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E-Flite Viper 70mm EDF Jet

E-Flite Viper 70mm EDF Jet

The best choice for your first EDF jet model, the new E-flite Viper 70mm EDF is a high-performance EDF jet that delivers all the essentials including incredible speed, vertical performance and aerobatic capability while also being easy to take off and land. The Viper has fighter-jet looks and performance with low-wing sport airplane stability so […]
Clamping for Hardwoods

Clamping for Hardwoods

When it comes to balsa parts, you can simply use T-Pins to hold them in place while the glue dries, but this is more difficult for lite ply and plywood parts. Here’s a great way to clamp them in place. Cut a couple of lengths of silicone fuel tubing and stick your pins though them, […]
King Size Battery Protection — Bat-Safe XL

King Size Battery Protection — Bat-Safe XL

Measuring an impressive 12x9x17.75 inches, the Bat-Safe XL is the newest LiPo battery charging and storing solution from the company that brought us the original Bat-Safe. With the same footprint as before, the new XL version has an internal vault size measurement of 9.75×6.5×15 inches so you can charge and store up to four 6S […]
Battery Condition ID

Battery Condition ID

With multiple packs you can have more air time at the flying field with your electric airplane without charging between flights. But once a pack has been used, it is difficult to tell which are and are not ready for another flight. A great way to tell the difference is to place a clothespin labeled […]
Effective Masking

Effective Masking

Nothing ruins a paint job more than having paint bleed under your masks. Here’s a technique that gives professional results. Start with thin (1/4-inch) vinyl masking tape to outline your painting area. Now instead of using newspaper or brown wrapping paper, use aluminum foil and attach it to the vinyl tape with 1/2 inch masking […]

Often the connectors for our servos can come undone during flight and this can lead to lose of control. A simple way to prevent this is to simply form an overhand knot in the two wire leads and then plug the connectors together. This relieves any stress that might pull the connectors apart.
Installing Servo Eyelets

Installing Servo Eyelets

Your servo will be subject to vibration and will have a shorter life if you don’t install them properly. The brass eyelets that come with the servos need to be installed in the rubber grommets so the attachment screws do not crush the grommets when tightened down. An easy was to do this is to […]
Photo Ready Instruments

Photo Ready Instruments

When it comes to adding details to your scale model airplane, try this tip for making convincing cockpit instruments. Look through aviation magazines and online for color photos of aircraft instrument faces. These are usually in ads and webpages selling full-size aircraft equipment. Copy them and then size them to the diameter you need for […]
Tight Props for E-Pilots

Tight Props for E-Pilots

Here is a little tip for electric modelers. Often propellers will come loose and possibly come off the motor shaft, which nobody wants to see happen.  Simply apply a little oil or grease to the threads of the collet-style prop adapter. This will reduce thread friction and increase the clamping affect of the collet as […]
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Docks with ISS

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Docks with ISS

In a historic moment of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, the company’s Crew Dragon craft successfully docked at the International Space Station on Sunday. The unmanned capsule arrived right on schedule just before 6 a.m. (ET) on March 3, 2019, following its early morning launch on Saturday from Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA broke the news in a […]
Monster P-40 Warhawk: First Flight!

Monster P-40 Warhawk: First Flight!

Watching the first flight of this giant 7.6-foot-span warbird is a real treat! Piloted by Josef Spielhofer of the Austrian Falcon Wings, the plane weighs in at 61 pounds and is powered by a 3W 150 R2 inline engine and uses Weatronics radio gear. Watch to the very end for a landing that will get […]
33rd Annual London Bridge Seaplane Classic

33rd Annual London Bridge Seaplane Classic

The Desert Hawks RC club of Lake Havasu City has always put on a great show with their annual London Bridge Seaplane Classic and the 33rd event was no exception.  When most of the Northern third of the country has seen their first frosts many seaplane fans gather on the shores of Lake Havasu, Arizona […]
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