Drop Mechanism OK, it’s really called a payload release mechanism, and it plugs directly into your receiver, but this slick Payload Release from E-flite is the...
A lot of prop adaptors are held on the motor’s shaft with small Allen setscrews. If you use a thread-locking compound when you installed the setscrew...
Almost all RC models have clevises to connect control horns to the control linkage and pushrods. With some clevises, it is extremely difficult to snap them...
After building a Balsa USA Fokker D7 1/4-scale biplane and doing the final setting up on the engine prior to taking to the field, I discovered...
Take a hint from full-size aircraft and make a “Remove Before Flight” tags for your model’s power switch. To form the tag, use a 12-inch length...
In my opinion, the knife-edge spin is one of the most impressive extreme aerobatic maneuvers. It’s very demanding for the pilot and the airframe. First, I’ll...
A handy plastic lid top and a small section of stick-on magnetic strip material can add up to be a great way to organize those little...
Small custom-fit washers make for a simple, low-tech way to hold wheels on music-wire landing gear. It works on common on stick-and-tissue models, such as Peanut...
A Marine who has done almost as much traveling as the drones she operates, Sgt. Gracelyn Oldham, is the only female unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operator...
With time, the small screw holding the servo output arm can become loose or even come out, which causes the servo arm to slip off. If...
A very old method of adding reinforcement to glued formers and firewalls is to add triangular balsa stock at the corners. The additional gluing surface strengthens...
If you’re looking for a new scale subject, how about this unusual flier? Although it looks like a drone, it carries a human pilot! Pivotal, a...