Alan's RC Links
Welcome to Alan's Hobby Web Links
If linking to, or copying links from this page, please
give credit to Alan Tong. This information has taken a long time to acquire. Contact Alan
List of Manufacturers, Stores etc by Country - see end of list
Language Dictionaries and Translation services
- AltaVista - World / Translate (Bablefish)
- Bablefish Translator - Free Language Translation
- Language Dictionaries
GCF Global Learning [For beginners to PC's and Internet] Alan' s RC & Modelling references
Aero Towing
- Aero Towing
- Sail Planes Unlimited = Articles & Tips
- Scale Soaring - Aerotowing
Aerobatics Pattern & F3D
- 1996 Pattern Sequences
- Building A Pattern Airplane
- Ed's RC Pattern Page opening
- D'Best Co. Pattern Page
- Giant Scale Aerobatic List
- International Miniature Aerobatic Club
- modelflying.co.uk - Feature 1 - Loaded Dice III
- New Zealand's T.O.C. Team = Team Briggs
- RC New Zealand - skins for realflight
- Ola Fremming
- NSRCA Trimming Chart
- RC-Aerobatics
- RC Aerobatics for beginners
Airbrush tips and techniques etc
- Airbrush.com
- Airbrushes - Dick Blik
- Airbrushing Tips - Golden.
- Air Brush Painting for Artists & Ilustrators
- Austalian Airbrush Art
- Tips & Techniques - Galaxy Mech Works - click tips.
Aircraft Design. Airfoils, Pull Pull Controls & Flight Trim. (CG,Colour,Trim etc.= more in Folders below)
- Aerodynamics of Spar&Rib Structures
- Ackerman - Pull Pull - Rotary to Linear Differential
- Boost-tabs
- Canards - Palos RC
- Canard design (Zip download) - Paolo Zini
- Cardboard R/C Planes
- Design Calculator - ( Van's )
- Design Parameters - Basic chart
- Flutter - Ed Moorman
- Flying Wing and Bird flight designs
- Model Aircraft Performance Slide Rule Calculator
- Plane Geometry - R C Soarer
- Practical Model Design - RCFU
- Pull Pull Controls - B.Felice
- Pull-Pull Controls - Bob Adkins
- Rotary Driver System - Ailerons-Elevators etc.
- Selected Topics of Model Aerodynamics
- The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage
- Trim Chart for flying RC aircraft
- UIUC Airfoil Data Site
- Wing Loading Charts for R_C Aircraft
Airships & Blimps
- Advanced Hybrid Aircraft Home Page - Airships, Hovercraft & Blimps
- Air Dynamic
- Airship Resources (airships, blimps)
- Balloon Pages on the World Wide Web
- DraganFly - News
- Keith's Virtual Helipad - Airships - Blimps and Other VTOL Aircraft
- Making Bags and Blimps
- Pilot a Remote Control flying saucer, UFO, blimp and helicopter.
- R_C RC Blimps, Balloons and other LTA's List of websites
- REVO- Zeppeline, Werbeballons, Riesenballons, Leuchtballons, Helium
- Small Blimp Parts
Balsa FAQ
- Balsa , Wood Extradinair - by Superior Balsa
- Wood Handbook, Wood as an Engineering Material
Battery care
Chargers
- Hitec RCD
- APEX
- Astro Flight Inc.
- Robbe Power Peak Infinity 2 (Review) = Manufactured by Sunji Kr.
- SLA (Gell Cell) Chargers - Tony Van Roon.
- 12 Volt SLA Charger - simple circuit
- Astro Dischargers
- Battery Care NiCad & Ni Mh
- Battery Engineering, How a Lithium Battery Works
- Battery meter - How to use own Digital Volt Meter.
- Industrial Use Batteries
- Nexcell Battery Co = R & D
- Parallel Battery Operation = Reliability & More Flight Time -
- R/C Battery Clinic
- Strengthening the Weakest Link .... Battery maintenance
- Tech Talk : Maintaining Your Batteries
- Tester for Nicads - PC Readout.
