The New RC Soaring Digest
@rcsoaringdigest.bsky.social
The 30 issues of the digital-first version of the classic journal for RC soaring enthusiasts, published by Intellog from January of 2021 through June of 2023.
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This past September, popular YouTuber Tom Stanton turned his considerable talent and prodigious video productions skills toward this interesting subject. Bonus: he'll even teach you how to build your own. Seems to us there would be tons of applications in the commercial uncrewed space. | 🛩️ 📡 ⚡️
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launcher
YouTube video by Tom Stanton
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November 23, 2024 at 7:09 PM
This past September, popular YouTuber Tom Stanton turned his considerable talent and prodigious video productions skills toward this interesting subject. Bonus: he'll even teach you how to build your own. Seems to us there would be tons of applications in the commercial uncrewed space. | 🛩️ 📡 ⚡️
« Stratodynamics’ HiDRON™ high altitude research platform likely has achieved a new ‘high bar’ for great places to start a great flight — how about 30km (98,000ft) above the New Mexico desert, as was the case on June 6th, 2021 … » Read the full article with link. (📸 Stratodynamics Inc.) | 🛩️ 📡 🛰️ 🪽
Like Soaring on Mars
Stratodynamics continues to prove out its RC glider-based high altitude research platform.
intellog.com
March 22, 2024 at 7:02 PM
« Stratodynamics’ HiDRON™ high altitude research platform likely has achieved a new ‘high bar’ for great places to start a great flight — how about 30km (98,000ft) above the New Mexico desert, as was the case on June 6th, 2021 … » Read the full article with link. (📸 Stratodynamics Inc.) | 🛩️ 📡 🛰️ 🪽
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BluFly
Please like and pin our humans-in-the-loop Bluesky Custom Feed for the aviation community. If it's made by people and flying below the Kármán Line you'll find it on BluFly 🛩️
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March 21, 2024 at 7:02 PM
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With Bluesky recently lifting the invitation-only requirement, we thought it was a great opportunity to make some revisions to The Guide and re-introduce it. It's an informative (if not mildly entertaining) read. | 🛩️
The BluFly 🛩️ Guide for Followers and Trusted Contributors
Everything you need to know about the humans-in-the-loop feed for the aviation community hosted on Bluesky.
blufly.media
February 8, 2024 at 3:22 PM
With Bluesky recently lifting the invitation-only requirement, we thought it was a great opportunity to make some revisions to The Guide and re-introduce it. It's an informative (if not mildly entertaining) read. | 🛩️
The very talented Raymond Esveldt wrote a number of articles for the New RC Soaring Digest. See if this story of flying his RC sailplanes in the South Tyrol makes you want to visit there — it sure did for us as well as many readers back in November, 2022. A perfect fit for Travel Tuesday. | 🛩️ 📍 📡 🇮🇹
Flying the Seiser Alm
A not so iconic flight on an iconic slope.
intellog.com
February 6, 2024 at 11:43 PM
The very talented Raymond Esveldt wrote a number of articles for the New RC Soaring Digest. See if this story of flying his RC sailplanes in the South Tyrol makes you want to visit there — it sure did for us as well as many readers back in November, 2022. A perfect fit for Travel Tuesday. | 🛩️ 📍 📡 🇮🇹
We featured Martin's work in many issues and we know there are many who will be saddened by news of his passing. The family has written a thorough, thoughtful obituary for him which we have taken the liberty of re-publishing under the New RCSD banner in a special one issue, one article edition. | 🛩️
Martin Simons
1930 — 2024
intellog.com
January 22, 2024 at 10:30 PM
We featured Martin's work in many issues and we know there are many who will be saddened by news of his passing. The family has written a thorough, thoughtful obituary for him which we have taken the liberty of re-publishing under the New RCSD banner in a special one issue, one article edition. | 🛩️
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This is the one we're reading here in the home office at the moment and it's outstanding. We're happy to count the author amongst our friends, having worked with her extensively during the @rcsoaringdigest.bsky.social days. More details with link. | 🛩️ 📚 | 🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
January 21, 2024 at 11:54 PM
This is the one we're reading here in the home office at the moment and it's outstanding. We're happy to count the author amongst our friends, having worked with her extensively during the @rcsoaringdigest.bsky.social days. More details with link. | 🛩️ 📚 | 🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Flight Sim Sunday? Sure! « Flight simulators are, of course, no substitute for the natural-world pleasures of RC soaring. But they can be loads of fun to fly and can serve as an excellent, risk-free training tool. With PicaSim you will be able to put in stick time … » Read article with link. | 🛩️ 📡 🖥️
J’Adore PicaSim!
