Tips and Advice

These are articles were submitted or found on the web, they appear to be good advice. We take no responsibility for these tips in anyway.

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Dictionary of RC Flying Jargon (from Tower Hobbies)

Getting Started With Airplanes (from Tower Hobbies)

Gas Engine Tuning Tips (from Flying Giants)

DA50R Drill Template (from Flying Giants)

DA100 & DA120 Drill Template (member submitted) 

Saito Tuning Tip(s)  (from The Profile RC Brotherhood)

Glow Engine Suggested Prop Sizes (from Unknown)

Battery Balance Tap Configuration Guide (from RC Accessory)

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Batteries (link to the Battery University)

Battery/ESC connectors

RC World (The place for beginners to get started)

Jim's Seaplane Info (Everything you need to know about flying rc planes off the water)

Click here to use a simple program to find your wing loading.

How to CG any size plane using a tape measure and scale(s).

How to set up flaperons using a Spektrum AR500 Rx and a X9503/X9303/XP9303 Tx.

Here is a printable protractor, a nice tool you may tape to your aircrafts surface to aid in setup.

Mejzlik's 2 & 3 blade prop chart for gas engines