- The Ultimate Battery Directory
- What About All Those NiCads - Tony van Roon
Boats, Yachts, Submarines, Warship Combat and Nautical reviews
- Ace Hobby NZ
- Amati Modellismo
- America's Cup Links
- American Model Yachting Association
- BDE R_C Combat Supplies
- Billing Boats
- Boats & Boat Accessories
- Carr Sails
- Dumas
- HMBC - Caldercraft catalog
- International Waters R_C
- Model Yachting Manufacturers
- More Model Yacht Suppliers
- MRP boats = Thunder Tiger = Ace Hobby
- Punctilo - Caldercraft Ltd
- Prestwich Models
- R_C Sailing - Discussion group.
- RC-Sailing Infocenter
- RC Scale Model Ships - Jiri Syrovatko
- RMG - Racing Yacht Sailwinch Servo
- Sailboats - Radio Control CR914 Model Sailboats
- Scale Sailing
- Scale Ships
- Ship Models FAQ
- The Hague Modelboat Club - HMBC - Homepage
- The Model Boat Wizards
- The Model Power Boat Association
- The Pop-pop pages.
- The World of Scale Model Boating
- Victor Model Products
- West Valley R-C Mariners
- Whirlwind winches
- Walrus Model Yachts
Land and Ice yachts
- IRCSSA Homepage
- Model LandYachts, Unlimited
- Performance RC Landsailers
New Zealand Clubs - FAQ
- J Assoc - Canterbury, South Island
- Kerikeri RYS
- Kiwi Radio Yachting-Home of NZ Radio Yachting
- Manukau Model Power Boat Club
- National Maritime Museum, Auckland NZ
- New Zealand Model Power Boat Assiociation
- North Shore Radio Yacht Squadron (NSRYS) NZ
Reviews, Plans, FAQ & Tips
- How to Sail fast_ Rig tuning by Bob Sterne
- RC Model Sailboat FAQ
- rcboat.com - RC Website for the RC Racer. Home of The Engine Analysis Softwa
- River boats,Towboats etc. - Old River Bill's RC
- River Boats, Towboats etc - Towboat Joe.
- Ship Models FAQ
- WVRCM RC Sailboat FAQ
Submarines
- E1 Submarine Project - Braglia
- Subs on Display
- SUB!'s Model Submarines
- The SubCommittee!
- West Valley RC Submarine FAQ
Thunder Tiger "Victoria" [Tip= Hitec HS605BB for sail servo)
- Performance Tips by "The New Zealanders"
- Victoria Resource Center
- VRC - How to Articles
Warship Combat - C02 BB Cannon etc.
- Big Gun RC Warship Combat
- Swampworks
Books,Manuals,Reference-other
- abebooks.com - the world's largest source of out-of-print books!
- Aircraft Workshop: Learn To Make Models that Fly by Kelvin Shacklock*****
- Building A Pattern Airplane
- Colour Palette for RC aircraft
- Dynamic. Books & Info on RC systems + MIR space station
- Hitec RCD - Instruction Manuals
- Radio Control Guide by Norman Butcher
- Radio Controlled Model Aircraft by Robert Lopshire ****
- RC Books by David Boddington
- Techbooks Home Page
Brazing, Soldering, Welding Ali & Silver, Anodizing etc.
- Aluminum Welding Aluminum Brazing Aluminum Soldering Aluminum Repair
- Silver Soldering Metals
- Soldering Guide - EPE
- Techno Weld. A revolution in aluminium welding
- Anodizing
Buddy Boxes. Servo Leads.Simulators.Interface
Simulators
- Aerochopper Review
- CSM
- Dave Brown RCFS 2001
- Easy Fly ******
- Flight Simulator - Manuel Gonzales
- Fly RC free simulator = Ron's Software Page
- FMS Handbuch - Chuck Gadd
- FMS Homepage
- FMS - models
- Paolo Zini's RC directory
- Pre-Flight (FreeDownload - buy interface kit)
- RealFlight Model Swap
- RealFlight Home Page
- RC New Zealand - skins for realflight
- RC simulators
- Vertigo flight simulator
Simulator controllers
- Build an R/C Stick Joystick - The Flying Penguin
- Futaba Controller - TX Conversion - RCFU
- RC Flight simulator cable etc
- REAL Flight Controller
- Ron's Software Page
- RC simulators.
