RC Plane Lab

By Ron Hull, Tom Dale, Dave Taylor

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Subscribers: 34
Reviews: 2
Episodes: 172


 Mar 5, 2022
Great show. I love Ron and Tom!


 Jun 6, 2020

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Welcome to RC Plane Lab, a podcast for anyone who likes RC airplanes! We’ll share tips and tricks on how to build models and how to be a better pilot. Visit us at RCPlaneLab.com to sign up for our email list and to ask us questions. You can also text us or leave us a voicemail at 818-351-9846.

Episode Date
Ep 172: Catching Up
Dec 14, 2024
Ep 171: A Stik-y Episode!
Nov 30, 2024
Ep 170: You Sunk My Sailboat, with Terry Dunn
Nov 16, 2024
Ep 169: Soft Tires, Soft Landings
Nov 02, 2024
Ep 168: REPLAY: Halloween Special; Scary RC Airplane Stories
Oct 31, 2024
Ep 167: Oops, Dave did it again!
Oct 19, 2024
Ep 166: When are airplane markings offensive?
Oct 05, 2024
Ep 165: Ron Crashes, more maidens, and other things...
Sep 21, 2024
Ep 164: Illini Jets, AS3X+ installs, maidens, and more!
Sep 07, 2024
Ep 163: Tommy visits another hobby shop, and more!
Aug 24, 2024
Ep 162: Dave's Remote ID Module, and other stuff
Aug 10, 2024
Ep 161: Many Maidens and the big Spektrum Update
Jul 27, 2024
Ep 160: MB-339 Maiden, Sullivan RC Products Announcement, and Other Stuff
Jul 13, 2024
Ep 159: The Basics of Fabric Covering
Jun 29, 2024
Ep 158: RC Fest and the Ring of Fire
Jun 15, 2024
Ep 157: Joe Nall 2024 Wrap Up
Jun 01, 2024
EP 156: Let's Talk Swap Meets!
May 04, 2024
Ep 155: Ron and Reggie
Apr 20, 2024
Ep 154: Listener Questions
Apr 06, 2024
Ep 153: What the Torc, Man?
Mar 23, 2024
Ep 152: Oh Micro Draco, I couldn't resist
Mar 09, 2024
Ep 151: Tommy feels pity for Ron
Feb 24, 2024
Ep 150: The 150th Episode
Feb 10, 2024
Ep 149: Strip - Repair - Repeat
Jan 29, 2024
Ep 148: 2024, here we come!
Jan 13, 2024
Ep 147: 2023 Wrap up, Featuring our Wives
Dec 30, 2023
Ep 146: Shop Safety
Dec 16, 2023
Ep 145: Tommy’s Back!
Dec 02, 2023
Ep 144: Jet update and other stuff
Nov 18, 2023
Ep 143: Nothing in particular!
Nov 04, 2023
Ep 142: REPLAY: Halloween Special; Scary RC Airplane Stories
Oct 28, 2023
Ep 141: Flaps and Field Boxes
Oct 07, 2023
Ep 140: Reno, Remote ID Delay, Crashes, and the Streator Fly In
Sep 23, 2023
Ep 139: Daniel Taylor
Sep 09, 2023
Ep138: A Dynamic Balsa trip, and the Illini Jets fly in
Aug 26, 2023
Ep 137: AirVenture Wrap-Up
Aug 12, 2023
Ep 136: Spektrum SkyID announced, Ron’s 2 maidens, and Dave crashes!
Jul 29, 2023
Ep 135: Ron got a Twimber! Oh... And Reggie’s Back... :)
Jul 15, 2023
Ep 134: Eli Tow, ARF Bashing, and Other Stuff
Jul 01, 2023
Ep 133: Just the two of us...
Jun 17, 2023
Ep 132: The Joe Nall 2023 wrap up
Jun 03, 2023
Ep 131: Lee and Fitz from The RC Roundtable Podcast at Joe Nall
May 23, 2023
Ep 130: Jim and Jeff from the Rhode Island Aeromodelers at Joe Nall
May 20, 2023
Ep 129: Tom’s Vintage Airplane Swap Meet Find
May 06, 2023
Ep 128: Toledo
Apr 22, 2023
Ep 127: The Unicorn!
Apr 08, 2023
Ep 126: Rob Pemberton
Mar 25, 2023
Ep 125: Let’s talk ARFs!
Mar 11, 2023
Ep 124: Nice Weather, and Listener Questions
Feb 25, 2023
Ep 123: Plans, Planes, and Covering
Feb 11, 2023
Ep 122: Craig Straub
Jan 28, 2023
Ep 121: 2023, Here we come!
Jan 14, 2023
Ep 120: The Wives are back for our Year in Review
Dec 31, 2022
Ep 119: Ali Machinchy - Horizon Hobby Product Developer and Marketing Manager
Dec 17, 2022
