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Martin Irvine’s 1917 Aviatik D1

Martin Irvine’s 1917 Aviatik D1

When it comes to amazing scale projects, our good old flying buddy and Model Airplane News contributor, Martin Irvine,is always coming up something unique. Martin has always been known for picking unusual designs and his  1917 Aviatik D1 is no exception. I chatted with Martin about this seldom modeled WW 1 biplane and here’s what […]
New for Premium Members — Converting vintage kits to Electric RC

New for Premium Members — Converting vintage kits to Electric RC

Sterling free flight and control-line kits have been very popular for decades. Many of their WW1 biplane kits are easy to build and lend themselves nicely to being modernized to electric powered RC projects. We just posted a detailed article about a Nieuport 28 kit from eBay that had a lot going for it as […]
RC Fuel Systems 101: A Video Summary of fuel line fittings and accessories

RC Fuel Systems 101: A Video Summary of fuel line fittings and accessories

It’s never too late to do some fuel tank maintenance. To get the best possible performance from your glow and gas powered airplanes, you have to properly install and maintain your entire fuel system.   From assembling and installing the tank itself correctly (with foam padding), to installing  in-line filters and other fittings, you want […]
From the Cockpit RC Jet Video

From the Cockpit RC Jet Video

We all love to think about what it would be like to get into our RC planes and take a flight around the field. But this video from the canopy cam on Peter Doupnik’s turbine-powered Diamond jet while flying at the recent 2018 Carp RC Jet Rally is the smoothest and best we’ve seen. The […]
Fourth of July: Birth of a Nation, Celebration of a Culture

Fourth of July: Birth of a Nation, Celebration of a Culture

Eleven score and 20 years ago, our great, great, great, great, great, great. great grandfathers put their butts on the line to create a new nation and, to follow Abe’s words more precisely, the new nation was “…conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” Although he was dedicating the […]
New For Premium Members — Downloadable Boeing B-17 3-View Drawings

New For Premium Members — Downloadable Boeing B-17 3-View Drawings

We just posted some great 3-view drawings of the famous Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and you can download your own set. Drawn by master draftsman and aviation history expert William Wylam, these drawings are highly detailed and ideal for RC scale competition documentation. “Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby” Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby” is a B-17 bomber […]
Giant Scale RC Warbird Airshow

Giant Scale RC Warbird Airshow

When you want to not just watch warbirds fly around the pattern, and you want to really enjoy the experience, nothing hits the trigger better than really big warbirds in the 10 foot span and larger range. These truly giant scale fighting machines and especially those powered with 5-cylinder radial engines enjoy an elevated level of […]
The Best WW I Dawn Patrol Fly In

The Best WW I Dawn Patrol Fly In

If you love building and  flying WW1 aircraft, you’ll have noticed that there are a lot of “Dawn Patrol” events springing up all over the country. One of the very first, and best organized Dawn Patrol events you can attend, is hosted by the Long Island Sky Hawks club. This impressive giant scale gathering always […]
Triple Giant RC Sabre Jet Action

Triple Giant RC Sabre Jet Action

If you think that giant scale turbine jets are exciting, how about a flight demo with three giant F-86 Sabre Jets eating up the skies? That’s right! Three beautiful scale turbine powered F-86 Super Sabre, built from Airclassics kits and flown as part of theTeam Horizon Formation flight all set to music. Pilot: Matthias Hocke, […]
Easy Custom Covering Scheme

Easy Custom Covering Scheme

Here’s how to add a checkerboard design to an already existing color scheme. I used the E-flite Shoestring and UltraCote covering. Because we are using heat shrink covering, this technique can be applied to any balsa covered ARF you have. This is especially useful for club events, such as fun-flys, club 40 racing, or in this […]
New for Preminum Members — Exclusive Top Gun Sneak Peak

New for Preminum Members — Exclusive Top Gun Sneak Peak

Scheduled to be in the upcoming September issue of MAN, we just posted on our Premium members website and complete downloadable article covering all of the amazing super scale action from this year’s Top Gun Scale Invitational. To see and download this sneak peak, and much more exclusive content Click Here to subscribe to our […]
Indoor RC Antonov AN-225

Indoor RC Antonov AN-225

When it comes to indoor RC, the last thing you would expect is the giant Antonov AN-255 cargo plane. Well, this impressive AN-225 model, is a very scale “micro” version that easily flies in indoor venues! Made of Depron, the model is powered by six Hobbico micro ducted-fan units with two, 2S 1000mAh batteries. Built and […]
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