Many makers start by building mock-ups from cardboard, but [Alex-08] has managed to build an R/C plane that actually flies, out of cardboard. If you’ve been thinking of building an R/C plane ...

It turns out there are some airplanes that managed to fly despite staggeringly low horsepower, although not all of them made it into the history books. For perspective, consider that a typical ...

Understanding precisely why airplanes fly is an ongoing challenge for aerospace engineers, like me, who study and design airplanes, rockets, satellites, helicopters and space capsules. Our job is to ...