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Table of Contents

On-Line Plans
Design and Construction
Electronics
Field and Flying
Random Other Stuff

On-Line Plans

	Terminator 1.5m (60") HLG for composite construction, designed by Bill Grenoble and Denny Maize		Albatross I and II 64" and 94" actively stabilized flying wing plank for composite construction, designed by Helmut Lalke

More information about Mark Drella's designs including the Allegro and Bubble Dancer can be found on the Yahoo Allegro Lite Users Group.
	Allegro 2m RES sailplane for composite construction, Designed by Mark Drela		Allegro-lite and Allegro-E-Lite 2m RES sailplane and Electric sailplane for wood construction, Designed by Mark Drela
	Apogee Mosquito class (30"-40") HLG for wood or composite construction, designed by Mark Drela		Bubble Dancer 3m RES sailplane for wood construction, designed by Mark Drela

	Aegea 2m 2m glider with a fully functional wing for composite construction, designed by Mark Drela		Aegea 130" wing Competition open class wing for Composite construction, designed by Mark Drela Coming soon!
	SuperGee I 1.5m (60") DLG for composite construction, designed by Mark Drela		SuperGee II 1.5m (60") DLG with RDS for composite construction, designed by Mark Drela
	Supra A 3.4m TD/F3J sailplane, designed by Mark Drela

Kahug DLG 1.5m (60") DLG for composite construction, designed by Chris Kaiser

More soon!I

Design and Construction

	Aircraft Design All the tools you need and more		Airfoil shop One stop shop for Mark Drela's specially designed airfoils
	Construction Ideas How-tos and useful information for the workshop		Foam cutting and vacuum bagging Learn how to construct your own cutter and vacuum bag parts

	Kit modifications and hop-ups Hot rod your planes		Repair tips Tips on how to fix  your plane (not that you are going to need them...)
	Engines and motors Both combustion and electric motor data and tips		Zagi THL tips page Learn how to construct your own cutter and vacuum bag parts

Electronics

	RC interference scanning FAQ Radio safety		Introduction to the ICOM IC-R2 Scanner With a downloadable RC frequency setup file
	Radio Systems Left stick, right stick, and all that's in between		Tools and Electronics Learn how to construct your own cutter and vacuum bag parts

Field and Flying

	Flying Notes		Flying - Hand Launch Golf Rules
	Flying Control Line Combat (PDF) FLASH clips: 1) Controls 2) Feedback 3) Pit stop		Product Reviews

Wright Brothers History presentation As presented by Dick Williamson and Mark Drela, 100th anniversary of flight, December 17th, 2003

More to come!

"Random Other Stuff": Some Interesting Downloads