A fun YouTube video shows a foamcore F-18 built to house an actual jet turbine. The versatile F/A-18 has decades of military history, though this is likely the first one with a tin-foil heat shield.
A regular comment we see on electric aircraft is to “just add solar panels to the wings.” [James] from Project Air has been working on just such a solar plane, and as he shows in the video after the ...
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 ...