The Cox/Sanwa radio system with manufacturer’s number 8020 was Cox’ basic system meant for beginners in the hobby in 1978-1979. The system came with a transmitter, receiver, two servos and the misc. other equipment that always seems to show up with a new radio system. It was part of their […]
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1910 Jopson Motor: Flight!
The 1910 Jopson Gasoline Motor weighed 7.5 pounds and had a unique wick carburetor system installed in a tank without any sort of pressurization. Could it actually power a model airplane in flight? Yes! …. Or, well, we’re pretty sure. Photographs published in the book Model Aeroplaning: Its Practice and […]
Continue reading1910 Jopson Motor Carburetor
One of the most unique features of the 1910 Jopson Motor is the wick carburetor system in the fuel tank. A small plate on the tank holds a series of wicks that are immersed in the fuel and evaporate fuel vapor into the passing air stream, which is then pulled […]
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1910 Jopson Motor: Before & After
When Art Gaier first received the Jopson Motor it was missing pieces and looking pretty old and worn. After many internet searches and talking to people, he met and started conversing with the owner of another Jopson Motor in England. Between the two of them they had complete parts for […]
Continue readingNow on Exhibit: Jopson Motor
In the early 20th century, as model aviation was spreading as a hobby, there was also a growing interest in gasoline engines. And, of course, many people attempted to make gasoline engines small enough to fit into a model airplane. There were several successes, although none reached the production level […]
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OQ-2A on exhibit at the Intrepid
Hey! Where did the OQ-2A go? Its spot at the National Model Aviation Museum is empty. That’s because our OQ-2A has been loaned to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum for their new special exhibit, Drones: Is the Sky the Limit?, which opens May 10, 2017 and runs through […]
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Trans-Atlantic Model Flight Equipment
In August 2003, Maynard L. Hill flew a model airplane, referred to as the TAM 5, from Newfoundland to Ireland. The total flight took 38 hours, 52 minutes and 19 seconds and covered 1,881.6 miles. To make the flight possible, Maynard spent years researching aeromodelling design and engine fuel mixtures. […]
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Chaffee’s 1930 Boeing P-12B
Bill Chaffee spent 500 hours building his static scale P-12B. All his hard work shows, as the incorporated details are amazing! (And, Bill won 1st place in the contest, earning him a silver trophy, $200.00, and a trip to Europe.) Visit the museum before Labor Day 2016 to see this […]
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Winning 1930 Boeing P-12B
The talk of the 1930 Airplane Model Contest is on exhibit in the museum from now until Labor Day 2016. The Boeing P-12B had just begun operations for the United States Military in 1930. That same year that William Chaffee built a scale version for the Airplane Model League of […]
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SpaceShipOne RC Test Model is Here!
Last year, we announced the loan of the RC test model of SpaceShipOne by Scaled Composite’s Burt Rutan and Dan Kreigh. We’re pleased to say that it is finally here! Designed by Burt Rutan, SpaceShipOne was an experimental air-launched rocket-powered aircraft with suborbital flight capability and unique “feathering” reentry system […]
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