The 1946 A-bomb tests at Bikini Atoll were too dangerous for conventional aircraft, and this led to the adoption of RC flight control of a fleet...
Built in 1944 by Goodyear as a Corsair Mk.IV, KD431 initially received US Navy Bureau Number BuNo.14862. The aircraft was shipped to the UK in November...
An old scale with a number of holes drilled through it can be used as a very effective beam compass when drawing those plans. Place pencil...
During the tumultuous era of World War I, the German Albatros D.Va soared into the aviation scene. With its powerful Mercedes D.III engine, the Albatros played...
Introduced in 1956, the 182 has been produced in a number of variants, including a version with retractable landing gear, and is the second-most popular Cessna...
The original KR-21 is a beautiful Golden Age airplane with a radial engine. The Kreider-Reisner KR-21 series began in 1928 as a two-seat parasol monoplane. Later,...
The Sukhoi Su-27 is a twin-engine fighter that was designed to counter the U.S. Navy’s F-14 Tomcat and the Air Force F-15 Eagle. Code named “Flanker,”...
If you’re a warbird lover like me, then there’s no better RC event to attend than the annual Warbirds over Delaware (WOD) meet in Bear, Delaware....
Slender glider fuselages pose a problem for pushrods, so try a closed loop cable system instead—it gives a drag-free movement and takes no space. A Proctor...
Jouster Steve Betts, Jacksonville, Florida Built from AMA plans, this high-performance sailplane has a 122-inch wingspan with an SD7032 airfoil modified at the tips. Steve hot-wired...
Canopy Painting Whenever I don’t want to deal with pilots and cockpits, I just spray-paint the clear canopies. Popular colors seem to be black, gray, silver...
We featured William “Bill” Jackson’s re-finished F-86 Sabre Jet in Pilot Projects a few months back, and the jet looked so amazing we had to know...