#fixed wing

My favorite book right now is "Model Aircraft Aerodynamics" by Martin Simmons, and by far my favorite chapter in the book is chapter 3: Scale effect and the boundary layer. In that chapter I learned something shocking: RC aircraft experience laminar flow, and that's a bad thing. As I understand...

I want to get started in rc planes, and i have done a good amount of research. i think i even know what I want to get. But i decided that I should get a book first. Any ideas?

I was wondering what people thought about the BNF/RTF Sport Cub S2 by Hobbyzone? Would you say it flies well? Would you recommend it to a beginner? To an intermediate? To a master? Thanks

I would prefer an RTF, as I know BNFs don't really save money when you're starting out and you want something cheap. Anyways, does anyone have an opinion. I would also prefer at least 4 channels, ad a budge of about 120 dollars. I also need a long flight time, AT LEAST 20 minutes. I was looking...

I had a very fast unscheduled landing with my sport cub and I’m having some issues. The plane wants to nose down a lot to the point where I have to constantly hold about 20-30% down pressure for it to track straight. However with the flaps in full deflection the plane flies straight enough. The...