By Jerry Smith Building my House of Balsa Schoolyard Spacewalker was great fun. The laser-cut parts fit perfectly, and assembly was fast. Although it was designed for a small glow engine, I decided to modify and power it with electric using a Torque 930 motor, 35A ESC and a 1350mAh 3-cell LiPo battery. When it [...]
by Joseph Pennisi (see figures and photos below) Back in the saddle again I have been retired from engineering for about 10 years, and I finally dug out the old RC stuff. Yep, I have been dragging it around for 40 years or more. Along with sorting through the old stuff, I have been poring [...]
What’s black and white and camouflaged all over? A discussion about scale color documentation– by Simon Delaney The addition of extra cable TV channels over the past few years has meant that you can watch all sorts of aviation documentaries and more are being produced all the time. The History Channel is full of vintage aircraft footage [...]
From the upcoming July 2010 Backyard Flyer magazine
(more photos below) E-FLITE: PIPER L-4 GRASSHOPPER 250 ARF By Mark Phillips Wow, E-flite has a winner with its new Piper L-4! This amazing little full 4-channel, built-up balsa ARF comes to you complete with everything safely packaged in a nifty, compartmentalized cardboard box. You could use the box to transport the plane safely [...]
The Best of the Best fly in Lakeland, FL (with unpublished photos)
(more photos below) ASM B-17 Sneak Peek By John Reid The Advance Scale Models (ASM) B-17 is a new giant plane that will be showing up in the States in just a couple of months. This plane is awesome and will make anyone stop and take notice wherever it shows up. We recently got to [...]
