A longtime scale competitor, Jack Buckley has many years of scale modeling under his belt and we can always count on him to show up with...
The Facetmobile, is a delta-shaped blended-wing aircraft designed by Barnaby Wainfan, a lifelong RC modeler, technical fellow at Northrop Grumman and a broadly accomplished aerodynamicist and...
Axle Alignment To ensure main landing gear alignment, cut a piano-wire rod the same diameter as the axles. Slide sections of close-fitting brass tube over the...
Another “why didn’t we think of this before” idea: this secure, spring-loaded latch can be operated with one hand. Make it with leftover pieces of plywood...
A long time ago at the Tournament of Champions in Las Vegas, Nevada I saw an extreme slip to landing performed by David Von Linsowe flying...
A great approach for making curved laminations for aircraft structures. Place a nylon cable tie on either side of a pack of wet, glue-coated balsa strips...
Pro tips for assembling your first ARF A good step up from your basic high-wing trainers, a low-wing sport flyer is an excellent choice to future...
Quick Clamps For repairs or construction, clamping parts while glues dry has its challenges. Clothespins have their limitations. Here I have bent 1/8-inch steel rod to...
Like most wars in the 20th century, World War I was a time of great and rapid military advancements. What sets it apart was the introduction...
Tips for a happy power system When building and flying giant-scale gasoline-powered aircraft, there are many decisions that have to be made during a new project....
Airbus is evaluating cryogenically-cooled super-efficient electric power systems in its ASCEND program to boost performance and power density of electric propulsion in large scale, low-emission aircraft....
This class is intended for electric-powered jet aircraft. It has the same rules as for the Pro Jet class except it is for “foamie jets” only,...