Ep 118: Electro Streak Winter Build Announcement, Crash Stories, and New Planes
Dec 03, 2022
Ep 117: Bjorn Baal from RMJ Machine Worx
Nov 19, 2022
Ep 116: Terry Dunn
Nov 04, 2022
Ep 115: An Oopsie, a Crash, and Our Winter Group Build
Oct 22, 2022
Ep 114: We’re Live!
Sep 24, 2022
Ep 113: Reggie’s got a story to tell
Sep 17, 2022
Ep 112: Rain, Rain, Go Away!
Sep 10, 2022
Ep 111: Fly RC Nation, and Listener Questions
Sep 03, 2022
Ep 110: What a week it’s been
Aug 27, 2022
Ep 109: Trevor Furlotte
Aug 20, 2022
Ep 108: We’re Back!!! Again...
Aug 13, 2022
Ep 107: Tony Lewis
Aug 06, 2022
Ep 106: Summer Fun
Jun 25, 2022
Ep 105: Garry Gilbert
Jun 18, 2022
Ep 104: Gasoline Engines
Jun 11, 2022
Ep 103: Steve Hersh
Jun 04, 2022
Ep 102: Matt and Joe from the Aviation RC Noob Podcast
May 28, 2022
Ep 101: David Boito, author ”Valley Fliers”
May 21, 2022
Ep 100: The 100th Episode!
May 14, 2022
Ep 99: Jeffrey Arsenault
May 07, 2022
Ep 98: ISDT Air8 charger, BattAir Plugins, and other stuff
Apr 30, 2022
Ep 97: Bob Ferry
Apr 23, 2022
Ep 96: Toledo
Apr 16, 2022
Ep 95: Jim O’Camb
Apr 09, 2022
Ep 94: Inspirations and listener questions
Apr 02, 2022
Ep 93: Reggie’s Back!
Mar 26, 2022
Ep 92: Servo problems and a few Listener Questions
Mar 19, 2022
Ep 91: Dave Taylor
Mar 12, 2022
Ep 90: Discord, Chipmunks, and Tom’s new airplane
Mar 05, 2022
Ep 89: Speak Softly and Fly a Big Stick!
Feb 19, 2022
Ep 88: Kitbashing, and Listener Questions
Feb 05, 2022
Ep 87: What’s your number?
Jan 22, 2022
Ep 86: The Wives are Back... Again!
Jan 08, 2022
Ep 85: Ron and Tom go to a hobby shop.
Dec 25, 2021
Ep 84: Ron and Tom go to a swap meet. What did they get???
Dec 11, 2021
Ep 83: Profile Foamies
Nov 27, 2021
Ep 82: Ron goes to a swap meet, and how to make your landing gear look beefier
Nov 13, 2021
Ep 81: REPLAY: Halloween Special; Scary RC Airplane Stories
Oct 31, 2021
Ep 80: Ron‘s Crashed Extra 300 has been found, Fuel Proofing an Airplane
Oct 30, 2021
Ep 79: Rolls Royce Spirit of Innovation, and the FAA‘s Survey of UAS Operators
Oct 15, 2021
Ep 78: Listener Questions, Part 2
Oct 02, 2021
Ep 77: Listener Questions, Part 1
Sep 18, 2021
Ep 76: How High Should You Fly?
Sep 04, 2021
Ep 75: The Telemaster is Finished! For real this time...
Aug 21, 2021
Ep74: Crashing Sucks!
Aug 07, 2021
EP 73: Keeping planes organized, Ron buys another airplane, Tom breaks some stuff, and other things...
Jul 24, 2021
Ep 72: TRUST, and a Bunch of Other Stuff
Jul 10, 2021
Ep 71: Syncing Nitro Engines
Jun 26, 2021
Ep 70: We're Back! Diesel engines, Listener Feedback, and Questions.
Jun 12, 2021
Ep 69: Best of Episode: Electric Motors, ESCs
May 29, 2021
Ep 68: Best of episode - Batteries!
May 15, 2021
Ep 67: We're Taking a Break, and How Many Channels Do You Need?
May 01, 2021
Ep 66: Retractable Landing Gear Setup
Apr 24, 2021
Ep 65: Let's Talk Landing Gear!
Apr 17, 2021
Ep 64: Starlink Update, Be a Guest, and Listener Questions
Apr 10, 2021
Ep 63: Cutting and Installing Canopies, Pilot or No Pilot, and our new Listener Survey is live!
Apr 03, 2021
Ep 62: The Six Rules for Setting up a Servo
Mar 27, 2021
Ep 61: All about Servos - Sizes, Types, and Parts
Mar 20, 2021
Ep 60: Balancing Propellers
Mar 13, 2021
Ep 59: All about Hinges
Mar 06, 2021
Ep 58: Glues, Homemade Tools, and Listener Questions
Feb 27, 2021
Ep 57: Ron Orders Starlink!, Airplane Sizes, and Listener Questions
Feb 20, 2021
Ep 56: Radio Giveaway Starts Now! And Tri-Motor Talk, both our RC Model and the Full Scale Airpane.
