Remote-controlled model aircraft take to the skies

A three-day event held at Goshen Municipal Airport over the weekend drew military history buffs and remote-control aircraft ...

A 630-pound remote-controlled Boeing 777-9X takes off, and the absurd scale makes it look less like a toy than a test aircraft

Ramy RC’s Boeing 777-9X is a very different beast, weighing about 630 pounds and stretching 33 ft. from wingtip to wingtip, ...
Hackaday

Hard Lessons Learned While Building A Solar RC Plane

Although not the first to try and build a DIY solar-powered remote control airplane, [ProjectAir]’s recent attempt is the most significant one in recent memory. It follows [rctestflight]’s multi-year ...

Helicopter reports near miss with RC plane near JFK after JetBlue drone strike

A helicopter pilot reported a remote-control airplane near JFK International Airport, marking the second possible drone ...
Longview News-Journal

For 50 years, East Texas Aero Modelers have had sky-high fun with remote-controlled aircraft

At a little grass runway on the south side of Longview, a group of friends gets together three times a week for some high-flying fun. Their miniature aircraft – powered by gas engines or electric ...
autoevolution

Centaur Experimental Aircraft Takes Remote-Controlled Flight in National Airspace

We generally tend to think about aircraft in a binary way, at least when it comes to how they are operated: you either have piloted aircraft, or uncrewed ones, and that's about it. But there is ...
Hackaday

Building A Flying Blended Wing Body Aircraft Prototype

Anyone with an inkling of interest in super-sized remote control aircraft probably has at least seen some of the mind-blowing projects that [Ramy RC] has worked on over the years, with examples like ...