This 4th episode of a trim session picks up where #3 left off, following the OOS of the Ryan M-1. Here we have a 20" Boeing Monomail from 1930 going through its first session, after being built in only 6 days. It was a speed build, since the 2018 FAC Nats was just days away. Filmed and flown by Tom Hallman on July 13, 2018 in beautiful Pine Forge, PA, using a Canon PowerShot SX20 & iPhone 11Pro. Based on the 16" plan by Rich Weber. Music via the talented musicians at artist.io, who breathe life into my films.

You can build the same model twice, yet they may need totally different trimming solutions. Therein lies the challenge & fun of rubber-powered free-flight.

Inspired by this Rich Weber plan: http://hallmanstudio.com/Monomail_pla...
Thrust plate photos: http://hallmanstudio.com/ThrustPlates...
Rubber turns calculator: http://hallmanstudio.com/rubber_turns...

Free-Flight Basics #1 about braiding motors:    • Free Flight Basics #1 - Series Premie...  
Free-Flight Basics #4 about thrust plates and nose blocks:    • Free Flight Basics #1 - Series Premie...  
Free-Flight Basics 9B about building a wing with sliced ribs.:    • Free-Flight Basics #9.2 - Making A Wi...  

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This new flying model series, inspired by the many flying & trimming questions I've received from viewers on my channel in recent years. There are many, many ways to trim a model, but the approach seen here is what has worked best for me, so that's what I will share. I try my best to take a grass roots approach, as I was taught by my many mentors early on within the Flying Aces Club. Hopefully this methodical step by step will be universally understood and successfully received by newcomers to the hobby.

Future episodes will show trim sessions with problematic models that need help in becoming stabile flyers again, including scale hi-wingers, low-wingers, and biplanes. My hope is that these films will become foundation tutorials for newbies in the hobby, answering many of the generic questions that all modelers with limited experience will surely have about rubber-powered free-flight modeling.

*** 10 steps to trimming a rubber model, by John Koptonak: http://www.flyingacesclub.com/PFFT/Tr...

Also, these tutorials from Easy Built Models: https://easybuiltmodels.com/tips.htm#...

Here's a source for rubber: https://www.faimodelsupply.com/produc...

Article on the use of dethermalizers: http://www.hallmanstudio.com/DT.pdf
Badge Classic DT & spring (at the bottom of the page): http://www.starlink-flitetech.com/tim...

Looking for a Flying Aces Club near you? Check out this link: http://flyingacesclub.com/wp/about-th... If you click on the map at the area closest to you, it will automatically bring up an information request link. That request goes to FAC GHQ and also to the Squadron Commander of record for that squadron.

Geneseo FAC Nats Journals from 2016 & 2018: http://www.maxfliart.com

For more info on free-flight rubber-powered models, check these websites:
https://brooklyn-balsa.square.site
http://www.easybuiltmodels.com/
http://www.volareproducts.com/BUY/
http://www.flyingacesclub.com
National Free Flight Society - https://freeflight.org/
Mike Stuart's Flying Scale Models - http://www.ffscale.co.uk/
https://www.freeflightsupplies.co.uk

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