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Your RC Airplane
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RC Plane Lab is the podcast, guide, and community for RC airplane enthusiasts of all skill levels — from your very first trainer to giant scale warbirds.

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Welcome to RC Plane Lab

Whether you're trying to figure out what plane to buy first, looking for help choosing the right motor and battery setup, or just want to geek out about RC aviation with people who love it as much as you do — you've found the right place. Ron, Tom, Dave, and the RC Plane Lab crew have been flying, building, and talking about RC airplanes for years, and we're here to help you do the same.

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The Podcast

New episodes every two weeks covering new releases, build projects, interviews, and everything happening in the RC world.

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Beginner Guides

Never flown before? We cover everything — choosing your first plane, understanding batteries, FAA registration, finding a club, and more.

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Build Logs

Follow along as Ron, Tom, Dave, and friends document their builds and repairs from start to finish — mistakes, fixes, and all.

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The ElectroStreak
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A classic design brought back to life. Laser-cut parts, detailed plans, and limited supply. Built by the RC Plane Lab community, for the RC Plane Lab community.

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Ep 109: Trevor Furlotte

This week Ron and Tom sit down and talk with Trevor Furlotte. Tune in to hear our conversation! 

20 years passed but the same place, the same airplane, the same guy!

Ep 108: We’re Back!!! Again…

We’ve been a little busy on the first part of our break. Tune in as we catch up with each other and chat about everything that’s been going on! 

Ep 106: Summer Fun

Ron, Tom, and Dave sit down and talk about a busy couple of weeks. Dave crashes, Ron buys more airplanes, and Tom maidens a bunch of airplanes on Father’s Day. 

Ep 105: Garry Gilbert

This week Ron and Tom sit down and talk with Garry Gilbert. Garry has a lot of stories to share, including one of him crashing a full size airplane when he was a kid! 

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The Pietenpol that Garry crashed as a kid in 1999

Garry’s childhood airplane ended up hanging in a New Hampshire restaurant and appeared in Model Aviation Magazine!

Garry’s Airplanes

Ep 104: Gasoline Engines

Join Ron, Tom, and Dave as they sit down and talk about the Tri-Motor that came to town, listener questions, converting a gasoline engine for rc use, and setting up a gasoline engine on your airplane.

21:58 Listener Questions

28:54 Gasoline Engine Conversions

55:45 Gasoline Engine Setup

 

Ep 103: Steve Hersh

This week Ron and Tom sit down and talk to Steve Hersh. Tune in to hear our conversation!

Below are some of the pictures Steve sent us.