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Welcome to Our New Home
Thanks to our brilliant new web consultant (Jennifer Blair, of Stralim Technologies) Soaring Stuff now has a new look for our website. Jennifer has done a total re-build, and made things much easier to find and access. We’re going to be posting a lot of great information, photos, and videos in the next few weeks, [...]
Winch Line
Winch and Retriever Line Soaring Stuff carries the best quality nylon line available… in 125 pound test, and 200 pound test braided varieties for use on a winch or high start, and also 80 pound twisted line for use on a power retriever. If you have the luxury of flying off a grass field, the [...]
Swivels & Rings
Rings, Swivels, and Launch Hardware We’ve got those hard to find line swivels, welded “D” rings, split rings, and welded round rings… to set up your winch, retriever, and launch gear correctly. Pick out what you need to make your launching experience fun instead of frustrating! Order Now! $.75 D Ring $.75 O Ring
Parachutes
Parachutes Our Launch Parachutes are hand sewn (Yes… the same little old lady is doing them, but she’s moved from Tucumcari, New Mexico to Moffat, Colorado.) They are made from top quality, rip stop nylon, and the 125 pound test lines loop completely through the top of the canopy to the opposite side. All seams [...]
R/C Soaring Video
R/C Soaring…From the Ground Up! is intended for the NEW R/C Soaring enthusiast! It takes you through the construction of a typical 2 Meter wooden sailplane… with lots of hints, tips, and ideas along the way. Radio installation, covering, and the critical trimming and adjusting phases are all carefully explained, and finally that all important [...]
Old Buzzard Goes Flying Video
The Old Buzzard Goes Flying video is loosely based on Dave Thornburg’s Old Buzzard Soaring Book. ”Loved the DVD’s you sent me. You and Dave Thornburg are quite a pair. Even though there was humor spread all over the video the instruction came through clearly. It’s a video that I will want to watch over [...]
Hollow Composite Video
Building Hollow Composite Aircraft Structures… Have you always wanted one of those ‘Glass Super Ships…. but have never been able to justify the $700 to $1000 price tag? Or, have you been convinced that you could build a better design…. with better performance… but thought that you needed a CNC machine shop full of equipment [...]
Airfoils to Go Book
Airfoils to Go!! was Soaring Stuff’s first product. In 1990 we began publishing this compendium of Ready-to-Use airfoil templates. Included are 48 of the more popular R/C soaring airfoil… in pre-plotted tempate sizes from 4″ chord to 13″ chord. All you have to do is photocopy the appropriate page, and make your foam cutting… or [...]
Sailplane Tape
Sailplane Assembly Tape This is the best vinyl sailplane tape available. Sure, you can buy little rolls of the stuff at Walmart…… that will leave a sticky goo on your model when you remove it, and that will shatter when it gets cold, and will lift off in high humidity conditions. Or, you can buy [...]
Instructional Videos
All of the Soaring Stuff videos are available in DVD format, which should play fine in NTSC format (U.S. & Japan) players, and PAL (basically the rest of the world) players as well. Click on the title of the video below to get more information about that DVD. We presently offer four videos including the Old [...]
