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RC Plane Lab — 214 episodes
Ep 214: Old Beavers, Ironic Howls, and Wing Loading
Ep 213: New OV‑10, Rock Crawlers, Fly‑In Recap, and Our RC‑Ready Rigs
Ep 212: Switches, Knobs & Chaos: How We Actually Set Up Our Radios
Ep 211: Tom Returns (Remotely), Crashes, Cap Builds, and Field Adventures
EP 210: A Trailer, a Charger, and a Great Day Flying
Ep 209: The Beginner’s Lounge, Trailer Upgrades, and the RACores Yak‑55 Assembly
Ep 208: 2026 Toledo Wrap up, with Daniel and Reggie
Ep 207: From Trash to Treasure, New Releases, and Swap‑Meet Fun
Ep 206: Inside the 2026 Toledo R/C Swap Meet & Expo with Hank Rauhaus
Ep 205: Farewells, Finds, and a Free BF‑109
Ep 204: What’s in our Hangar?
EP 203 - What the Fish??
Ep 202: The 13th Squadron with Jack and Steve Niezgoda
Ep 201: 2025 End of Year Wrap-Up, with the Wives!
Ep 200: Listener Questions and Other Stuff
Ep 199: Swap Meets and Stuff
Ep 198: Winter Plans
Ep 197: REPLAY: Halloween Special; Scary RC Airplane Stories
Ep 196: AS3X+ with Miguel Alvarez
Ep 195: Greg Stone, Candidate for AMA President
Ep 194: The Last Fly-In of the Year... Probably. And Other News... :(
Ep 193: Let's Talk Vintage!
Ep 192: Tommy fixes his jet, and other stuff
Ep 191: It is a crash if it breaks!
Ep 190: It's not a crash if it doesn't break!
Ep 189: New Plane Releases, Drone Shows, and Model Aviation Day
Ep 188: Rain, Rain, Go Away... Little Tommy wants to Fly!
Ep 187: Man Down! lol
Ep 186: Rambling on
Ep 185: 2025 Joe Nall Wrap Up
Ep 184: The Good, the Bad, and the Muddy; From Joe Nall with Lee and Fitz!
Ep 183: FrSky Steve
Ep 182: New Planes, New Radio, New Trailer!
Ep 181: 2025 Toledo Wrap Up!
Ep 180: RC Planes for Beginners, Revisited
Ep 179: Spring's here. Now what?
Ep 178: Dan Landis from Boomerang RC Jets
Ep 177: Planes, Boats, and Automobiles
Ep 176: Henry Rauhaus from the Toledo R/C Swap Meet & Expo
Ep 175: Snow Way!
Ep 174: 2025, Here we Come!
Ep 173: 2024 Year End Wrap Up, with the Wives!
Ep 172: Catching Up
Ep 171: A Stik-y Episode!
Ep 170: You Sunk My Sailboat, with Terry Dunn
Ep 169: Soft Tires, Soft Landings
Ep 168: REPLAY: Halloween Special; Scary RC Airplane Stories
Ep 167: Oops, Dave did it again!
Ep 166: When are airplane markings offensive?
Ep 165: Ron Crashes, more maidens, and other things...
Ep 164: Illini Jets, AS3X+ installs, maidens, and more!
Ep 163: Tommy visits another hobby shop, and more!
Ep 162: Dave's Remote ID Module, and other stuff
Ep 161: Many Maidens and the big Spektrum Update
Ep 160: MB-339 Maiden, Sullivan RC Products Announcement, and Other Stuff
Ep 159: The Basics of Fabric Covering
Ep 158: RC Fest and the Ring of Fire
Ep 157: Joe Nall 2024 Wrap Up
EP 156: Let's Talk Swap Meets!
Ep 155: Ron and Reggie
Ep 154: Listener Questions
Ep 153: What the Torc, Man?
Ep 152: Oh Micro Draco, I couldn't resist
Ep 151: Tommy feels pity for Ron
Ep 150: The 150th Episode
Ep 149: Strip - Repair - Repeat
Ep 148: 2024, here we come!
Ep 147: 2023 Wrap up, Featuring our Wives
Ep 146: Shop Safety
Ep 145: Tommy’s Back!
