Making the most of your computer radio’s features can improve your flying. Setting up a plane with the right radio programming will make performing all kinds of maneuvers much easier. Let’s see which programs will help improve our 3D flying. DUAL AILERONS ABOVE LEFT: dual rates allow you to switch from one control deflection to another. [...]

From the MAN “Classic Article” archive, this Basic Technique is a must for anyone thinking about building an airplane from a kit. For many reasons, heat-shrink plastic films are easily the most popular way to cover a model airplane. They’re easy to apply and come in just about every color imaginable; they’re odorless, non-toxic and [...]

FLYING SCALE—Improving your flight scores By George Leu. I have devoted several Model Airplane News articles and columns to the improving of static scores in scale competition. This score however, only represents 50 percent of your total, and taking the time to improve your model’s documentation material between events can definitely help you maximize overall [...]

Old-school JR 10SX II—Keeping my Favorite Radio Alive By Gerry Yarrish I’m sure you can tell by my white whiskers that I’ve been in RC for a long while. I have seen the radios go from the very simple to what we have today of the programming variety. (Yes, I grew up with B&W TV!) [...]

  RC Interview with Rolly Siemonsen     Champion for sport flying—still going strong!     by Ken Park                     Rolly, tell us how you got into RC and your involvement with the Kingston RC Club. Rolly: I became interested in building model planes when I [...]