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Links to Web Resources
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Organizations/Groups (see also "Information")
Site Comments
Academy of Model Aeronautics mother ship for RC flyers
Online AMA Membership Application on-line membership application/renewal
AMA Clubs - Oregon web sites
AMA Clubs - Washington web sites
RC Airport - OR/WA Clubs Oregon/Washington club websites

On-Line Vendors/Retailers
AeroMicro
Balsa Products
Best R_C
Dymond Modelsports Ltd
Hobby Lobby (mainly electric)
Hobby People
Horizon Hobby
R-C Direct
ServoCity (and TX/RX)
Shopatron price guide
Tammie's Hobbies
Tower Hobbies

Products
Site Comments (if curious - go there)
Herr Engineering  
Jamara RC  
JR Models (CZ)  
Micro Fasteners locknuts, washers, machine screws, fasteners, rivets, wood screws, blind nuts (including nylon).
Richmond RC Supply Ltd (VMAR) VMAR RC Airplane Kits - extremely complete and well made kits at incredibly low prices!
VarioProp adjustable pitch props
BATTERY
Diversity Model Aircraft  
Radical RC excellent battery prices ($2 shipping!)
SANYO batteries detailed info on battery characteristics
SR R-C Aviation  
TNR RC Batteries  
Cheap Batteries . COM  
ELECTRIC
All e RC Good selection and prices on GWS and other park flyer planes, equipment, batteries, supplies
MotoCalc Electric Flight Performance Prediction Software Use to determine best electric motor, battery, prop, gear combo
Astro Flight Inc. motors and chargers
Air Craft - Electric R-C Aircraft World Shop  
Cermark  
DuraTrax® IntelliPeak Chargers  
Eflightpacks  
Eflightpower  
Electric Aero Modeling USA  
Electric Jet Factory  
Electric Motor Calculator on-line calculator
Electric Powered Products  
Electrics - motors  
Fan-Tastic Models  
FMA Direct  
GRAND WING GWS foam flyers
IFO Aerobatics by Wild R-C, Inc.  
Kontronic  
Leisure Electronics  
Mabuci Motor [Products Information]  
maxxprod  
megamotorsusa  
Multiplex USA  
New Creations R-C  
R-C Electric Powered Interactive  
Sirius Electronics  
Sky Hooks and Rigging - WES-Technik Indoor/micro electric
Todd's Models  
Wattage  
SIMULATOR
Note
: Roy Pettit has all of these products and is willing to demo them at his home.  There are other sims, but these are best of the bunch.
FMS (Free Model Simulator) Free computer RC flight simulator
FMS Model Hanger one of many sites offering models for FMS
Cockpit Master & BackyardEdition you get what you pay for (cheap but buggy)
aerofly/easyfly/piccofly from Germany
SimBlaster R-C Interface allows connect TX buddy box port to PC game port to control ANY flight sim
RealFlight G2 Distributed by Great Planes, lot of good info also at Tower Hobbies about this product.  Expensive ($200) but well worth it for learning either fixed wing or heli RC.  Includes excellent "Virtual Flight Instructors", powerful customization of planes and radios (including TX mixing), and extremely accurate flight dynamics.

Information
Site Comments
3D View Drawings airplane views for scratch builders
AMA Approved Radio Frequency Use Plan RC frequencies/channels
Conversion Tables tables (print a hardcopy)
Conversions for weights-measurements online conversion calculator
E Zone Tons of information and forums about electric airplanes
Ezone R-C Groups Discussion a great place to find answers
Freddes site for model aviation - Review index reviews
Fun Fly Events1 Event ideas for fun fly's
Future is Electric If you are an E-flyer you need to peruse this site
Irv's R-C Aviation Electric Flight Articles & Reports  
MARCEE Minnesota Area R-C Electric Flight Articles & Reports  
Model Airplane News - Field & Bench Product Reviews  
Motor Black Book  
R-C Groups Discussion Search Page Search for info from other builders
RC-TECH.NET! How-To's
RC MicroFlight Electric airplane magazine
RCUniverse - The Ultimate RC Forum! Buy, Sell, Trade and Discuss RC Airplanes, RC Helicopters, RC Cars, Boats, Engines, Radio
RC Airport check out this website - lotsa info
Red's R-C Battery Clinic info about care and feeding of batteries
See How It Flies Info and pictures related to Kip Jackson's meeting presentation on aerodynamic lift
TX Diode Jumpering (Sirius Electronics) How to jumper your TX to allow use of peak detection battery charger (Roy Pettit used this on his Hitec Eclipse 7 and it worked well)

Links
PamLinks
Aeromodelling Links
backyard flyer links
RC LINKS
RC Links galore
RC Links galore 2
RC links 2
RC links a bunch
E Zone Links_ Commercial_Web_Sites_US
E-Flight Resources-Links
Great Hobbies - Manufacturer Links
Links to all R-C aircraft related sites
Links to Club links
Links to links
Links to Supplier Links
The Complete R-C Websites Index, Database
The R-C Web Directory

NOTE: Roy Pettit has over 120 links to R/C resources, especially related to electric planes.  Contact him if you're looking for something and can't find it at www.google.com

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All links last verified on: 3/7/03