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Airplanes of the “Aviator Movie”
Airplanes of The Aviator Image The Hughes H-1 by Walt Nowotny All photos courtesy of Miramax Film Corp., Aero Telemetry, and Joseph Bok. As seen in the July 2005 issue of Model Aviation.Image AS FILMING BEGAN on Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award-winning movie The Aviator, he was faced with a dilemma: how to accurately portray Howard…
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Helicopter Gyroscopic Prescession Explained
GYROSCOPIC PRECESSION January 29, 2012By Tim McAdams When reading about helicopter aerodynamics you will see the term gyroscopic precession. It refers to a principle of gyroscopes that states when a force is applied to a spinning object, the maximum reaction occurs approximately 90 degrees later in the direction of rotation. Since a helicopter’s main rotor…
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History Of R/C
The history of Radio Control Image Written by Bob Noll How RC technology evolved in the US Education As seen in the August 2018 issue of Model Aviation. Bonus video Other Remote Video URL https://www.modelaviation.com/media/oembed?url=https%3A//youtu.be/G-DOtfHgRtg&max_width=0&max_height=0&hash=rGvGTwaTgyarHdTKHpDpjKkl2S20vn4n6eEIUL9cxSw It all started with Dr. Walter Good and his twin brother, Bill, in 1937. They could never have imagined what the…