Category Archives: Model Airpanes

Controller Hardware in the Loop & Model-Based Engineering

Matt Baker, Ivan Celanovic and Paul Roege, of Typhoon-HIL, break down how Controller Hardware in the Loop (C-HIL), and model-based engineering work to ensure your microgrid performs, and allows companies to test and validate microgrid design every step of the way. Industry 4.0 is … Continue reading

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Old 737 switch could have saved Ethiopian flight, engineer says

The design of the 737 MAX has been under scrutiny since two crashes that killed 346 people. Attention has focused on the MCAS automated system that pushed the plane’s nose down, the sensors it relied upon to make those decisions … Continue reading

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NASA Software Innovation Models Aircraft Ice Accumulation

Aircrafts must be prepared to deal with any atmospheric condition in order to fly safely and efficiently, but with a wide range of aircraft models, shapes and purposes, it can be difficult to predict exactly how nature will affect each … Continue reading

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Dream takes flight: McKelvey says flying homemade plane ‘best feeling you could imagine’

When Rush McKelvey was building and flying radio-controlled model airplanes as a boy, he dreamed of building and flying a real one. At 33, McKelvey earned his private pilot’s license and set out making his dream come true. In 2011, … Continue reading

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Kitty Hawk, Flying Cars, and the Challenges of ‘Going 3D’

On the day I make the long, traffic-clogged drive from Berkeley to Mountain View to meet Sebastian Thrun, Kitty Hawk’s CEO, it’s supposed to rain. Thrun meets me in the lobby, says hello, and notices my umbrella. He asks me … Continue reading

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10 Models That Are About to Hit the Market

The pace of new aircraft development continues to stimulate a great deal of interest in the next generation of business aircraft featuring improved performance, enhanced technology and cabin creature comforts that airplane buyers covet. While several new models — including … Continue reading

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Lucien Thomas Lenhart Jr., 75

Lucien Thomas Lenhart Jr., 75, of Middletown, Del., and formerly of Millsboro, Del., passed away in the care of Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del., on April 24, 2019. He was born in 1944 in Milford, Del., to the late Lucien … Continue reading

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