- TX Interface for FMS 2.0 beta 6 & 7 Flight sim
- TX PC Interface etc - Ken Hewitt
Trainer Cords and Lead pinouts etc
- Airtronics (AM_FM) Trainer Cord
- Buddy box lead info
- Build your own buddy cable
- Intelligent Buddy Box Lead - JR to Hitec or Futaba
- JR Buddy Box lead - RC Planet
- JR Buddy box lead - antoon - gadgets
- Futaba (FM) Trainer Cord
- Futaba (AM) Trainer Cord
- Misc RC leads etc - Ken Hewitt
- Multiplex to Hitec or Futaba buddy lead schematic
- Servos Wiring Diagrams
- Buddy Box System Operation - RCFU
Calculators & Conversion charts
- Conversion & Calculation tables etc
- Entisoft Units -- Measurement Conversion Calculator -- The Internet Version
- Multiplex Servo Analysis
Cars
- Academy
- Ace Hobby - see Academy RC Cars etc.
- Andy's Bodies
- Boca Bearing Company
- Car_Truck Clubs and Organizations
- DRX-2000 Datalogger ....
- DuraTrax (part of Great Planes/Tower Group)
- FAQ for R_C electric off-road racing
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Hitec - Park Challenge
- How a motor works
- Kyosho Cars and Trucks
- Le Gravos Race Team T2M
- Links to RC Car web pages & Distributors
- Losi On-Line
- Mugen Seiki
- Nitro Rally Cars
- Pro-Line Racing!
- Radio Controlled Vehicles
- RC Manufacturers - Cars_Trucks
- RC Online
- RC Car Pro Racer Secrets by Sirace
- Schumacher USA -- Unofficial
- TamiyaNitro.com
- Team Associated R_C Cars
- Team Novak Home Page
- Traxxas Home Page
- Trinity R_C Racing Online!
Catapults, Bungees & Winches
- Bungee Launcher & catapult Illustrations - email Alan for Jpegs.
- Catapult - several shown under "Tips,Tricks, Reviews"
- Dynaflite Hi-Starts
- Electric winch (12V) - email Alan for Jpeg of winch & turnaround plans.
- High Starts and Parachutes
- Histart products and supplies, Dream Catcher Hobby Inc.
- Launch Equipment - Hollyday Designs:
- LiteFlite Engineering
- Multiplex USA - Catapult & bungee
- Northeast Sailplane Products -- Winch Stuff
- Warbirds Ltd see pic #6
C of G & MAC. (Design and Flight Trimming etc see above.)
- CG Calculator - Palos RC
- CG - Canards - Palos RC
- CG & MAC calculator = PJB's Seriously Aeronautical Stuff
- CG Sling & Balance beam "Vanessa" Zip file - email Alan direct for a copy.
- CG Sling
- Design Calc - A great down load file from Van's Place
- MAC Calculator = Palos R/C!!
Colours & Visibility
- Aircraft Visibility
- Model Aircraft Colour design
- SAI - Coloring R_C Aircraft
- Tinting Canopies
- What Colors Do We Fly
Combat - RC
- RC Combat
- battlefloyd.com
- SPAD (Simple Plastic Airplane Designs)
- Streamer Machine
Control Line
- Andy Whortons C/L Page - BMFA & FAI - AJWLTD
- Brass Fuel Tanks for Model Airplanes
- Complete list of C/L articles.
- Control Line Aeromodeling Link Pages, Clubs, and Forums
- Control-line Model Airplanes - Bill Kuhl
- Control Line Model Airplanes = Iskandar taib
- Contractors and Suppliers
- Gary's Control Line Model Aircraft Page
- Göran Olsson's Control Line Page
- Peter Nyffeler's CONTROL-LINE
Covering Materials & Instructions
- Aerocenter Aircraft Supplies : Poly-Fiber Polyester Fabrics
- Cover Foam Wings With Brown Paper - Ezone
- Covering - Lee Van Tassle
- Coverite Home Page
- Lite Films,Covering & colouring - Roy Bourke
- Monokote
- Oracover = Ultracote = Profilm . Hobby Lobby's tips
- Oracover - Holland
- Silkspan Covering - How to and Why
- SPAD (Simple Plastic Model Design) - use of plastics
- Top Flite MonoKote Instructions Part 1
- Two Color Covering - RCFU
- USI Laminate: Use 3mm thick film
- Ultracote® ( = ProFilm =OraCover) Tips & Tricks = Horizon Hobby :
Decals
- CustomCut Vinyl Lettering and Graphics
- Pyramid Products
- Stika self made labels
Directories, Links & R_C References -
- Dogpile - Search engine
- eBay Listings_ Remote Control
- FlightLines : Model Aircraft, Helis, Unleashed!
