What you need to check before your maiden flight. The success of your flying is very much dependent on the quality of your setup. If everything is haphazard, expect some crazy things to happen during your flights. You can probably find some sort of excuse – “it’s that dead spot where you turn onto the …
Complex servo setup and mixing
Most of our planes are going to just need the simple flight controls and perhaps flaps and/or landing gear. That's pretty easy to do. But recently I repaired my VQ SBD Dauntless dive bomber, and went through the setup routine again. It is complex. Not only does it have dive flaps on the wings and …
Charles McGee and the Tuskegee Airmen
I happen to own three North American P-51 aircraft. Oh, I should mention that they are radio controlled models! None the less, they are exciting to fly, and I love to make low level passes with them and imagine what it would be like inside flying them. Unfortunately, on one rather windy day earlier this …

