Choosing Your First RC Airplane: A Practical Beginner's Guide Why a stable trainer beats a P-51 for your first RC airplane, and how control throws, CG, and expo decide whether you enjoy it. https://www.modelairplanenews.com/hangar-talk/first-rc-plane-beginners-guide #airplane #first #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Fly Like a Pro: 10 Mistakes Even Experienced RC Pilots Make Ten habits that still trip up pilots with a decade of stick time, from aft CG math to crosswind crab timing and LiPo storage voltage. https://www.modelairplanenews.com/hangar-talk/fly-like-a-pro-10-mistakes-experienced-rc-pilots-make #lipo #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

How to Apply WWI Lozenge Camouflage to a Scale RC Model A frisket-and-inkjet method for replicating German WWI lozenge camouflage on scale subjects like the Fokker D.VII and Albatros DVa, step by step. https://www.modelairplanenews.com/hangar-talk/lozenge-camouflage-rc-model-wwi-painting-tips #wwilozenge #lozengecamouflage #applywwi #model #germanwwi #scale #albatrosdva #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Flying the Taildragger: What Every RC Pilot Should Know Moving from a tricycle-gear trainer to a tailwheel model changes everything that happens on the ground, and the fixes are more specific than they look. https://www.modelairplanenews.com/hangar-talk/flying-the-taildragger-what-every-rc-pilot-should-know #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

How to Prep Your RC Plane for a Successful Maiden Flight From workbench lighting and dry-fit joints to CG checks and that first shallow climb, here's how to set up a maiden flight that actually goes well. https://www.modelairplanenews.com/hangar-talk/scratch-built-rc-plane-maiden-flight-tips #successfulmaiden #maidenflight #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Supermarine Spitfire Mk II: History and RC Models Guide The Merlin XII, Castle Bromwich production, and the negative-G half-roll fix — what makes the Spitfire Mk II a modeler's favorite, plus RC kits from 39 to 95 inches. https://www.modelairplanenews.com/hangar-talk/supermarine-spitfire-mk-ii-rc-model-history #spitfire #castlebromwich #merlinxii #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

The CL-1201: Lockheed's Cold War Nuclear Flying Carrier Lockheed's 1969 CL-1201 study drew a 1,120-foot nuclear-powered flying carrier carrying 24 F-4 Phantoms, 182 lift jets, and a crew of 475. https://www.modelairplanenews.com/hangar-talk/lockheed-cl-1201-nuclear-powered-aircraft #flyingcarrier #phantoms #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

How to Apply WWI Lozenge Camouflage to Your RC Model A practical, frisket-paper method for scaling and masking authentic German lozenge camouflage onto late-war RC subjects like the Fokker D.VII and Albatros DVa. https://www.modelairplanenews.com/hangar-talk/lozenge-camouflage-rc-scale-model-technique #lozengecamouflage #wwi #albatrosdva #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Big Bede BD-8 This giant-scale Bede BD-8, owned by Paul Needham and flown by accomplished display pilot Andy Johnson, is an impressive rendition of Jim Bede’s sleek aerobatic design. With its distinctive low-wing profile and enormous presence, the model is powered by a DLE 222cc flat-four gasoline engine, providing plenty of muscle for its smooth, sweeping aerobatics and impressive low passes. Johnson puts the big BD-8 through its paces with the kind of precise, confident flying that really shows off the model’s size and performance. The post Big Bede BD-8 appeared first on Model Airplane News. https://www.modelairplanenews.com/big-bede-bd-8/

12-Foot-Span Farman Jabiru Here’s an aircraft you don’t see every day: a 1/5-scale F-121 Farman Jabiru! Built by the French Farman Aviation Works company in the 1920s, the full-size was powered by four 180hp Hispano-Suiza V8 engines mounted in tandem push-pull pairs on stub wings. Michael Wenzel’s electric-powered, RC version has a 12.5-foot wingspan with a 3-foot chord. The model is made of wood with fabric covering and dope finish. Equipped with four 6S 5800mAh LiPos, it weighs 33 pounds. The post 12-Foot-Span Farman Jabiru appeared first on Model Airplane News. https://www.modelairplanenews.com/12-foot-span-farman-jabiru/