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Experienced RC enthusiasts know nothing beats building an airworthy plane from plans, and the satisfaction of seeing your own handiwork take to the skies is a milestone achievement. Building from plans requires planning, a few readily available mater

It’s often a good idea to secure mating servo connectors so they don’t come loose. Heat-shrink tubing works, and some commercial products clip the connectors together and prevent them from coming apart. But by far the simplest approach is to use a sm

Intended for a 60 to 85cc engine, this built-up model features plug-in wings with fast-connect struts, a functional right side door with scale cockpit features (including interior seats!), painted fiberglass cowl, and painted aluminum landing gear. F

Only one thing gets more instant attention at a flying field or event than a jet, and that is a scale helicopter. They usually attract a crowd from the time you unload them until you fly! That’s what makes a large gathering scale helicopters such a s

For a new project, I always try to find something unusual. I prefer WW I aircraft and this time I selected a French Nieuport 24 sesquiplane, specifically, aircraft no. 4393 flown by MdL (Sgt.) André Loyseau de Grandmaison. He flew with the Escadrille

Along with being an outstanding show maneuver, knife-edge flight will help take your flying to a new level of satisfaction and accomplishment. While opinions vary about the best techniques for learning how to perform a knife-edge maneuver, you’ll qui

Mixing out unwanted tendencies during knife-edge is widely practiced, but like most things in aviation, there are trade-offs to consider. Programmable mixes let you automatically mix another control with your primary input to reduce or eliminate some

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The 80mm FMS Futura I reviewed in the January 2023 issue turned out to be one of my favorite foam jets in a long time, so I was excited to find out I would be reviewing its little brother. The latest offering in the EDF Jet line from FMS is the 64mm

What are MAN readers building? These are the top plans from the past five years. 1 Snoopy’s Doghouse (X0619A) 2 Electro Hots (X0710A) 3 Big Hots (X11861) 4 Turbinator-E (X0908A) 5 Ultra Hots (X11901) 6 Turkey Vulture (X0602) 7 F-4 Phantom II (K0312A)

The Alien is a fresh new concept that was designed by Christophe Bourdon and manufactured by Anton Ovcharenko’s OA Composites, which is based in Kyiv Ukraine. The Alien has a unique design, is compact in size, and has a good amount of pre-fabrication

Perhaps no topic in the history of RC model aircraft flight has caused as much angst, consternation and emotion as the subject of Remote Identification, or Remote ID. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is charged with “providing the safest, mo

Rick Rader, Cleveland, Ohio Every modeler’s hangar should have a Cub! Rick writes that this Hazel Sig 1/6-scale Piper Cub kit was a challenging but rewarding build. Instead of using a bell crank system for ailerons, he used a separate servo was assig