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Online Newsletter

Welcome to the Southern Arizona Modelers Online Newsletter, circa 1997 through 2000. The archive of newsletters from that time may be downloaded as a .zip file HERE (3 MB archive). For historical reasons, the index to those PDFs remains here.

Available Issues...

Month of Publication Featured Articles
November 2000 Why seal the runway, and intro to Speed 400 electrics (Part 1/2)
October 2000 Scale Project: How to do rib stitching
August 2000 Summer monsoons, Cross-Country RC flight
July 2000 Building a Glow Plug Driver, Aerial Photography (Part 2/2)
June 2000 Receiver Battery Backup System, Aerial Photography (Part 1/2)
February 2000 Building a Transmitter Tray
January 2000 Newsletter notes...
December 1999 Converting a Futaba TX into a PC Flight Simulator Controller (part 2)
November 1999 Building a Digital Battery Tester, Converting a Futaba TX into a PC Flight Simulator Controller (part 1)
Aug/Sept 1999 Lost in the Great Disk Crash of 1999
July 1999 Sealing Hinge Lines (Part II)
June 1999 Sealing Hinge Lines, Ailerons Can Be Flaps Too!
May 1999 Autogyros (Part II)
April 1999 "You Might Be a Modeler If...", Autogyros (Part I)
March 1999 Building Tips, Making Coordinated Turns, Differential Throws
February 1999 Pre-Flight Checklists, CG Mirage Review III
January 1999 NiMH vs. NiCad, Powering Electrics (Mirage Review II)
December 1998 CG Mirage 550 Review (I)
September 1998 Float Flying Fun (III)
August 1998 Weekday Flying, Float Flying Fun (II)
July 1998 Float Flying Fun (I)
June 1998 Famous Last Words
March 1998 Runway Paving, Overfly Zone, Engine Airleaks, Electrifying the Ace Bingo!
February 1998 More RC Definitions, Runway Paving
January 1998 General Business, Runway Paving
December 1997 Trim It Out (II)
November 1997 Trim It Out (I)
October 1997 Building Lightly for Better Performance (II)
September 1997 Demise of the Extra Extra, Building Lightly for Better Performance (I)
August 1997 General Business, Runway Paving
July 1997 All About Night Flight, Motor Gearing: Unleash the Power!
June 1997 Bizarre Propeller Effects, Care and Feeding of NiCads
May 1997 Multi-Engine Electric Planes (II), Color Perception and Visibility
April 1997 Multi-Engine Electric Planes (I)


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These pages were constructed by Craig Kulesa, newsletter editor from 1997-2000.
Last modified: Dec 1 17:42:15 MST 2007