I visited an airplane model factory in Southern China where airplane die cast models were made. The staff walked me through each process from polishing metal to painting and assembly. Just the pad ...

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 ...

An airplane with no propeller and wings that go ... about this stuff and watching videos of prototypes. While most models we can currently build are not as efficient as their propeller-powered ...