It was recently reported in Aviation Week magazine that how composite materials are used to create aircraft parts is causing an interesting shift in the jetliner...
When you’ve learned how to fly and you can handle your airplane and consistently fly it straight and level, you’ll start looking for more challenges. Learning...
Recently declassified files of a US intelligence agency reveal that one of the earliest supersonic spy drones was sent on a secret mission over China and...
Saw and file a slot of a suitable size in the blade of an old, large screwdriver, clean off the burrs, and you’ll have an effective...
To create handy T-handles for your Allen wrenches, cross-drill a 3-inch length of 5/16 dowel, and insert an Allen wrench through the hole. To hold the...
The move to design hydrogen-powered aircraft to clean up aircraft propulsion systems is in full swing. A new partnership between Universal Hydrogen and Deutsche Aircraft is...
World War 2 was a time of aircraft design innovation on an enormous scale. The Axis powers conceived many unorthodox aircraft concepts, flight tested numerous scale...
This mixer is especially suitable for differential spoilers, and with it, you won’t need to use complex mechanical devices. Dacron or Kevlar threads are clamped to...
If you want to plug your charger into your auto’s cigarette lighter and also clip it to the car’s battery, try this. Cut the charger power...
Today, most flight simulators include the option to design your own aircraft as well as modify aircraft that are included in the sims. Check out, for...
At the MAKS 2021 International Aviation and Space Show held this July in Zhukovsky near Moscow, Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) unveiled its newest single-engine fighter,...
To build stiff ailerons and flaps and to minimize the chance of them warping, incorporate thin-wall aluminum-tube spars into them, and apply the balsa covering with...