Eventually, it will happen to most model fliers — the mud face plant. This article is a step-by-step guide to disassembling, cleaning and reassembling a 2-stroke engine.
RTF airplanes require little work to assemble. But there are important checks and adjustments, usually not mentioned in the directions, that should be performed before flying. Read this article and both you and your airplane will be RTF.
The Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA), the largest aviation-oriented organization in the world, sponsors thousands of events all across the country. Among these are the U.S. Aeromodeling National Championships (NATS), hundreds of aerobatic scale (IMAC) and precision (Pattern) contests, Scale, both RC and Control Line, Free Flight Duration and Indoor Duration. It is impossible to [...]
A simulator will allow you to learn at a more rapid pace than you ever could at the field. As long as you have electricity and free time, you can be in the air—virtually.
A simple, step-by-step landing technique that reduces a pilot’s workload regardless of the type of RC model being flown and insures a safe landing in most wind conditions.
Really now, loops are not so crazy. In fact, they are the basis for many maneuvers the student will be doing for the rest of his/her flying life!
Bob Aberle continues with a From The Ground Up look at transmitters.
Movies Added! – The Kadet Senior ARF is the perfect example of a Sport Trainer. Sport Trainers function as both a basic training plane and a sport flyer. How well does the Kadet Senior do in this double mission? Our test pilots push the sport envelope in Test Pilot’s Report.
The success of flying a plane hinges upon correctly installing the control surfaces.
The first Ready-To-Fly Trainer system arrives complete with on-board auto pilot, large RTF airframe, installed ball-bearing 46 engine and Futaba radio.
