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Aviation Legend: Interview with Gen. Chuck Yeager

Aviation Legend: Interview with Gen. Chuck Yeager

On the occasion of his 95th birthday, we celebrate General Yeager and hope you’ll enjoy watching this interview from 2016 as much as we did. He is an amazing human being … they don’t make ’em like that anymore!
NASA Tests Folding Wings

NASA Tests Folding Wings

This 3-minute video is a terrific window into NASA’s testing procedures to validate the use of a cutting-edge, lightweight alloy that’s triggered by temperature to fold the outer portions of aircraft wings and their control surfaces to optimal angles in flight. Here’s the scoop from NASA: The tests, which took place at NASA’s Armstrong Flight […]
Volocopter: Your New Ride?

Volocopter: Your New Ride?

Check out this person-carrying, nine-motor, electric-powered, multirotor! The write-up from Volocopter sounds intriguing: “Your journey in the Volocopter 2X begins before takeoff. Two very tall persons will find it convenient to embark and disembark and to sit in comfort in the luxurious leather seats during their flight. A high quality cockpit and a pleasantly quiet […]
graupner o.s. wankel 30

RC Airplane Engine Assembly Video

This disassembly and reassembly video from Academia Motor may just be the best thing you’ve watched yet in 2018 — really! Some internet sleuthing shows that the Graupner-O.S. Wankel .30ci powerplant was the world’s first model rotary piston engine. A collaboration between Graupner and Ogawa Model Mfg. Co. (O.S.), it used Felix Wankel’s design with […]
Giant Scale DeHavilland

Titanic Tiger Moth Takes Flight

This incredible half-scale DeHavilland Tiger Moth was designed, built, and flown here by John Greenfield. With a wingspan of over 14 feet, the plane weighs 121 pounds and is powered by a 384cc twin inline gas engine. John is a member of the UK’s Ghost Squadron club, and we found this information on the RC […]
Top 10 Airplane Posts of 2017

Top 10 Airplane Posts of 2017

Happy New Year, everyone! As we say farewell to 2017, it’s only fitting that we take a moment to look at the ModelAirplaneNews.com posts that you loved most this year. Enjoy the countdown, and we’ll see you in 2018! 10. Indoor Airliner   9. Giant-Scale B-17 8. Super Constellation 7. Mike Barbee’s King Air (click […]
RC Star Wars Snowspeeder vs. AT-AT

RC Star Wars Snowspeeder vs. AT-AT

Our buddy Adam Woodworth is always coming up with cool RC Stars Wars projects (like this Storm Trooper), and his latest one is awesome: an twin-motor Alliance Snowspeeder that takes out an AT-AT. Adam explains how he came up with the project: “I was walking around Home Depot, when I came across a giant inflatable […]
Model Airplane Indoor Turbine Jet

Model Airplane Indoor Turbine Jet

That’s right, folks: just when you thought you’d seen it all, here’s a true turbine jet, flying indoors — complete with a pit crew of firefighters, just in case! This 94-inch-span Kolibri Diamond Jet is powered by a true ... Continue reading ... Join our premium membership!
Model Airplane Stupendous 1/3-Scale Spitfire

Model Airplane Stupendous 1/3-Scale Spitfire

This 1/3-scale model of the restored Spitfire flown by pilot Caroline Grace was designed and built by Richard Rawle, who also flies it in this video. The 12-foot-span RC version of the two-seat  trainer aircraft ... Continue reading ... Join our premium membership!
Free French SBD Dauntless – 136-inch-span model [VIDEO]

Free French SBD Dauntless – 136-inch-span model [VIDEO]

This SBD Dauntless flown by Uli Richter sports an unusual scheme: that of the WW II French Armee de l’Air. In 1944, after the German invasion of France, the Free French Air Force (government in exile) received about 80 SBD-5s and A-24Bs from the United States in 1944. This 44-pound model bears the scheme of the most […]
RC Model “Podracers” Take Center Stage

RC Model “Podracers” Take Center Stage

OK, I know what you’re thinking: what on earth is that?! But trust me, these indoor fliers are incredibly cool little machines. Flown at the recent Modell-Hobby-Spiel Fair in Leipzig, Germany, these Star Wars podracers appear to have a t-shaped carbon-fiber frame that holds the battery and electronics. Two foam shrouds each house a forward-facing […]
RC Model Airplane Sneak Peek Video FMS Tigercat 1700mm Twin Warbird

RC Model Airplane Sneak Peek Video FMS Tigercat 1700mm Twin Warbird

Senior West Coast Editor John Reid pops the lid on a brand new MAN Flight Report. This exclusive Sneak Peek shows up close and personal the new Grumman Tigercat from FMS. This 1700mm twin powered warbird is amazing and the flight performance is sizzling! Check it out! Molded of rugged foam this twin powered Grumman […]
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