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On the Wing 3 contents:

111 Dobirds have a "tail" to tell? 01/98
        An analysis of whether birdtails function as tails, or other control surfaces.

112 AldoToni's TFW-01 02/98
        Dr Aldo Toni's 3 metre F3Jflying wing.

113 MichaelSt. John's Tarantula 03/98
        An unusually designed 100inch slope soarer.

114 Aka-Bee'sHorten-like 'wing 04/98
        Hidemi Akaba's 100 inchslope / thermal swept wing.

115 CO8Part 1 - The airfoil (RS004a) 05/98
        RS004aCoordinates
116 CO8Part 2 - The airframe 06/98
        Details of Hans-Jurgen Unverferthand Reinhard Sieleman's CO8.

117 SteveMorris' unstable plank 07/98
        Experiments in computerassisted stability.

118 Nearlya success story (1/2A Delta) 08/98
        Anyone for a fast electricDelta?

119 TheAVRO CF-105 Arrow 09/98
        Canada's ill fated worldbeater.

120 MikeCarris' Swallow 10/98
        A beautiful 122 inch thermalswept wing.

121 DarkStar11/98
        A tailless project fromLockheed.

122 TheHorten H XIII 12/98
        A highly swept glider.

123 Pathfinder,Pathfinder-Plus, Centurion 01/99
        Solar powered high altitudeplanks.

124 Addinga "plank" center section to a swept 'wing 02/99
        A good idea?

125 HenryHester's stealth sloper 03/99
        Who says it can't be done?

126 JohnDvorak's CO8 04/99
        A high performance sweptwing.

127 WalterPanknin's Flying Rainbow 05/99
        A large thermal swept wing.

128 Modifyingand building the MB Raven, Part 1: Preliminary decisions 06/99
129 Modifyingand building the MB Raven, Part 2: Constructing the wing 07/99
130 Modifyingand building the MB Raven, Part 3: Constructing the fuselage and verticalstabilizer 08/99
131 Modifyingand building the MB Raven, Part 4: Covering and flying 09/99
        Bill and Bunny tweak DaveJones' classic thermal plank.

132 GlynFontenau and Dave Camp's CO8 2M 10/99
        Glyn and Dave make a modelto mix with the Gentle Ladies.

133 Updatesto #90, 97,122, and 132 11/99
        The Dorito update, 1/4 Scale Pioneer, Horton H-XIII, and CO8 2M wing fences.

134 SteveSavoie's X-4 Bantam - preliminary considerations 12/99
        A design process for theX-4 Bantam.

135 SweptWings and Effective Dihedral: Part 1 01/00
136 SweptWings and Effective Dihedral: Part 2 02/00
137 SweptWings and Effective Dihedral: Part 3 03/00
138 SweptWings and Effective Dihedral: Part 4 04/00
       Understanding how it all works.

139 VernHunt's Nemesis 06/00
        Vern moulds a beautifulswept wing.

140 Fonteneau& Camp's Vitesse 07/00
        Glyn and Dave take on theF3J models with 134 inch swept wings.

141 BoeingATT SuperFrog for slope or electric 08/00
        Boeing's Concept taillesscargo plane.

142 Trimmingfor the slope 09/00
        General trimming theoryand practice.

143 Blackbird2M project, Part 1: Introduction 10/00
144 Blackbird2M project, Part 2: The airfoil - BW 02 05 09 11/00
145 Blackbird2M project, Part 3: Construction 02/01
146 Blackbird2M project, Part 4: Covering and flying 06/01
        Bill and Bunny tweak DaveJone's Blackbird 2M with a new airfoil and other refinements.

147 Wingfences 12/00
        Their application and theory.

148 Basiccontrol systems for tailless planforms 01/01
        Types and their applications.

149 Usingthe Panknin formulae to choose a plank airfoil 03/01
        You want to use what?
        TheCJ series airfoil coordinates.

150 Penumbra.504/01
        The fifth iteration of the Penumbra planform.

151 R-2Project, Part 1: Initial considerations 07/01
152 R-2Project, Part 2: Constructing the wing 09/01
153 R-2Project, Part 3: Fuselage and fin and rudder 10/01
154 R-2Project, Part 4: Covering and flying 04/02
        Dave Jone's parabolic wingedplank.

155 Theoblique wings of David Freund 05/01
        The flight of the fast banana.

156 Theflying wings of Jochen Haas 08/01
        Computer aided design.
        WindowsSoftware
        MacSoftware

157 LarryHaig's Minibat 11/01
        The full sized glider.

158 JohnDigby'sSushi 12/01
        An Electric Plank from theQFI plan.

159 NoelMalone's Arrow 60 01/02
        A swept sloper from Australia.

160 Plankvs. swept planforms 02/02
        The Pro's and Con's of eachconsidered.
 

EXTRA STUFF:

EstimatingAltitude
       An underwing pattern to help estimate height

Building the House of Balsa 2x6
       A review by Alyssa V Wulick

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