Control Line Model Aircraft

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{detailed description}An introduction to the popular sport of control line flying, with authoritative information on all aspects drawn from British and foreign sources, and the practical experiences of the "Aeromodeller" research staff.

FOREWORD
In preparing Control Line Model Aircraft we have endeavoured to take a middle course and present a book that is neither too advanced for the beginner nor too elementary for the aeromodeller who has progressed a little on the way. It has been assumed throughout that the reader will have some knowledge of aeromodelling, though not necessarily of control line building and flying. We have made no attempt to provide information or instruction for the advanced or expert flyer : such aeromodellers will normally have a fund of special knowledge of their own and require less text-book guidance than further opportunities to practise on the actual flying field.
Available American and continental sources have been carefully sifted to provide as much useful information as possible, bearing in mind that the average British enthusiast is limited by the types of engine readily obtainable in this country so that some overseas methods are not always entirely suitable here.
Our advice on flying has been learned the hard way by our staff at Eaton Bray, who have one and all held the lines at some time or other with varying degrees of success. Starting as complete novices, everyone of them made exactly the same mistakes in approximately the same order, despite the example of those flying before them, and we feel justified in assuming that the average aeromodeller will be equally prone to find these same pitfalls in his turn.
We are conscious that much has been left unsaid on the subject of control line flying that many aspects have been touched upon but lightly ; and that certain controversial points may have been left unanswered ; but nevertheless do feel that in offering Control Line Model Aircraft to our readers, we have at least started them on the right path from their first model to their first loop.
SPRING, 1949
D. J. LAIDLAW-DICKSON and D. A. RUSSELL
{Author / Publisher / Date}compiled by D. J. Laidlaw-Dickson and edited by D. A. Russell
published by Harborough 1949 128pp profusely illustrated. 14x22
{condition}Green cloth with gilt title to front and spine, boards bumped and worn, hinges strained, slight foxing, otherwise good, no d/j.
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