The plane was then given a brushless motor and prop, speed controller, servos, and an RC receiver. Indeed, far from a simple throwable model, it’s a fully flyable RC plane. The plane is quite a ...

Once upon a time, RC planes were expensive models that took months to build and big money to equip with electronics. Since the 20th century though, powerful batteries have become cheap ...

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It's called the auxiliary power unit, and it's the smallest engine on the plane. But that doesn't mean it serves a small purpose. It provides the necessary power to start the plane's engines and ...

THIS is the frenzied moment terrified passengers leapt out of a plane’s emergency exit after flames could be seen from the aircraft’s engine. Four passengers were injured in the mad rush to ...

A second Russian civil aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing after a fire in both of its engines. The Boeing 737 passenger plane was carrying 175 passengers to the capital of Moscow ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Chinese man who was flying for the first time has been fined for throwing "good luck" coins into a plane's engine. The 28-year-old was ordered to pay $17,200 (£13,100) in compensation to the ...