AMA Youth Leadership Award

It’s time to nominate an outstanding AMA youth member for the Academy of Model Aeronautics Youth Leadership Award!

Introduction to the Academy of Model Aeronautics

Are you interested in knowing what the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) has to offer? This video, which was created by AMA's Mark Benson, showcases the various types of model airplanes that members of the AMA community fly and shows how fun flying is!

Completed glider and building tools

How to Build an Indoor Catapult-launch Glider for Science Olympiad

Instructions for creating the type of indoor catapult-launch glider needed for Science Olympiad. Also includes a material list and a video!

How Do I Get Started in Flying Remote Control (RC) Model Airplanes?

Are you interested in flying remote control (RC) airplanes, but you do not know how to get started? You are not alone and the AMA is here to help. This article gives some beginner tips on how you can join this exciting hobby!

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Learn about Life Weight and Thrust in this interactive game

Learn about Pitch, Yaw, and Roll in this interactive game

Learn to build the FPG-9 airplane in this interactive tutorial

Mobile RC Experience

The Academy of Model Aeronautics is proud to have available the Mobile RC Experience – providing your event attendees the opportunity to try flying a radio controlled model aircraft!

AMA Flight School Coloring Activity

DOWNLOAD the AMA Flight School Coloring Activity! Characters based on the on-line Flight School Activities.

Nick Maxwell's "12 Days of Helicopters" Video Series

Have you been thinking about starting to fly RC helicopters? Here is a great video series to help you get started! AMA Youth Ambassador and world-class RC helicopter pilot Nick Maxwell provides suggestions for everything from choosing your first helicopter to selecting the right transmitter.

FLY-RC Magazine Building for Beginners – Part 1

Scott Copeland explains how to build model airplanes and read plans of these airplanes.

GSTV - Getting Started in FPV - Picking Your System

This video is meant to help those starting out in FPV with some advice on getting started on picking out an FPV system.

Flite Test Simple Storch Build Video and Free Plans are Here

Step-by-step tutorial showing how to build the FT Simple Storch, the latest speed build swappable foam board classic warbird airplane from Flite Test.

How Do I Get Started? Flite Test Beginner Series

Share the hobby! Get someone involved. Here is a link to the R/C Plane Beginner series episodes. (always FREE)

Wednesday, December 2, 2015 to Sunday, December 6, 2015

Register now for Camp AMA West!

How would you like to spend your days getting top-notch RC instruction from world-class pilots, and your evenings free to enjoy all Las Vegas has to offer? If you will be 19 years or older and this sounds like a dream vacation, then you will want to get the details about Camp AMA West!

Control Line (CL) model aviation can trace its roots back to the early tethered experiments of Victor Tatin, whose compressed-air powered model was flown round-the-pole in 1879. In the 1920s and 1930s aeromodelers began to take this a step further and actually try and control their whip and powered aircraft in flight. Learn more here!