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How to: Keep Your Power System Cool

How to: Keep Your Power System Cool

The art of temperature management Airplane engines and power systems have needed cooling since the beginning of powered flight, and our electric-powered RC planes are no different. Electric motors generate heat through wire resistance and other types of losses. A battery’s internal resistance, while small, can generate damaging heat as the battery supplies current to […]
Top 5 Homebuilts

Top 5 Homebuilts

You can build these great-flying designs from Mark Rittinger The traditional building season for RC model airplane builders goes hand in hand with the cooler weather associated with the holidays. Here in the Northeast, we start wrapping up flight ops in the middle to end of November and dust of our workbenches for that next […]
Aerobatics Made Easy: The Flat Spin to a Blender

Aerobatics Made Easy: The Flat Spin to a Blender

Master this move in four easy steps We recently discussed uniting upright and inverted spins. This month, let’s build on this type of maneuver and take it one step further. Advanced aerobatic pilots are always looking for combinations of elements that, together, can form new and innovative aerobatic moves. Years ago, during the freestyle event […]
How To: Easy Warbird Makeover

How To: Easy Warbird Makeover

The Carbon-Z T-28 Trojan gets a new look As a subject, the T-28 has clearly been a sleeper over the years, with only a small number of kits being available. Well, the lightning bolt must have hit a large number of people at the same time as the market now has Trojans in all sizes—from […]
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