This big, 50%-scale bipe is powered by a Fiala 250 5-cylinder radial engine turning a Fiala prop, and its scale scheme is created with Oratex covering and hand-painted markings. Builder Adam Broomhead notes that the 61.7-pound model took about a year to build, adding, “No bloody gyro, it’s built straight!”

Check out Model Airplane News contributor Tim McKay as he unboxes, builds and flies the MinimumRC.com Savannah jet. This tiny electric ducted fan micro jet uses up to four channels of control and weighs just 1.9 ounces!

Jet Power in Germany is one of the biggest RC jet plane events in the world. In this video, we check out some of the biggest, fastest, and most expensive ones from this year’s show! Let us know which one is your favorite.

Ready to be impressed? Then check out this video of mechanical engineer Tom Stanton scratch-building an electromagnetic aircraft launcher. His build leverages the same concept used in modern aircraft carrier launchers, but for RC. The ingenuity in the RC hobby never ceases to amaze!

Graeme’s beautiful scratch-built Princess flying boat. With four electric motors – counter rotating on each wing, plus two freewheeling ‘dummy’ motors, this wonderful model is very efficient – flying on a single 3300mAh 3S battery. Features retractable wing tip floats. The fuselage was formed in several sections from white polystyrene using similar techniques to those […]

Many aircraft have been using a HUD or Heads Up Display to show critical flight information on a see-through glass plate above the instrument panel for years. It allows a pilot to view real-time data without looking down into the cockpit. Some scale modelers have recreated HUD displays in their RC models but now you […]