A very popular event at the time, the 2003 U.S. Scale Masters Qualifier was hosted at the Gardener Airport in Gardener, MA. (Above) Local News Guy took some photos of my Piper L-4 Grasshopper. Built from a Balsa USA kit, O.S. 120 powered. While cleaning out a drawer at work I found some old event […]

Ignore the Wind with this Golden Age Racer When it comes the air racers from the Golden Age of Aviation, nothing even comes close to the Gee Bee aircraft the Granville Brothers built. And, of all the Gee Bee racers, the awesome R-2 was by far the most famous. Years ahead of the competition, the […]

Erik van den Hoogen’s scratch-built, all-wood Gotha P.60A flies quite well, especially considering that the full-size interceptor it is modeled after was never completed! With a wingspan of 10 feet, 10 inches, this 1/4-scale, 77-pound model Is powered by two AMT Mercury turbine engines, each with 9.5kg of thrust. Our thanks to RCScaleAirplanes for taking this great video at […]

When it comes to making scale models look realistic, there’s one thing that really does the trick–Weathering! You can even take foam ARFs and with a little work really bring them to life! We just posted a How To article showing the technique of working with powdered pastel chalk and working it into the model’s […]

Our intrepid MAN reporter Rich Uravitch was on hand to capture a few images from the 12 O’clock High fly in this past weekend. Held at the Paradise Field in Lakeland, FL, the event was host by Frank Tiano and drew some impressive aircraft.   Awards                     Winner                      Aircraft                  Sponsor Best WWI               Don Janssen            […]

When you’re flying a stable elevator, you can perform an inside “waterfall” (micro loop) by maintaining full up-elevator, and applying full power and a little right rudder to correct for increased propwash and P-factor. On the back side of the loop, quickly cut the power and neutralize the rudder. Then, at the instant the fuselage […]