Rochester Institute of Technology

Model Airplanes Fly Solo at RIT's Free Flight Show, Sept. 25

These aren’t just ordinary model planes. These planes will take off by themselves, without using electricity. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers at Rochester Institute of Technology invites ...
Daily Press

Model airplane club founded at NASA Langley seeks out new members

David Shuster gripped the model airplane with a light hand, his other twirling the propeller for what seemed like ages, twisting up the rubber band that serves as the plane’s power source. The plane ...
The Morning Journal

Indoor model flying program marks 10 years at Brookside

Indoor model flying continues to take flight at Brookside Middle and High School. The school’s Aeronautics Club, also known as the FLOAT program or Future Leaders of Aeronautic Technology, now is in ...
Hackaday

Electric Wind-Up Plane Uses Supercapacitors For Free Flight Fun

There’s something to be said for a simple wind-up, free flight model airplane. With no controls, it must be built very well ...
Wired

Inside NASA's Prototype Lab Where Model Planes Take Flight

Walk into NASA Armstrong's Sub-scale Research Lab and see the future of flight in miniature. The lab's model airplanes are used to test cutting edge aeronautical ideas like crash-avoidance and more ...