The Lighter Side Of RC on MSN

RC Jet Landings: The Good, the Bad, and the Thrilling

The Primary focus of THE LIGHTER SIDE OF RC revolves around my love of FLYING & BUILDING all types of model aircraft! It's ...
The Lighter Side Of RC on MSN

Skymaster F-16 RC Jet: Flight of Power with a Mega Engine

The Primary focus of THE LIGHTER SIDE OF RC revolves around my love of FLYING & BUILDING all types of model aircraft! It's ...
Large scale RC aircraft are pleasure to see on the ground and in the air, but putting in the months of effort required to build them requires special dedication. Especially since there is a real ...
Recently I was able to build a version of a tiny microcontroller-based LED strobe light for RC airplanes. The build is not very advanced, but it is almost a complete kit. Let’s start with the easy ...
Model aircraft have been operated safely in the United States for well over 75 years. With the guidance of longstanding, comprehensive safety rules from the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA), the ...
How does a 63-year-old airframe remain relevant in today's high-tech military? The TC-135W's story will surprise you.
For a long time radial aircraft engines, with their distinctive cylinder housings arranged in a circle, were a common sight on aircraft. As an experiment, [KendinYap], wanted to see if he could ...
Yesterday two USAF F-35A stealth aircraft performed a quick visit to Estonia. But their mission to the Baltic region was probably not only supported by a KC-135: an RC-135U and two RC-135Ws flew to ...
The U.S. military said Tuesday that a Chinese fighter jet flew aggressively close to a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea, forcing the American pilot to fly through the turbulent ...
A U.S. Air Force aircraft electronically impersonated a Malaysian plane while flying over the South China Sea this week. The RC-135W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft flew off China’s Hainan island ...
US Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin confirmed last week that the U-2 and other aircraft are taking part in ...
The two British aircraft flew a 12-hour mission along the border with Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. In a rare mission, a Royal ...