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haydenc

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« on: August 23, 2008, 18:18:33 PM »
As the weather has again conspired against me I must find another outlet for my RC Gliding enthusiasm.

Maybe someone out there knows.
Is there a magazine dedicated to RC Gliding.
I have read copies of RCME, RC Model World and RC Model flyer.
They each contribute small sections on Gliding.
But is there a dedicated mag that I am missing.

And another thing.

I am about to venture into the model building area.
Have not been there since, well a long time
Maybe the late 60s
I must be getting old.
Anyhow have ordered plans for a 1.5M K8.
They appeared in June 2005 copy of RC Model Flyer.

I was considering enlarging the plan slightly to maybe 2M.
Anyone have experiencing of doing this.
No point in me making the same mistakes as others before me.

Thanks in advance and hope the weather picks up for all.
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« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2008, 21:24:20 PM »
Hey Cha
On the mag front. As far as I know there is no english language rc gliding magazine. There used to be QFI (quiet flight international) which was good. Only glider stuff.All aspects, Scale, PSS, F3F, F3B etc.. The editor died in a motorcycle accident I think and soon after if became QEFI (quiet and electric).That was early 2000s. The glider content now is pretty minimal. There is a Chris Williams scale section and maybe a review now and again. Not a lot more than that. Such a shame! Fred was recently given a heap of old QFIs which I am now hoarding and working my way through. A little out of date on the tech front but a lot is still very relative.  

Other than that, there is Quiet Flyer (U.S.). Although, last I heard that was going out of print too. Like QEFI the content is mostly electric rather than glider.

I would happily subscribe to a mag just for RC gliding. Pity really. I guess this here interweb is putting an end to a lot of rags!
Doh!!
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« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2008, 13:30:09 PM »
Its a pity that the people who publish the German RC Gliding magazine "Aufwind" don't translate it into english. I would certainly subscribe to that and I'd say a lot of other people would to.
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« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2008, 18:23:49 PM »
Thanks for the replies Joe and Alan.
I suppose if there was a market someone would have filled it.
Will stick with the ones I currently can get and be happy.
At least now I know I am not missing something.
Unfortunately I have no German so thats that.
Thanks again lads the replies.

Cha
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« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2008, 20:25:17 PM »
I could scan some of the old QFI articles and share them if anyone was interested. Might take me a little while to get round to it. Anything in particular people would be into, Scale, PSS, F3F etc..???
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« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2008, 20:28:59 PM »
Hi,

Don't forget the only, free monthly 100% glider magazine !
RCSD - R/C Soaring Digest..

All here, and every month :

http://www.rcsoaringdigest.com/

Magazine in PDF to be downloaded. Check out the archives too, lots of reading !

Enjoy !  :D
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« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2008, 20:41:20 PM »
Very true Frederic!
And the old Inland Slope Rebels mag here: http://www.inlandsloperebels.com/slopeflyer/slopeflyer.html
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« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2008, 20:43:16 PM »
:D

Yep, forgot the SlopeFlyer one !  :oops:
Unfortunately, the magazine has stopped :cry:
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« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2009, 12:24:05 PM »
Quote from: "Alan_Perse"
Its a pity that the people who publish the German RC Gliding magazine "Aufwind" don't translate it into english. I would certainly subscribe to that and I'd say a lot of other people would to.


Hi,

now we offer a English translation. See the website www.AUFWIND-magazine.net for more details.


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« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2009, 14:28:19 PM »
Quiet Flyer is now RC Sport Flyer and has a "little" bit of soaring, often of the e-soaring type.

There was also Silent Flight which was a bi-monthly produced by the same people as RCM&E.

I have every QFI from issue 1 until it became part of QFI after Dave Jones death. The articles in the early issues are, in my opinion, far more informative, interesting and on the whole better written.
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« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2009, 13:53:11 PM »
Hi Philipp,

Welcome to the forum !  :D

Bill, 100% agree with you.. Have almost all the QFI, they are all still relevant today. That went a bit down when Kevin took over, but the quality was still great !

I think today, Aufwind is the one for us now !
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« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2009, 17:38:33 PM »
Quote from: "Fred"
Welcome to the forum !  :D


Thank you. I'm glad being here...  :) :) :)


Quote from: "Fred"
I think today, Aufwind is the one for us now !


Wow, that's great. Thank you so much!

@all: It would be a honour for me publishing articles about your wonderful models. Please get in touch with me at editor@aufwind-magazine.net, if you like to write for AUFWIND. It could be also done in combination with the forum.

Sorry for my bad school-english...  ;) ;)


Bye

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« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2009, 14:19:43 PM »
Hiya Philipp.
Welcome aboard. Thanks for getting around to doing the English version. I shall have to sort out my subscription.
Regards
Joe
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