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Master Your Landings, Part 1: Ground School
Here’s an underappreciated fact: landing is mandatory! So let’s invest some time in “Ground School” to strengthen our academic knowledge of the forces at play. We will borrow concepts from full scale aviation but keep all of it relevant to our modeling world while learning what it means to successfully land...
How to Fly a Rolling Circle
A rolling circle is one of the most beautiful maneuvers that can be flown in precision aerobatics. Whether you're a seasoned precision aerobatics competitor looking for an edge or a sport flier looking to impress, I believe you can benefit from the wisdom I’ve earned flying rolling circles in precision competitions...
The Best Way to Set Up Your Transmitter for Precision Flying
The goal of my Targeted Approach is to leverage the power of the transmitter, empowering you to fly precisely and consistently throughout the entire flight envelope. It may be the single most important thing you could do to improve your performance, your airplane, and your enjoyment of this great hobby.
An Introduction to Flight Coach for F3A Pattern - A New and Brutally Honest Coach
Feedback is essential to the progression of pattern skills. It’s also something most pilots don’t get during their practice sessions. Enter: Flight Coach
Basic Aircraft Setup
Trimming an aerobatic aircraft is like learning the game of golf. When you first start out, the game seems fun...
Anatomy of a Snap Roll
Snap rolls are interesting critters! Reaching consensus on just what they are often seems impossible...
Improving Your Progress with a Comprehensive Approach
Having an airplane that flies better than you is a special feeling. However, adjusting and improving the model and radio setup can sometimes be very confusing...
Air Density and Pattern
Have you noticed that some days your airplane has more or less power than others? That it’s more or less responsive? The variable property causing this is air density...
Pattern Flying Fundamentals: Roots of Success
Pattern fundamentals to build on for success in all classes. A loose collection of personal observations and tidbits of information from Brett but valuable nonetheless...