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Lance Campbell’s Amazing SR-71 Blackbird — From inside a Workshop

Friday, July 14th, 2017

At a 2017 Top Gun Scale Invitational, there were many extraordinary aircraft flown by some of a best pilots in a world. One of a standouts on this year’s Paradise Field flightline was an surprising aircraft in a form of a Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” that was totally scratch-built by first-time Top Gun aspirant Lance Campbell […]

Homemade Big-Block Powerhouse (220cc V4!)

Friday, July 14th, 2017

Now here’s a great-sounding engine! Detlef Kunkel designed and done this four-cylinder, V-construction four-stroke with a delivery rebate of 1.7. The 220cc engine’s missile energy is 25hp max. Intended for 110- to 130-pound RC indication planes, it spins an SEP 35×20 three-blade propeller during 3700 to 3800rpm. The 90-pound aircraft in a video was built […]

Me 163 Komet — Electric Powered, Rocket Performance

Friday, July 14th, 2017

First encountered by U.S. Army Air Corps bombers in Jul 1944, a modernized speed and maneuverability of a Luftwaffe’s new Messerschmitt Me 163 rocket craft took a Allied moody crews by finish surprise. Its accountability was carrying really brief powered flight, so a Komet was used essentially to urge German airfields and other vital targets. […]

Video Workshop Tip — Installing Hinges Made Easy

Thursday, July 13th, 2017

Perhaps a many critical technique any RC modeler needs to learn is to scrupulously implement hinges for his model’s control surfaces. They need to be strong, in correct alignment, and sized rightly for a indication being worked on. The organisation over during Du-Bro Products has lots of good collection and reserve to get a pursuit […]

From Gerry’s Workshop — Firewall designation for a Zenoah G-38

Thursday, July 13th, 2017

We always demeanour for good techniques to share with a readers so we reached behind to some of my Sopwith Camel Build-along posts. With this post we spin a attentions to a front finish and work on a firewall installation. The techniques can be used with any RC indication we wish to cgange so we […]