rc airplane engine, rc engine, electric rc, rc model, model aircraft  O.S. SIRIUS FR7-420–A Heads-up from Clarence Lee, author of the Engine Clinic column. From the November 2010 issue of Model Airplane News   The latest addition to the O.S. Engines line of multi-cylinder, 4-stroke engines is the Sirius FR7-420, 7-cylinder radial. This RC airplane [...]

                                                  RC Plane Aerobatic Biplane Model Airplane News Radio Control Hangar 9 100cc Beast  ARF An Amazing Giant Scale Biplane that Really Performs! By Aaron Ham   The full-scale “Beast” biplane [...]

                                2010 Annual Kingston Father’s Day Fun Fly Event 35 Years of Family Fun and Excitement! By Gerry Yarrish For almost 20 years now, I have been making my annual eight-hour trek north of the border to attend one of the [...]

Kyosho’s Answer For An Aerobatic Micro Warbird! Micro warbirds are undeniably popular aircraft, and the airRium Spitfire Mk.V VE29 from Kyosho is sure to be a big hit. Its 25-inch wingspan makes its overall size is slightly larger than that of current micro offerings. And, to ensure the plane has plenty of power, Kyosho includes [...]

David R. Vaught  Photographs by Ellen M. Vaught I would bet when William T. Piper put his name on his first J-3 Cub, he never imagined how much a part of Americana he had created. Who is not enamored by the Piper Cub J-3? One buried in your neighbor’s barn may be every bit as [...]

FPV upgrades Part 2On Screen Display (OSD), Long Range UHF Radio System and 900MHz 8dBi Flat Patch Antenna By: Kyle MatthewPhotos: Kyle Matthew (See photos below) /SPAN> This month’s upgrades will focus on long-range operations. By now you may be getting comfortable with flying your FPV airplane and want to start pushing the limits of [...]

                                  Hobby Lobby’s eRC Micro P-51D Mustang RTF Perhaps the most famous and certainly the easiest to recognize WW2 fighter is the P-51D Mustang. It’s a true Icon of the heavy-metal military warbird legacy. Back in the 50s, 60s [...]

CHECKING OUT IN THE P-51 MUSTANG By Budd Davisson Here I am again at the Flying Tiger Air Museum in Paris, Texas, hiding in the back of a North American SNJ-5, for my second session of Junior Burchinal’s how-to-be-a-fighter-pilot course. If things went according to schedule, I would get another couple of hops in the [...]