Many readers may fondly recall building rubber-band-powered balsa wood model airplanes. While the things were kinda cool, they didn't fly for long, nor could they be remotely controlled.

The model airplanes illustrated ... 9, are nearly alike, they will be described first. The wings of all three are built up in the same manner, using materials of the same kind, but differing ...

I’ve been building model airplanes ... rarest of all styrene models, it sells for close to $1,000. The pristine interior of an unbuilt Monogram B-24 Liberator kit includes decals, wood wings ...

It's not every day you see an airplane roll into a car show, let alone a homemade one. That's what happened on June 3, 2025, ...

Months or years had to be spent constructing models from wood: acquiring ... Miniature aircraft fly like the real thing — wind gusts, turbulence and all. "Of course, takeoff is is the second ...

That leads to the most basic design trade-offs to be made: strength versus weight, a fundamental design challenge for all aircraft. For scale models, part of this trade-off requires decisions ...

Lots of kids wish they could build an airplane and fly away ... make it happen with his pedal-powered plane made out of balsa wood, polyurethane, and rip-resistant foil. The most impressive ...

[Think Flight] figured that if it helps with those airplanes, perhaps it may also be a boon for model airplanes. With the recent construction of a carrier airplane for smaller drones, he decided ...

But all over the world airline executives engage in a greeting that is all their own: the exchange of model airplanes. When airlines start flying to new cities, make deals with other carriers or ...