Looking for a particular RC Plane Lab episode? This index lists every episode with the newest first. Select any title to open its episode page, listen, view the topics covered, and read the transcript.
- Ep 217: RC Fest, Ring of Fire Redemption, and Piper Takes the Mic
- Ep 216: Tom’s Home for One Episode—and Ron Bought a Nitro Plane?!
- Ep 215: Night Flying, A Found Yak, and DIY Light Switches
- Ep 214: Old Beavers, Ironic Howls, and Wing Loading
- Ep 213: New OV-10, Rock Crawlers, Fly-In Recap, and Our RC-Ready Rigs
- Ep 212: Switches, Knobs & Chaos: How We Actually Set Up Our Radios
- Ep 211: Tom Returns (Remotely), Crashes, Cap Builds, and Field Adventures
- Ep 210: A Trailer, a Charger, and a Great Day Flying
- Ep 209: The Beginner’s Lounge, Trailer Upgrades, and the RACores Yak‑55 Assembly
- Ep 208: 2026 Toledo Wrap up, with Daniel and Reggie
- Ep 207: From Trash to Treasure, New Releases, and Swap‑Meet Fun
- Ep 206: Inside the 2026 Toledo R/C Swap Meet & Expo with Hank Rauhaus
- Ep 205: Farewells, Finds, and a Free BF‑109
- Ep 204: What’s in our Hangar?
- Ep 203: What the Fish??
- Ep 202: The 13th Squadron with Jack and Steve Niezgoda
- Ep 201: 2025 End of Year Wrap-Up, with the Wives!
- Ep 200: Listener Questions and Other Stuff
- Ep 199: Swap Meets and Stuff
- Ep 198: Winter Plans
- Ep 197: REPLAY: Halloween Special; Scary RC Airplane Stories
- Ep 196: AS3X+ with Miguel Alvarez
- Ep 195: Greg Stone, Candidate for AMA President
- Ep 194: The Last Fly-In of the Year… Probably. And Other News… 🙁
- Ep 193: Let’s Talk Vintage!
- Ep 192: Tommy fixes his jet, and other stuff
- Ep 191: It is a crash if it breaks!
- Ep 190: It’s not a crash if it doesn’t break!
- Ep 189: New Plane Releases, Drone Shows, and Model Aviation Day
- Ep 188: Rain, Rain, Go Away… Little Tommy wants to Fly!
- Ep 187: Man Down! lol
- Ep 186: Rambling on
- Ep 185: 2025 Joe Nall Wrap Up
- Ep 184: The Good, the Bad, and the Muddy; From Joe Nall with Lee and Fitz!
- Ep 183: FrSky Steve
- Ep 182: New Planes, New Radio, New Trailer!
- Ep 181: 2025 Toledo Wrap Up!
- Ep 180: RC Planes for Beginners, Revisited
- Ep 179: Spring’s here. Now what?
- Ep 178: Dan Landis from Boomerang RC Jets
- Ep 177: Planes, Boats, and Automobiles
- Ep 176: Henry Rauhaus from the Toledo R/C Swap Meet & Expo
- Ep 175: Snow Way!
- Ep 174: 2025, Here we Come!
- Ep 173: 2024 Year End Wrap Up, with the Wives!
- Ep 172: Catching Up
- Ep 171: A Stik-y Episode!
- Ep 170: You Sunk My Sailboat, with Terry Dunn
- Ep 169: Soft Tires, Soft Landings
- Ep 168: REPLAY: Halloween Special; Scary RC Airplane Stories
- Ep 167: Oops, Dave did it again!
- Ep 166: When are airplane markings offensive?
- Ep 165: Ron Crashes, more maidens, and other things…
- Ep 164: Illini Jets, AS3X+ installs, maidens, and more!
- Ep 163: Tommy visits another hobby shop, and more!
- Ep 162: Dave’s Remote ID Module, and other stuff
- Ep 161: Many Maidens and the big Spektrum Update
- Ep 160: MB-339 Maiden, Sullivan RC Products Announcement, and Other Stuff
- Ep 159: The Basics of Fabric Covering
- Ep 158: RC Fest and the Ring of Fire
- Ep 157: Joe Nall 2024 Wrap Up
- Ep 156: Let’s Talk Swap Meets!
- Ep 155: Ron and Reggie
- Ep 154: Listener Questions
- Ep 153: What the Torc, Man?
- Ep 152: Oh Micro Draco, I couldn’t resist
- Ep 151: Tommy feels pity for Ron
- Ep 150: The 150th Episode
- Ep 149: Strip – Repair – Repeat
- Ep 148: 2024, here we come!
