Hi
I agree with TimWescott. Hip pocket aeronautics is what you are looking for. Also agree with SeanMcE.
I think anyone starting out in CL would do well to build a few FF models to learn those basic skills.
Ive flown mainly FF and RC over the years. FF power duration competition with some success domestically in the UK. Trying to get ‘back’ into CL from many false starts from being a kid. I think die hards from bioth disciplines woukd be very surprised at the level of knowledge required to be successfull in either discipline. There is definitely way more to CL stunt for example than i thought a few years ago.
Lol, there are some guys in FF who really go to the far end to mathematically model things like the winding of rubber motors and the polar effects of vanishingly small changes in airfoil shape. Funny i never saw any of them on the podium with me 😂. Your model has zero lift to drag ratio if you arent prepared to fly it in a howling rain storm.
What really boils my p@ss are RC guys that fly 50cc ARFs, have been in the hobby a couple of years, will be onto something else in a couple more, and think FF and CL are something for kids and not ‘real modelling’ and try to tell you where you are going wrong. Sure weve all seen them 😬
Anyway, hippocketaeronautics is what you are after. See you there.
PS Flying Aces too. What i like about scale FF in the US is that you strike a good balance between scale looks and flying duration. Here in the UK there seems to be more emphasis on scale appearance as opposed to flying. Lol, some of the models look great but i could throw a Tamiya kit further than they fly.