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    E-flite Carbon-Z Cessna 150 2.1m BNF Basic & PNP [VIDEO]

    From E-flite: This fantastic-flying, giant-scale recreation of the Cessna 150 includes all kinds of realistic features like scale LED lighting, a shock-absorbing nose strut, fully functional flaps and wheel pants. You alshave the option of installing floats with a working water rudder syou can...
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    Tower Hobbies P-51D Mustang MkII Racer Red Rx-R [VIDEO]

    From Tower Hobbies: Ride this Mustang to first place. What better way to win air races than with a plane patterned after the popular P-51 Mustang? Its speed and agility made it a dominant dogfighter during its combat career, and now you can take the checkered flag with a quality-built replica...
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    Tower Hobbies P-51B Mustang MkII Berlin Express Rx-R

    From Tower Hobbies: Earn your wings with this famous fighter. Flying a P-51 Mustang model is always special. Flying a scale replica of the P-51B “Berlin Express” takes it to another level, and now you can experience the thrill of piloting the same warbird made famous by Lt. Bill Overstreet...
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    Ares RTF Neon-X Plus

    From Ares: Treat Yourself The Ares Neon-X Plus doesn’t pretend to be anything more than a box of fun. It’s tough, easy to fly and makes a perfect gift for any occasion. Heck, while you’re buying one for someone else you may as well treat yourself too. Visibly Attractive Two striking color...
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    Futaba 6KV2 Spotlight [VIDEO]

    From Futaba: The 6K tops the list for what should be in your hands when you take to the field. Precision engineering. Innovative design. Trusted quality. More flight modes. The list goes on… look no further. Visit FutabaRC.com See more posts about Futaba Model Airplane News - The #1 resource...
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    Spektrum PowerSafe Integrated Telemetry RX

    From Spektrum: The Spektrum™ AR9140T PowerSafe receivers is a feature-packed 9 channel receiver with integrated full-range telemetry. Each come with built-in connection ports for RPM, Flight Pack Voltage and Temperature sensors as well as an X-Bus port for additional telemetry options. If you...
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    HobbyKing Glue-N-Go Series EPP Shark 1420mm [VIDEO]

    From HobbyKing: Who said flying had to be serious. The Glue-N-Go Series EPP shark is a great way to get kids into the hobby or for those big kids at heart. This Shark is made from tough, painted EPP foam and will provide a big presence (1420mm) in the air. The easy to follow instructions...
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    FrSky Adapter Cable

    From Esprit Tech: Now the Spirit can be used directly with your OpenTX transmitter! With the use of the Spirit Stabilization System FrSky Adapter Cable you can configure your flybarless unit directly from OpenTX-based transmitter remotely without need of computer! Visit EspritModel.com See...
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    Piper J-3 Cub Balsa Wood RC Airplane Laser Cut Kit 1800mm

    From HobbyKing: The Piper J-3 Cub is one of the most recognized light aircraft in the world. The Piper aircraft company built the Cub in large numbers and was a favorite due to its simplicity, ruggedness, affordability, and great flying characteristics. The large wing enabled it to fly slow and...
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    House Racer Challenge Video Contest

    From Hobbico: Hobbico announces the House Racer Challenge, a video contest featuring the recently-launched House Racer Indoor FPV Race Pack and House Racer FPV Race Gate System. The contest runs from March 8 through April 4 and features celebrity judges. The grand prize is $5,000. The winner...
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    Road to Top Gun — Mike Barbee’s King Air C-90

    If you’ve thought that electric powered airplanes aren’t all that exciting, what till you get a load of Mike Barbee’s latest Top Gun entry, the King Air C-90 twin. Teaming up with pilot Frank Noll, they will be competing with the King Air C-90 in the Team Class. The 25% scale King Air twin is...
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    Road to Top Gun — Robert Russ’ 46% Pitts Special

    Who says Top Gun is only for warbirds? This 46% Pitts Special called “The Red Eagle” is the handy work of Robert Russ and it is certainly not just a “Target”! Robert built it from an EMHW S1-S kit and made into a S1T. It is powered by a Valach 170cc 4-stroke twin-cylinder gas engine and it has a...
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    Giant Scale Setup — Fundamentals of Ganging Servos

    On today’s giant-scale airplanes, it is a common sight to see multiple servos grouped together to command a single control surface. When you use multiple servos per surface, it is important to do it correctly. Mechanically, control horns should be positioned close to the centerline of the servo...
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    Tips from the Workshop

    We have the best readers around! You guys are always coming up with clever ways to make building and flying easier, and we love when you share your tips with us at MAN@airage.com. Here are a few of our favorites. A SHARP IDEA Most model airplanes use dowels to secure the leading edge of the...
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    Workshop Build-Along — Douglas Skyraider Part 13 — Retracts Installation

    With the wing finally assembled and joined to the fuselage, we can get to the best part of heavy metal warbirds — installing the landing gear. For the 85 inch Skyraider we started the planning early for the retracts installation. With most ARF warbirds, the wing and the attachment points for the...
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    Install a Smoke System

    At full-scale and RC airshows alike, watching aerobatic aircraft equipped with smoke systems adds greatly to the appeal for both spectators and pilots. Experienced pilots will make the aircraft all but disappear within the smoke during torque rolls, tail slides, and so forth. Simply put, SMOKE...
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    ARF Jet Makeover — Added details for the fast lane

    I’ve been waiting for a F86 Sabre EDF to come along that didn’t have a HUGE “out of scale”nose intake and didn’t cost an arm and a leg. Finally E-flite did it. Watching the performance of this model on the stock setup , I was finally satisfied. Having just finished a repaint, retract install and...
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    Become a Jet Jock — Pro Tips for flying E-jets

    Development in brushless motor design and LiPo battery technology have benefited the RC hobby especially for seasoned and wannabe jet jocks. Electric ducted fan (EDF) jets are quickly becoming one of the most popular branches of the modeling tree and the development of these e-powered speed...
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    Road to Top Gun — Fernando Bellegarde’s Mitchell PBJ-1J

    Built from a Ziroli B-25 plans and enlarged to 118 inch wingspan, this Navy PBJ – 1J is the work of Fernando Bellegarde who will be flying in the Pro-Sportsman class. Using two DLE 40cc gas engines for power, the PBJ has robart retracts,Sierra scale wheel wheels and carries 22 servos. It has...
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    Workshop Build-Along — Douglas Skyraider Part 12 — Attaching the wing to the Fuselage

    After gluing the wing panels together the next step is to install the one-piece wing structure to the fuselage. Here is the completed wing structure. The center bottom section has been left unsheeted so the dihedral braces could be epoxied into place. This also keeps the wing blocks that will...
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