- Hobby Manufacturer RC Links
- International List of Scale Model Related Web Sites
- John Kallend's home page
- Miniature Models. A data base for Model Topics
- R/C AERO
- RC Flight Unlimited - Howard Sullivan
- RC LINKS-A to Z.htm
- RCOnline.com Forums
- RC Pages - Free Classified Photo Ads
- R/C Soaring Links
- RC Trading Post
- The Complete RC Websites Index - Tony Van Roon
- The Hobby Trail for..
- The Rec.Models.Scale Home Page
- The R/C Source - Hobby People
- The R_C Web Directory - Tower
- Usenet R_C Newsgroups
- Yahoo! Groups
Disabled? - how to overcome disabilities to use RC
- Kim's Home Page
- John Cinderey's pages
Ducks = RC Decoy
- RC Duck Website - build your own duck
- Rc Ducks
- The RC Duck - Dr Spiff
Electric Flight, Electric Motors & Round The Pole
Electric Motor Information
- Astro Flight Inc.
- Aveox Brushless Motors
- Aveox Virtual Test Stand
- Diversity - Motor Calculator etc
- Electrics - motors - Steve Lewin
- Electric Motor Breakin, how they work etc- Tom's RC
- How a motor works - T.Younger
- lrk-torquemax e-motors - How to build your own.
- LRK = Male your own brushless gearless motor, 200-800watts
- Kyosho LeMans Electric Motors
- Leisure Electronics = Motors_gearboxes
- MaxCim Motors
- Motors - Comparison between prices and uses
- PickPwr - Choosing the right power package
- Prosilver
- SE Modeler Gas to Electric
Electric Flight
- Basic Guide to Successful Electric Flight - G McAllister
- British Electric Flight
- Castle Creations - ESC
- Diversity Model Aircraft - Inc calculator for run time
- Dymond Model Sport
- EFLIGHT Archive search
- Electric Flight
- Electric R_C Resources
- Electronic Speed Controler
- EMS Jomar Official Web Site
- The EZONE
- EZONE Articles for January 1999
- Flight Lines - The Best in Radio Controlled Modelling
- From Gas to Electric
- Kontronics - ESC
- Kress Jets Inc. - Gas and Electric Model Planes
- Kyosho Airplanes
- Leisure Electronics = Motors_gearboxes
- Low-Tech A-10 Electric Ducted Fan
- Multiplex USA - Radio Controlled Sailplane Accessories -Catapults
- Northeast Sailplanes Products -- Electric Accessories
- R_C Battery Clinic
- Spectra-V_ Fit gearbox & Vtail to a Spectra - Stefan's Electric RC
- The Future is Electric - Ken Myers
- What About All Those NiCads - Tony van Roon
Fly by Wire = Round The Pole
- Fly By Wire
- Ballards Model Shop
- Skonk Works
Electronics
- Anderson Power Products modular power connectors
- Deans' Connectors
- Design for RC models - Russia
- Circuit Central
- Circuit Diagrams for Model Aircraft
- Electronic Circuits for the Hobbyist - Tony Van Roon
- Electronic Gadgets for Radio Control - Tony Van Roon
- Electronic Speed Controller - using an old servo.
- Electronics Page - Brent's R-C
- Electronics Pages - Circuits etc by Tomi Engdahl's
- Electronics Hobby Page
- kens RC home page
- Lost Model Alarm
- Newark Electronics, Catalog = Electronic Components
- OHM'S Calculator
- Ohmark Electronic gadgets
- Paolo Zini's RC directory
- Philips Semiconductors;
- Ram Radio Controlled Models Home Page
- R/C Battery Clinic
- RC flying - home brew electronics page
- Servo Driver
- Smiley Antenna RC Page
- Stefan's Electric R-C Web Site
- Supercircuits Inc. ..Micro video camera etc.
