A new video shows the Scaled Composites Model 437 Vanguard during its recent first flight. On August 29, 2024, Scaled Composites’ new Model 437 aircraft, named Vanguard and registered as N437VN, ...

Developed as an unmanned loyal wingman, the Model 437 performed the first flight with a cockpit and Scaled Composites’ Brian Maisler at the commands. The new Model 437 aircraft by Scaled Composites, ...

Researchers at Purdue University have created a turbulence model for vortex collisions that could allow aircraft engineers and designers to build aircraft more capable of handling extreme scenarios.

A year ago [Ramy RC] set out on a momentous challenge: to build a 1:21 scale Airbus A380-800 RC model with functional engines, landing gear and all other details. Recently he finished the project and ...

We’ve often heard the expression “that won’t fly,” but an MIT-based experimental model literally contradicts that statement for one type of flight propulsion. Like a science-fiction story come true, ...

A Kansas State University engineering design team is again one of the nation's best. The SAE Aero Design Team's model aircraft, the Purple Albatross, placed second overall in the regular class event ...