This is a digital book to be downloaded from the Internet. This is the web site for the book -
http://www.modelairplanesecrets.com/
If you want to buy it here it costs $19.97 with a $10 discount. I bought mine on E BAY for $4.99 here is the link -
http://cgi.ebay.com/Model-Airplane-Secrets-Learn-How-To-Build-Fly-Models_W0QQitemZ290060326114QQihZ019QQcategoryZ47103QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
(THAT'S ONE HECK OF A LINK!)
The web site has an illustration of a book and it looks pretty substantial (hard back). I printed it out on A4 paper and it measures about a quarter of an inch thick.
The book is titled MODEL AIRPLANE SECRETS with a sub heading of BASIC TO ADVANCED STRATEGIES ON MODEL BUILDING By: Bruce Bird.
Well, Bruce chose the title and he will have to live with it!
I think the title gives the book a build up it doesn't merit.
If we exclude the two 'bonus' sections there are sixty five pages and five of these are for the index. This is not a lot of print per buck! (not too bad for $4.95 I suppose.)
So far I am sounding pretty negative but, for what it sets out to do, it is a GOOD BOOK but it is definitely for those who know NOTHING about model aircraft. I would assume that most of you using this forum would not need this book. It is not a 'HOW TO' book. Once a beginner has read it he/she will have to start on the 'HOW TO' part.
CONTROL LINE gets eight lines of coverage and R.T.P.(as a variation of control line) gets four.
A final word for the 'Bonus' sections. The first 'AIRPLANE CLUBS' is good. It not only tells you what to expect if you join a club (I think it should have said it is VITAL to join a club) but there are lots (and lots) of links to aeromodelling sites which must have taken hours of research.
The second 'Bonus' is a Glosary which Bruce obtained (with permission) from the Rolls Royce Bentley Motor Cars Model flying Club. This is good too. The Glosary ends with a touch of humour -
(I quote)
WING WALKER - Someone who treads on the wing of your brand new model !. (The exclamation mark is mine.)
I think that claiming these as bonuses is advertising 'build up' and should just be part of the whole (then I could have said the book had ninety six pages but it would still have been a quarter of an inch thick!).
HAPPY LANDINGS.
Jeff Smith.
http://www.modelairplanesecrets.com/
If you want to buy it here it costs $19.97 with a $10 discount. I bought mine on E BAY for $4.99 here is the link -
http://cgi.ebay.com/Model-Airplane-Secrets-Learn-How-To-Build-Fly-Models_W0QQitemZ290060326114QQihZ019QQcategoryZ47103QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
(THAT'S ONE HECK OF A LINK!)
The web site has an illustration of a book and it looks pretty substantial (hard back). I printed it out on A4 paper and it measures about a quarter of an inch thick.
The book is titled MODEL AIRPLANE SECRETS with a sub heading of BASIC TO ADVANCED STRATEGIES ON MODEL BUILDING By: Bruce Bird.
Well, Bruce chose the title and he will have to live with it!
I think the title gives the book a build up it doesn't merit.
If we exclude the two 'bonus' sections there are sixty five pages and five of these are for the index. This is not a lot of print per buck! (not too bad for $4.95 I suppose.)
So far I am sounding pretty negative but, for what it sets out to do, it is a GOOD BOOK but it is definitely for those who know NOTHING about model aircraft. I would assume that most of you using this forum would not need this book. It is not a 'HOW TO' book. Once a beginner has read it he/she will have to start on the 'HOW TO' part.
CONTROL LINE gets eight lines of coverage and R.T.P.(as a variation of control line) gets four.
A final word for the 'Bonus' sections. The first 'AIRPLANE CLUBS' is good. It not only tells you what to expect if you join a club (I think it should have said it is VITAL to join a club) but there are lots (and lots) of links to aeromodelling sites which must have taken hours of research.
The second 'Bonus' is a Glosary which Bruce obtained (with permission) from the Rolls Royce Bentley Motor Cars Model flying Club. This is good too. The Glosary ends with a touch of humour -
(I quote)
WING WALKER - Someone who treads on the wing of your brand new model !. (The exclamation mark is mine.)
I think that claiming these as bonuses is advertising 'build up' and should just be part of the whole (then I could have said the book had ninety six pages but it would still have been a quarter of an inch thick!).
HAPPY LANDINGS.
Jeff Smith.
Jeff Smith