Breakingdefense.com reported that the US Air Force hopes to develop and field autonomous combat drones that would augment piloted fighters “in the mid to late 2020s,”...
Today it’s common to see all sorts of almost-ready-to-fly (ARF) planes at the flying field. ARFs make it possible to get into the air quickly so...
If you load up your airplane with cameras, simulated bombs or other payloads that add weight and are curious how this will affect wing loading, here’s...
It may look like the biggest slow-flight RC model you’ve ever seen, but Airbus’s Zephyr S is actually a High-Altitude Platform Station, and it’s setting records...
Most of today’s transparent plastic bottle are molded out of poly-carbonate, which is as clear as glass and very tough. Pacer Canopy glue from Zap Adhesives...
An exciting new hybrid fixed-wing/rotary aircraft design by Rogelio Lozano recently appeared on YouTube. His invention transforms from a fixed wing aircraft to a rotary wing...
Aviationweek.com reported August 30 that Integration of the U.S. Raytheon AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) onto Ukraine’s MiG-29 has been confirmed by images released by the...
(1) Extend your needle valve’s reach with some surgical rubber fuel line. (2) Butt a suitable length of dowel (a) against the end of the needle...
Lay a strip of 3M frosted parcel tape on a piece of glass, and spray it with paint. When the paint has dried, cut trim stripes...
As reported by Transport Up, the Ryse Recon personal hexcopter requires no pilot license to fly and may well see very wide use among ranchers, farmers,...
An August 11 Aviationweek.com news update by Guy Norris noted that Jaiwon Shin, president of Hyundai’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) division, recently offered some insights on...
Have you ever wondered what to do with all those oddments of sandpaper? If you stick them to moldings, dowels and small blocks of wood, you’ll...