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Texas A&M’s First Drone Mission over Gulf

Texas A&M’s First Drone Mission over Gulf

Texas students are conducting their first mission over the Gulf of Mexico this week! Today their 12-foot UAV launched and will acquire data over the Gulf and South Texas ranchland. During the mission, the University’s RS-16 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will carry onboard a multi-spectral camera which will acquire images in the visible, infrared (IR), […]
RC Aerial Photography: Stephen Born Combines two of His Passions

RC Aerial Photography: Stephen Born Combines two of His Passions

In recent years with the continued development of high performance electric motors and batteries, using RC aircraft for professional aerial photography has become extremely popular. From the drones used by the US Government to local RC hobbyist, the applications seem to be unlimited. Stephen Born is the owner, operator and pilot of AerialSkyCam, (aerialskycam.com) a […]
Road to Top Gun: Zenith 801– Modeling in Metal

Road to Top Gun: Zenith 801– Modeling in Metal

Carlos Rangel is a regular at the annual Top Gun Scale Invitational and he is also known as “the guy who builds all-aluminum airplanes”. We got an email from Carlos recently along with some photos of his 2013 competition plane. Here’s what he said. “Well, I was supposed to compete this year in the Masters […]
The Celebration Continues with Episode 204 of the Radio Control Show

The Celebration Continues with Episode 204 of the Radio Control Show

Sponsored by HobbyKing.com, March madness continues this week with our Top 5 RC Trends! Watch the episode and look for the code for a chance to win a HobbyKing 450 size helicopter and upgrade package. To enter, go to Facebook.com/TheRadioControlShow, click the “Watch & Win” tab, and enter the secret code found in the show! […]
Project Zero: World’s First Electric Tilt-Rotor

Project Zero: World’s First Electric Tilt-Rotor

AgustaWestland just unveiled a top-secret project: a man-carrying, electric tilt-rotor aircraft! Dubbed “Project Zero,” the aircraft’s two tilt rotors can take off and land vertically, hover like a helicopter and fly forward as fast and efficiently as a fixed-wing plane. Each rotor has its own electric motor that uses rechargeable batteries. Even cooler is that […]
Road to Top Gun: Douglas SBD Dauntless

Road to Top Gun: Douglas SBD Dauntless

Paul “Limey” Rice is planning to compete in the Expert class at Top Gun with his beautifully detailed Douglas SBD Dauntless dive-bomber. Starting with Nick Ziroli 1/5-scale plans, Paul scratch built the model using basic balsa, lite-ply and A/C plywood construction. He plane has a 100 inch span, and weighs 39 pounds. It has a Zenaoh […]
Planes: preview a new Disney film

Planes: preview a new Disney film

Here’s another reason to be excited for summer! Mark your calendars, because “Planes” will be coming to a theater near you this August. Check out the trailer here:
Road to Top Gun: Rare Rallye Morane Aero Tow Plane

Road to Top Gun: Rare Rallye Morane Aero Tow Plane

Steve Thomas – Takes a new direction for Top Gun 2013. Taking a new direction for Top Gun 2013, Steve Thomas is well known on the circuit for his warbirds, he has a long held affinity with WWI and WWII planes, in particular he has an interest in Russian Warbirds which are less commonly seen […]
MRC Super Brain Instinct 965

MRC Super Brain Instinct 965

Do you need an AC/DC Charger with a very user-friendly Design. The new Super Brain Instinct 965 from MRC has an easy 3-Button Start and will charge 1 to 3 cell LiPo, Li-Ion, LiFe batteries, 1 to 8 cell Ni-Cd and NiMH packs and up to 12 volt Lead Acid and Gel Cell batteries. It has […]
Road to Top Gun: Behemoth Beaufighter

Road to Top Gun: Behemoth Beaufighter

Three time Top Gun Champion, David Wigley recently completed his test flights of his amazing 1/5-scale Bristol Beaufighter and Also won Best in Show at the 2013 WRAM Show. MAN highlighted some “in primer” sneak peeks of David’s amazing in progress twin fighter project earlier last summer, and we have to say, it is one of the […]
Giant Scale Triplane Build-Along — Cabanes Struts

Giant Scale Triplane Build-Along — Cabanes Struts

We are drawing close to the end of this extensive giant-scale build-along. This past weekend the cabane struts and the top wing were built and attached to the Balsa USA 1/3-scale Fokker Triplane. Check out the sequence below. To build the cabane struts and attach the top wing, you first have to install the kit’s […]
On Sale Now! Alien Aircraft Taylorcraft 72

On Sale Now! Alien Aircraft Taylorcraft 72

Our good friend Tom Herr at Alien Aircraft has just announced to availablilty of his new 6-foot span, glow powered sport scale Taylorcraft, and the kits are available now! Known for their great flying and easy to build laser cut electric powered kits, Alien Aircraft has taken the extremely popular laser cut kits to a new […]
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