The Aviation RC Noob

This Episode Matt and Joe sit down with Guests Travis , Brian and Lee and Talk about America's Top Swap Meet and Expo. You may not believe what's been going on there. Podcast Links https://discord.gg/dpjGee6dtP www. Patreon.com/aviationrcnoob/ www.aviationrcnoob.com https://x.com/noob_rc Email Us Aviationrcnoob@gmail.com matthew@avationrcnoob.com Joe@aviationrcnoob.com #RC #Aviation #Noob...

Ep 110 - We’re just Wingin’ it We are talking Sasha Portnoy about Flying.  What we’ve been up to? Learning Solid works, Fluid modeling. (Fusion,OnShape CAD) - RC Aircraft. Search Rescue. Vtol - Wings. Innovation - Booming Flerken - Taking lessons - Tricopter -  Backpack - FRysky tandem. BG109 13 squadron - Puri, 400% Puri Link Nick Rehm - Thinkflight - Foam board -  MH60 https://plans.modelaircraf...

ARCN Ep 109 - Wing Cubic Loading & Buildruary 2026 Matt and Joe sit down again to talk about what Wing Loading is, and how you can use it in RC and easy ways to calculate it for your next build. Along with some industry news on the FCC, and a new Air Taxi (Drone) in NYC. Along with Matt’s new 18650 1s Toothpick drone build to be able to finally get comfortable with flying quadcopters. Lastly M...

Matt talks about the Veteran’s day Warbird Local Event,  Merry Christmas from Joe and I to you and yours. This Episode Matt is bringing some news about new US restrictions on Components. So Stay Tunes He will also review his Warbird Event  Airplane: https://sportaviation.mydigitalpublication.com/december-2025 Podcast Links https://discord.gg/dpjGee6dtP www. Patreon.com/aviationrcnoob/ www.aviation...

Joe and Matt get together again to catch up and talk about Mosaic, DJI Ban, FAA and a possible Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS), and our last month in aviation as we ready for 2025's Build season. Lessons Learned  Mark your Battery when the plane is flying well. New Maneuvers - 3 Accidents High Battery Timers Podcast Links https://discord.gg/dpjGee6dtP www. Patreon.com/aviationrcnoob/ www.a...

The Episode the Guest hosts from last episode continue our conversation, now focus in talking to Guest Jarrod Roetenberger and learn about how he has grew his passion for RC Aviation Design and Exploration, designing some leading edge Foam Planes, to develop a career as a pilot, and Aerospace Engineer. I am sure you will enjoy this amazing Episode. Podcast Links https://discord.gg/dpjGee6dtP www....

Ep 105 - FliteFest 2025 Recap, with Jarrod Roetenberger, Travis Charboneau and Brian Phillips The Episode your host Matt Allen (FoamyDM) Recaps the Flite Fest of 2025 with his Friends Brian Phillips (Rara), Travis Charboneau and guest Jarrod Roetenberger (Zephyr1). Sit back relax and enjoy this episode focused on our experiences of a flight festival worth travelling across the globe for some to en...

ARCN Ep 104 -  Class G with Travis Charbonneau Visiting FF’25 struck your Host Matt as a group of two things. 1. A great way to get started in the hobby (STEM and EZ packs) and 2. a fun way to get together with like-minded plane enthusiasts and do something you can do nowhere else. 60+ plane combat every 3hrs, and/or build Big and Crazy! If you’re here you likely are interested in RC Aviation. You...

ARCN Ep 103 - Fast 3D Printing with Joy After trying Joe’s new (Anycubic Kobra2) loaned 3D printer, Matt realizes the 3D printing market may have made a generation skip. It seems as though print times are reducing by orders of magnitude. (5x+ faster) So I reached out to Richard Joy again to talk about what impact these new high-speed printers are affecting what people are doing in RC. Richard’s Pr...

This week Joe and Matt Get together this week to talk about up and coming RC events and then some, as well as catching up about their adventures in RC Aviation.

ARCN Ep 101 - 5 Noob rules for your 1st plane It‘s a new year. With new years come new Hobbies. If you’re here you likely are interested in RC Aviation. You are in the right place. The episode we help you with 5 rules for selecting your first few planes. We also talk about our adventures, and the pile of RC and Full Scale Aviation News this past month. Lastly The podcast just turned 5! https://www...

Episode 100 - Part 4 A New Way to Fly with Al Bowers - *Giveaway* If you listen carefully enough you can hear the moment that our minds are blown. Al Bowers, retired NASA Scientist and engineer, honors us with a detailed conversation about his Prandlt-D Project. Join us as we talk about how it came about, its challenges, and how it may change aviation completely. This project did more than tested...