A superb — and free — flight simulator for slope soaring.
intellog.com
January 15, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Flight Sim Sunday? Sure! « Flight simulators are, of course, no substitute for the natural-world pleasures of RC soaring. But they can be loads of fun to fly and can serve as an excellent, risk-free training tool. With PicaSim you will be able to put in stick time … » Read article with link. | 🛩️ 📡 🖥️
Another beautifully shot and edited short film by Speedamigo SpeedamigoModellflugfilm. Simply described as: « Slope Soaring over Lake Geneva in Late Fall: A light south-westerly wind and some thermals over the forest were enough to fly for an hour. » Do yourself a favour and view with link. | 🛩️ 📡
Hangflug im Spätherbst am Genfersee
Ein leichter Süd-West Wind und etwas Thermik über dem Wald reichten für eine Stunde fliegen
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January 13, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Another beautifully shot and edited short film by Speedamigo SpeedamigoModellflugfilm. Simply described as: « Slope Soaring over Lake Geneva in Late Fall: A light south-westerly wind and some thermals over the forest were enough to fly for an hour. » Do yourself a favour and view with link. | 🛩️ 📡
Widebody Wednesday? Sounds good to us! How about a *glider* version of an Antonov AN-225 Mriya? More details with link. (📹 Adrian Harries | PSSA) | 🛩️ 📡 📍 | 🔗 vimeo.com/513571524/17...
Antonov An-225 Mriya Glider
This magnificent Power Scale Soaring (PSS) version of the sadly missed Antonov An-225 was built by Simon Cocker and was owned and maintained by Andy Meade at the…
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January 10, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Widebody Wednesday? Sounds good to us! How about a *glider* version of an Antonov AN-225 Mriya? More details with link. (📹 Adrian Harries | PSSA) | 🛩️ 📡 📍 | 🔗 vimeo.com/513571524/17...
It's Tail Tuesday! Intrigued as to what this particular one is attached? The article at the link from the July, 2021 issue has lots more text and pictures. | 🛩️ 📡 | 🔗 intellog.com/projects/new...
January 10, 2024 at 1:15 AM
It's Tail Tuesday! Intrigued as to what this particular one is attached? The article at the link from the July, 2021 issue has lots more text and pictures. | 🛩️ 📡 | 🔗 intellog.com/projects/new...
For Model Monday we're featuring this superbly detailed article by Vincent de Bode from the February, 2021 issue. Vincent's RC model of this unique subject is a flying work of art. Read the whole article — complete with a ton of descriptive text, images and videos — with the link. | 🛩️ 📡
The Fokker FG-2
Bringing aviation history back to life at 1/5th scale.
intellog.com
January 8, 2024 at 8:42 PM
For Model Monday we're featuring this superbly detailed article by Vincent de Bode from the February, 2021 issue. Vincent's RC model of this unique subject is a flying work of art. Read the whole article — complete with a ton of descriptive text, images and videos — with the link. | 🛩️ 📡
Seems like it's Fighter Friday: « Blessed both days with 25–35mph SW winds, this well attended meet on August 7th and 8th, 2021 really came to life and despite some challenges with torrential rain showers on the Saturday at the Great Orme at Llandudno, North Wales … » More with link. | 🛩️ ⚔️ 📡 📍
A ‘Big Air’ Weekend at ‘The Big Rock’!
It’s been some time since a PSSA ‘Fly-for-Fun’ event has seen such a vast array of models — both old and new — being flown over the course of a single weekend. Phil Cooke reports on all the ...
intellog.com
January 5, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Seems like it's Fighter Friday: « Blessed both days with 25–35mph SW winds, this well attended meet on August 7th and 8th, 2021 really came to life and despite some challenges with torrential rain showers on the Saturday at the Great Orme at Llandudno, North Wales … » More with link. | 🛩️ ⚔️ 📡 📍
« On a whim in the summer of 1976 … my father suggested I have a stab at the Model Aeronautics Association of Canada National Championships held that year in Calgary, Alberta. This was on the strength of some spotty success at similar local model airplane competitions … » The rest with link. | 🛩️ 📡
Champion of Something
Dad did his fair share of dreaming big. Particularly when it came to his kids.
intellog.com
January 4, 2024 at 7:11 PM
« On a whim in the summer of 1976 … my father suggested I have a stab at the Model Aeronautics Association of Canada National Championships held that year in Calgary, Alberta. This was on the strength of some spotty success at similar local model airplane competitions … » The rest with link. | 🛩️ 📡
Winglet Wednesday (📸 Akaflieg Karlsruhe) | 🛩️ 📡
January 3, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Winglet Wednesday (📸 Akaflieg Karlsruhe) | 🛩️ 📡
Tail Tuesday (📸 Paolo Rossi, Gruppo Aeromodellistico Falchi Bergamo Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica) | 🛩️ 📡 | 🔗 intellog.com/projects/new...
