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Micro RC Springfield Bulldog — Col. Bob Thacker’s first electric RC adventure!

Micro RC Springfield Bulldog — Col. Bob Thacker’s first electric RC adventure!

 Talk about a thrill. It’s early 1930’s: you’re crazy about airplanes and the Cleveland Air Races are on! Your favorite racer is going strong—it’s the Springfield Bulldog… Yes, you are trying to build Cleveland’s one inch to the foot scale rubber powered wind-up model, but it was really too much. The difficulty was beyond me. I […]
10th Annual CCRCC Big Biplane Bash — A Splashing Success!

10th Annual CCRCC Big Biplane Bash — A Splashing Success!

Well, the 2011 version of the Central Connecticut RC Club’s Big Biplane Bash all-biplane event is now history! Even though there was rain in the early AM setup time. The wet weather held off and we enjoyed a high, solid overcast that could not dampen the spirits of the 23 pilots that did showed up. Usually, the event draws […]
Kondor Model Products L-4 Grasshopper–Exclusive Online Flight Test and Review

Kondor Model Products L-4 Grasshopper–Exclusive Online Flight Test and Review

This Exclusive Sneak Peek will be published in the February 2012 issue of Model Airplane News. Reviewer and Test Pilot Aaron Ham, reports that: “makes a great trainer thatr just happens to be legal for warbird events–A J-3 Cub in military dress.”   Built between 1937 and 1947 by Piper Aircraft. The Piper Cub was […]
Top Notch Products Cessna 195 Scale Buildalong, part 2

Top Notch Products Cessna 195 Scale Buildalong, part 2

The Scale Squadron of Southern California, a club devoted to scale modeling and RC airplane fun have embarked on a new product review, the Cessna 195 from Top Notch Kits. This article continues with the construction of the wheel pants, cowl,  vertical fin fit and wing installation. For the first part of this article, click here. There was little […]
LA Times story about electric RC planes

LA Times story about electric RC planes

First came the story about Top Gun in the Wall Street Journal (click here to read that post), and now the LA Times has a story about RC electric planes! It’s great to see the sport getting so much positive attention in mainstream media. Here’s the full story by Cyndia Zwahlen, posted June 6, 2011. […]
Model Airplane News - RC Airplane News | On The Flightline Vol. 5 Issue 8

On The Flightline Vol. 5 Issue 8

Latest News Top Gun Live coverage Last weekend, Debra Cleghorn and Gerry Yarrish traveled down to Lakeland, FL to cover the Top Gun Scale Invitational. They were on the flightline for interviews with the builders, up-close details and in-the-air videos. Check out ModelAirplaneNews.com for their complete coverage and marvel at the great detail that goes […]
BP Hobbies F-15 Jet ARF

BP Hobbies F-15 Jet ARF

JET PERFORMANCE ON A PROP!!! This is not your ordinary jet model. This version can be prop driven giving you the ability to run a more efficient setup. This strong all wood built ARF is your ticket to a paradise of speed! This kit is for intermediate to advanced pilots. It can be run on […]
Homebuilt—Swallow 2

Homebuilt—Swallow 2

The inspiration for this model came from a recent article in the April 2010 issue of our sister publication FLIGHT JOURNAL. The full-size aircraft originated in Germany in 1927 known as the Klemm L.25. In the early 1930s this same basic plane, ended up in Great Britain as the British Aircraft Company’s “Swallow 2”. It […]
2010 U.S. Scale Masters Championships

2010 U.S. Scale Masters Championships

  The 31st Annual U.S. Scale Masters Championships September 15th through September 19, 2010 Rosewood, Indiana By Earl Aune  The Masters! (Above) A tradition of the Masters is the noon walk around. The crowd is allowed to view the models up close and ask the contestants all about their aircraft. Here we see Bob Patton’s […]
Model Airplane News - RC Airplane News | Geeking Out Your FPV—Part 3

Geeking Out Your FPV—Part 3

By Kyle Matthew Photos by Laurel Matthew  (See more photos below) In this last installment of “Geeking Out Your FPV,” I’ll be streamlining my First Person View (FPV) ground station and adding some new features to both my ground station and my Multiplex Easy Star.  These upgrades allow for more reliability as well as 360-degree […]
35th Annual Kingston Fun Fly Event

35th Annual Kingston Fun Fly Event

                                2010 Annual Kingston Father’s Day Fun Fly Event 35 Years of Family Fun and Excitement! By Gerry Yarrish For almost 20 years now, I have been making my annual eight-hour trek north of the border to attend one of the […]
Top Flite Gold Edition Giant P-40 Warhawk ARF

Top Flite Gold Edition Giant P-40 Warhawk ARF

Big, mean flying machine! The Top Flite Gold Edition Giant P-40 Warhawk ARF is an IMAA-legal replica of Colonel Claire Channault’s “Flying Tigers” squadron at the onset of World War II. The P-40 Warhawk had one of the most impressive kill-to-loss ratios of any Allied fighter plane and the Top Flite P-40 Warhawk is equally […]
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