The folks at Flitetest decided to add some extra power to an electric DH.100 Vampire RC plane by adding a butane afterburner. After some testing, and a bit of fire, they were able to make it fly.

With so many examples to look at, building a solar-powered RC airplane in 2024 should be a snap, surely? The first handicap was that [ProjectAir] is based in the UK, which means dealing with the ...

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Instead, the plane used an all-electric motor powered by a single battery. Called the e-Genius and built by engineers at the University of Stuttgart, the most remarkable thing about this all ...

Remember that cool RC plane you got for your 13th birthday? The same one that went nose-first into your neighbor's wall on ...

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Heart Aerospace (Gothenburg, Sweden) unveils its first full-scale demonstrator airplane, marking a milestone in the development of its regional hybrid-electric aircraft, the ES-30. “Our industry is ...

For years, you've been able to watch cool-looking electric-plane videos on YouTube, created by some of the 300 companies who are working on them. Today, Beta Technologies, in Burlington ...

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Slashgear has already highlighted some V8 Engine kits and a Radial Airplane Engine Kit from EngineDIY ... and engine lubricants that can be purchased pre-mixed at RC hobby stores or from Amazon. The ...

(MagniX via Vimeo) The airplane that Everett, Wash.-based magniX will use to test its hybrid electric propulsion system for a $74.3 million NASA demonstration project is ready to go on the outside ...

RC cars are the gateway that got many of us to where we are today. Hobby-level cars have all the same systems as real cars. Turning wrenches on one of these, either as a kid or adult, scratches ...