Hackaday

Building A Giant Remote Controlled Model Airbus A380 In A Year

A year ago [Ramy RC] set out on a momentous challenge: to build a 1:21 scale Airbus A380-800 RC model with functional engines, landing gear and all other details. Recently he finished the project and ...
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LEGO Pan-Am DC-3 build merges aviation history with model craft

IGN’s review of the LEGO Icons Pan-Am Douglas DC-3 highlights its appeal to aviation enthusiasts, history buffs, and LEGO collectors. The set combines meticulous design details, authentic Pan-Am ...
Hackaday

Building A Truss-Braced Model Airplane: Sense Or Nonsense?

Following NASA’s recent results with truss-braced wing airplanes and the benefits this could bring to full-sized airplanes, [Think Flight] figured that if it helps with those airplanes, perhaps it may ...
Berkshire Eagle

Eagle Archives, Feb. 28, 1928: Over 100 boys build model planes and operate them

More than 100 boys in this city are building model airplanes after study of the special construction articles published weekly in The Eagle. Many of them are working well into the night, some as late ...
Polygon

3 things I learned about the 40K hobby by building a scale model airplane

Over the summer last year I took my daughters out to Bong State Recreation Area in Wisconsin. The massive park offers miles and miles of walking and riding trails, large camping areas, a place to ride ...