- Sirius Electronics-TX Diodes bridging
- Suding Associates Inc. - Main Page
- Technical Library
Engines,Plugs,Tuning, Petrol, Turbines, Mufflers, Cleaning, Anodising etc
Anodizing, Cleaning & Starter Motors (Homemade)
- 1/A Starter Motor
- Antifreeze
- Anodizing
Bearings, Metal Working, Mufflers, Tuned Pipes.
- Abec Tolerances
- Aluminum Welding How to Weld Aluminium
- Bearing Sizes & Types - Desertsky
- Boca Bearings for glow engines
- Fly Quiet - Sound reducing mufflers .049 to big
- FMV Storey - Engine & Bearing Fit and design.
- Installation of Model Engine Bearings
- JTEC Model Engine Accessories
- krumscheid
- Macs Products Website - exhausts and smoke systems
- Metalworking FAQ/Compendium
- Mousse Can Muffler - RCFU
- Piped two stroke operation and set up
- PSP Manufacturing
- Slimline Manufacturing
- THUNDER TIGER Boca Bearings
- Techo Weld
- Tuned Pipe Design Calculator
- Ultrathrust Mufflers
Glow Fueled Engines - all (Home pages)
- 1:8 buggy engines and more
- ASP Engines
- AV Engines
- Boca Bearings for glow engines
- Cox
- COX Control Line, COX R_C, COX Free Flight, COX Glow Engines
- Davis Diesel Heads and Diesel engines
- Desert Sky Model0 Aviation _
- Desert Aircraft -- Giant Scale Engines, Kits and Accessories
- DN - Re_ OS 120 Gemini power_
- Dynamite = Horizon Hobby = rebranded SH Engine
- Great Hobbies - Tech Talk crankshaft thread sizes
- Engine Central HP etc
- Enya Model products
- Fox engines
- GMS Engines
- IMAC Commercial Links
- Irvine Engines
- Jett Engineering - high performance model aircraft engines
- Just Engines
- K&B index
- Laser Engines
- Leo Engines
- Magnum
- MDS Engines
- MECA (Model Engine Colletors Assn.) homepage
- ModelEngine.com - K & B, Mecoa, HB, HP, Kavan, Fuji
- Moki
- MVVS model engines - Pe Reivers
- MVVS - Model Engines since 1952
- Nelson Engines - Performance Specialties
- Norvel
- OPS engines
- O.S. Engines
- RCV Engines Ltd
- R_C Airplane Engine Central
- RJL,Kavan<Mecoa,Sophia,HP
- Rossi
- Saito - Horizon
- Saito - Brenton Watkins - hints and tips
- Sanye Machinery Co.,Ltd
- SH-Series Car Engines - Megatech
- Sharma Model Aero Engines and Propellers
- Super Tigre (Online PDF manuals - see Carbs & Tuning)
- Thunder Tiger Engines-Airplane: GP Series
- Thunder Tiger Engines-Airplane: PRO Series
- Thunder Tiger Engines: Airplane: 4-Stroke Series
- Tiger Shark engines
- Two Stroke and Four Stroke Engines
- Webra Austria Home Page
- Webra Motor
- YS - Japan
- YS engines - USA
Glow Plugs, Carburettors, Tuning & Performance Testing
- Airplane flight,model airplanes,engines,aerodynamics - Pé Reivers
- For the new modeller
- Fuels - Brian Hampton
- Glow Plugs- Brian Hampton
- Installation of Model Engine Bearings
- K&B owners guides - Carbuettor tuning etc
- Performance Testing of Engines - Martin.Hepperle
- Prop and rpm performance figures - RCFAQ
- Regulated fuel supply for large engines - Pe Reivers
- Running In Engines - Brian Hampton
- Setting the Idle Mixture _ Brian Hampton
- SmartPlugs - Applications
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Walthers Model Railroad Mall -- Manufacturers
- Williams Brothers - HO Scale Model Aircraft + Cars -
- Wing Manufacturing