- Ep 147: 2023 Wrap up, Featuring our Wives
- Ep 146: Shop Safety
- Ep 145: Tommy’s Back!
- Ep 144: Jet update and other stuff
- Ep 143: Nothing in particular!
- Ep 142: REPLAY: Halloween Special; Scary RC Airplane Stories
- Ep 141: Flaps and Field Boxes
- Ep 140: Reno, Remote ID Delay, Crashes, and the Streator Fly In
- Ep 139: Daniel Taylor
- Ep 138: A Dynamic Balsa trip, and the Illini Jets fly in
- Ep 137: AirVenture Wrap-Up
- Ep 136: Spektrum SkyID announced, Ron’s 2 maidens, and Dave crashes!
- Ep 135: Ron got a Twimber! Oh… And Reggie’s Back… 🙂
- Ep 134: Eli Tow, ARF Bashing, and Other Stuff
- Ep 133: Just the two of us…
- Ep 132: The Joe Nall 2023 wrap up
- Ep 131: Lee and Fitz from The RC Roundtable Podcast at Joe Nall
- Ep 130: Jim and Jeff from the Rhode Island Aeromodelers at Joe Nall
- Ep 129: Tom’s Vintage Airplane Swap Meet Find
- Ep 128: Toledo
- Ep 127: The Unicorn!
- Ep 126: Rob Pemberton
- Ep 125: Let’s talk ARFs!
- Ep 124: Nice Weather, and Listener Questions
- Ep 123: Plans, Planes, and Covering
- Ep 122: Craig Straub
- Ep 121: 2023, Here we come!
- Ep 120: The Wives are back for our Year in Review
- Ep 119: Ali Machinchy – Horizon Hobby Product Developer and Marketing Manager
- Ep 118: Electro Streak Winter Build Announcement, Crash Stories, and New Planes
- Ep 117: Bjorn Baal from RMJ Machine Worx
- Ep 116: Terry Dunn
- Ep 115: An Oopsie, a Crash, and Our Winter Group Build
- Ep 114: We’re Live!
- Ep 113: Reggie’s got a story to tell
- Ep 112: Rain, Rain, Go Away!
- Ep 111: Fly RC Nation, and Listener Questions
- Ep 110: What a week it’s been
- Ep 109: Trevor Furlotte
- Ep 108: We’re Back!!! Again…
- Ep 107: Tony Lewis
- Ep 106: Summer Fun
- Ep 105: Garry Gilbert
- Ep 104: Gasoline Engines
- Ep 103: Steve Hersh
- Ep 102: Matt and Joe from the Aviation RC Noob Podcast
- Ep 101: David Boito, author ”Valley Fliers”
- Ep 100: The 100th Episode!
- Ep 99: Jeffrey Arsenault
- Ep 98: ISDT Air8 charger, BattAir Plugins, and other stuff
- Ep 97: Bob Ferry
- Ep 96: Toledo
- Ep 95: Jim O’Camb
- Ep 94: Inspirations and listener questions
- Ep 93: Reggie’s Back!
- Ep 92: Servo problems and a few Listener Questions
- Ep 91: Dave Taylor
- Ep 90: Discord, Chipmunks, and Tom’s new airplane
- Ep 89: Speak Softly and Fly a Big Stick!
- Ep 88: Kitbashing, and Listener Questions
- Ep 87: What’s your number?
- Ep 86: The Wives are Back… Again!
- Ep 85: Ron and Tom go to a hobby shop.
- Ep 84: Ron and Tom go to a swap meet. What did they get???
- Ep 83: Profile Foamies
- Ep 82: Ron goes to a swap meet, and how to make your landing gear look beefier
- Ep 81: REPLAY: Halloween Special; Scary RC Airplane Stories
- Ep 80: Ron‘s Crashed Extra 300 has been found, Fuel Proofing an Airplane
- Ep 79: Rolls Royce Spirit of Innovation, and the FAA‘s Survey of UAS Operators
- Ep 78: Listener Questions, Part 2
- Ep 77: Listener Questions, Part 1
- Ep 76: How High Should You Fly?
- Ep 75: The Telemaster is Finished! For real this time…
- Ep 74: Crashing Sucks!
- Ep 73: Keeping planes organized, Ron buys another airplane, Tom breaks some stuff, and other things…
- Ep 72: TRUST, and a Bunch of Other Stuff
- Ep 71: Syncing Nitro Engines
- Ep 70: We’re Back! Diesel engines, Listener Feedback, and Questions.
