Clubs in Profile
Getting to know
your aircraft
Centre of gravity
Centre of gravity - this is achieved by balancing the forces on the aircraft and the alignment of those forces. So the shape is balanced and the weight needs to be balanced too. Think of a see-saw
Lift thrust drag weight
Lift thrust drag weight - 4 main forces in balance
Flaps
Flaps are on the edge closer to the aircraft. They work together on take off and landing. They usually contain fuel tanks in full size aircraft but not models.
Fuselage
Fuselage - for the body of the aeroplane. Wings, tail, engine and undercarriage attached. Cockpit, controls, instruments and cabin form part of it.
Ailerons
Ailerons are the outer edge of the wings. they move in opposite directions to allow the pilot to roll the aircraft
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Centre of gravity
Centre of gravity - this is achieved by balancing the forces on the aircraft and the alignment of those forces. So the shape is balanced and the weight needs to be balanced too. Think of a see-saw
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Lift thrust drag weight
Lift thrust drag weight - 4 main forces in balance
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Flaps
Flaps are on the edge closer to the aircraft. They work together on take off and landing. They usually contain fuel tanks in full size aircraft but not models.
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Fuselage
Fuselage - for the body of the aeroplane. Wings, tail, engine and undercarriage attached. Cockpit, controls, instruments and cabin form part of it.
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Ailerons
Ailerons are the outer edge of the wings. they move in opposite directions to allow the pilot to roll the aircraft
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The Model Aviation Family
Models cover every flying discipline that you see in full size aircraft. These icons are mark the types of aircraft flow at different clubs and by pilots.
Turbine
Turbine aircraft are the fastest of all models. They derive their power from a model turbine motor, normally operating Jet A1/Kerosene as a fuel.
Helicopter
A model that derives it's lift from a main rotor and it may or may not have a trail rotor for control. Main rotor and it may or may not have a trail rotor for contro.
Scale
Scale aircraft are miniature versions of a full sized aircraft. They can be models of any tyoe of aircraft that have flown from the earliest days ...
Gliders
Gliders derive their lift from their air around them. They characteristically have high aspect ratio wings (long and thin) and are streamlined in appearance.
Multirotor
These models have multiple motors, normally 4 but some up to 8 and they have sophisticated software and GDP equipment for control.
Seaplanes
Like the full size these are aircraft that take off and land on water. They can have floats or a fuselage similar to a boat hull.
FPV
First-person view (FPV) or remote-person view (RPV) is simply video piloting. Through a radio-controlled aircraft you get a pilot's view ...
Old Timer
Old time free flight models, circa 1935 to 1956, converted to radio control and flown competitively in mulitple classes ...
About Aeromodellers
Aeromodellers are all who are interested in the experimentation, innovation, design, construction, maintenance and flight of all or any model aircraft. Fixed Wing, Rotary Wing (Helicopters), Multirotors (drones), Gliders, Seaplanes, actually any airborne creation that takes to the sky and pushes the envelope of possibility.
