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There are a lot of great products out there for us to use in RC, but not a lot of information...

“Making Weight” is a weird term that refers to a pattern aircraft being under the maximum weight allowed by the rules...

Various opinions exist as to how subtrims affect servo travel, especially when used with dual servos on elevators. This discussion shows data that can help understand subtrims...

LiPo batteries have been overcharged, shorted, cut, nailed, etc. in numerous YouTube videos that dramatically demonstrate the potential to make smoke and fire...

Are there other reasons, aside from tidiness, to use Sbus, especially in a pattern airplane? Probably...

Trimming an aerobatic aircraft is like learning the game of golf. When you first start out, the game seems fun...

This is the foundation of the problems with performance of the model versus the performance of the modeler trying to fly it...

Does it even matter? We each may have different criteria for making these measurements...

I’m not sure I know the full answer to that question yet. If I did I would probably be World Champion. That’s part of competition, always striving to make yourself better...

I recently received a couple emails from pilots with the same question, “How much differential do you recommend on a pattern plane?” My Answer? None!...

Do you know what you’re responsible for as a caller or as a pilot?...

Snap rolls are interesting critters! Reaching consensus on just what they are often seems impossible...