Blade helicopters have been instrumental in helping many aspiring helicopter pilots realize their dream. Inexpensive and easy to setup and fly, they come with a high...
For some unknown reason, the Fieseler Storch is my favorite aircraft. Perhaps this goes back to when I built a 1⁄6-scale model some years ago and...
Before trying to slip the antenna wire up through a plastic tube, insert the spray nozzle of a WD-40 can into the tube, and give a...
I’ve always loved airplanes. My interest has always been with scale RC models, particularly warbirds. It wasn’t long after I started building and flying RC warbirds...
Cigar tubes filled with lead and marked as shown are ideal ballast slugs for sailplanes. Some glider guiders attach loops to the tubes so that the...
ArmSoar, based in Vancouver, Canada, has been making composite gliders since 2010, when brothers Thomas and Jason Lee turned their passion for gliders, and in particular...
Orca was founded in 2020 after its eVTOL design won third prize in the Royal Aeronautical Society’s International General Aviation Aircraft Design Competition. Orca is collaborating...
When aerobatic RC aircraft designer Wayne Ulery was inspired by the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ historic first flight, he decided to pay tribute...
Rolls-Royce’s $8.17 million (£6 million) Spirit of Innovation electric aircraft has secured the world electric aircraft speed record following verification by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI)....
If there is one aircraft that’s easily recognized, it would have to be the North American Aviation P-51 Mustang. Whether you like the speed and performance...
Here’s an easy way to square up your fuselage. Accurately cut two ¾-inch-thick pine triangles so that they’re taller than the fuselage sides. Glue them to...
Our modeling hobby has many subcategories and scope for special interests. New ones arise; old ones may fall out of popularity; but never disappear altogether. Since...