Nearly two years ago I was lucky enough to review the Heli-Professional soXos Strike 7 700-size helicopter. Since then, I have had hundreds of flights and...
T-45 Goshawk Patrick Skahill, Amelia Island, Florida This T-45 started out as an ARF from Banana Hobby. The Goshawk military trainer is an EDF model with...
Atlanta based Hermeus has its sights set on Mach 4 next year, to beat the Mach 3.3 benchmark set by the SR-71 Blackbird in 1976. The...
BUBBLE-FREE TRIMMING There are several ways to trim a finished heat shrunk covered aircraft. However, sometimes bubbles of air can become trapped under the trim covering....
Lightweight, powerful electric power systems have changed the design of competitive airplanes, and I have had great success in bringing together my father’s (Dan Santich) Hots...
Blue Force Technologies (“BFT”) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (“AFRL”) have successfully completed a ground test for a novel carbon fiber composite propulsion flowpath system...
There’s something for everyone when it comes to aerobatic aircraft, from backyard micros to 200cc gas-powered monsters. RC model manufacturers know what works as far as...
Well-cleaned plastic “twist to open—twist to close” mustard and ketchup containers make super resealable fuel bottles. Adapted from 400 Great R/C Modeling Tips by Jim Newman,...
Buying canned air for your airbrush can be expensive. Art stores that sell airbrushes usually sell tire adapters, too, and if you borrow the spare tire...
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...