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    Indoor 8-foot-span A-10

    You wouldn’t think an 8-foot-span aircraft could easily navigate an indoor flying venue, but pilot Daniel Hör makes it look easy with this A-10 Thunderbolt II! Powered by two Electro Accu ducted fans using a 4S 1200mAh LiPo pack, the Depron foam plane uses 12 servos and is equipped with an...
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    Workshop Tips

    We have the best readers, and we love your unique ways of making building and assembling RC planes easier. Here are a few of our favorites; bet you’ll use at least one on your next project! (Have a tip you’d like to share? Send it to MAN@airage.com!) CLEAR GLUE TO THE RESCUE Sometimes a...
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    The SkyEye — Easy to Build and Fly FPV Flyer

    Lots of fun can be had by flying with an FPV camera for aerial photography. Many of today’s Rotordrones come with FPV cameras but there are many inexpensive cameras available separately. Why not build an easy-to-fly RC airplane designed to carry one of these cameras? As the FPV technologies have...
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    Workshop Build-Along — Douglas Skyraider Part 8 — Fuselage Sheeting

    Well, it has been a little while so I thought I would post an update for the Skyraider project. Up to now we have been going back and forth between sheeting the fuselage and installing the hardware that would be difficult to get to after the fuselage is all covered up. Well we have the tail...
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    Precision Aerobatics XR-61

    Perhaps combining the feel of a large aircraft in a smaller package is what Precision Aerobatics is all about, and its new XR-61 is an ARF that has been produced to fill the void so many have been asking for. While Precision Aerobatics has plenty of experience with large-scale models, it seems...
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    Treat your Engines Right! — Sullivan Products ProFlex Universal Fuel Line

    Besides battery failure, one of the leading causes of dead-stick landings and damaged airplanes is engine-fuel starvation. We’ve all experienced that moment when the noisy thing pulling your airplane through the air goes silent. With time, the alcohol in today’s gasoline makes the typical...
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    Give-a-way contest! Win a Hanger 9 Extra 300X

    Winner is Jetpainter Congratulations! Thanks to all who participated, stay active on the forum will have more give-a-ways to come!
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    MAN at Work! 12 O’clock High RC event with Rich Uravitch

    MAN at work is an old slogan we use for when ever we have a contributor or editor on sight somewhere reporting on an event of happening that out readers will like. This past week, the popular 12 O’clock High fly in event was in full swing at Frank Tiano’s impressive Paradise Field in Lakeland...
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    The Bremont DH-88: Celebrating the Greatest Air Race

    The Bremont 2016 Limited Edition timepiece celebrates the astonishing de Havilland DH-88 Comet, Grosvenor House, the aircraft that captured the world’s imagination with a phenomenal record-breaking flight in 1934. Fighting exhaustion and significant mechanical challenges, while barely stopping...
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    Hydro painting

    Anyone try hydro painting, looking to give it a try-
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    New to this forum Montana

    welcome aboard
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    The Spammers are getting out of hand.

    need a few moderators
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    E-flite Opterra 2m Flying Wing

    From E-flite: The Opterra™ 2m flying wing is the collaborative effort of George Hicks and Mike McConville – two of model aviation’s premier aircraft designers. Together, they have created some of the best flying RC airplanes in the world. This one is no exception. Its lightweight construction...
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    Jeti SBEC 30 D EX Switching Regulator With Telemetry

    From Esprit Tech: Modelers using different radio systems can also directly benefit from Jeti SBEC 30 D EX using standalone telemetry with a JetiBox Profi and one of the R4US, R5US, R6US, R7-9-11US, R14-18US receivers for current and capacity telemetry data. Brand new Jeti SBEC 30 D EX (2-16S)...
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    Get into Gas: Expert Installation & Setup Tips

    There are lots of good reasons to use gasoline engines to power your model airplanes. Generally speaking, they are easy to start, and run very reliably while producing their peak power at lower rpm than glow engines of similar displacement. With lower rpms they tend to make less noise and burn...
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    Jumbo Jet Flight

    This 16-foot-span 747-400 gives new meaning to the phrase “jumbo jet!” In this video, Adi Pitz’s 747-400 scale model puts on a show at the Hausen Flight Day in Switzerland with pilot M. Brauer at the controls. The largest plane Adi has ever built, it has over 2,000 hours of work into it! The 747...
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    Hangar 9 Model 12 Viking 120cc 89″ ARF [VIDEO]

    From Hangar 9: Scandinavian Airshow is a professional team with over 30 years of airshow experience. In 2013, they unleashed one of the most powerful aerobatic biplanes ever conceived – the Model 12 Viking. Designed by Kevin Kimball, built by Jim Kimball Enterprises and flown by Jacob...
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    Flight Technique: Secrets to Inverted Flight

    Nearly all aerobatic maneuvers involve some segment(s) of inverted flight, so to keep progressing, you need to develop proficiency with inverted flight. To start, let’s do away with the often repeated reference to the elevator being reversed when the plane is upside-down. It is that kind of...
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    From the Workbench — Repairing a Landing Gear Sub-Wing

    Last year, I was fortunate enough to compete at Top Gun in Lakeland, Florida with my 1/3-scale Fokker Triplane. Unfortunately, during one of my flights, I suffered a dead-stick and had to bring the big triplane down into the rough to the south of the main runway. When the model landed, I...
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    4 Easy Tips (No Tricks!)

    Who doesn’t like learning an easier way to do things? These tips all use items around the house or shop, so they won’t cost you a dime. Have your own tip you’d like to share? Send it to MAN@airage.com and you could win an assortment of Bob Smith Industries glue (plus worldwide accolades & fame...
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