3-D Printing for Aeromodeling
3-D printing revolutionizes aeromodeling, enabling custom designs and rapid prototyping, with examples like the SULSA and Walter Taylor's airfoils.
Rise of the Multicopter - 2012/12
If you look up the definition of a helicopter in a HarperCollins dictionary, it states that a helicopter is
“an aircraft that derives its lift from blades that rotate about an approximately vertical central axis.”
If you view Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary, it defines a helicopter as “an aircraft whose lift is
derived from the aerodynamic forces acting on one or more powered rotors turning about substantially
vertical axes.”
Steampunk Aviation-2011/07
SCIENCE FICTION AUTHOR K.W. Jeter coined the
term “steampunk” in the 1980s to describe the works of
Tim Powers, but the genre goes back much further. When
we hear that word, we might equate it with fictional
technologies found in the stories of Jules Verne, H.G.
Wells, or the 1960s television series The Wild Wild West
and its 1999 movie of the same title.
