Today's remote control vehicles – like the Swann Quad Starship – aren't like the simple wired-and-one-way cars of the past. What we've got now are machines that do just about anything, controlled with ...

Most RC planes follow a simple control scheme: elevators for pitch, rudder for yaw, and ailerons for roll. This one-to-one mapping keeps things straightforward, and fewer actuators means less weight.

The fastest ground vehicles on earth are not driven by their wheels but by an aircraft jet engine. At world record speeds, they run on an aerodynamic razor’s edge between downforce, which limits speed ...