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Getting started advice from the masters!
GETTING STARTED IN RC — Expert advice for everyone! Whether you’re a first-time flier or an RC veteran who wants to expand your horizons, trying something new can be intimidating. For this feature, we took readers’ “beginner” questions on everything from choosing a radio to getting into giant scale and asked our contributors to share […]
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Revisiting a 20-Year-Old Record-Setting Flight
In 2003, Maynard Hill’s RC aircraft crossed the Atlantic–1,882 miles!–on less than a gallon of gas. YouTube’s Captain Joe revisits an amazing RC flight that happened more than 20 years ago. Model Airplane News covered this historic event, and we’ve pulled the 5-page article from our archives for you. Even after 20 years, it’s still […]
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Unique scratch build!
This cool video features a very unique scratch built Saab B.17 dive bomber electric powered model that was seen at SEFF 2024 at Mac Hodges Field in Andersonville, GA outside of Americus. Americus Airport is where a guy named Charles Lindbergh learned to fly.
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Powered by Air!
Check out Tom Stanton’s latest RC creation as he designs, 3D prints, and builds an RC plane powered by compressed air. Of course compressed air power has been around for awhile and usually reserved for very intro-level (toy) planes. But this guy takes it to a whole new level! Check out this impressive and creative […]
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Rocket Boosted SR-71!
This RC pilot and builder takes a fairly standard SR-71 RC model and outfits it with upgraded motors and a solid state rocket booster! Spoiler alert: it goes fast. Check out the video to see the build process, a few mistakes (i.e. learnings) made along the way, and the final result!
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