January 2, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Tail Tuesday (📸 Paolo Rossi, Gruppo Aeromodellistico Falchi Bergamo Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica) | 🛩️ 📡 | 🔗 intellog.com/projects/new...
We had the pleasure of featuring the photos and videos of Speedamigo Modellflugfilm a number of times over the course of the 30 issues we published the New RC Soaring Digest. It's nice to see they continue to produce outstanding work. | 🛩️ 📡
Italien Hangflug Trip 2023
Alle Jahre wieder.....Vorbildgetreue Modellsegelflugzeuge - oft tief und schnell, manchmal auch langsam um wieder auf die nötige Höhe zu kommen...
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December 29, 2023 at 5:31 PM
We had the pleasure of featuring the photos and videos of Speedamigo Modellflugfilm a number of times over the course of the 30 issues we published the New RC Soaring Digest. It's nice to see they continue to produce outstanding work. | 🛩️ 📡
Tail Tuesday (📸 Kevin Newton) | 🛩️ 📡
December 26, 2023 at 5:33 PM
Tail Tuesday (📸 Kevin Newton) | 🛩️ 📡
While this article does not focus on the December 17th flights of the Wrights we commemorate today, it contains some interesting text and lots of pictures of Orville's return to Kitty Hawk in 1911 wherein he seems to have gone gliding just for the shear joy of it. Read more with link. | 🛩️
In The Air
December and the annual rite of Wright-mas.
intellog.com
December 18, 2023 at 4:02 AM
While this article does not focus on the December 17th flights of the Wrights we commemorate today, it contains some interesting text and lots of pictures of Orville's return to Kitty Hawk in 1911 wherein he seems to have gone gliding just for the shear joy of it. Read more with link. | 🛩️
Originally published in the December, 1975 'Flying' magazine, we had the honour of republishing this amazing story from renown aviation writer Peter Garrison. It's a timeless story as fresh as if written yesterday. It also proved to be life-altering for our Managing Editor, Terence C. Gannon. | 🛩️
The Compass and the Clock
A speck upon an endless ocean, a work of science and of art, Melmoth strikes eastward to test the mettle and endurance of its maker.
intellog.com
November 20, 2023 at 1:00 AM
Originally published in the December, 1975 'Flying' magazine, we had the honour of republishing this amazing story from renown aviation writer Peter Garrison. It's a timeless story as fresh as if written yesterday. It also proved to be life-altering for our Managing Editor, Terence C. Gannon. | 🛩️
We saw the recent post on the BluFly feed about the Silent Arrow®. Interesting! We covered this fascinating project extensively during our 30 month run. See link for an index of the articles. | 🛩️ ⚔️ 📡
Silent Arrow®
The Yates Electrospace Silent Arrow® autonomous cargo glider project.
intellog.com
November 10, 2023 at 7:42 PM
We saw the recent post on the BluFly feed about the Silent Arrow®. Interesting! We covered this fascinating project extensively during our 30 month run. See link for an index of the articles. | 🛩️ ⚔️ 📡
By noted author Gary B. Fogel, this is a very readable, richly detailed and rigorously referenced account of this relatively little-known figure in the history of aviation. | 🛩️ | intellog.com/projects/new...
Albert E. Hastings | America’s First National Glider Champion
Clarifying this pioneering pilot's importance to the history of soaring.
intellog.com
October 28, 2023 at 2:26 PM
By noted author Gary B. Fogel, this is a very readable, richly detailed and rigorously referenced account of this relatively little-known figure in the history of aviation. | 🛩️ | intellog.com/projects/new...
So whatever became of the New RC Soaring Digest? This article explains. | 🛩️
In The Air
All (good?) things must come to an end.
intellog.com
October 13, 2023 at 6:34 PM
So whatever became of the New RC Soaring Digest? This article explains. | 🛩️