Fourteen years ago, my original SkyCrawler design was published in Model Aviation. At that time, neither LiPo batteries nor brushless outrunner motors were available, and video...
Up the wow factor with slipping show passes and landing setups. The ability to slip an airplane has long been a skill that many RC pilots...
Many pilots refer to the 1920s and ’30s as the Golden Age of Aviation. It’s the era that welcomed America’s first nonstop coast-to-coast flight, Lindberg’s hop...
The ultimate bush plane. the Turbo Beaver is a large, light-weight park flyer with good small-field performance. With a 60-inch wingspan, it’s rather large as park...
I have been very fortunate over a 32-year flying career, starting as a Naval aviator, to fly well over 80 types of aircraft, mostly warbirds. On...
For the rest of the world, Roy Vaillancourt, owner of Vailly Aviation, is known as a talented builder and designer of giant-scale (mostly British World War...
“Serial number 105 did not have a fancy paint job and neither does the scale model. Krylon Short Cuts aluminum color and matches the Solartex aluminum...
There are a handful of mistakes that nearly all recreational RC pilots make that stem from not having a plan before flying. This article is aimed...
Flight Journal’s WW II’s Last Dogfights special issue captures those last desperate battles which put VE/VJ days in a whole new perspective in this extended-length bookazine....
For the first-time RC modeler, today is a great time for getting started in the hobby. The newest generation of easy-to-assemble, almost-ready-to-fly planes come in a...
When does a community of enthusiasts and innovators become an industry? In the case of commercial unmanned aircraft in the United States and all of its...
Last summer I flew noon demos at several RC events and was alarmed by how many pilots struggled with positioning, even in mild winds, allowing their...