Conference vmszoo::rc

1200.0. "Soartech Manuals Available" by K::FISHER (Stop and smell the balsa.) Wed Apr 11 1990 13:24

This is the base note for distribution of Soartech manuals.

As such I will try to cover as many details about these manuals as possible
so that we can keep the note traffic down to a business level and avoid
too many questions and answers.

First let me quote from page 2 of Soartech 6

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"SOARTECH" is a NON-PROFIT English language journal which provides technical
information of the subject of Radio Controlled Soaring and Sailplanes.  The
papers included have been provided freely by their authors, and they should
be used freely by others.  COPYING and further use and publication of this 
material is ENCOURAGED.  Common courtesy indicates that where it is used in
other publications, the author and source be given credit.  Technical papers
for future editions are requested.  I invite you to correspond with me directly.

                                H. A. (Herk) Stokely
                                1504 Horseshoe Circle
                                Virginia Beach, Va. 23451
                                U.S.A.
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Now these manuals are not for light reading.  If you don't have some
burning desire to know more about aerodynamics and soaring I suggest you
don't bother. 

Also let me warn you that these are not free.  Even tho we are allowed
to copy them - they are massive and if you decide you want a copy you
are obligating yourself to a long stand in front of a GOOD copy machine.
Figure on 2 to 3 hours of copying - without many jams!

Al Ryder was kind enough to purchase all the back issues and I cracked the
first deal with him.  If he let me copy his I would give him back the originals
and 1 extra copy of each in return for the privilege.

Now I made 4 copies of each manual.  One for Al.  One for me.  One for
somebody else and One as the new master.

So now there are only two types of people who will respond to this note.
Those who do not have access to a fancy copier and those who are willing
to spend a few hours in front of one for their benefit and for the benefit
of those who don't have access.

So reply to this note if you want the Soartech manuals.  If you don't
have access to a copier say so.  First on the list is Dan Miner.

I will send the masters to Dan.  He will make two copies (minimum).  
One for himself and 1 for the first noter who signs up to this note
that doesn't have copier access.  Dan must be fare.  If his best
friend signs up on this list and lives two cubes down the hall Dan still
has to make a copy for the guy who beat his best friend into this note.

First come first served.

Also Dan must guarantee fast turn around.  We will never get these into the
hands of the troops if they get put in the hands of someone on vacation for
a week or someone who is not resourceful and can't either keep their copier
running or find another quick.

They are double sided and approximately 150 pages each.  Collated and
stapled (except the master is not stapled).

There are presently 8 Soartech manuals.  The eight one is copyrighted
and cannot be copied.  You must order this from Herk Stokely at the address
above for $15 US and Canada and $20 overseas.

Frankly I don't recommend Soartech 8 anyhow and if you ask in advance Dan
Miner or Al Ryder can bring one to a DECRCM meeting and you can take a look
at it.

Now I will attempt with my blazing typing speed to generate an table of
contents for the 7 existing Soartech manuals

Vol 1
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Misc small 1 page articles plus
Turbulation
Experimental development of a true flying wing sailplane
Using a hand-held programmable calculator is estimations of model
  sailplane performance with wind tunnel test data
Simple calculation of airfoil moment coefficients
Bending - Aileron - Flutter of the Glider type SB-9
Adjustments on Model Airplanes
Batteries for Cold Weather Flying
Report No. 605 (Resume and analysis of N.A.C.A. Lateral Control Research)
Report No. 354 (Aircraft Woods: Their properties, selection, and characteristics)

Vol 2
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Strength of Balsa
Lateral Control
Horten Wings
Aerodynamic Center
Flapped Eppler Airfoils
A New Airfoil for F3B Gliders
Section characteristics for a Flapped Quabeck Airfoil
Lateral-Directional Stability
Vee-Tails
Design of Standard Class Sailplanes
The System R C Sailplane

Vol 3
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Drag Awareness
The Two Meter Sailplane
The Design of Airfoils at Low Reynolds Numbers

Vol 4
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Progress Report - The Flying Wing
Analysis of Frost Formation
Handling of All-Moving Wing Gliders
Why Gaps Hurt
Addendum to the Design of Airfoils at Low Reynolds Numbers
The Double Hinged Rudder
Three offerings from the TMSS Tech Journal

Vol 5
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Composite Molding Techniques for Sailplane Fuselages and Control
   Surface Accessories
Information about the Prediction of the Weight and Wingloading of Gliders
A Contribution about the Interpolation of Drag Coefficients at Lower
   Reynolds Numbers
Small Span Gliders,  What Aspect Ratio and Size Tailplane - if Any?
A translation of the Introductory Text from the Althaus Wind Tunnel Tests
   Book Two
New Airfoils for RC Gliders
The strength of Balsa Wood

