Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) | Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) | Int'l RC Helicopter Association (IRCHA)
League of Silent Flight (LSF) | National Association of Rocketry (NAR) | National Free Flight Society (NFFS) | Society of Antique Modelers (SAM)

Technically, the difference between a motor and an engine is that a motor is powered by non-chemical means like electricity or a rubber band. An engine is powered by chemical or phase change means such as gasoline or steam. The terms used to be freely interchanged a lot more freely back before electric motors became as prevalent in model airplanes, helicopters, boats, and cars. There was no real ambiguity since electric power in any "real" model was virtually unheard of. Today, if you tell someone that you have a motor in your airplane, he will assume that it is powered by a battery. Likewise, if you say your helicopter uses and engine for power, it is assumed you have an internal combustion powerplant installed.

As part of the many items I have scanned and posted from vintage modeling magazines, these pages feature primarily engines and motors. A lot of the old content is still relevant for contemporary modelers, especially for gasoline and glow fuel power.

• CO2 Power is Coming Back
      April 1969 American Aircraft Modeler
• Cox Babe Bee .049 Engine Cox Engine
      Operation & Troubleshooting Guide
• Babe Bee: New Member of the Cox Family
      April 1957 American Modeler
• Cordless Electric Flight Motors
      July 1973 American Aircraft Modeler
• Cox Golden Bee .049 Engine
• Cox Thimble Drone PeeWee .020 Engine
• DP-03 CO2 Model Airplane Motor
• Designing a Ducted Fan
      February 1971 American Aircraft Modeler
• Dyna-Jet Engine
      June 1957 American Modeler
• Engine Idling Secrets
      November 1962 American Modeler
• Eureka Importing Company "Tiger Jet" Advertisement
      July 1957 American Modeler
• Fox 15 C/L Engine
• Fox 35 C/L Stunt Engine
• Gentlemen, Start Your Engines!
      August 1969 American Aircraft Modeler
• How Bill Wisniewski Reworks His Engines
      June 1957 American Modeler
• Inside the Two-Cycle Engine
      February 1968 American Aircraft Modeler
• Jetex Motors & Fuel Pellets
• McCoy .35 Red Head C/L Engine
• Model Motor Museums
      November 1959 American Modeler
• Model Motor Museums (part 2)
      December 1959 American Modeler
• Norvell .15BB Revlite C/L Engine
• O.S. 25 LA Engine
• Outboard Model Boat Motors
• Rubber Motor Testing
      August 1968 American Aircraft Modeler
• There's a Wankel in Your Future
      June 1968 American Aircraft Modeler
• Thimble-Drome Piper Super Cub 105
      October 1957 American Modeler
• The Wright Cyclone 9 Radial Aircraft Engine
      by Monogram