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Flying With Flaps: Fly like a pro by understanding the basics
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Learning to fly RC airplanes is a step by step process. First you learn one control and then you move on to the next. Before you know it, you’ve masters the four basic controls: throttle, elevator, rudder, and ailerons. Once you try your hand at flying a scale subject, you’ll be introduced to another set of controls in the form of the flaps. Since most full-size aircraft use then, many scale models include them for...
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