Model airplane sparking its way through the launcher’s channel. (Credit: Tom Stanton, YouTube) For [Tom]’s design, permanent magnets are used along both sides of the channel in an alternating ...

Photo by Deb Gau Model plane enthusiasts shared some of their favorite projects at a show Saturday at the Marshall Area YMCA. The airplanes on display included aircraft made from kits as well as ...

Blériot first ventured into aeronautical design between 1900 and 1902 when he built a series of model "ornithopters"—aircraft propelled by flapping wings—that were powered by carbon-dioxide ...

Four ducted fans provide the propulsive power that lift this enormous model airplane into the skies, which is the only part where the noise profile doesn’t quite match that of the real A380.