August 2022 Articles

• Darren built this 1/6-scale, 72-inch-span model from the World Models kit and powered it with a SuperTigre 51 engine with a Pitts-style muffler. Darren adds, “I built the wing to give it more dihedral for a more scale look.” The model also has functional flaps. Darren M. Gibson, Eau Claire, Wisconsin

  

  Pilot Projects – PA-25 Piper Pawnee

  Darren built this 1/6-scale, 72-inch-span model from the World Models kit and powered it with a SuperTigre 51 engine with a Pitts-style muffler. Darren adds, “I built the wing to give it more dihedral for a more scale look.” The model also has functional flaps. Darren M. Gibson, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
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• COLOR-CODE When working on a project that requires both imperial (inch) and metric Allen wrenches, it can be confusing to identify them and keep them apart. I color-code my wrenches with heat shrink to help keep the two groups separated. I use red for the imperial sizes and blue for the metric. Jim Harris, Springdale, […]

  

  HOBBY HACKS – August 2022

  COLOR-CODE When working on a project that requires both imperial (inch) and metric Allen wrenches, it can be confusing to identify them and keep them apart. I color-code my wrenches with heat shrink to help keep the two groups separated. I use red for the imperial sizes and blue for the metric. Jim Harris, Springdale, […]
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• Jim built this modified Kaos from Model Airplane News plans and a Eureka short kit. He redesigned the firewall to support an O.S. FT-160 twin and added a turtle deck and bottom hatches to access the tank and tail linkage. The canopy is the rear portion of the Hangar 9 60cc P-51 canopy, and the […]

  

  Pilot Projects – Kaos 90

  Jim built this modified Kaos from Model Airplane News plans and a Eureka short kit. He redesigned the firewall to support an O.S. FT-160 twin and added a turtle deck and bottom hatches to access the tank and tail linkage. The canopy is the rear portion of the Hangar 9 60cc P-51 canopy, and the […]
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• It isn’t every year that an entirely new mode of flight is developed—but when it is, it seems that uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) are the preferred venue, likely because new concepts can be tested at significantly less cost and risk than the alternative. One such example was on display at the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle […]

  

  A Whole New Way to Fly And Other News From The Xponential Event

  It isn’t every year that an entirely new mode of flight is developed—but when it is, it seems that uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) are the preferred venue, likely because new concepts can be tested at significantly less cost and risk than the alternative. One such example was on display at the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle […]
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• One minute you’re flying along having a good time, and the next your shiny model is not so shiny anymore. All RC pilots—and especially new ones!—can experience moments of confusion or experience less than optimal control over their planes. It isn’t a fun situation, but you can avoid it. Commit these 10 tips to memory […]

  

  10 Things Every Pilot Should Know – These pro tips may save your plane!

  One minute you’re flying along having a good time, and the next your shiny model is not so shiny anymore. All RC pilots—and especially new ones!—can experience moments of confusion or experience less than optimal control over their planes. It isn’t a fun situation, but you can avoid it. Commit these 10 tips to memory […]
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• This scratch-built Sperry Messenger is 1/6.7 scale with a 35.5-inch wingspan. Jeff notes that it’s “a rather interesting plane as the full scale was designed to be hung from a hook on the bottom of a blimp and used to carry messages to the ground and back. But then radios came along!” The wood model […]

  

  Pilot Projects – Sperry Messenger

  This scratch-built Sperry Messenger is 1/6.7 scale with a 35.5-inch wingspan. Jeff notes that it’s “a rather interesting plane as the full scale was designed to be hung from a hook on the bottom of a blimp and used to carry messages to the ground and back. But then radios came along!” The wood model […]
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• At their most basic level, flight modes are a collection of settings that can be turned on with the flip of a switch or switches to control how a model behaves in a particular flight condition. These settings include but are not limited to such things as control rates, exponential, trim (but not sub-trim, which […]

  

  Flight Modes 101 – Fly Better With These Easy Radio Settings

  At their most basic level, flight modes are a collection of settings that can be turned on with the flip of a switch or switches to control how a model behaves in a particular flight condition. These settings include but are not limited to such things as control rates, exponential, trim (but not sub-trim, which […]
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