Episode 100 - 3 - Who is Albion Bowers Anyway? (He’s the Best) Do you want to glimpse into what might make a NASA engineer? We did too. Matt and Joe talked to Albion Bowers. Al is a retired Chief Scientist and Project Engineer over his 37 year career at NASA. He talks with us about his atypical upbringing, and the path that has led his career to discover and help implement lifesaving measures in a...

Episode 100 - 2 - History of X-15 with Al Bowers Our Knowledgeable guest Al Bowers shares a rarely known fact about the History of the X-15. Matt and Joe continue their conversation with Albion Bowers, Retired NASA Chief Scientist and Project Engineer, over the innovative and groundbreaking Experimental X-15 project. This craft still holds the powered manned flight speed record, and has played a c...

You won’t believe what NASA Scientist and Engineers get up to when they retire from a life of groundbreaking research. In Episode 100, part 1 Joe and Matt get the honor of talking to Albion Bowers, a retired Chief Scientist and Project Engineer at NASA our of the Dale Reid Subscale research lab in California about the conversation about his passion projects outside his full career at NASA where he...

ARCN Ep 99 - AA guns with Ethan Jacobs, Joe and Matt Reconnect It’s been a while since Joe has been on the show outside of Flight Fest, Matt and He take a moment to reconnect and Catch-up. In addition, listen in as Matt talks again with Builder Extraordinaire Ethan Jacobs about the story of how his AA gun came about and developed. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_L/60_gun Some Com...

Welcome Back! As Hurricane Debbie approaches, NC is on the cusp of 3 solid days of rain. It got me thinking about Float Flying around with RC water Fowl. So, naturally I wanted to talk to our past guest Richard Joy - my English friend living in California (FF 2023). Today we talk about the things he has recently learned about float flying, or flying off water. He will share his earned top 5 things...

This episode Matt and Joe take a road trip with Jesse Hampton and visit the largest Foam Flight Festival - Flite Fest, Hosted by Flite Test. Please accept our apologies for the road noise on the end of trip debrief.

Episode 96 – Murphy’s Law Welcome back. We’ve missed everyone. Please accept our apology for unexpected gap. This Episode Matt And Joe catch up with each other about Murphy’s Law, the Hobby, the ever changing plans for Flite Fest ‘24, and what they look like at the moment. On top of that we talk about Plane History of the first jet and jet engine creator and the Heinkel He 178. Tune in! Timeline ...

Today Matt is Joined by the Hetterscheidt family. They talk about their experiences and pitfalls entering into the RC Aviation Hobby. Larry (CaptainVideo) is joined by his sons Joe and Nate as they share their entry into the hobby and advise to newcomers today. Podcast Links https://discord.gg/dpjGee6dtP www. Patreon.com/aviationrcnoob/ www.aviationrcnoob.com Email Us Aviationrcnoob@gmail.com matt...

ARCN Ep 94 - Hangar Rash Prevention Today Joe and Matt are going to talk about ways to store your planes. Cover a US Federal Ban on Chinese Drones. Ramy RC’s C-17 maiden flight. And the RedBull F1 Chaser Quad. Matt Also interviews some Hobbyists Captain Video about their experiences. We will talk about our journey through the hobby, ARCN Community events. These are our experiences, and we are not...

Episode 93 - RC Composite - Strong, Light weight Today Matt and I get to sit down again with our friend Red Jensen. special guest Robert “Red” Jensen who is a Class I & II SUAS Chief Pilot, Master UAS Technician, and the Model Lab Operations Engineer at Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research lab at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Edwards AFB. Designer and Builder of the IF-1 Reno Racer and...

Today Joe and Matt talk about our top 5 Places for RC aviation goods in early 2024.  Discord https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/SAAB_35_Draken_performing_the_Cobra_maneuver.gif RTFs  Local Hobby Store Horizon Hobby https://www.towerhobbies.com www. Alofthobbies.com ARFs https://www.motionrc.com https://www.horizonhobby.com https://www.racedayquads.com https://www.getfpv.com https:...

ARCN Episode 91 - RC & Ultralights Aerodynamics Today we have the great Pleasure and honor to speak with a Leon S. Searl a youtuber who has informed and inspired thousands regarding the Effort and Details and thought process it takes that go into designing Ultralight Aircraft in the USA. We also will talk about our Journey in aviation, the History of the Ultralight and Events and the ARCN comm...

Today we talk about the 5 easiest ways to get into the hobby and talk about our latest escapades. https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?threads/ftfc24-buildruary-build-off-challenge.75080/ https://aviationrcnoob.com/ep-7-batteries/ https://www.flitetest.com/articles/lipo-safety Podcast Links https://discord.gg/dpjGee6dtP www. Patreon.com/aviationrcnoob/ www.aviationrcnoob.com Email Us Aviationrcno...