Electric RC aircraft are not known for long flight times, with multirotors usually doing 20-45 minutes, while most fixed wings will struggle to get past two hours. [Matthew Heiskell] blew these ...

For [Daniel Riley] AKA [rctestflight] that project is a solar powered RC plane which to date spans 4 years, 4 versions and 13 videos. It is a treasure trove of information collected through hard ...

The exhilarating nature of aerial combat at Flite Fest inevitably leads to the destruction of many models, as dedicated ...

If hot-air engines and inflammable gas engines fail as yet to furnish power comparable to .hat which steam affords, without a very disproportionate increase of bulk, and for high powers fail to ...

There’s just one engine available, a 2.5-litre petrol-hybrid badged RC 300h. Lexus quotes 8.6 seconds to 62mph and top speed is limited to just 118mph. The hybrid's CVT gearbox is particularly ...

Much like it's not a great idea to put diesel into a regular gas-powered car, aircraft engines are built with particular kinds of fuel in mind, and that includes diesel — or something other than ...

A lot of talk this morning about whether Malaysia Air Flight 370’s aircraft engine monitoring data indicate that the aircraft continued to fly for hours after its transponder stopped transmitting.

Why are aircraft engines failing with such seeming regularity? It is a question air passengers are rightly asking these days as inflight engine shutdowns and aircraft groundings due to mechanical ...

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Viacheslav Yakobchuk - stock.adobe.com There are plenty of features on a plane that might have people wondering what exactly they’re for — for example, the curtain dividers that flight ...