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1/3-scale Miles Messenger

Friday, January 20th, 2017

Scratch-built by Phil Clark, this 1/3.5-scale indication of a British relationship aircraft is powered by a Zenoah 62cc gas engine. The 124-inch-span craft weighs 36 pounds and sports Royal Air Force colors. The strange craft was given with retractable auxiliary wing flaps and triple fins and rudders to say controllability down to an unusually low […]

Easy RV-4 Makeover

Friday, January 20th, 2017

Longtime MAN writer Carl Layden wanted a craft that would mount out on a flightline, though he didn’t have a time to custom-build a indication from scratch. His resolution was to dress adult an ARF and make it a singular flyer. Here’s his story. If we have been around a hobby for a prolonged time, […]

Flying Scale – Doing it a Right Way

Thursday, January 19th, 2017

In foe aerobatics, we’re endangered usually about a execution of a maneuver, period. For example, loops contingency be ideally turn and centered, and pointing is a pivotal to achieving a top score. In scale foe however, we have to govern that loop usually like a full-size aircraft would have achieved it. For limit moody points, […]

Favorite Modeler’s Tips

Friday, January 13th, 2017

Everyone appreciates a good building tip or pretence — generally when it creates a hobby easier and more enjoyable! Here are a few of our favorites. Send your tips to man@airage.com and if we use them in a magazine, we’ll send we a giveaway MAN ball cap!   Propeller Balancer (Clear Spray Paint) While balancing cosmetic propellers instead of […]

Amazing Aerokot Puts on a Show

Friday, January 13th, 2017

Powered by a Desert Aircraft 150cc gas engine, this 13-foot-span biplane is a 66%-scale chronicle of a homebuilt Icelandic aerobat that’s formed on a Jungmeister, though smaller. The Idelandic word “kot” means “coat” and it’s called an Aerokot since engineer Hunn Sneadel pronounced that a craft fits him like a coat. Designed, built and flown by […]