Jon Ellis has graced our pages before when he built a beautiful Bell 47 from Vario Helicopter. Where the Bell 47 is the suburban housewife of...
If you really want to make your scale airplane come to life and make it look as though it’s been fl ying around for a while,...
Whenever someone looks at a model airplane, their eyes are attracted to the cockpit. It seems only natural to expect something interesting inside. Although it may...
There’s always excitement when a new model of a rarely modeled aircraft comes out, and I couldn’t wait to fly the Avios Super Tucano. Distributed by...
North American Aviation had already produced one of the most iconic fighter planes ever built during WW II: the P-51 Mustang. When the U.S. needed a...
In competition aerobatics, we’re concerned only about the execution of the maneuver, period. For example, loops must be perfectly round and centered, and precision is the...
When you decide to build a scale RC model airplane kit, you’ll need to make many decisions, from the type of plane you want to build...
Use an automatic center punch, suitably ground to produce the correct rivet shape, to dimple rivet heads on the reverse side of the material being used....
The editors at Model Airplane News have pulled together what’s new in the world of RC airplanes so that all pilots have what they need on...
Wiring wings I’ve tried several techniques for fishing wires through wings until I stumbled upon using the beaded style ceiling lamp pull chains. These weighted chains...
Jason Hill of Houston, Texas had one of the most unique aircraft flown at this year’s Jets Over Kentucky, and for a change it wasn’t turbine-powered...
F-4 Phantom II Roger Hecht, Tehachapi, California The Phantom was built by Roger and his son Brent using Model Airplane News plans and a laser-cut kit...