Vol 6
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Wind tunnel testing of low Reynolds Number Airfoils at Princeton University
A German/English - English/German technical dictionary for R.C. Sailplane
   terminology
Optimization of the System R.C. Sailplane
Airfoil Families 12A, 14A, and 14A
Equilibrium, Stability and the Load on your Tail
The Friction Drag and Pressure Drag of Airfoils
A BASIC language program for estimating the weight of R.C. Sailplanes
New Developments in the plotting of Airfoils with Home Computers and
   dot-matrix printers
A PASCAL program for automatic performance estimation - based on Saxer
   and Simons programs in Soartech #2
Calculation of Neutral Pt. and Static Margin

Vol 7
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Performance Analysis of the Horten IV Flying Wing
Gliding Flight of the Dog-Faced Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) Observed in a
   Wind Tunnel
The Icarocaur Flying Wing
CG Location and Variable Airfoils for Flying Wings
The S5010-098-86 & S5020-084-86 Flying Wing Airfoils
An Electric Modified "Standard Plank"
The Merlin II
The Keeper
Dan Klahre's Pteradactly
Development of a Wing-Flapping Flying Replica of the Largest Pterosaur
The Gossamer Condor and Albatross:  A Case Study in Aircraft Design

Vol 8
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Copyrighted airfoil data and plots

Vol 9
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Not out yet but I intend to purchase when it comes out.

Bye          --+--
Kay R. Fisher  |
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    Ciao Kay: I would very much like to get a copy of this manual. If
    someone could send me a copy I would appreciate it muchly. From Italy
    the re-distribution would be a  s l o w  and expensive process so I
    can't commit to much except to make a best effort.
    
    Grazie e ciao, Ed

        Next^2. If you can ship the masters to Chicago, I'll make a
        midwest master. If you would rather send me a copy, I'll make it
        the midwest master. Since I don't always have time to keep up on
        the volume of this file, other RCers in the midwest please send me
        VAXMAIL (once I get a copy myself of course).
        
        Thanks, Kay.

    Hi,
    
    I would very much like to get a copy of these manuals. Is it possible
    to get copies (a master?) in Europe ?
    
    Regards
    
    	Jordi
    

    I would like to make copies and can then forward on the masters.
    
    Mark Antry
    CXO3-2/H12
    

    Yeah, me too.
    
    ajai
    

    Well, I finally got around to copy Soartech volumes 1-7 last night.
    (If you don't know what Soartech is, read note 1200.0)

    It took me about an hour to make 3 copies.  (FYI - I used a Kodak
    model 225 copier and it seemed faster than the Xerox equivalent.) 
    I'm willing to make another 3 to 5 copies next week before I send on
    the master.

    FYI - to those of you that want a copy - the stack of volumes 1
    through 7 is about 2 inches tall!!!  Copying this much paper is not
    a small task and as Kay has mentioned, you need a GOOD copier that
    is capable of automatically doing double sided to double sided
    copying.

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    *****  FOR ALL FUTURE REPLIES TO THIS NOTE, BE SURE TO   *****
    *****  INCLUDE YOUR MAILSTOP OR YOU WON'T GET YOUR COPY  *****
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    I'll send the first 2 copies to :

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Note 1200.1                Soartech Manuals Available                     1 of 5
VARESE::SIEGMANN                                      6 lines  12-APR-1990 04:03
    Grazie e ciao, Ed
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Note 1200.3                Soartech Manuals Available                     3 of 5
BARNA::JORDI                                          9 lines  17-APR-1990 04:08
    	Jordi
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    Yes, I know I skipped Bob Kaplow in note 1200.2 but I promise I'll
    send him a copy next week.  I figured since Ed and Jordi are in
    Europe, it'll take longer to get to them.

    Next week, I'll send a copy to:

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Note 1200.2                Soartech Manuals Available                     2 of 5
POBOX::KAPLOW "Set the WAYBACK machine for 1982"      7 lines  12-APR-1990 23:09
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Note 1200.5                Soartech Manuals Available                     5 of 5
HPSRAD::AJAI                                          4 lines  18-APR-1990 17:31
    ajai
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    And I'll send the master copy to:

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Note 1200.4                Soartech Manuals Available                     4 of 5
CSC32::M_ANTRY                                        5 lines  18-APR-1990 10:11
    Mark Antry
    CXO3-2/H12
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    Hi Dan,
    
    Thank you very much for the copies, it is a hard work. The information
    is FANTASTIC !!!
    
    Regards.
    
    	Jordi

    Ciao Dan: Grazie mille per i Soartech manuali.meraviglioso!
    Saluti, Ed

I have order the full set of SOARTECH manuals, including the airfoil 
data from #8 and the SIALPLANE designe pgm. These shouls arrive in france 
in about 4-6 weeks. I'm planning to work a deal woth herk whereby I 
can distribute versions in Europe.

md

as nobody answered my question about herk stokely's phone-number (grr), i had
to do it on my own:

Herk Stokely
1504 N. Horseshoe Circle
virginia Beach, VA 23451
USA

Phone: 804-428-8064

joe t.