New R/C books and a DVD

Traplet Publications, based in Malvern, Worcestershire, UK, contacted Thirty Thousand Feet to say they have published three new books on radio-controlled model helicopters and a new DVD on Small Rotors.

The three new model helicopter book titles are: R/C Model Helicopters: A Guide for Beginners by Malcolm Messiter; Building Scale Helicopters by Peter Wales and 3D Helicopter Flying by Russ Deakin.

The books cover all aspects of RC and Scale Model Helicopters for a wide range of modellers, from those who are beginners, just starting out, to those who are more experienced model helicopter enthusiasts, wanting to practice their skills in building to scale or in performing 3D aerobatic flying manoeuvres.

The R/C Model Helicopters: A Guide for Beginners book is written in a light-hearted style and covers what a beginner needs to know: from choosing or building the model to installing the components of the radio. It covers electric power as well as internal combustion engines and includes tips and advice on buying, building, flying and maintaining model helicopters. The author was a complete beginner himself until recently, but now flies regularly in national F3C competitions. (Price £12.95/$24.95 + p&p)

Peter Wales, author of the Building Scale Helicopters book, won his first Top Gun Trophy for helicopters in 2001 and went on to win the US Nationals for RC Helicopters for the following three years, before retiring from competition to focus on promoting the art of scale helicopters. (Price £12.95/$24.95 + p&p)

In the 3D Helicopter Flying book, author Russ Deakin covers the many skills that need to be learned to take part in 3D helicopter flying, an extremely difficult and challenging aspect of model helicopter flight. (Price £14.95/$29.95 + p&p)

In the Small Rotors DVD, Nigel Cartwright introduces the wide range of model helicopters available from low-cost beginner’s models to powerful advanced helicopters, capable of full 3D aerobatics. (Price £12.95/$19.95 +p&p)

The books and DVD are available from Traplet Publications.

Help support the Monospar restoration

The Newark Air Museum contacted Thirty Thousand Feet concerning the need for assistance with their Monospar ST-12 restoration project. The Museum is looking for any Monospar drawings or plans that they could view or copy, and also any photographs of Monospar cockpits.

If you can help them out, submit a response via the contact form on the museum website, www.newarkairmuseum.org.

The Museum is located on part of the former World War Two airfield of Winthorpe in eastern Nottinghamshire close to the border with Lincolnshire. Their aircraft collection includes 10 National Benchmark aircraft, 29 Significant aircraft, and 18 Noteworthy aircraft as listed in the National Aviation Heritage Register.

You can read about the Monospar restoration in the Aeroplane Magazine piece, Monospar returns to Newark.