- Vacuum Bagging Wings - Vacuum bagging techniques for foam wings with composite, or wood veneer skins.
- Sailplanes Unlimited - Listing of multiple articles and aerotow tips.
- Epoxy Safety - Tips for working safely with epoxy, including discussion of latex gloves.
- Project F3F - Anatomy of a project to design a moulded F3F-class radio control slope soarer, by Adrian Bedford.
- R/C Soaring UK - What Do Thermals Look Like by Wayne Angevine, an atmospheric physicist.
- Glider Performance Airspeeds - An animated explanation of glider polar curves and how they relate to performance airspeeds.
- Tubular Hinges - Knuckle or arrowshaft hinges for gapless hinge lines.
- Sailplane Performance Analysis - A theoretical study to evaluate the effect of minimum sink rate, span, and aspect ratio on the performance of a family of conventional radio controlled thermal sailplanes.
- Automatic Foam Cutter - Plans and drawings for a simple foam cutter, with PC and MAC software versions.
- How to Cast Lead Nose Weight - By Michael Shellim, a relatively simple method of casting lead noseweight to fit accurately inside the nose of your model.
- Pressure Sensor-Based Altimeter Circuit - Includes introduction, what the circuit does, the circuit, the Schematic and PCB layout, tuning and adjusting, installation in the model, use, and parts list.
- Hand Towing - Reprint of a column by Michael Lachowski in Model Airplane News on F3J, hand-tow soaring.
- Assembling Your Own Servo Connectors - Make your own servo connectors from PCB connectors, or "board mount interconnect products", by Rob Crockett.
- Liftroll Cookbook - How to design a good wing using a vortex-lattice spreadsheet by John Hazel.
- Fletcher Design Study - An article on the design of an F3b sailplane.
- Mark Drela's Allegro 2m - Paper and plans describing the aerodynamics and structures of a 2m RES sailplane.
- JR XP8103 Sailplane Programming Tips - Links to articles on programming the JR 8103 radio for sailplanes.
- The Rotary Driver System - Introduces an entirely new method of moving hinged surfaces in R/C aircraft. Completely internal to airframe.
- EH Airfoils - Designed by John Yost, and developed specifically for swept wing tailless aircraft.
- Trimming Sailplanes - Article on trimming sailplanes for optimal performance by Brian Agnew.
- UIUC Applied Aerodynamics Group - Information on low speed airfoil testing for model airplanes.
- R/C Soaring Radio Programming - Tips on programming full house sailplanes. Articles on programming the JR388 which are also appropriate for the JR783 and 8103.
- SASS Technical Information - A number of useful articles on trimming, JR Radio programming, and construction tips.
- NSP Tips and Treasures - Collection of articles from past NSP catalogs.
- The Baals Wind Tunnel - Build your own low-cost wind tunnel for $200. Tunnel design developed for NASA K-12 education.
- NASA Technical Report Server (NTRS), v 2.0 - Search NASA and NACA technical reports.
- See How It Flies - A new spin on the perceptions, procedures, and principles of flight.
- Molded Fuselage Pictures - Pictures and information on making fuselage molds.
- Seamless Molded Fuselages - Doing a layup with and joining the fuselage in the mold.
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