When working with an internal combustion engine, we always have to deal with the heat that is created by this process. In many cases, the opening...
PHOTOGRAPHS BY GERRY YARRISH & DEBRA CLEGHORN A LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE CONTINUES After 18 years of nonstop scale excellence, Top Gun, the event, is...
PHOTOS BY GERRY YARRISH The greatest scale show on earth MR. TOP GUN FIRST PLACE MASTERS This year’s Mr. Top Gun title went to David Ribbe...
PHOTOGRAPHS BY DEBRA CLEGHORN GERRY YARRISH & RICH URAVITCH Two Decades of Scale Modeling Excellence The man with the dream, Frank Tiano, was constantly on the...
PHOTOS BY JOHN KOTLEBA, RICH URAVITCH, DEBRA CLEGHORN & JASON SAMS THE ULTIMATE SCALE SHOWDOWN MR. TOP GUN David Hayes’ Rockwell Thrush crop duster on one...
Photography by John Reid & Hope McCall 10 STEPS TO A FAST FIX We’ve all done it. That one dumb thumb move, the very brief moment...
Download a PDF of this diagram by clicking here. Â ByROY VAILLANCOURT Â Â While reading through an old issue of Model Airplane News, I came...
PHOTOGRAPHS BY PETE HALL The feathering spindle and flybar usually take a beating in a crash. It is usually easier to replace them than trying...
Photos by Bruce Wartlieb & John Reid MAKING FLEXIBLE CONNECTIONS Foamies have led us to new ways of building and flying model airplanes. They allow us...
PHOTOS BY JOHN REID & HOPE McCALL Using radio mixes to lighten your flying load! One of the key things that have enabled us to perform...
ILLUSTRATIONS BY RICHARD THOMPSON Proper control-surface deflection is the key to good flight control When the servo arm travel is not parallel to the pushrod, you...
TEXT & PHOTOS BY JOHN REID || ILLUSTRATIONS BY FX MODELS & CHROME CITY STUDIOS SIGNATURE MOVES THAT WOW THE CROWD! Ask pilots about their favorite...