Ep 144: Jet update and other stuff
Ep 143: Nothing in particular!
Ep 142: REPLAY: Halloween Special; Scary RC Airplane Stories
Ep 141: Flaps and Field Boxes
Ep 140: Reno, Remote ID Delay, Crashes, and the Streator Fly In
Ep 139: Daniel Taylor
Ep138: A Dynamic Balsa trip, and the Illini Jets fly in
Ep 137: AirVenture Wrap-Up
Ep 136: Spektrum SkyID announced, Ron’s 2 maidens, and Dave crashes!
Ep 135: Ron got a Twimber! Oh... And Reggie’s Back... :)
Ep 134: Eli Tow, ARF Bashing, and Other Stuff
Ep 133: Just the two of us...
Ep 132: The Joe Nall 2023 wrap up
Ep 131: Lee and Fitz from The RC Roundtable Podcast at Joe Nall
Ep 130: Jim and Jeff from the Rhode Island Aeromodelers at Joe Nall
Ep 129: Tom’s Vintage Airplane Swap Meet Find
Ep 128: Toledo
Ep 127: The Unicorn!
Ep 126: Rob Pemberton
Ep 125: Let’s talk ARFs!
Ep 124: Nice Weather, and Listener Questions
Ep 123: Plans, Planes, and Covering
Ep 122: Craig Straub
Ep 121: 2023, Here we come!
Ep 120: The Wives are back for our Year in Review
Ep 119: Ali Machinchy - Horizon Hobby Product Developer and Marketing Manager
Ep 118: Electro Streak Winter Build Announcement, Crash Stories, and New Planes
Ep 117: Bjorn Baal from RMJ Machine Worx
Ep 116: Terry Dunn
Ep 115: An Oopsie, a Crash, and Our Winter Group Build
Ep 114: We’re Live!
Ep 113: Reggie’s got a story to tell
Ep 112: Rain, Rain, Go Away!
Ep 111: Fly RC Nation, and Listener Questions
Ep 110: What a week it’s been
Ep 109: Trevor Furlotte
Ep 108: We’re Back!!! Again...
Ep 107: Tony Lewis
Ep 106: Summer Fun
Ep 105: Garry Gilbert
Ep 104: Gasoline Engines
Ep 103: Steve Hersh
Ep 102: Matt and Joe from the Aviation RC Noob Podcast
Ep 101: David Boito, author ”Valley Fliers”
Ep 100: The 100th Episode!
Ep 99: Jeffrey Arsenault
Ep 98: ISDT Air8 charger, BattAir Plugins, and other stuff
Ep 97: Bob Ferry
Ep 96: Toledo
Ep 95: Jim O’Camb
Ep 94: Inspirations and listener questions
Ep 93: Reggie’s Back!
Ep 92: Servo problems and a few Listener Questions
Ep 91: Dave Taylor
Ep 90: Discord, Chipmunks, and Tom’s new airplane
Ep 89: Speak Softly and Fly a Big Stick!
Ep 88: Kitbashing, and Listener Questions
Ep 87: What’s your number?
Ep 86: The Wives are Back... Again!
Ep 85: Ron and Tom go to a hobby shop.
Ep 84: Ron and Tom go to a swap meet. What did they get???
Ep 83: Profile Foamies
Ep 82: Ron goes to a swap meet, and how to make your landing gear look beefier
Ep 81: REPLAY: Halloween Special; Scary RC Airplane Stories
Ep 80: Ron‘s Crashed Extra 300 has been found, Fuel Proofing an Airplane
Ep 79: Rolls Royce Spirit of Innovation, and the FAA‘s Survey of UAS Operators
Ep 78: Listener Questions, Part 2
Ep 77: Listener Questions, Part 1
Ep 76: How High Should You Fly?
Ep 75: The Telemaster is Finished! For real this time...
Ep74: Crashing Sucks!
EP 73: Keeping planes organized, Ron buys another airplane, Tom breaks some stuff, and other things...
Ep 72: TRUST, and a Bunch of Other Stuff
Ep 71: Syncing Nitro Engines
Ep 70: We're Back! Diesel engines, Listener Feedback, and Questions.
Ep 69: Best of Episode: Electric Motors, ESCs
Ep 68: Best of episode - Batteries!
