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 ...

The increased demand for air travel means that airplane makers always need bigger and better jet engines to bring these airframes to the sky. While the two largest passenger planes to enter ...

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 ...

The Airbus A380 is the world’s largest passenger plane, and an upgraded version of the aircraft could have transformed aviation—but it wasn't to be. Emirates, the Dubai-based airline and the ...

When it's time to buy a new vehicle, you may find yourself at a crossroads wondering whether to go with a standard gasoline engine or a spiffy diesel variant. Diesel engines are known far and wide ...

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 ...

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 ...