The PHA-ZE 100 aircraft features a distributed electric powerplant based on eight electric motors, advanced aerodynamic ...

Swiss start-up Jekta plans to begin flight testing a 1:9-scale model of its hydrogen-electric amphibious passenger aircraft next month as it works towards bringing the PHA-ZE 100 to market by 2030.

WASHINGTON June 24, 2014, - The Federal Aviation Administration is clarifying the permitted uses of unmanned model aircraft, citing an increase in reckless use of the models near airports and large ...

"Since experimenting with helium balloons and model balsa gliders as a child in the early 70's, I always conceived that there must be a certain streamlined way to retain a slow and safe descent speed ...

Ideally, we could do without all the extra stuff, without having to use a certain item that serves only a specific function. The world would be a better and less cluttered place if it had a ...

Using a 17-foot-long helium-filled blimp, four propellers and sophisticated electronics, three Johns Hopkins undergraduates have built a model airship that will aid professional engineers who are ...

A year ago [Ramy RC] set out on a momentous challenge: to build a 1:21 scale Airbus A380-800 RC model with functional engines, landing gear and all other details. Recently he finished the project and ...

Last Friday, in Taylor v. Huerta,[1], the DC Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a rule requiring individuals who fly small (weighing between 0.55 and 55 pounds on takeoff) drones and other model ...