Ep 67: We're Taking a Break, and How Many Channels Do You Need?
Ep 66: Retractable Landing Gear Setup
Ep 65: Let's Talk Landing Gear!
Ep 64: Starlink Update, Be a Guest, and Listener Questions
Ep 63: Cutting and Installing Canopies, Pilot or No Pilot, and our new Listener Survey is live!
Ep 62: The Six Rules for Setting up a Servo
Ep 61: All about Servos - Sizes, Types, and Parts
Ep 60: Balancing Propellers
Ep 59: All about Hinges
Ep 58: Glues, Homemade Tools, and Listener Questions
Ep 57: Ron Orders Starlink!, Airplane Sizes, and Listener Questions
Ep 56: Radio Giveaway Starts Now! And Tri-Motor Talk, both our RC Model and the Full Scale Airpane.
Ep 55: So, you crashed. Can it be fixed? And who's Duellist was faster???
Ep 54: Radio Giveaway, Tri-Motor Project, and Listener Questions
Ep 53: Saving Money in the Hobby
Ep 52: The Duellists Have Flown!
Ep 51: Remote ID
Ep 50: The Wives are Back!
Ep 49: Happy Holidays, Wing Incidence, and Wing Fairings
Ep 48: Brian Burcar from Dynamic Balsa
Ep 47: Listener Questions
Ep 46: Duellist talk, and Fat Albert
Ep 45: Blue Angels, Duellist Talk, and What Are We Thankful For?
Ep 44: Winter is Coming, and more Duellist Updates
Ep 43: Flight Trimming an RC Airplane
Ep 42: Duellist Updates, and a Primer on Balsa Builds
Ep 41: Halloween Special; Scary RC Airplane Stories
Ep 40: Scratch Building, Listener Questions, and What Makes an Airplane Big?
Ep 39: Happy Birthday Tom, How to be a Better Pilot, Listener Mail
Ep 38: Propellers. Propellers? Air Screws!
Ep 37: New Forums! Bending Landing Gear Wire, a Good Book to Read, and Fusion 360 Software
Ep 36: We're on Patreon! Ron built a Third Duellist Wing, Vacuum Bagging the Wing, UMX Airplanes, and Listener Questions
Ep 35: Warped Wings, Retracts, and Listener Mail
Ep 34: We bought a friggin laser! What's the AMA? And gas vs glow.
Ep 33: Tom buys an Ajusto-Jig, Ron fixes the Duellist wing, What to expect at a Fly-In, and what a spotter does.
Ep 32: Breaking the Duellist, 3D Printers, and Fuel Tank Setup
Ep 31: Bees, Buddy Boxes, and Biplanes
Ep 30: Starting the Duellist, Telemaster problems, Types of wood for building, and Listener Questions
Ep 29: Our first guest, Reggie Washington
Ep 28: The Wives Take Over the Studio!
Ep 27: Building spaces, and a few announcements
Ep 26: The Trash Can Telemaster is finished! And Listener Questions...
Ep 25: Plans and Resizing
Ep 24: A properly stocked Flight Box
Ep 23: Our Flying Field's Open House, and Wing Flutter
Ep 22: Basic Fasteners and Field Etiquette
Ep 21: Telemaster issues, Tom's old friends, and Tom fails to do a preflight
Ep 20: Electric motors, ESCs, and how to choose the best electric power system for your airplane
Ep 19: Flying an airplane, Tom's receiver problem, and Listener Questions
Ep 18: Storing Airplanes, Ron is Cursed, and Listener Questions
Ep 17: What keeps you coming back?
Ep 16: Intermediate RC Airplanes
Ep 15: Rebuilding a Nitro Engine
Ep 14: Updates #4
Ep 13: Nitro Engines, Part 2
Ep 12: Nitro Engines, Part 1
Ep 11: What powers your radio?
Ep 10: Updates #3
Ep 9: How to Make Wing Sheets
Ep 8: Receivers
Ep 7: Updates #2
Ep 6: What can your transmitter do for you?
Ep 5: It’s all about the Pre-Flight!
Ep 4: Updates and Listener Feedback
Ep 3: RC Planes for Beginners
Ep 2: RC Plane Lab
Ep 1: An Introduction!