My all-time favorite model—and no offense to many others because I own or have owned a lot of models in my modeling career that I really...
Published in the June, 1938 issue of Model Airplane News, Herbert K. Weiss’s sub-Peanut-scale Nieuport 161 is a free-flight reproduction of the prototype French fighter produced...
Here’s a sampling from some of the finest U.S. airshow performances in recent times. If you have not yet attended one of these stellar events, it...
H3 Dynamics and Hylium Industries have joined forces to boost the performance of zero emission hydrogen-electric flight for a cross-Atlantic demonstration drone flight. Hylium and H3...
To mix paint efficiently, drop three or four clean ball bearings into the paint in your paint jar, and shake the jar vigorously for 1 or...
Ni-Cads are still used for portable electronic applications, and if you have Ni-Cads in your workshop for field charging or other uses, this tip is for...
In recent years we’ve seen an explosion of new UAV designs, including a continuing stream of new hybrid surveillance designs combining various types of sensors, as...
Transportup.com reported December 25 that the AIR ONE, a two-seat eVTOL capable of flying up to 100 miles on all-electric power, has officially completed its first...
Here’s a handy alternative to insulating wire joints with heat-shrink tubing–after soldering two wires together, run glue from a hot-glue gun over the connection (instead of...
The drill block can be metal or a really hard wood such as maple, and the secret to accuracy is to use a drill press and...
As reported in Aviation Week & Space Technology’s Dec. 26, 2022-January 15, 2023 issue, NASA’s Sustainable Flight Partnership (SFNP) program targets net-zero emissions in commercial aviation...
After nearly 90 years, the Macchi-Castoldi M.C. 72 still holds the record for the highest speed ever attained by a piston-engine seaplane (709k/440mph). Set in October,...