A very effective vibration damper for big engines is used between the firewall and the engine mount. Use suitable size slices of radiator, heater or windshield...
Testing is now underway on NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft, a nuclear-powered, car-sized aerial drone that will look for potential precursors to life on Saturn’s moon, Titan. Dragonfly’s...
The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider took to the skies over the company’s Plant 42 facility in Palmdale, California, on Nov. 10—less than one year since its...
Box-type fuselages can be held square and clamped by using the components of two tri-squares on one blade. You can also use a magnet board with...
Grind off and sharpen corners of razor saws to eliminate accidental sticking and gouging as you build. This mod can be applied to a variety of...
Wikipedia reports that the Sukhoi Su-57, a twin-engine stealth multirole fighter aircraft developed by Sukhoi (NATO reporting name: Felon; Russian name: Сухой Су-57; Sukhoi internal designation:...
General Atomics’ new “Eagle Eye” Gray Eagle radar system can track and monitor small balsa drones for targeting and destruction. The Gray Eagle 25M drone features...
Various sizes of smoothly radiused notches ground and filed into the side of the vise jaws work well as a wire-bending jig and eliminate those crack-forming...
A razor blade epoxied to each side of a suitable balsa shim will speedily cut constant-width spar or stringer slots. Drawing adapted from 400 Great R/C...
The Germans have been masters of metalwork in hunting gear, armor and vehicular engineering since medieval times. German modelers continue this tradition, and the 12-engine Dornier...
FlyingBasket’s FB3 is an all-electric multirotor platform that requires no disassembly and can be easily transported inside a van or trailer, ready to deploy at a...
If you are setting up a plane and are running short on channels or using an old 2-channel radio, differential steering is possible with only two...