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...
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...