Feb 13, 2021
Ep 55: So, you crashed. Can it be fixed? And who's Duellist was faster???
Feb 06, 2021
Ep 54: Radio Giveaway, Tri-Motor Project, and Listener Questions
Jan 30, 2021
Ep 53: Saving Money in the Hobby
Jan 23, 2021
Ep 52: The Duellists Have Flown!
Jan 16, 2021
Ep 51: Remote ID
Jan 09, 2021
Ep 50: The Wives are Back!
Jan 02, 2021
Ep 49: Happy Holidays, Wing Incidence, and Wing Fairings
Dec 26, 2020
Ep 48: Brian Burcar from Dynamic Balsa
Dec 19, 2020
Ep 47: Listener Questions
Dec 12, 2020
Ep 46: Duellist talk, and Fat Albert
Dec 05, 2020
Ep 45: Blue Angels, Duellist Talk, and What Are We Thankful For?
Nov 28, 2020
Ep 44: Winter is Coming, and more Duellist Updates
Nov 21, 2020
Ep 43: Flight Trimming an RC Airplane
Nov 14, 2020
Ep 42: Duellist Updates, and a Primer on Balsa Builds
Nov 07, 2020
Ep 41: Halloween Special; Scary RC Airplane Stories
Oct 31, 2020
Ep 40: Scratch Building, Listener Questions, and What Makes an Airplane Big?
Oct 24, 2020
Ep 39: Happy Birthday Tom, How to be a Better Pilot, Listener Mail
Oct 17, 2020
Ep 38: Propellers. Propellers? Air Screws!
Oct 10, 2020
Ep 37: New Forums! Bending Landing Gear Wire, a Good Book to Read, and Fusion 360 Software
Oct 03, 2020
Ep 36: We're on Patreon! Ron built a Third Duellist Wing, Vacuum Bagging the Wing, UMX Airplanes, and Listener Questions
Sep 26, 2020
Ep 35: Warped Wings, Retracts, and Listener Mail
Sep 19, 2020
Ep 34: We bought a friggin laser! What's the AMA? And gas vs glow.
Sep 12, 2020
Ep 33: Tom buys an Ajusto-Jig, Ron fixes the Duellist wing, What to expect at a Fly-In, and what a spotter does.
Sep 05, 2020
Ep 32: Breaking the Duellist, 3D Printers, and Fuel Tank Setup
Aug 29, 2020
Ep 31: Bees, Buddy Boxes, and Biplanes
Aug 22, 2020
Ep 30: Starting the Duellist, Telemaster problems, Types of wood for building, and Listener Questions
Aug 15, 2020
Ep 29: Our first guest, Reggie Washington
Aug 08, 2020
Ep 28: The Wives Take Over the Studio!
Aug 01, 2020
Ep 27: Building spaces, and a few announcements
Jul 25, 2020
Ep 26: The Trash Can Telemaster is finished! And Listener Questions...
Jul 18, 2020
Ep 25: Plans and Resizing
Jul 11, 2020
Ep 24: A properly stocked Flight Box
Jul 04, 2020
Ep 23: Our Flying Field's Open House, and Wing Flutter
Jun 27, 2020
Ep 22: Basic Fasteners and Field Etiquette
Jun 20, 2020
Ep 21: Telemaster issues, Tom's old friends, and Tom fails to do a preflight
Jun 13, 2020
Ep 20: Electric motors, ESCs, and how to choose the best electric power system for your airplane
Jun 06, 2020
Ep 19: Flying an airplane, Tom's receiver problem, and Listener Questions
May 30, 2020
Ep 18: Storing Airplanes, Ron is Cursed, and Listener Questions
May 23, 2020
Ep 17: What keeps you coming back?
May 16, 2020
Ep 16: Intermediate RC Airplanes
May 09, 2020
Ep 15: Rebuilding a Nitro Engine
May 02, 2020
Ep 14: Updates #4
Apr 25, 2020
Ep 13: Nitro Engines, Part 2
Apr 25, 2020
Ep 12: Nitro Engines, Part 1
Apr 25, 2020
Ep 11: What powers your radio?
Apr 18, 2020
Ep 10: Updates #3
Apr 11, 2020
Ep 9: How to Make Wing Sheets
Apr 11, 2020
Ep 8: Receivers
Apr 11, 2020
Ep 7: Updates #2
Apr 05, 2020
Ep 6: What can your transmitter do for you?
Apr 03, 2020
Ep 5: It’s all about the Pre-Flight!
Mar 28, 2020
Ep 4: Updates and Listener Feedback
Mar 28, 2020
Ep 3: RC Planes for Beginners
Mar 21, 2020
Ep 2: RC Plane Lab
Mar 21, 2020
Ep 1: An Introduction!
Mar 04, 2020