The Transcendental Aircraft Company was founded in January 1947 in Delaware by Mario Guerrieri and Bob Lichten, two employees of Kellet Aircraft. They had begun design...
Easy-to-build Soviet park jet with 3-axis thrust-vectoring My goal with this model Su-37 was to duplicate the same wild maneuvers the full-size Super Flanker could do...
It’s tricky to install wing-rod tubes through a fiberglass fuselage so that the wings are at the same angle of incidence. Try this technique: drill the...
EDITOR’S NOTE: A respected contributor to Model Airplane News, Columnist George Leu was a longtime personal friend. George’s involvement in serious scale models and competition went...
If you’ve ever had to build a replacement wing, you’ll know how tricky aligning the new wing to the existing attachment bolt holes can be. Here’s...
When it comes to scale RC planes, the biggest thing that ruins the scale look of the plane is a “smaller than scale” flying propeller. Many...
A resident of Mesa, Arizona, Noel Hunt has a longtime involvement in RC and is a member of the Arizona Model Aviators and Radio Control Club...
In the efflorescence of aircraft design in the 20th century, many experimenters designed aircraft with a round, disc-shaped, low-aspect-ratio wing planform. Some were flight tested and...
The “Hole” Story Many model airplane kits come with the wing ribs cut to shape for you, but they neglect to provide holes in the ribs...
As noted in the 18 SEPTEMBER 2021 edition of the UNMANNED SYSTEMS NEWS (USN), swarms of drones have gotten a lot of time in the spotlight...
If you have plenty of spare servo wheels, recess two into the top of a wing, then drill them to take the wing bolts. They’ll act...
To hold a wheel pant firmly in place, yet still allow some flexibility, clamp a nose-gear steering arm to the part of the axle that’s inside...