE one-on-one flightinstruction with a certified AMAinstructor pilot using the HoustonHawks Hangar 9 Aspire. To start yourflight instruction, contact one of theinstructor pilots listed below.”List of Certified AMA Instructor PilotsMike KovacsDon Cleveland Jack Womack The Hangar 9 Aspire has a 79-inchwingspan with a modified Selig 7037airfoil. The Aspire uses 2 channels: onefor rudder (yaw) control and anotherfor elevator (pitch) control. The imageis available for viewing from their website.
On the Home Front
This past month, the
RCSD
 ResourceListing for the U.S.A. was updated toreflect the latest contact information. Itis available for downloading from themain
RCSD
 web page. Should any of you note additional changes thatshould be made, please don’t hesitateto let us know!Effective this past month,
RCSD
 nolonger accepts commercial advertising.Personal advertising, club information,and special interest groups, as always,are exempt.
Gift Idea Issue
As most of you are aware, the writersand columnists volunteer their timeand energy providing information onthe subject of their choice, and theyonly share information on sailplanesand related accessories. That meansthat we write what we want to writeabout and that we think will be of interest to most of you.This month is no exception, as thisissue contains a special article, coordi-nated and edited by Dave Register, onthe subject of Christmas or SpecialOccasion gift giving ideas. Our thanksto all of the folks that provided infor-mation for the article and to Dave forhis coordinating efforts.
(Being an editoris not always easy, and we appreciate it,Dave!)
And, in the midst of all this, in addi-tion to writing his own column, Davehas some personal things happeningon his own home front. For those of you that know Dave, and for those of you that enjoy reading his column, aget well message would be wellreceived. He’s at <RegDave@aol.com>or, at least, he should be there if they’ve let him out of the hospital andgiven him his laptap computer back!Get well, Dave!

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