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...
As reported by GPSworld.com, WingXpand has debuted a 7-foot expandable-wing drone that fits in a backpack. The drone was first revealed to the special forces community...
NASA is researching advanced air mobility (AAM) vehicles and vertiports as potential use cases for future airspace travel and exploration. NASA’s AAM division is researching where...
It’s time consuming to wait for epoxy to run to the bottle opening before you can apply it. Drill a couple of 3/8-inch holes in a...
When you build a flight box, glue narrow strips of Formica® into the corners as shown. The drawers will then slide smoothly. You can also substitute...
As explained on Wikipedia, air flowing over any swept wing tends to move spanwise towards the rearmost end of the wing. On a rearward-swept wing this...
Many advanced aviation designs get mired down temporarily or for the longer term owing to unanticipated complications of the myriad engineering systems involved. Russia’s Su-57 is...