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Model airplanes provide an incredible outlet for one's creativity. A very dedicated individual could perhaps design, build and test fly one full-size airplane per decade and it would cost thousands of dollars. On the other hand, a model airplane can be designed, built and flown in one day for $100 or less.

A 2001 study by Paul Ross examined 40 reviews of electric model airplanes in national magazines. He concluded that their average propeller efficiency was 39%, half of what it should have been. There is clearly a great need for an easy to use model airplane calculator.

RCAdvisor's free online calculator analyzes the performance of your flying model airplanes. Great care is taken in the computations to ensure a very high degree of accuracy, although ease of use was the primary design goal. Our mission is to help you have better flying models through education and analysis. Our goal is to become the standard, most trusted reference tool worldwide for the design and performance optimization of flying model aircraft.

RCAdvisor was founded in 2007 by Carlos Reyes. The website launched on January 1, 2008.

Our mailing address is:

c/o Carlos Reyes
RCadvisor
2200 Elizabeth St NE
Albuquerque, NM 87112-3037

About our Name and Slogan

Our calculator gives you advice as you use it. It tells you what it thinks is wrong, why that might be a problem, and what you might want to do to fix it. This is a unique feature that no other model airplane calculator has.

The primary goal for the calculator has always been ease of use without sacrificing power. It uses state of the art artificial intelligence (AI) in three different parts of the program. The most obvious use is in the Power System Optimizer. AI is just as critical in the other two uses, but I plan to continue keeping them closely guarded secrets. What really counts is how well the calculator works, not what I had to do to deliver those results.

Biography

Carlos Reyes was born in Puerto Rico, growing up in New York City.

He has had life-long love affairs with airplanes and computers. As a child, he built and flew many rubber-powered model airplanes. He then moved on to small gas control-line models. In the mid-90s he helped pioneer the electric revolution by flying a .40 size electric model. He holds a Private Pilot-Glider license and once owned a full-size AS-W 20 high performance sailplane. He is very active in his local model airplane clubs.

Mr. Reyes bought his first personal computer in 1981 and got his first paying job as a computer programmer in 1983. He holds a degree in Computer Science from Columbia University and has extensive experience in the field.