AS I WAS WRITING THIS POST, I was finishing up a 40% Thunder Tiger Extra 260. I decided to use the Desert Aircraft DA-170 engine for this...
Every now and then, we like to give our Model Airplane News readers a sneak peek of what we have in store for future issues, so...
For the rest of the world, Roy Vaillancourt, owner of Vailly Aviation, is known as a talented builder and designer of giant-scale (mostly British World War...
ZIP IT I have been finding myself going to the hobby shop more and more often. My extra bags of spare parts doubled the time it...
10 steps to restore your gas engine’s performance ONE OF THE GREAT FEATURES that make giant-scale airplanes so popular is the bulletproof, user-friendly...
ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAVID SCOTT Learn to perfect this ìover-the-topî maneuver Rather than another rehash of the ideal loop scenario, this article is intended to crawl-walk-run pilots...
ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAVID SCOTT Emphasizing precise points and timely elevator inputs are key to mastering this move Traditionally, the 4-point hesitation roll is a maneuver that...
ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAVID SCOTT The Split-S and Reverse Cuban-8 So you want to learn or perfect the split-S turnaround and reverse Cuban-8? This article applies the...
ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAVE SCOTT MASTER THE IMMELMANN & CUBAN-8 ONCE A PILOT HAS become proficient with loops and rolls, all the different ways that they can...
10 TIPS & TECHNIQUES FOR BUILDING, FLYING AND MORE! Often we get emails and letters asking for advice on subjects such as flying, building and adjusting...
TEXT & ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAVE SCOTT The crawl-walk-run approach to making you look like a pro! A gorgeous SebArt Extreme Katana S performs a nice knife-edge...
Secrets to master these high-speed, horizontal “spins” TEXT & ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAVE SCOTT IF YOUR MODEL IS GREATLY OVERPOWERED, YOU MAY WANT TO SNAP AT A...