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...
On your workbench, pour about 1 ounce of fuel into a tank, attach a fuel bulb and pump away. Check to see that fuel is flowing...
A classis and useful workshop tip for scale modelers is making home-made vacuum formed plastic parts. For many, vac-forming is an advanced modeling technique, and it...
Following its formal unveiling on December 2, 2022, the B-21 Raider began flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base, marking significant progress toward becoming the backbone...
A plastic bottle filled with sand is joined to a metal bracket with adhesive tape, and a hose clip holds the other end of the bracket...
This works well with a Black & Decker (or similar) vise. Make a thick card or wooden former to accept the rear fuselage. (Note that the...
Next month, the U.S. Marine Corps will begin utilizing an autonomous aircraft designed for military resupply missions. Defense contractor Leidos and autonomous aircraft developer Elroy Air...
The stall, or more accurately the inadvertent stall, has probably caused more RC planes to crash than any other cause. The safety of your airplane depends...
If your model’s nose is tail-heavy, you need to add ballast to the tail. Here is a novel way to hide the compensating ballast: recess the...
While flying a giant-scale Top Flite P-47 ARF, one gear door section tore off on a very fast fly-by and luckily was found by a club...
Instead of using thread and glue to bind wire fittings to your pushrods, you can use nylon electric ties. After pulling them tight, coat the assembly...
Summer’s here! Plenty of sunshine and longer days make for more time at the flying field. What could possibly make it better? Adding new planes and...