I decided to order a 67-inch Extra 260 from Extreme Flight RC after being asked to maiden and fly one at our club. I previously reviewed...
Painting Stits Lite fabric produces a finish that is as close to the real thing as you can get. Here’s how I painted my Balsa USA...
When it comes to making straight cuts in sheets of balsa or plywood, you need a straightedge to guide your knife. If you use a steel...
Shedding some light! It’s hard to work on what you can’t see! Since working on a model can provide a variety of challenges, I like to...
A great way to conceal the choke linkage for your model’s gas engine, especially for engines with the carburetor mounted in the back, is to extend...
To prevent accidental electrical problems in your airplane, install all your wire leads as neatly as possible. Use 1-inch squares of stick-on Velcro stuck in place...
Together with loops, rolls are the bedrock upon which aerobatic flying is built. Learning to perform them correctly and efficiently is integral to opening the door...
As Model Airplane News celebrates its 96-year anniversary, it’s a great time to reflect on some RC history. Countless inventions and developments have propelled the RC...
Morane Saulnier Dave Bhend, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin Writing that this 103-inch-span Balsa USA build was “challenging but straightforward,” Dave adds that his 31-pound model is powered...
Not only is Patrick Sherman a longtime Model Airplane News contributor, but he’s also an award-winning speaker and writer, a professor at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University...
Follow along as I install the tail surfaces on the Nieuport 24 I designed. Here you see the lower attachment bracket used to secure the vertical...
When you fly high-performance aircraft, it only makes sense to do what you can to get the most from the airframe as well as its components....