PHOTOS BY PETE HALL Proper servo setup techniques & programming tricks to fly like a pro Servo setup and radio programming is extremely important, especially with...
Just as with dual rates, the amount of expo you use is a matter of preference. Above: full elevator travel with dual rates in high position....
Photography by Hope McCall, Peter Hall & John Reid Let your radio do its job! Today’s computer radios offer tremendous functionality. Often, however, a new pilot...
PHOTOGRAPHY BY HOPE McCALL WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AILERON DIFFERENTIAL With aerobatic planes, aileron differential helps straighten and smooth out rolling maneuvers. For years,...
PHOTOGRAPHS BY GERRY YARRISH & DAVID WIGLEY ILLUSTRATIONS BY FX MODELS/CHROME CITY STUDIOS Increase scale realism and improve your plane’s performance by putting down the ìbarn...
ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAVID SCOTT How to successfully get your plane in the air Rather than rehashing an ideal takeoff scenario, the goal of this article is...
ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAVID SCOTT How the pros make it look easy Our good friend Dave Scott is going to take us step by step through flying...
ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAVID SCOTT The key to a good landing is a good approach It has long been said that the key to a good landing...
ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAVID SCOTT Lessons in proactive versus reactive flying Many pilots think that stick time and getting better at making corrections are the main requirements...
PHOTOGRAPHS BY PETE HALL A BASIC GUIDE FOR YOUR FIRST 2-STROKE GLOW ENGINE Two-stroke glow engines are by far the most popular engines used to power...
PHOTOS BY HOPE McCALL BY DAVE GIERKE What you need to know about methanol and glow fuel Seventy-five years ago, the first commercially manufactured...
PHOTOS BY DAVE GIERKE & PETE HALL EASY WAYS TO REMOVE STUBBORN ENGINE VARNISH During a recent flying session, your engine let you down...