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San Francisco Bay Area and share a common interest in building and flying model airplanes, mostly rubber powered free flight.

11/21/08

Secrets of Free Flight

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Marin Aero Club

Although some of our members enjoy radio-controlled flying, we are traditionally a stick-and-tissue building and rubber flying club.

Meet us at Lakeville to find out more. You can find us at the SAM27 field on Lakeville Highway in Sonoma County (see below).

Where we fly

For outdoor flying we use the SAM27 site near Lakeville: MAP

Sunday and Thursday mornings are popular fly times with club members. No regular meet-up times are scheduled.

Indoor flying is suspended until we can find a venue. If anyone knows of an available space, please let us know.

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For Model Builders

  • An introduction to building, by George Benson
  • Tips for applying tissue, by Tom Hallman
  • Ink jet printing on tissue, by Paul Bradley
  • Mechanical Soldering, by Martin Gregorie
  • Balsa identification chart
  • Amazing list of articles, hints & tips on Pensacola FF Team website

Plans, 3-View Drawings, Scale References

  • Australian Free Flight Plans
  • Bob Holman Plans
  • Century of Flight
  • Cleveland Model & Supply Co
  • DB Design Bureau
  • Deathtrap Squadron Plans
  • FACE plans page
  • Free plans from Thayer Syme
  • History in Illustration
  • Jim O'Reilly Model Plans
  • Letadla-Planky / Scale Ref. (CZ)
  • Lidberg Plan Service
  • Merlin's Free Flight Group
  • Outerzone
  • Peanut Scale (FR)
  • Podklady / Scale Ref. (CZ)
  • Richard Ferriere (FR)
  • The Plan Page
  • Wings Palette

KEEP 'EM FLYING

KEEP 'EM FLYING
Keep 'Em Flying was the slogan of the U.S. Army Air Corps and the title of a 1941 Abbott and Costello film.

2007 Indoor Cookup

2007 Indoor Cookup
The "Little Richard" is an easy to build and fly model, kitted by Easy Built Models, but we all built ours from scratch. A fun group build!

Personal Websites

  • Collection of MAC images
  • Mike Stuart
  • Paul & Ralph Bradley
  • Russ Lister Aeromodelling
  • Thayer Syme
  • The Aircraft Models of John Ernst
  • The House of Frog
  • Vintage Models (Ramon Alban)

Clubs and Organizations

  • Hargrave Aeromodellers (AU)
  • Academy of Model Aeronautics
  • Society of Antique Modelers
  • SAM 27
  • Wine Country Flyers
  • Western Region Flying Aces Club
  • National Free Flight Society
  • MAC web pages by Thayer Syme
  • Alamo Escadrille: The Windy Sock
  • Brooklyn Skyscrapers
  • Calgary Model Airplane Club
  • D.C. Maxecuters
  • Eagle Squadron FAC
  • Flying Aces Club Europe
  • Lone Star Squadron FAC
  • The Magnificent Mountain Men
  • Oakland Cloud Dusters
  • Pensacola Free Flight Team
  • Raynes Park Model Aircraft Club
  • Thermal Thumbers of Metro Atlanta
  • Tri-City Flyers (San Antonio)

Forums, Newsgroups, and Publications

  • Flying Models
  • Free Flight Quarterly
  • Hip Pocket Aeronautics
  • Jetex.org
  • MicroFlight (Belgium)
  • RC Groups Forums
  • Small Flying Arts
  • Virtual Aerodrome
  • Yahoo: Dimescale
  • Yahoo: Free Flight Cookup
  • Yahoo: Guillows "G" Challenge
  • Yahoo: Indoor FF Construction
  • Yahoo: Merlin's Free Flight Group

Vendors

  • A2Z Corp/Peck Polymers
  • Aero-Werkes
  • Aerodyne
  • Bill Warner's Cottage Wings (a source guide)
  • Campbell's Custom Kits
  • Diels Engineering
  • Easy Built Models
  • FAI Model Supply
  • Fly-M Air Force
  • Gizmo Geezer
  • Golden Age Reproductions
  • Hobby Specialties
  • Ozark Model Aviation
  • Penn Valley Hobby Center
  • Retro RC
  • Rocky Top Models
  • Shorty's Basement
  • Star Link - Flite Tech
  • Tailspin Aviation
  • Williams Bros model products

 

Outdoor Flying

Outdoor Flying
On the second Sunday of most every month, we fly outdoor models at the SAM 27 field near Lakeville. It has large expanses of open space and an R/C runway.



Indoor Flying

Indoor Flying
On the fourth Sunday of the month, as schedule permits, we fly indoor models. We are fortunate to have use of this wonderful old gymnasium at St. Vincent's in Marinwood.
 

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