Many readers may fondly recall building rubber-band-powered balsa wood model airplanes. While the things were kinda cool, they didn't fly for long, nor could they be remotely controlled. Such is not ...

We've covered PowerUp's innovative smart planes before, but the latest kit takes things up a notch with more involved assembly. Once again the hobby company has teamed up with Brad and Bruce ...

A 3D-printed plane with tissue paper wings and a supercapacitor charged in four seconds managed 45 seconds of flight. Here's ...

This is our first balsa wood kit, really proud and excited to announce the new Tanár, a kit for beginners but also for whoever wants to have some fun with a balsa wood rc plane like this. We have been ...

I never actually computed my hours of flight time, but I know it was pretty substantial. In spring of years past, as the weather warmed up, boy, oh boy, did I ever put planes into the air. Remember ...

Back in the days of “Leave it to Beaver,” dad and lad could be found bonding not only their relationship but also pieces of balsa wood into radio-controlled model airplanes. After weeks or even months ...

On cue, eight boys sent their ultralight balsa wood airplanes sailing. The fifth- and sixth-graders looked up in awe, murmuring an occasional “Wow” and “Whoa,” as their rubber-band-powered creations ...

So there was my new balsa wood plane with its wind-up propeller hopelessly stuck high up in a tree in front of a neighbor’s house. No one was going to climb a ladder and get it for me. That wasn’t the ...