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Top Gun 2012 Pilots and Event Schedule

Top Gun 2012 Pilots and Event Schedule

The MAN Team is getting ready for the 2012 Top Gun Scale Invitational and will be covering the event from the flightline over the entire event! Watch for updates at www.modelairplanenews.com Only 2 days to go!!!    Executive Editor Debra Cleghorn and I will be teaming up to cover all the amazing scale action this […]
Check out photos from RCX!

Check out photos from RCX!

RCX Long Beach was one for the record books! With record-setting attendance, perfect weather, incredible indoor flying, a scale static competition and exhibitors with the latest planes, helicopters and gear, this year’s show was a resounding success. Check out these photos for an upclose view of the action! [nggallery id=217]
RCX Update: Photos & Highlights! Record Attendance!

RCX Update: Photos & Highlights! Record Attendance!

RCX Long Beach is full of thousands of excited RC enthusiasts who are enjoying electric atmosphere created by indoor fly zones, multiple try-me tracks, celebrity appearances, and all of the hottest RC products under one roof. Today’s Sunday show is on fire again. Not only can consumers see and drive the latest hot products and […]
RCX Battle of the Builders

RCX Battle of the Builders

The Scale Squadron of Southern California is hosting the Battle of the Builders static competition at RCX, and there are dozens of beautifully detailed scale planes on display. Who do you think should win?  [slideshow id=215]
RCX Long Beach is HOT!

RCX Long Beach is HOT!

The 10th annual RCX at the Long Beach Convention Center is heating up, with record crowds on Saturday! There’s indoor flying to an outdoor boat pond, the latest planes & gear from top manufacturers, celebrity guests and more. The Scale Squadron of Southern California is hosting a static airplane competition with some fantastic scratch-built planes […]
Road to Top Gun Update: Steve Thomas — Lavochkin LA7

Road to Top Gun Update: Steve Thomas — Lavochkin LA7

As the Top Gun competition draws near, we continue to get updates from pilots on their incredible scale aircraft. Here’s the latest Steve Thomas, who will be campaigning his unusual Lavochkin LA7. His 58-pound warbird is painted in Czechloslovakian colors and is powered by a 260cc (!) 7-cylinder Evolution engine.  Steve will be competing in […]
Road to Top Gun Update — Jack Buckley, Reed Clipped-Wing Cub

Road to Top Gun Update — Jack Buckley, Reed Clipped-Wing Cub

  We just got another update from a regular Top Gun contestant, Jack Buckley. Jack is planning on flying a brand new 1/3 scale Reed Clipped-Wing Cub. Right now it is still in bones but almost ready to cover. It has all full-size ribs,  (no half ribs), and Jack is presently setting up the wing attachment to the […]
10th Anniversary Of RCX Begins Tomorrow In Long Beach, CA

10th Anniversary Of RCX Begins Tomorrow In Long Beach, CA

Calling all R.C enthusiasts! The 10th Anniversary of RCX [Radio Control Expo] will be held this Saturday, April 28th from 10 A.M To 6 P.M & Sunday, April 29th 10 A.M to 4 P.M at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California.  You can buy tickets until Midnight [EST] on April 27th for […]
Exclusive Sneak Peek — E-flite UMX Micro Gee Bee R1 — with Video

Exclusive Sneak Peek — E-flite UMX Micro Gee Bee R1 — with Video

From the first test flight flown by MAN contributor Greg Gimlick, here’s the new micro Gee Bee doing its thing. Watch for a full review in the August issue of MAN! The new UMX Gee Bee also has the AS3X Stabilization system so it is a real joy to fly! Check out the video!   […]
The Radio Control Show 156

The Radio Control Show 156

World’s smallest helicopter! Would you take a seat in a 165-pound rotorcraft that looks like a vehicle out of a science fiction movie? Check out the  smallest man-carrying helicopter in this week’s show
Alien Aircraft F4U-1 Corsair

Alien Aircraft F4U-1 Corsair

Whether you call it the Bent Wing Bird, Whistling Death, or the Sweetheart of Okinawa you’ll command the sky with the new F4U-1 Corsair from Alien Aircraft Corp. It’s quick building will have you tearing up the sky in minimum time. Its rugged all wood construction provides a strong, light weight structure that delivers outstanding […]
How to: Add ailerons for a “full-house” jet

How to: Add ailerons for a “full-house” jet

Several years ago a flying buddy brought a Phase 3 F-16 out to the flying field. It was the first EDF jet I ever saw fly, not counting Bob Violett’s Electra which had made quite an impression on everyone at Florida Jets earlier that year. This F-16 is a really nice flying, hand-launched foam model. […]
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