Flying model helicopters is exciting and fun and looks very easy, that is, until you try it. Unlike model airplanes, helicopters lack stability and must constantly...
Wing Placement Marks For sport models that have wings attached with rubberbands, you can quickly determine the center position for the wing with matching marks on...
Geekwire.com reported that Stratolaunch’s air-launch venture created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen successfully conducted a full test of the landing gear on its mammoth Roc carrier...
Ultralight scale RC at its best With a wingspan of some 19 feet, you would expect a 1/9-scale cargo plane to be a real RC heavyweight....
Boeing is deep into planning and prototyping the new 777X, re-engined with the General Electric GE9X power plant, and rewinged as shown, following Boeing board approval....
Contributor Patrick Sherman is always on the lookout for new and interesting drone news, and this month he shares some highlights from the Commercial UAV Expo...
Some fliers have had clevises open under heavy flight loads, and a fuel line has been known to slip off occasionally owing to oil on the...
P-47D Thunderbolt Ricardo Mialdea, Puertollano, Ciudad Real, Spain This 1/5-scale, 85-inch-span warbird is built from a Top Flite Gold Edition kit. Ricardo and his building partner,...
Chopper pilots make so many “crash ‘n’ dashes” (often on blacktop) that they wear holes in their skids. To protect the skids, slip pieces of inexpensive...
BVLOS technology developer Iris Automation (IA), has reportedly collaborated with regulators on 14 completed BVLOS test programs worldwide and has received approvals in the U.S., Canada,...
The USAF awarded its first airworthiness approval for eVTOL human flight to Beta Technologies and its Alia aircraft last May. In December Air Force Reserve pilot...
This simple fitting works like a collet, is co-axial and avoids the use of unsightly rubber bands. Solder a 5/32-inch-o.d. brass tube to a T-pin, and...