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Many model trainer airplanes are easy to build and fly, and they afford a great opportunity to get into the RC hobby. Instead of spending weeks or months assembling your first plane, you’ll be able to get into the air in an hour or less! Today’s trainers are so stable and easy to fly that […]
FLIGHT SCHOOL 101 – Read Before You Fly!
Many model trainer airplanes are easy to build and fly, and they afford a great opportunity to get into the RC hobby. Instead of spending weeks or months assembling your first plane, you’ll be able to get into the air in an hour or less! Today’s trainers are so stable and easy to fly that […]
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After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, from November 18 to 21, 2021 the Brazilian Air Model Confederation held its Scale Championship event. With 75 registered pilots in 11 classes, it was the biggest turnout of all time. In fact, it was a huge comeback for us after a long time, to celebrate above […]
Brazilian Scale National Championship
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, from November 18 to 21, 2021 the Brazilian Air Model Confederation held its Scale Championship event. With 75 registered pilots in 11 classes, it was the biggest turnout of all time. In fact, it was a huge comeback for us after a long time, to celebrate above […]
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Over the years, we’ve received a lot of questions on how to perform snap rolls. Often, newcomers confuse the upright snap roll with the control inputs for some very similar maneuvers, which I will discuss later on in this column. After reading this article, not only will you have a better idea of how to […]
Upright Positive Snap Rolls – Four Steps to master this Advanced Aerobatic Move
Over the years, we’ve received a lot of questions on how to perform snap rolls. Often, newcomers confuse the upright snap roll with the control inputs for some very similar maneuvers, which I will discuss later on in this column. After reading this article, not only will you have a better idea of how to […]
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Programmable radios can make flying any airplane easier, and in this article we’ll explore aileron differential programming and a few alternatives to using multiple servos on a given control surface. Almost everyone’s first trainer had only one servo that was attached to both ailerons. As model designs progressed, we started flying sport airplanes that had […]
Set up and Program Aileron Differential – Reducing pilot workload with your radio
Programmable radios can make flying any airplane easier, and in this article we’ll explore aileron differential programming and a few alternatives to using multiple servos on a given control surface. Almost everyone’s first trainer had only one servo that was attached to both ailerons. As model designs progressed, we started flying sport airplanes that had […]
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Scale World War One aircraft look incomplete with a scale rotary engine in the cowling. For German aircraft like the Fokker Dr.1 Triplane, this means you need an Oberursel UR2 (a German copy of the 110HP Le Rhone 9J). One of the best I have found is the 1/3-Scale Cast Resin Kit from Ziroli Giant […]
Ziroli Giant Scale Plans Resin-Cast Rotary Engine
Scale World War One aircraft look incomplete with a scale rotary engine in the cowling. For German aircraft like the Fokker Dr.1 Triplane, this means you need an Oberursel UR2 (a German copy of the 110HP Le Rhone 9J). One of the best I have found is the 1/3-Scale Cast Resin Kit from Ziroli Giant […]
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One of the great features that make giant-scale airplanes so popular is the bulletproof, user-friendly nature of the Walbro carburetors that most gas engines are equipped with. Once a gas engine is adjusted, its carburetor won’t need to be tweaked further for most of, if not the entire, flying season. However, to maintain optimum engine […]
Clean and Rebuild a Walbro Carburetor
One of the great features that make giant-scale airplanes so popular is the bulletproof, user-friendly nature of the Walbro carburetors that most gas engines are equipped with. Once a gas engine is adjusted, its carburetor won’t need to be tweaked further for most of, if not the entire, flying season. However, to maintain optimum engine […]
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Fokker Dr.1 Matt Morley, Mahtomedi, Minnesota Built from the Balsa USA kit, this 1/4-scale triplane is covered in Solartex with Rustoleum paint and Callie Graphics vinyl markings. It’s powered by a Zenoah G-26 and Xoar Axial 18×6 prop and has functional pull-pull controls on the tail and faux cables on the top wing. It also […]
Pilot Projects – March 2022
Fokker Dr.1 Matt Morley, Mahtomedi, Minnesota Built from the Balsa USA kit, this 1/4-scale triplane is covered in Solartex with Rustoleum paint and Callie Graphics vinyl markings. It’s powered by a Zenoah G-26 and Xoar Axial 18×6 prop and has functional pull-pull controls on the tail and faux cables on the top wing. It also […]
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Designed in the late 1980s by Walter Extra, the Extra 300 series of airplanes allowed U.S. pilots to finally be competitive in international unlimited aerobatic competition. The 300 series was a follow-up to the popular Extra 260, featuring more horsepower and a lighter airframe using composite construction techniques. The Extra 330 features a wider chord […]
Legend Hobby/Seagull – Extra 330LX 50cc ARF
Designed in the late 1980s by Walter Extra, the Extra 300 series of airplanes allowed U.S. pilots to finally be competitive in international unlimited aerobatic competition. The 300 series was a follow-up to the popular Extra 260, featuring more horsepower and a lighter airframe using composite construction techniques. The Extra 330 features a wider chord […]
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For decades, Model Airplane News has supported scale RC modeling and scale competition. Over the years, the editors have witnessed amazing examples of the scale art, and each of us have had our favorite picks. So here (in no particular order), we highlight our six favorite scale RC aircraft. Dennis “Mike” Grady Boeing B-17G Flying […]
The Best in Scale – Our Favorite Warbird Competitors
For decades, Model Airplane News has supported scale RC modeling and scale competition. Over the years, the editors have witnessed amazing examples of the scale art, and each of us have had our favorite picks. So here (in no particular order), we highlight our six favorite scale RC aircraft. Dennis “Mike” Grady Boeing B-17G Flying […]
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Pin Pickup It is bound to happen: you move something on your workbench and push your pins off the edge, spilling them all over. A broom is less than helpful. Find a magnet on your refrigerator and use it to pick the pins up quickly. Works for small screws and other hardware items just as […]
HOBBY HACKS – March 2022
Pin Pickup It is bound to happen: you move something on your workbench and push your pins off the edge, spilling them all over. A broom is less than helpful. Find a magnet on your refrigerator and use it to pick the pins up quickly. Works for small screws and other hardware items just as […]
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Every September on the weekend after Labor Day, the Mid-Hudson Radio Control Society hosts their annual WW I Jamboree at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome near Red Hook and Kingston, New York. For decades, this event has drawn contestants from around the country and from Canada, with many supporters from the Kingston Radio Control Modellers in […]
Rhinebeck North – A WW I Jamboree, Canada-style!
Every September on the weekend after Labor Day, the Mid-Hudson Radio Control Society hosts their annual WW I Jamboree at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome near Red Hook and Kingston, New York. For decades, this event has drawn contestants from around the country and from Canada, with many supporters from the Kingston Radio Control Modellers in […]
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