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    1/3-scale Miles Messenger

    Scratch-built by Phil Clark, this 1/3.5-scale model of the British liaison aircraft is powered by a Zenoah 62cc gas engine. The 124-inch-span plane weighs 36 pounds and sports Royal Air Force colors. The original plane was outfitted with retractable auxiliary wing flaps and triple fins and...
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    Wow the Crowd with a Slow Roll!

    Want to spice up this weekend’s flying? The slow roll is a challenging classic maneuver that’s actually much harder to perform than it looks. With a little practice, though, you’ll be ready to put on a show! Enter straight and level, full-power roll left Slowly add right rudder Maximum right...
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    Master the basics: straight and level flight

    If you’ve seen individual IMAC maneuvers, you’ve probably noticed one factor that ties everything together: straight and level flight. When flying an aerobatic sequence, you must start and finish each of your maneuvers in straight and level flight. Since straight and level flight signifies the...
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    Engine Cleaning 101

    Too cold/windy/snowy to fly this weekend? Use your downtime to make the upcoming flying season more successful! This classic how-to from the engine master Dave Gierke details all the steps to cleaning your nitro engine. During a recent flying session, your engine let you down big time: it...
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    Cheap & Easy Reader Tips

    Who says old dogs can’t learn new tricks? Here at Model Airplane News, we learn something every day — usually from our readers, the best RC’ers on the planet. Here are four of our favorites. Simple Crush Plate Purchase Lucite at the hardware store and pick up a 1 1/4-inch hole cutter. Use...
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    Flying Scale – Doing it the Right Way

    In competition aerobatics, we’re concerned only about the execution of the maneuver, period. For example, loops must be perfectly round and centered, and precision is the key to achieving the highest score. In scale competition however, you have to execute that loop just like the full-size...
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    2016 NEAT Fair

    Electric RC’s Field Of Dreams! Words And Photos By Scott Copeland Sidebar By Bob Mitchell Is this heaven? No … It’s Downsville. For the better part of one week each September, for the last 17 years, Downsville, New York transforms from a sleepy town in the Catskill Mountains to the RC...
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    Which Way To Go Gas Or Glow?

    Words & Photos By Mark Wilkins With seemingly hordes of electric powered model aircraft filling the skies there are many who feel an airplane is only truly an airplane if it is powered by an internal combustion (IC) engine. Indeed the sound of a well-tuned four stroke echoing through the skies...
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    Favorite Modeler’s Tips

    Everyone appreciates a good building tip or trick — especially when it makes our 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 the magazine, we’ll send you a free MAN baseball cap! Propeller Balancer (Clear Spray...
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    Amazing Aerokot Puts on a Show

    Powered by a Desert Aircraft 150cc gas engine, this 13-foot-span biplane is a 66%-scale version of a homebuilt Icelandic aerobat that’s based on the Junmeister, but smaller. The Idelandic word “kot” means “coat” and it’s called an Aerokot because designer Hunn Sneadel said that the plane fits...
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    Turnaround Maneuvers – Changing flight directions with style

    When it comes to performing an aerobatic routine, you will need some type of turnaround maneuver to bring the aircraft back to center stage. The three most popular ones are the Stall Turn, the Immelmann and the Split-S. These three turnaround maneuvers can be used to place your plane back in...
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    Resin Casting Scale Parts: Mass Production Spark Plugs

    Once you get to a certain level of scale modeling, you’ll start making parts that need to be produced in multiples and, most likely, are not commercially available. This is easily dealt with by making a master part and then reproducing it with a mold and resin casting liquid. Resin casting is...
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    Worshop Tips — Install a Dummy WW1 Rotary Engine

    When it comes to really looking scale, it’s in the details that we make the most progress in giving our model’s that “used” look. For my Balsa USA Fokker Triplane, I wanted to bring a better scale look to the front end so I installed a resin cast Oberusel rotary engine available from Nick Ziroli...
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    Workshop Build-Along — Douglas Skyraider — Part 11 — Wing Sheeting

    Well, it has be a long while since I’ve posted some progress on our 85 inch span Ziroli Skyraider. So lets get back to it, with this post for sheeting the wings. The last time out we finished the prep work for installing the Robart 148E electric retracts and now the plywood support ribs and the...
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    For Sale BVM Bandit RTF $5,000.00

    Selling my BVM Bandit Arf, in excellent condition and is RTF, the turbine is New, has not been run. Has the following- have everything that BVM recommend ~JR servos ~UAT BVM ~valve for brake BVM ~valve for retracts ~2 batteries ~turbine NEVER RUN Kingtec 80 kero start ~Battery for turbine...
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    Hangar 9 Ultra Stick 30cc ARF

    Hanger 9 Ultra Stick 30cc ARF There is nothing more simple but more versatile then an Ultra Stick and Hangar 9 has brought this airframe back in an affordable easy to configure 30cc ARF. Chose your flavor of power systems from electric, to gas, two stroke or four stroke glow. As an added bonus...
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    E-Flite UMX WACO BL BNF

    E-Flite UMX Waco BL BNF Own a piece of history and get a taste of what the early days of aviation were like with this scale reproduction of the classic Waco biplane. The E-flite® UMX™ Waco BL blends classic style with state-of-the-art features to give you one of the most rewarding flying...
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    Model Airplane News at CES!

    The MAN crew is at the CES show in Las Vegas this week, scoping out new drones and gear. Here are just a few of the highlights so far; stay tuned for more! Check out DJI’s limited-edition Phantom 4 that celebrates the Chinese new year! Renowned illustrator and designer Martin Sati customized...
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    Spektrum TriCera FPV Racing Antenna

    From Spektrum: The Spektrum TriCera FPV Racing Antenna is designed to provide the Cleanest Video Signal and the maximum coverage your setup allows while providing superior durability. Spektrum RC teamed up with Aerial Visual System’s IBCrazy to design a FPV antenna that capitalizes near...
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    Great Planes Ultra Sport 46 [VIDEO]

    From Great Planes: For years the Ultra Sport has been the epitome of what a sport aerobatic airplane should be: quality construction, versatile performance and contemporary style. The 4th iteration of the Ultra Sport incorporates the most up-to-date features, resulting in an Almost-Ready-to-Fly...
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