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E-Flite Carbon-Z Yak 54 BNF |
This past February, my dad, grandfather and I went to the WRAM Show in White Plains, New York. This was my first time at a show that featured so many airplanes on display and I was quite taken with... |
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Multiplex DogFighter |
Multiplex is well known for their line of precision molded foam airplanes, including easy-flying trainers and gliders, twin-engine transports, seaplanes, nimble aerobats and high-performance sport... |
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Sebart MiG-29 3D EDF |
Since its debut in 1983, the full-scale MiG-29 has turned heads at air shows, world-wide. Maneuvers such as the famous “Cobra” instantly became textbook terms for a new generation of flight. With... |
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E-Flite Habu 32 |
HABU is a tribal word that loosely translates to “Holy crap, Batman, did you see this?” And that is what I said to the guys in the shop when I first opened the box. But, I digress. If you seek a... |
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Precision Aerobatics Addiction X |
I can remember my first experience with an Addiction a few years ago. My buddy Jim Champion brought his out to the field to wring it out. Truthfully, when he told me he was bringing an Addiction for... |
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Parkzone Ultra Micro DH 98 Mosquito |
ParkZone has created several foamie warbirds in ultra micro sizes, and its latest is a BNF (bind and fly) 1/32 scale de Havilland Mosquito Mk VI. This neat little warbird is ParkZone’s first twin-... |
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Graupner Elektro - Junior S |
The Elektro Junior S is entirely constructed of injection-molded Graupner Solidpor foam. The kit includes the airframe, the Graupner Compact 345Z brushless motor, a Cam folding prop, spinner, all... |
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Nitroplanes/Airfield RC P-47D |
The P-47D Thunderbolt, known as the mighty Jug, first flew on May 6, 1941, with Lowry P. Brabham as its test pilot. During WWII, it was the most feared ground-attack aircraft the Army Air Force had... |
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E-Flite Aeronca Champ 15e |
On any given weekend at my local airport I can count on there being a few different types of aircraft in the pattern during the day. One of the most recognizable is the Aeronca 7AC Champion with its... |
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Multiplex USA Funjet |
The new FunJET from Multiplex USA is the latest in their continuing line of smallish jet type models designed for all-out fun. The FunJET assembles from just seven molded foam pieces, and it can... |
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PARKZONE T-28 TROJAN RTF - A classic postwar trainer comes to your local park |
Success and recognition can be challenging goals, especially when you are trying to escape the shadow of a more famous older sibling. Such is exactly the case for North American’s T-28 Trojan.... |
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Maxford USA Gee Bee Model Y |
Built in 1931, the Model Y is widely regarded as the finest flying Gee Bee to come out of the Granville brothers’ Springfield, MA, shop. Though it doesn’t have the familiar Gee Bee silhouette, the... |
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E-flite® T-34 Mentor 25E ARF - Fly this classic military trainer this weekend |
For nearly 60 years, the T-34 Mentor has been used as a primary military
trainer for both the US Military and several air forces and navies throughout
the world. The Mentor was a private venture... |
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Fly RC Review: Stevens Aeromodel Helium MG |
Readers of my Primary Training column will already know of my love for unpowered flight. I started in RC with sailplanes and love the pure feel of soaring. That said, powered sailplanes likely offer... |
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Bob Aberle's Park Pattern - An electric powered park flyer capable of standard pattern maneuvers |
I feel like I was able to capture all the features I wanted in this particular design. It builds very fast. In my case in three days time! There is a chance that Aero Craft Ltd, will be making a kit... |
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Top Flite DC-3/C-47 Kit Review - An electric conversion of this classic scale warbird kit. |
This kit has been on the market for a while, so I won’t review the product. Instead, I’ll concentrate on what I had to do to turn the stock Top Flite DC-3 kit into a successful electric-powered model... |
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FLY RC PLAN: VSP (Very Short Plane) by Dereck Woodward |
Download a tiled plan for Dereck Woodward's VSP as featured in the March issue of Fly RC magazine. The plan consists of 30 8.5x11-inch letter size pages designed to be taped together to form a... |
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ELECTRIFYING the Skyshark R/C Messerschmitt 109E - Heavy metal with unlimited vertical |
Skyshark designed this scale Bf-109
for .60 2-stroke to .90 4-stroke size
glow engines, but I decided to convert it to electric flight by installing a power system consisting of an AXI 5320-28... |
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Art-Tech Cessna 182 - 500 Class Brushless |
In my 19 years of flying fullsize aircraft, I have flown three types of Cessna 182s: a squaretail model from 1958; a swept verticalfn model from the mid '70s and an R182 Skylane RG with... |