Here’s a quick way to make perfect control linkages every time. First, switch on your receiver and transmitter so that all of your servos are centered....
The NASA/McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC) X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft, a 28% scale version of a theoretical advanced fighter aircraft, is steered to its hangar...
Many times the control arms as delivered on gas engines are not up to the job. That is, they are too small or wrong shape for...
The stall turn (sometimes also referred to as the “hammer head”) can be broken down into five steps. While this maneuver may seem fairly easy, it...
Short pieces of Nyrod are all that’s needed to make a sliding canopy, under which you can hide switches, for instance. Slit both pieces as shown,...
In an open area of the Eglin Air Force Base range known as B-70, a group of Air Force field grade officers and black-shirted innovators worked...
When you install a clear plastic windshield or canopy, the way you attach it to the model, or the way you treat the attachment seams greatly...
Rotating model stands, sized to fit two different models, are attached to a field box with wing nuts. Rotate the stands as required, then tighten the...
Clean out those plastic “twist to open” mustard containers; they make great, resealable fuel bottles! Illustration by Jim Newman
The 96th Test Wing and 53rd Wing recently welcomed the first three F-16 Fighting Falcons to participate in the Viper Experimentation and Next-gen Operations Model –...
While building sport airplanes from kits, often the airplane will have landing gear made from formed and bent music wire that you will have to solder...
Here’s a great idea where saving weight is important. Shape and sand the stabilizer trailing edge and the elevator leading edge, then cover them. Use Western...