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MarineJet USA Bench Buddy

MarineJet USA Bench Buddy

Tired of pushing your model off the work bench by accident? Or jury rigging something to hold it or even balance it when it comes time? Turn a small workbench into a big workbench – save room in your shop! The Bench Buddy holds 25% to 60% models by the wing rod only-never touching the model! […]
New for Premium Members — Build a “one-off” right on your model

New for Premium Members — Build a “one-off” right on your model

When it comes to building scale model airplanes, one task often stops new projects from even getting started: making a scale engine cowl from scratch. To produce a fiberglass unit, you have to build a master plug, lay up a female mold on top of it, and then use the mold to lay up the […]
Giant Scale Me 262 Swallow

Giant Scale Me 262 Swallow

When it comes to giant scale RC aircraft, nothing even comes close to amazing and gigantic aircraft that Ali Machinchy pilots. Here’s a video of Ali’s 1/3-scale Messerschmitt Me 262 powered by twin turbine engines as it performs at the Classic Jets Meet at the RAF Abingdon base In Oxfordshire. With a span of 181 […]
The Right Way to Set Up Servos

The Right Way to Set Up Servos

Without smooth, non-binding control-surface movements, our planes would be nearly impossible to direct. Linkage systems, including the servo, servo arm, pushrod and control horn, are often overlooked, but they are the keys to smooth, strong, equal control-surface deflections. Take the time to install the linkages properly and securely to guarantee control surfaces that work properly […]
Aerobatics Made Easy

Flight Tips for the Knife-edge

Learning to fly advanced maneuvers helps you become a better RC pilot and gives you the ability to perform aerobatics more smoothly and precisely. This video Flight Tip by Jason Benson explains how to master the impressive Knife Edge Circle with 1 1/2 snap rolls move.
New for Premium Members — Install a fake detailed radial engine

New for Premium Members — Install a fake detailed radial engine

When it comes to scale aircraft, especially those with big round radial engine cowls, you just have to install a fake scale engine. This greatly improves the realism of your model as well as helping make your engine cooling more effective. With a big opening up front, the ratio for cooling air in and out […]
VQ Warbirds T-34C Turbo Mentor

VQ Warbirds T-34C Turbo Mentor

This new .46 EP/GP ARF from VQ Warbirds features fiberglass cowl, working flaps, a painted pilot, optional retracts and lots of great scale details that closely match the full scale T-34C! With the big battery hatch, you can easily use either electric or glow for power. Optional factory VQ Electric retracts with oleo struts and VQ […]
Go Anywhere Morphing Quad — This drone can change its size!

Go Anywhere Morphing Quad — This drone can change its size!

This drone can assess gaps and shrink to squeeze through them, while in flight! Researchers at the University of Zurich and EPFL designed an aircraft using 3D printed parts and off the shelf motor and radio system, and it can literally fold itself to fit through gaps, making it ideal for search and rescue and […]
New for Premium Members — Onboard Flight Stabilizers

New for Premium Members — Onboard Flight Stabilizers

Three-axis flight stabilizers specifically designed for fixed-wing airplanes are a relatively recent innovation. They help the aircraft fly stable around its three axes: roll (aileron), pitch (elevator), and yaw (rudder). Today’s flight stabilizers units require a very small footprint and can be installed in aircraft of any size. There are also ready-to-fly planes that come […]
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Flying off Water Made Easy

With 70% of the earth covered with water, shouldn’t we have a similar percentage of RC model float planes? Well, maybe that’s too much to ask for but if have never given it a try, you’re really missing out. And with suitable open flying sites becoming more difficult to find, flying from public waterways, is […]
1/2-Scale Military UAVs you can fly

1/2-Scale Military UAVs you can fly

In today’s age of drones and and the military’s pilotless aircraft performing all sorts of missions, what modeler has not thought of flying his own RC version of the drones now in the headlines? The Pioneer, the Shadow, and ultimately the infamous Predator, all fixed wing drones, allowed our military forces to bring the battle […]
New for Premium Members — The Story of the 345th Bomber Group

New for Premium Members — The Story of the 345th Bomber Group

The 345th Bomber Group (BG) was first acti­vated at Columbia Army Air Base, South Carolina, in November 1942 and was christened the “Air Apaches.” As a B-25 bomber group, it was broken into four squadrons: the 498th, known as the “Falcons”; the 499th, “Bats Outa Hell”; the 500th, “Rough Raiders”; and the 501st, the “Black […]
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