Thierry Platon's airfoil polars and coordinates now available on Planet-Soaring!
Thierry Platon (of TP42 / TP29 fame) has made his airfoils available for download and use on Pierre Rondel’s Planet-Soaring website.
Archive for March 2008
Madflight Tips from BPLR
Benoit Paysant-Le Roux, aka BPLR, one of the world’s greatest R/C pilots and progenitor of the Madslide 3D glider, was kind enough to respond to an email inquiry I sent him concerning how to successfully pull off the “flip loops” shown in his awesome King Madslide video.
Interview with a Surfimp
The below comes from a private message exchange I held with Steve (aka “Flyonline” on RCGroups) from New Zealand. He was able to tease out a pretty good bit of my current thinking on the subject of slope aerobatics. I hope this helps elaborate further where I’m coming from in terms of my understanding of the subject, and what motivates me to publish this website. Enjoy! 
