A radio-controlled USS Enterprise. How does it fly? That was my first question after skimming the e-mail I got this morning from Hobby Media blogger Francesco Fondi, so I jumped straight to the ...

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Radio signals controlled switches, which energized the boat's propeller, rudder, and scaled-down running lights—simple enough in concept, but quite difficult to accomplish with existing devices.