Features

Below are articles featured in both the print and online edition of Model Aviation. Select an article to read more.

Making Dummy Engines

Around The Patch By Thayer Syme | thayer@flying-models.com As seen in the July 2023 issue of Model Aviation. APPARENTLY, Gordon Johnson’s Velie Monocoupe that was featured in the lead photo of my

Contests, Contests, and More Contests This Flying Season!

Control Line Aerobatics By Joe Daly | stunt38060@gmail.com As seen in the July 2023 issue of Model Aviation. Bob McDonald, pictured with his Aquila, is a perennial VSC competitor. He often brings self

The story of how RC models ended up in the movie By Jay Smith jays@modelaircraft.org Photos courtesy of Dave Platt As seen in the July 2023 issue of Model Aviation. If you were not aware that the

The Hughes H-1 by Walt Nowotny All photos courtesy of Miramax Film Corp., Aero Telemetry, and Joseph Bok. As seen in the July 2005 issue of Model Aviation. AS FILMING BEGAN on Martin Scorsese’s

Bringing the Joy of FPV to Hospitalized Children

The Deal With Drones By Susan Smith | susankaysmith@gmail.com As seen in the June 2023 issue of Model Aviation. WHEN YOU MEET drone pilots, you hear incredible stories about how FPV flying has

Get back in the air quickly By Terry Dunn terrydunn74@gmail.com | Photos by the author As seen in the June 2023 issue of Model Aviation. Molded foam RC airplanes often use what is called a "live"

By Donald Brooks; photos by the author As seen in the February 2006 issue of Model Aviation “Stuff happens,” my pessimistic friend argued. “You just cannot prevent all accidents. [The concept of] zero

Free Flight Duration By Louis Joyner | joynerduration@gmail.com BY DEFINITION, Free Flight (FF) models fly without any direct control from someone on the ground. The flight pattern is preprogrammed

Control Line Navy Carrier By Dick Perry | tailhooker@comcast.net YOU HAVE LIKELY NOTICED a new but familiar byline for the "Control Line (CL) Navy Carrier" column this month. I have again taken up

Basic tips and techniques By Mark Snowden msnowden@hotmail.com Photos courtesy of Mark Snowden Scale model airplanes are greatly improved with scale pilot figures. Many excellent companies can provide