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Road to Top Gun — Boli Muentes — F-16 Falcon
For Top Gun 2015 Boli Muentes will be flying his new 1/6-scale F-16, built from a BVM plug and play kit. Competing in the ProAm Sportsman category Painted in the USAF Thunderbirds Airshow demonstration...
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40cc Twin Boxer from RCGF USA – In for Review
Looking for a smooth running gas engine for your new sport or scale RC flyer? Something in the 40cc range? Well, we just received a new engine for review and so far it is looking like a keeper! The...
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Prepping Fabric Covering — RC Sopwith Camel Build-along — Part 22 — Updated
It has been a little while since our last posting for the Sopwith Camel Build-Along, but we are making some progress. Last time we covered the basics of applying Stits Lite Poly Fiber covering material...
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Road to Top Gun — Pre-Event Stats
Pulling together an event as big and as nuanced as Top Gun, a lot of planning comes into play. Also, there’s a lot of paperwork involved, and one of the important sheets of paper is the Pilot...
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Thursday Events at Joe Nall
Now a Joe Nall tradition, Triple Tree hosted the annual AMA meeting and dinner today. With several thousand modelers in attendance, Joe Nall is the perfect venue for the yearly state of the hobby...
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RCX 2015: Another Great Success!
This past weekend, RCX 2015 took over the OC Fair & Convention Center in Costa Mesa, CA. Packed with thousands of excited RC enthusiasts, this year’s show had more to see and do than ever before....
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Workshop Build-Along — Sopwith Camel — Part 26, Bungees Cords and Bracing Wires
Finally we got the Camel all painted and reassembled and I brought it outside to sit in the sunlight for a while. There is just a very short To-Do list of items to button up before we are ready for our...
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Workshop Build-Along — Sopwith Camel Part 30 — Test Flight with Video
Well after a long and enjoyable build-along series, I finally got the Sopwith Camel test flown at the recent 40th Annual Father’s Day Fun Fly in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. We went early and test flew...
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SIG Kadet Seniorita EP ARF
Since 1987 the KADET SENIORITA has been built and flown by literally tens of thousands of beginning R/C pilots, helping them to earn their “R/C wings”. The designer, R/C pioneer Claude McCullough, knew...
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Top Flite Giant Scale P-47 Razorback 50-61cc/EP ARF
Effective as an escort fighter, interceptor, fighter bomber, and ground attack aircraft—the P-47 was one of the most versatile aircraft of the Second World War. Although the bubble canopies of later...
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How to: WWI Warbird Lozenge Camouflage Covering
Tackling this particular aspect of WW I warbirds can be both challenging and rewarding. It’s really not di cult to do, once you understand the system and have relatively good organizational skills and...
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Smoke Systems Explained–How to be an RC Skywriter!
If you have ever been to an RC airshow, then you’ve seen aerobatic airplanes using smoke during their flight routines. When used properly, smoke systems can add a great deal to your flight...
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Workshop Build-Along — Balsa USA 1/3-scale Fokker Triplane
This 1/3-scale project really is an easy build, when you break everything down to it basic assembly tasks. I started roughly in October and I began the project by building the tail surfaces including...
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Working with Fiberglass — Finishing model parts
When you need a durable and tough surface on your model airplane parts, nothing comes cloth the fiberglass cloth and resin. The provide a smooth sub surface for primer and painted finishes and once...
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How to: Make WWI Warbird Lozenge Camouflage Covering
Tackling this particular aspect of WW I warbirds can be both challenging and rewarding. It’s really not di cult to do, once you understand the system and have relatively good organizational skills and...
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Easy Engine Testing — Keeping it Cheap and Safe!
When ever I test run and adjust a new engine, I prefer to set it up on a sturdy test stand/table instead of on the model airplane. Here is my Zenoah GT-80, 80cc twin-cylinder gasoline engine for my...
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Road to Top Gun — Pre-Event Stats
Pulling together an event as big and as nuanced as Top Gun, a lot of planning comes into play. Also, there’s a lot of paperwork involved, and one of the important sheets of paper is the Pilot...
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