With so many examples to look at, building a solar-powered RC airplane in 2024 should be a snap, surely? The first handicap was that [ProjectAir] is based in the UK, which means dealing with the ...

[Olivier] told us about this fantastic project where he built his own RC airplane. The airplane itself is nothing special, it is the controls that are worth paying attention to. He used an Arduino ...

The video is absolutely stunning: a remote-controlled plane flies over and around the Brooklyn Bridge, buzzes the Statue of Liberty, and explores New York from a point of view even "real ...

A flight instructor and student in a Robinson R22 with an onboard video camera are shown flying over a group of RC modelers, and one of the men notes that a P-51 scale model has crashed into the ...

The acrobatic maneuvers can be mesmerizing. Robinson got his first RC airplane in 1990. On Sunday, he also flew a 15-year-old T-Rex 700E helicopter, which costs about $1,300 new. “They’re ...

Now a new type of remote control model aircraft is looking to combine the hover capabilities of a helicopter with the ability to fly like an airplane in a completely different design. Instead of ...

If you can’t fly the real thing, a RC airplane might be the next best thing. Eric Snyder can tell you why. “It’s fun,” he said. “[It] keeps you out of trouble.” But, not always.