- Ep 69: Best of Episode: Electric Motors, ESCs
- Ep 68: Best of episode – Batteries!
- Ep 67: We’re Taking a Break, and How Many Channels Do You Need?
- Ep 66: Retractable Landing Gear Setup
- Ep 65: Let’s Talk Landing Gear!
- Ep 64: Starlink Update, Be a Guest, and Listener Questions
- Ep 63: Cutting and Installing Canopies, Pilot or No Pilot, and our new Listener Survey is live!
- Ep 62: The Six Rules for Setting up a Servo
- Ep 61: All about Servos – Sizes, Types, and Parts
- Ep 60: Balancing Propellers
- Ep 59: All about Hinges.
- Ep 58: Glues, Homemade Tools, and Listener Questions
- Ep 57: Ron Orders Starlink, Airplane Sizes, and Listener Questions
- Ep 56: Radio Giveaway Starts Now! And Tri-Motor Talk, both our RC Model and the Full Scale Airpane.
- Ep 55: So, you crashed. Can it be fixed? And who’s Duellist was faster???
- Ep 54: Radio Giveaway, Tri-Motor Project, and Listener Questions
- Ep 53: Saving Money in the Hobby
- Ep 52: The Duellists have Flown!
- Ep 51: Remote ID
- Ep 50: The Wives are Back!
- Ep 49: Happy Holidays, Wing Incidence, and Wing Fairings
- Ep 48: Brian Burcar from Dynamic Balsa
- Ep 47: Listener Questions
- Ep 46: Duellist talk, and Fat Albert
- Ep 45: Blue Angels, Duellist Talk, What Are We Thankful For?
- Ep 44: Winter is Coming, and more Duellist Updates
- Ep 43: Flight Trimming an RC Airplane
- Ep 42: Duellist Updates, and a Primer on Balsa Builds
- Ep 41: Halloween Special; Scary RC Airplane Stories
- Ep 40: Scratch Building, Listener Questions, and What Makes an Airplane Big?
- Ep 39: Happy Birthday Tom, How to be a Better Pilot, Listener Mail
- Ep 38: Propellers. Propellers? Air Screws!
- Ep 37: New Forums! Bending Landing Gear Wire, a Good Book to Read, and Fusion 360 Software
- Ep 36: We’re on Patreon! Ron built a third Duellist Wing, Vacuum Bagging the Wing, UMX Airplanes, and Listener Questions
- Ep 35: Warped Wings, Retracts, and Listener Mail
- Ep 34: We bought a friggin laser! What’s the AMA? And gas vs glow.
- Ep 33: Tom buys an Ajusto-Jig, Ron fixes the Duellist wing, What to expect at a Fly-In, and what a spotter does.
- Ep 32: Breaking the Duellist, 3D Printers, and Fuel Tank setup
- Ep 31: Bees, Buddy Boxes, and Biplanes
- Ep 30: Starting the Duellist, Telemaster problems, Types of wood for building, and Listener Questions
- Ep 29: Our First Guest, Reggie Washington
- Ep 28: The Wives Take Over the Studio!
- Ep 27: Building spaces, and a few announcements
- Ep 26: The Trash Can Telemaster is finished! And Listener Questions…
- Ep 25: Plans, and Plan Resizing
- Ep 24: A Properly Stocked Flight Box
- Ep 23: Our Flying Field’s Open House, and Wing Flutter
- Ep 22: Basic Fasteners and Field Etiquette
- Ep 21: Telemaster issues, Tom’s old friends, and Tom forgets to do a preflight.
- Ep 20: Electric Motors, ESCs, and how to choose the best electric power system for your airplane
- Ep 19: Flying an airplane, Tom’s receiver problem, and Listener Questions
- Ep 18: Storing Airplanes, Ron is Cursed, and Listener Questions
- Ep 17: What keeps you coming back?
- Ep 16: Intermediate RC Airplanes
- Ep 15: Rebuilding a Nitro Engine
- Ep 14: Updates #4
- Ep 12–13: Nitro Engines, Parts 1 and 2
- Ep 11: What Powers Your Radio?
- Ep 10: Updates #3
- Ep 9: How to Make Wing Sheets
- Ep 8: RC Airplane Receivers
- Ep 7: Updates #2
- Ep 6: What Can Your Transmitter Do for You?
- Ep 5: It’s All About the Pre-Flight
- Ep 4: Updates and Listener Feedback
- Ep 3: RC Planes for Beginners
- Ep 2: RC Plane Projects and a Ford Trimotor Scratch Build
- Ep 1: Meet the Hosts of RC Plane Lab