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cianwoods:
Hey guys,

Thanks for your comments on the site. I have made a few changes to it. Being a 16 year old sometimes can use a hand with thoughts on the site.


Anyways  hope you like it and I am writing posts for it almost every day.

Thanks,
Cian

Happy Days:
Hey Cian, been reading your new site. You’ve obviously got a lot of enthusiasm for model aircraft, and that’s very good! :clap:

There are a number of points however, that you've written, that are not quite correct.
Look, this is the sort of thing I mean.

Quote from your site,….. “Battery: The batteries we use in an RC plane are called lithium polymer, usually known as lipos.”

That’s is a bit like me saying that: “Car’s are propelled by internal combustion engines that burn Petrol.”

You see,…..what I’ve just said isn’t actually true………….because some cars burn Diesel. Some don’t have internal combustion engines at all, they have batteries that power electric motors. And some have both internal combustion engines and batteries/electric motors.

Now, ……going back to your statement about RC planes using batteries called Lithium Polymer, that’s not quite true either.
Some models use Lithium Ferrite batteries, some use Nickel-Metal-Hydride batteries, and there are other types of battery that are used as well.

I suspect that when you wrote about batteries you meant that the type of battery YOU use in YOUR plane, is a Li-Po battery.

Look, here’s another mistake;

Quote from  your site: “Vertical Stabilizer: This is the tall piece on the nose. It keeps the plane balanced when in flight.”

What do you think is wrong with that statement? (There are two mistakes.)

Don’t get me wrong Cian,…..I’m not trying to ‘pure water on your bonfire.’ It’s good that you enjoy aero modelling, but if you’re going to run a good website, it’s best to be sure that the things you say are correct.
Do you think it might be a good idea that in future, before you publish an article, you get it checked by someone who’s experienced in R.C. aero modelling?

Good luck,

Keith

Aidan:
The most important thing is not to misrepresent yourself. I'm not suggesting you would do that on purpose but if you post information online in a website that suggests it's the best around and that tells you how a plane works and what components it uses, an unexperienced reader may assume everything they read is correct. In my opinion that puts a LOT of responsibility on the writer. You need to make your level of experience and expertise clear from the outset and be VERY confident that what you post is correct and doesn't make unwarranted assumptions.
Otherwise you could end up leading people astray and causing confusion and frustration instead of providing clarity and encouragement which I'm sure is your intention.
The hardest thing, in my opinion, when trying to explain any technical subject is simplifying your explanations to a level that's approachable for beginners without distorting the meaning or misleading the reader into thinking things are simpler or more fixed than they really are.
So in this case, if you oversimplify discussions about aerodynamics or power systems without telling the reader that you're giving them a simplified version, they'll likely end up confused or thinking they know more than they really do. Neither is good.

Like Keith, I'm not trying to put you off sharing your interest in the hobby. But I would discourage posting any information in the guise of an expert unless you are absolutely sure it's accurate. Much better, I think, to make your level of experience perfectly clear and post these things as your opinions /understandings rather than as fact.

Aidan

cianwoods:
Thanks for the comments, working on sorting out a few things now.

Richard Boyd:
Hello young Cian, your on the right track and it is very refreshing to see young enthusiastic people joining our hobby.


Richard

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