Most RC planes are powered by batteries and get their thrust mostly from propellers. This is fine if you want a simple, easy-to-fly aircraft. But what if you want speed? Like, 450 mph of speed? That's ...
I remember my Dad bought me an RC plane for my birthday one year. It was made of foam and plastic, was battery-powered, and had a little red propeller on it. I think my longest flight ever covered a ...
I met up with a crew flying some of the wildest RC aircraft I’ve ever seen, including giant turbine-powered jets capable of ...
In order to safely pilot a remote control quadcopter that can hit speeds of well over 160 miles per hour, pilots wear video goggles that give them a first-person view from the tiny crafts. It’s not ...
The fastest remote-controlled airplane flight ever recorded took place in 2018, with a top speed of 545 miles/hour. That’s 877 km/h, or Mach 0.77! What was the limiting factor, preventing the ...
You know how the FAA is worried about drones causing aircraft to crash? Well, we're curious how they would feel about an RC aircraft that can reach 727 kph (451 mph). Fortunately, there's probably ...
Eurocopter's X3 hybrid helicopter demonstrator combined the full hover flight capabilities of a helicopter with the fast cruise speeds of a turboprop-powered aircraft by basically installing two ...
This is our first balsa wood kit, really proud and excited to announce the new Tanár, a kit for beginners but also for ...