Redundant Power Systems & Why You Should Use One

Redundant Power Systems & Why You Should Use One

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

Making Weight

Earl Haury
“Making Weight” is a weird term that refers to a pattern aircraft being under the maximum weight allowed by the rules...
Centering the Sub-Trim Debate: An In-Depth Analysis

Centering the Sub-Trim Debate: An In-Depth Analysis

Earl Haury
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 Battery Anatomy, Fire Behavior, and Safe Practices

LiPo Battery Anatomy, Fire Behavior, and Safe Practices

Earl Haury
LiPo batteries have been overcharged, shorted, cut, nailed, etc. in numerous YouTube videos that dramatically demonstrate the potential to make smoke and fire...
Sbus Worth The Fuss?

Sbus Worth The Fuss?

Earl Haury
Are there other reasons, aside from tidiness, to use Sbus, especially in a pattern airplane? Probably...
Basic Aircraft Setup

Basic Aircraft Setup

Bryan Hebert
Trimming an aerobatic aircraft is like learning the game of golf. When you first start out, the game seems fun...
Measuring Incidence Angles and CG Location

Measuring Incidence Angles and CG Location

Earl Haury
Does it even matter? We each may have different criteria for making these measurements...
Get The Most Out of Your YS

Get The Most Out of Your YS

George Asteris
The YS of today is more durable and much friendlier to run than in the past.  You can pretty much take it out of the box, put it on the engine stand, and it will run without issues...
Essential Tools

Essential Tools

Earl Haury
There’s an old saying that “A craftsman is only as good as his tools”. That’s certainly true for precision flying, and applies equally to all forms of modeling...
Wheel Pant Installation Made Easy

Wheel Pant Installation Made Easy

Bryan Hebert
Here's a simple and solid way to install wheel pants on your pattern plane...