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Soviet Space Duo

Thursday, April 21st, 2016

Check out this one of a kind duo! Modeled after a full-size Russian Antonov AN-225 and a Buran spaceship it airlifted for takeoff, these jet models can unequivocally put on a show. After takeoff, a Buran launch gets a small engaging though both aircraft make it behind safely to terra firma. Thanks to RCHeliJet for holding this […]

Road to Top Gun — Focke-Wulf Butcher Bird — Back from a Ashes!

Thursday, April 21st, 2016

Regular Top Gun contestant, Matt Lupri from Hyde Park, MA., is again coming to contest in the Expert class. This time he will be drifting his easily rebuilt Focke-Wulf FW 190A-8. After crashing it during a 2012 Top Gun, Matt rebuilt his all-wood warbird, creatively built from Roy Vaillancourt plans, and it now has a new DLE-120 gas […]

Road to Top Gun — Brazilian Razorback

Wednesday, April 20th, 2016

Competing in a Expert class, Fernando Bellegarde from Bellegarde, São Paulo, Brazil, will be drifting a totally mutated Meister Scale P-47 Thunderbolt. With some-more than 30 modifications to make it closer to full scale, Fernando’s Razorback is powered with a Moki 180cc radial engine and tranquil with a Futaba radio complement regulating 14 servos. The sum building […]

Paving a Road to Top Gun — Frank Tiano on TV!

Wednesday, April 20th, 2016

We only listened from a Top Gun male himself, Frank Tiano, that he and arch immobile decider Bob Curry  were invited to a NBC Tampa Channel 8 studio to film a shred they will atmosphere about Top Gun. Its a good eventuality to let everybody know what this Top Gun eventuality is all about and […]

Pick Your Power — Gas, Glow, or Electric

Wednesday, April 20th, 2016

There’s an aged observant that suggests, “If in doubt, supplement power!” And we have to admit, there are some Model Airplane News editors who do trust there’s usually no surrogate for horsepower. But when it comes to selecting that kind of energy complement to use, many RC modelers can use a small help. Whether we […]