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...
Instead of using commercial accessories at the center of your aileron pushrod (the type designed to allow connection to one side of the servo arm), attach...
Adaptive Electronic Warfare (EW) entails the use of machine learning processes and algorithms to collect, analyze and implement responses to RF threats. This arena has emerged...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to Electra.aero, Inc. to support the development of Electra’s hybrid-electric ultra-short...
If you break a foam wing, make a built-up replacement using the foam cradles from which the wing was cut as a building jig. To make...
Have you ever lost exhaust diverters because the supplied nylon cable tie just failed to hold up in that oily, hot environment? (Urethane rubber extensions often...
An interesting design problem is minimizing radar reflectivity. When stealth was in its infancy in the late 1950s, early radar cross section reflectivity tests were conducted...
On Aug. 3, 1921, Lt. John Macready, who would soon become the head of U.S. Army flight testing, released 175 pounds of lead arsenate from a...