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Micro Warbird Makeover

Micro Warbird Makeover

Over the past several years, the arrival of ARFs has provided a means for many to quickly get into RC flying. Today, preassembled models have improved to the point where many exceed the level of ability, interest, and even flying skills of the purchaser. No matter the reason, ARFs do fill a very necessary niche […]
Molded Parts for Phantom II

Molded Parts for Phantom II

In the July 2018 issue of MAN, we featured a construction article for a sport-scale electric EDF powered Phantom II designed by Dan Savage. And since then, there have been great accessories made available to speed the building process of this iconic jet fighter. These molded parts for the all-wood DIY jet are now available […]
Memorial Day Tribute: Hometown America Goes to War

Memorial Day Tribute: Hometown America Goes to War

 Some photos speak to you in ways that others don’t, and for me, this is one of those. In fact, it haunts me. For whatever reason, the sight of so many fresh young faces smiling into the camera, every one of them knowing they were about to experience the horrors of war, seemed to drive […]
A Day to Remember and to Honor

A Day to Remember and to Honor

This Memorial Day essay comes to us from Flight Journal editor-in-chief Budd Davisson. This is going to sound trite, because it IS trite. It is me, representing the old fashioned, hardcore America, once again reminding the Nation that Memorial Day is not about hot dogs, baseball games, or making cannonball splashes in the pool. Memorial […]
Flying Into The Storm!

Flying Into The Storm!

Researchers from CU Boulder will fly drones into severe storms this spring and in 2020 in one of the largest and most ambitious drone-based investigations of meteorological phenomena ever. Project TORUS – or Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells – is a partnership between CU Boulder, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (which is leading the […]
Center of Gravity Basics

Center of Gravity Basics

After checking your engine performance and the radio operation, always make sure that your model is properly balanced before your first flight. It happens too often, unfortunately: Someone with a brand new airplane shows up at the field and has everything working perfectly. The radio checks out, and all the controls move in the correct […]
Hot Turbine Biplane — Best of Both Worlds?

Hot Turbine Biplane — Best of Both Worlds?

You just never know what you are going to find on the flightline when you attend the Florida Jets event in Lakeland Florida. Florida Jets brings together the cream of the crop from the Jet aircraft and turbine engine industries! Model Airplane News contributor Rich Uravitch was on the scene when this impressive and highly […]
Multi-Servo Control Surface Setup

Multi-Servo Control Surface Setup

With many of today’s giant scale aerobatic aircraft multiple servos are often used to move each flight control surface. Modern computer radios actually have specialized menus to help setup and adjust multi-servo installations, but you can do it the old fashion way as well by using programmable mixes. Basically you setup a two servo setup (for ailerons […]
Top Gun High Static Winners

Top Gun High Static Winners

When it comes to competing at Top Gun, there are two parts to the aircraft’s score; the static score and the flight score. Before the flight rounds are flown, aircraft in the Masters, Expert, Team, and Unlimited classes must first be judged for their static score. The model is inspected and evaluated according to the […]
Top Gun From the Judging Table

Top Gun From the Judging Table

Each year at Top Gun, there are dozens and dozens of amazing scale aircraft that find their way to the Static Judging table . With the best judges in the industry, the Top Gun Scale Invitational has the highest level of excellence you’ll find at any scale event. Several judges share the tasks of checking […]
Scale Modeling: Weathering Tips & Tricks

Scale Modeling: Weathering Tips & Tricks

After you’ve painted your model, add some weathering to really bring a scale plane to life. Each technique by itself is very effective and, added together, really produce astonishing realism.  My friend Dave Reid commissioned me to paint his giant-scale SNJ Texan, and it has been the example for these ongoing how-to articles. I weathered and […]
Top Guns Free-Flight Scale

Top Guns Free-Flight Scale

A First Class Stick & Tissue Competition During the past few years, event organizer, Leonard Bechtold, Bob Curry, and Len Henderson, have been striving to keep alive the old tradition of the free-flight, mass-launch event. The roots of the event were planted several years ago by Dave Platt who showed everyone how free flight models […]
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