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A pinkish (?!) WW II warbird?

Friday, August 11th, 2017

Sand and spinach, sea-foam gray, navy and duck-egg blue … we’ve seen a lot of schemes for WW II Spitfires, though a pinkish one? We came opposite this engaging essay on io9.com and consider it’s value sharing. Author Esther Inglis-Arkell writes, “World War II noted a time of good innovation, that was infrequently unsentimental and infrequently loony. […]

Giant Glider: Real or RC … or Both?

Friday, August 11th, 2017

We don’t this 1:1 “model” qualifies as scale, though it certain is impressive, both on a belligerent and in a air! Scratch-built and flown here around radio-control by Patrick Trauffer, a Elfe P2 has a 34.8-foot wingspan and weighs 143 pounds, and Patrick says that he spent 250 days (950 hours!) on this considerable project. […]

Ready for Takeoff?

Friday, August 11th, 2017

We’ll gamble many of us have dreamed of drifting like, though how many have what it takes to indeed take off? Richard Browning, owner of Gravity Industries, is a colonize in manned moody and in this video he’s drifting in his exoskeleton fit powered by 4 JetCat P220 and one JetCat P550 jet turbine engines […]

How To Cover Wings with Fabric — 1/4-Scale Sopwith Camel

Thursday, August 10th, 2017

I unequivocally suffer a wing covering routine as it impresses me only how most a fabric strengthen and stiffens a wing panels. Just like a fuselage, a initial step is to silt a structure well-spoken and purify adult any dirt with a hook cloth. Make certain your work aspect also is purify and get all […]

Master a Half Cuban-8 with a Half Roll — Spice adult your flights

Thursday, August 10th, 2017

Invented in a 1930s, a half Cuban-8 was initial flown by American barnstormer Len Povey. While attempting a triple avalanche, his entrance speed was too high, so he motionless to cancel a try with a elementary half hurl on a backside of a figure. Thus, a now-common scheme was born! Today, a half Cuban-8 is […]