Draw Your View - 2010/11
INSPIRATION IS everywhere that fuels the passion of
aeromodeling. Drive by a general-aviation airport sometime; you
might be amazed by what types of aircraft you see. If you are
inspired, take a photo or two. While flipping through an aviation
book or magazine, you could see eye candy throughout.
Sometimes the inspiration to construct a model of a full-scale
airplane is so original that no drawing, of any kind, exists. If you
want take on such a project, there’s a way you can be sure to start
off on the right foot: make a three-view drawing from a
photograph. Read on to learn how.
Rhon-Bus - 2007/11
THE EDWARDS Rhomboidal biplane
was built in Great Britain in 1911. In the
1920s Norman Hall-Warren designed a
rhomboidal wing for his home-built
airplane. He found that the joined wing
was resistant to stalling in flight.
Cessna No. 1
CLYDE V. CESSNA built his first flying
machine in 1910. His new airplane’s
airframe turned out to be aerodynamically
stable and had an advanced design for its
time. His first flights in the new aircraft
were limited to short hops because of
inadequate engine-cooling technology
which caused the Elbridge engine that he
used in his craft to overheat.
