Thedrive.com recently reported that the Air Force’s wildly modified NT-43, better known by its call sign, ‘RAT55,’ recently made a rare flight outside its usual highly-defined...
Here’s a convenient way to hang your airplanes: just slip a coat hanger under each wing. Don’t use rounded plastic hangers, because the hooks will slowly...
In the early 1900s, airplanes had a skid under the nose to prevent the propeller from coming into contact with the ground. R/C beginners can use...
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...