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,...
On 16 June, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. described the Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter (NGAD) to the House Armed Services...
X-Class The Top Gun X class is for almost ready- to-fly (ARF) models only, either painted in the mold or covered from the manufacturer. Builders are...
Pilots in this class must have already placed (twice!) in the top three spots of an AMA competition or in the top 30 percent of a...
The small rubber grommets that are used for mounting servos can also be used as neat antenna lead-ins or for wires connecting other circuits. Adapted from...