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Balsa USA Vintage 3-Point WW 1 Floats

Balsa USA Vintage 3-Point WW 1 Floats

If like our editors, you like WW 1 scale airplanes, and are looking for a way to spice up your vintage flying! Try adding water! Flying your Fokker or Sopwith off of water with scale-like 3-Point Floats adds a whole new dimension to the sport. Featuring Balsa, Basswood, and Plywood construction, the new Balsa USA 3-Point […]
Elanview Cicada RTF FPV Camera Drone [VIDEO]

Elanview Cicada RTF FPV Camera Drone [VIDEO]

From Elanview: Compact, affordable, and operated from your smartphone or tablet, the Cicada drone flies just the way you want — slow, medium or fast, indoors or out, for up to 15 minutes nonstop. You can capture high-quality aerial images using its Wi-Fi enabled, HD digital, 1080p video/16 MP still/10 MP burst photo camera with […]
Avistar 30cc/EP ARF Sport Trainer [VIDEO]

Avistar 30cc/EP ARF Sport Trainer [VIDEO]

From Great Planes: Learning to fly giant-scale is only the start of what you’ll accomplish with the Avistar 30cc/EP. Take advantage of its semi-symmetrical wing to perform aerobatics. To fly at smaller sites, make the pre-hinged flaps operational for shorter takeoffs and landings. Made of strong, MonoKote film-covered balsa and ply, the Avistar 30cc/EP is […]
Great Planes Avistar 30cc/EP ARF

Great Planes Avistar 30cc/EP ARF

From Great Planes: Boasting an impressive 90.5” wingspan, the Great Planes Avistar 30cc/EP provides an excellent introduction to giant scale flying. That’s also just the beginning of what pilots can accomplish with this one model. For example, they can take advantage of its semi symmetrical airfoil to progress into aerobatics. Modelers who’d like to fly […]
Dromida Verso Inversion QuadCopter UAV RTF

Dromida Verso Inversion QuadCopter UAV RTF

From Dromida: Add a whole new dimension to drone flight with the Verso! This nimble little drone is able to takeoff, fly, and land inverted thanks to its reversing motors—offering more fun options for every flight. It can also switch quickly between inverted and regular flight with one push of the Invert/Flip button. Once inverted, […]
Great Planes TwinStar EP ARF [VIDEO]

Great Planes TwinStar EP ARF [VIDEO]

From Great Planes: Flying with twin motor power is unique and exciting, and the Great Planes TwinStar EP ARF is the ideal choice for making it happen. Setting up the brushless motors (sold separately) is easy, and the nacelles are positioned near the centerline for more stable flight. And because it’s Almost-Ready-to-Fly, you can have […]
Great Planes TwinStar EP ARF

Great Planes TwinStar EP ARF

From Great Planes: Flying with twin motor power is unique and exciting, and the Great Planes TwinStar EP ARF is the ideal choice for making it happen. Setting up the brushless motors (sold separately) is easy, and the nacelles are positioned near the centerline for more stable flight. Because the TwinStar EP is Almost-Ready-to-Fly, pilots […]
5 STEPS TO MASTER THE INVERTED HARRIER CIRCLE

5 STEPS TO MASTER THE INVERTED HARRIER CIRCLE

An inverted harrier is when the model is inverted at an extreme angle of attack (the fuselage should be at a 45-degree angle or similar) while traveling in the same flight path. The airplane should not lose or gain any altitude while traveling at this angle. Like the inverted harrier, the inverted harrier circle is […]
Let the Party Begin! Fun Fly Maneuvers on Video

Let the Party Begin! Fun Fly Maneuvers on Video

Featured in our upcoming October issue, MAN will have a great article all about the Basics of Fun Fly Events! While shooting the photos for the article, editor Gerry Yarrish strapped the new Hitec S60 video camera to one of his Fun Fly airplanes to provide a bird’s eye view of all the fun at the […]
Warbirds over Delaware Flightline Highlights & Videos

Warbirds over Delaware Flightline Highlights & Videos

The MAN Team had a great time last weekend at the Warbirds over Delaware meet. We chatted and checked out new aircraft with our flying buddies, and even made some new friends on the flightline. The WOD event is an amazing experience and the Delaware RC Club does an super job putting this extravaganza together. From WW1 dogfighters, to […]
Zipp Kits Report – Riot Planes “Gym Jets”

Zipp Kits Report – Riot Planes “Gym Jets”

Recently, I stopped to see my old friend Joe Petro’s, Zippkits.com booth while attending the 2015 Toledo Show. He had two new offerings, both easy to assemble, semi-profile foam board jets. The F-22 has a 16.75 inch wing span and the F-18 has a 17.75 inch span. Both are 24-inches long and the motors are mounted mid wing as a […]
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