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Road to Top Gun: Titanic Thunderbolt

Road to Top Gun: Titanic Thunderbolt

A well known regular to all the RC action and excitement that is the Top Gun Scale Invitational, Eduardo Esteves is shown here with his wife and caller Ana, with his beautiful and very impressive  P-47 Thunderbolt razorback built from a CARF-Models composite kit. The Thunderbolt’s wingspan is 110 inches and weighs in at 62 […]
Wing Repair Made Easy

Wing Repair Made Easy

This is a collection of my made at home videos I shot for showing basic wood wing structure repairs. The video may be low tech but the repair techniques are right on the spot and can be used to fix any damaged wing. This specific repair deals with removing and replacing a broken leading edge […]
Road to Top Gun: Splendid Spitfire

Road to Top Gun: Splendid Spitfire

As we draw closer to the big 25th anniversary of the Top Gun Scale Invitational, we are collecting more advance “intel” on the planes and the pilots who are planning to attend this world-class scale competition in Lakeland, FL. The man who practically invented giant scale RC warbirds and long time Model Airplane News contributor, Nick Ziroli […]
The Radio Control Show 196

The Radio Control Show 196

This week’s show shows us how to make universal plugs, the new Horizon Hobby Vaterra brand, an interview with Wayne Carini of Chasing Classic Cars, the all new Freestyle Aerobatics Made Easy DVD, an interview with Ryan Cavalieri from the Reedy Race of Champions, and much more. See the full video below.
Degrees in RC: colleges offer drone pilot classes

Degrees in RC: colleges offer drone pilot classes

Randal Franzen was 53, unemployed and nearly broke when his brother, a tool designer at Boeing, mentioned that pilots for remotely piloted aircraft – more commonly known as drones – were in high demand.  Franzen, a former professional skier and trucking company owner who had flown planes as a hobby, started calling manufacturers and found […]
$49 “personal” UAV with voice control

$49 “personal” UAV with voice control

The UAV is built around an ARM Cortex-A9 processor, features 1 GB of built-in RAM, an SD card slot, and is Wi-Fi and Bluetooth-enabled. …The idea is that when users wanted to shoot videos of themselves, they could just launch the UAV by hand. It would then hover in front of them, streaming video to […]
The Radio Control Show 195

The Radio Control Show 195

Don’t miss out on this week’s episode of The Radio Control Show! This time, we take a look at how to properly cut your lexan body, check out this amazing giant scale Sabre, plus look at the readers’ choice ballet, mention the new Traxxas DR-1 contest, and much more. See the full video in the […]
Road to Top Gun: A 12-foot workshop Invader! With Video

Road to Top Gun: A 12-foot workshop Invader! With Video

Frankie Mirandes is no stranger to impressive scale aircraft and has been competing at the Top Gun Scale Invitational in Lakeland, FL for several years. For our upcoming “Road to Top Gun” special feature in Model Airplane News, Frankie was the first one to share his newest Top Gun 2013 project with us. Frankie says […]
The Radio Control Show 194

The Radio Control Show 194

Join us for another episode of The Radio Control Show. Today we take an in depth look at how to properly splice wood. Watch the full video in the player below.
Flying the Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project

Flying the Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project

As Kilo Foxtrot Films writes, “WW II veteran, prisoner of war, accomplished test pilot, pace plane for the Unlimited Reno races, air show pilot … Bob Hoover is considered by many to be one of the founding fathers of modern aerobatics. Jimmy Doolittle called him ‘…the greatest stick and rudder man who ever lived.’ Flying […]
F-86 Sabre: SUPER-SIZED!

F-86 Sabre: SUPER-SIZED!

Flown by Henri Wild at the Icare-Airmeet in France, this 14-foot-span F-86 weighs in at 145 pounds and uses two JetCat 160 turbines for power. We’ve learned that the plane experienced an air leak in its retracts during this flight; at minute 2:59 the pilot starts to retract the gear but due to lack of […]
AMA Expo Photo Highlights

AMA Expo Photo Highlights

The annual AMA Expo in Ontario, California, is always a great place to see the latest planes and products, meet up with flying friends and see some amazing scale aircraft on display. This photo essay shares highlights from this year’s event.  
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