Here’s a way to make an inexpensive, reusable air filter for your glow engine. The porous foam element (which can be cut off a lawnmower filter)...
Advanced aerobatic pilots are always looking for combinations of elements that, together, can form new and innovative aerobatic moves. Years ago, during the freestyle event at...
It’s frustrating when long charging cords tangle. Cut the bottoms off two plastic 35mm-film containers or similar containers, coil the cords as shown, then push them...
The global civil aviation industry has pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Decarbonization is one of the biggest trends in aviation, but how that goal...
99 years ago, on 25 October 1923, the first aerial refueling was conducted. First Lieutenant Lowell Herbert Smith and First Lieutenant John P. Richter, Air Service,...
Even when you follow the directions on a spray-paint can, the head tends to clog! One solution is to fill the center well of the cap...
If you’ve ever damaged muffler mounting lugs, try this. Saw off and file the lugs, and cut a hose clamp in half. Drill the clamp and...
Flying car is a frequent misnomer for electric air taxis, but in the case of Alef Aeronautics’ the term appropriately applies to an eVTOL vehicle purportedly...
Militaryaerospace.com reported that the Air Force Air Combat Command Acquisition Management and Integration Center at Langley AFB, VA., recently announced a $21.5 million order from Mesa,...
To simulate cannon in the leading edges of sport-scale models, use the little nylon dipper tubes from bottle of “liquid paper” thinner. These flexible nylon tubes...
Put a rubber tube over the shank of your screwdriver to avoid damaging your engine’s cylinder fins if the screwdriver slips. Adapted from 400 Great R/C...
In the first photo, German scientists are seen testing a Messerschmitt Bf 109 in a wind tunnel, circa 1940. In the second, a Loening SCL-1 seaplane...