One minute you’re flying along having a good time, and the next your shiny model is not so shiny anymore. All RC pilots—and especially new ones!—can...
We caught up with our buddy Damon “Dag” Atwood of Fishers, Indiana at the Southeast Electric Flight Festival (SEFF) at Hodges Field in Americus, Georgia. Dag...
It isn’t every year that an entirely new mode of flight is developed—but when it is, it seems that uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) are the preferred...
At their most basic level, flight modes are a collection of settings that can be turned on with the flip of a switch or switches to...
Darren built this 1/6-scale, 72-inch-span model from the World Models kit and powered it with a SuperTigre 51 engine with a Pitts-style muffler. Darren adds, “I...
Breakingdefense.com reported that Pentagon’s premiere research agency is moving forward with an effort to build an unusual kind of plane—a marine craft that flies using the...
This scratch-built Sperry Messenger is 1/6.7 scale with a 35.5-inch wingspan. Jeff notes that it’s “a rather interesting plane as the full scale was designed to...
Aerodefensetech.com reported 6-3-22 that in early May, Northrop Grumman successfully completed the first — and most critical — loads calibration test of the first B-21 aircraft....
Jim built this modified Kaos from Model Airplane News plans and a Eureka short kit. He redesigned the firewall to support an O.S. FT-160 twin and...
This caddy is made of ½-inch PVC plastic pipe, and Schedule 40 PVC 90-degree elbows, Schedule 40 PVC T’s, PVC pipe cement and ½-inch pipe insulation....
COLOR-CODE When working on a project that requires both imperial (inch) and metric Allen wrenches, it can be confusing to identify them and keep them apart....
Here’s an easy way to simulate lacing on early fabric-covered airplanes. After priming (but before painting), glue dressmaker’s zig-zag rickrack in place. Rickrack is available in...