Electric RC aircraft are not known for long flight times, with multirotors usually doing 20-45 minutes, while most fixed wings will struggle to get past two hours. [Matthew Heiskell] blew these ...

The folks at Flitetest decided to add some extra power to an electric DH.100 Vampire RC plane by adding a butane afterburner. After some testing, and a bit of fire, they were able to make it fly.

Electric power now dominates most forms of model and small-drone activity, and is just beginning to move into full-scale aircraft ... batteries and added a small RC system. I still fly it ...

The jet is somewhere between a commercial airplane and a battery-powered drone and is officially labeled as an e-VTOL, or electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle. In the latest flight ...

Imagine an electric drone mixed with a fixed wing plane - that is the concept behind a new two-seater aircraft being developed by start-up company, Skyfly. The Axe promises the flexibility of a ...