A few months ago, [Tom] built a few RC ... and plane — came in a bit overweight, making it a terrible plane. The second plane was a VTOL tilt rotor, using aluminum box section for the wing ...

If you ever sit in an airplane row overlooking a wing, then you probably notice multiple flaps along its edges that adjust ...

The two contending planes featured in "Battle of the X-Planes" make use of radically different wing designs: one uses a triangular-shaped delta wing; the other, traditional wings. Each design has ...

Whenever you buy a servo, it usually comes with a little baggie full of various plastic horns. Most of us pick our favorite and use it in our projects. Some of us hack them up, glue them back ...

Princeton engineers found a way to help airplanes avoid stall with lightweight plastic flaps that flutter with pressure ...

The technology echoes bird biology, specifically covert wing feathers that birds use when landing or facing turbulent winds.

A modern aircraft’s wing is an incredibly complex piece of engineering. On planes like the Airbus A350, the wings hold the plane’s massive jet engines, house the fuel tanks that keep those ...

Aircraft manufacturers are racing to build the jet of the future as airlines demand more efficient planes. Among the most likely concepts is a blended-wing-body aircraft, which combines the ...

Aircraft manufacturers are racing to build the jet of the future as airlines demand more efficient planes. Among the most likely concepts is a blended-wing-body aircraft, which combines the fuselage ...

Aircraft manufacturers are racing to build the jet of the future as airlines demand more efficient planes. Among the most likely concepts is a blended-wing-body aircraft, which combines the ...