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GADGETS, GIZMOS & DOODADS TO FEED YOUR OBSESSION!
 

 Vendors

Hobby Specialties

Supplier for OS Film indoor model covering material, the lightest commercially available covering.

Indoor Specialties

Indoor free flight construction and flying equipment.

J&H Aerospace

Supplier of free flight kits, Science Olympiad models, and accessories and lots of fun things that fly.

 

Volare Products

Supplier of free flight kits, and flying accessories,

 

Lasercut planes

Great laser cut kits, Science Olympiad models, beginners models, and many other supplies and accessories

 

Wind It Up Enterprises

Owners of the amazing Peck-Polymers and Golden Age Reproductions

 

Retro RC

Despite the “RC” name RetroRC also carries some of the finest laser cut Free Flight kits, Science Olympiad models, and accoutrements in the hobby

 

FAI Model Supply, Inc

Provider of TAN SUPER SPORT RUBBER and many other supplies and accessories for the Free Flight Community

 Associations

 

Academy of Model Aeronautics

Primary governing body of ALL Model Aircraft activity in the United States. Publishes Model Aviation magazine monthly for its members.

National Free Flight Society

The primary Special Interest Group representing all Free Flight (Indoor & Outdoor) in the United States since 1966.Publishes Free Flight Digest bi-Monthly for its members and an annual Symposium of technical articles.

 

Helpful Websites

  1. Indoor News & Views: Great repository of indoor focused designs, construction techniques & ideas since 1960

  2. Float Documentary: Buy or rent this Great new documentary about indoor free flight on iTunes

  3. The F1D Blog: A website written and managed by two-time World Champion Yuan Kang Lee with articles describing prior contests, plans, instructions and other useful information.

  4. Indoor Free Flight Forum: message board Forum for Indoor Free Flight model airplane builders, flyers, and supporters. 
    Indoor FF contest announcements and results welcome.  Construction and flying questions and/or reports welcome.  Indoor materials and supplies links welcome.

  5. Indoor Free Flight Facebook Page: Great place to get connected to other modelers around the world, find out about contests, and see the cool stuff others are building.

  6. Flying Aces Club: The FLYING ACES CLUB is a society of individuals with a common interest that at times borders on a passion. Their is intent to preserve and promote the traditional building and flying of free flight stick and tissue model aircraft.

  7. SCRAPs Living room Airplane: this is a great place to get started building and flying indoor free flight. This resource was built to support a “Postal Contest” during the 2020 Covid-19 quarantine,

  8. Indoor Free Flight Event mailing list: a simple subscription mailing list to keep informed on upcoming Indoor contests & events.

  9. National Free Flight Society YouTube Channel: A great curated channel exploring all free flight topics and how to videos

  10. National Free Flight Society Science Olympiad Page: a great resource for Coaches, mentors & students

  11. DOWNLOAD Current Rule books AMA Indoor , FAI Free Flight, NFFS

 

Helpful Files

  1. Component Weights Spreadsheet Kang Lee’s helpful spreadshhet from the F1D blog.. can be adapted for any event

  2. Balsa Density Calculator Handy Spreadsheet for calculating Balsa Density

  3. Sample Flight Data Log A great way to start logging your flight data

  4. Your First Indoor Contest some pointers and etiquette tips

 
 

Videos

Float Documentary Trailer  

In the ultra-competitive sport of elite, stunningly-designed indoor model airplanes, a wild-card newcomer threatens to knock a teammate off his world champion throne. PRE-ORDER HERE: https://floatdocumentary.com/products/dvd-pre-order Documentary Feature, USA.

 

Replacing the Battery on the bovie Cautery Pen

Simple way to replace the battery on your Bovie cautery.

 

1980 World Championship Video

Dick Hardcastle's great film of the 1980 F1D World Championship in West Baden, IN USA#IFLYF1D #indoorfreeflight

F1D Flight Example

Ultra lightweight and ultra low speed airplane is driven by elastic potential energy. #indoorfreefly #elsticpowered #lightweightplane