Need a way to help the youth around you learn about flight? Try out some paper airplanes! Most people know how t make a basic paper airplane, but there are other designs out there. Inside the Dangerous Book for Boys is a two page section on paper airplanes with a few alternate designs you may have not tried.
Here’s a video of a scratch-built “foamy” R/C model of a seaplane that can actually take off and land on water. “Foamies” is the name given to the class of model planes built out of the insulation foam that can be found at home/hardware stores. ModelAero also sells a kit version of this build. Polaris […]
Twitter user ChristineMMTTM points us to this great video record of the process of building a remote control airplane that was built from junk that could be scavenged from most household trash.
Image from Inhabitat Looking to cash in your frequent flyer miles? Maybe you can crash here…. The airplane was transported piece by piece from the San Jose airport to its current resting place on a pedestal 50 feet above the beach. It looks a bit like a model airplane on a stand, and we can […]
