New! November 2024 column: McCoy redheads

July 2024 column: Lithium batteries and accidental fireworks!

October 2023 column: Revisiting the past with a restored Voodoo

December 2022 column: Cleaning engines, buying on eBay, oils

June 2021 column: More on batteries, and a simple Fast Combat plane

March 2021 column: Covering models with laminating film

January 2021 column: Fly Me

December 2020 column: Trainers and test stands

October 2020 column: Learning from building

September 2020 column: Covering a vintage model with exam table paper

August 2020 column: Cleaning up an ugly engine

July 2020 column: Tubing, glue, props, etc.

June 2020 column: Fly by yourself with the Combat launcher

April 2020 column:  Batteries, vintage Combat construction

March 2020 column: Try this at home

October 2018 column: Unexpected directions

May 2018 column: Should we consolidate?

A trip to March Madness See article

March 2018 column: New lessons, old lessons in Fast Combat technology

March 2018 joint column with Buzz Wilson: The madness of contest preparation

February 2018 column: Getting the most out of the Fora .049

September 2017 column: Scattered focus, and what to fly at the 2018 Regionals?

May 2016 column: Frayed lines, stiff wings and little engines

February 2016 column: Finishing the Demon, fun with combat, ASP engines

November 2015 column: Finishing Graffiti models, ASP engines, 1/2-A shutoffs

Gene Pape's collection of vintage 1950s and '60s Johnson engines. Gene Pape photo enhanced by Richard Tapp.

  Gene Pape's complete collection of Fox Combat engines. Top row, from left: Early Stunt .35, first version Combat Special, Black Head Combat Special, Series II Combat Special, Series III Combat Special. Middle Row: Blue Ribbon Special, .35X, first .36X version, .36XBB, Combat Special Mk II. Bottom row: Combat Special Mk III, Combat Special Mk IV, .36 Mk V, Combat Special Mk VI, Combat Special Mk VII. Gene Pape photo