R/C Sources

There are currently no R/C hobby shops in Waterloo or Cedar Falls.

McCumber's R/C Hobby House in Waverly, IA carries R/C cars, helicopters and drones.  Check their web-page or phone 319-352-1867 for hours as they have limited hours of operation. 

The biggest selection of R/C equipment in Iowa is at Hobby Haven in Des Moines - Phone 800-697-1213 to order - one day delivery to Cedar Falls - Hobby Haven is a full-service hobby store that carries Horizon Hobby, E-flite, SIG and several other product lines.

Product reviews and crazy model airplane videos.  Visit them on YouTube.

These full service online stores carry a wide range of R/C products.

• Banggood - Hong Kong & Ontario, CA - Chinese Drones & Electronics
• Esprit Tech Models - Melbourne, FL
• Gator RC - Algonquin, IL
• Graves RC - Orlando, FL
• HobbyKing - Hong Kong & Portland, OR - products from China
• Horizon Hobby - Champaign, IL & Ontario, CA
• MPI Hobby (formerly MAXX Products) - Columbus, OH
• Motion RC - Cary, IL
• Radical RC - Dayton, OH
• Tower Hobbies - Champaign, IL & Ontario, CA - a division of Horizon Hobby

Note:  When ordering from Banggood or HobbyKing, you can specify warehouse location.  When ordering from overseas, your order can take anywhere from one week to several weeks due to shipping times and US Customs clearance.  Ordering from a US location has normal shipping times of one week or less.

Engines & parts

• Aircraft International - 3W gas engines & propellers - Stuart, FL
• DA Engines - Desert Aircraft gas engines for giant scale aircraft - Tucson, AZ
• Horizon Hobby - DLE, Saito and OS engines - Champaign, IL & Ontario, CA
• Mike Goes Flying - SH engines, Magnum parts - Victorville, CA
• Model Engine Company of America - MECOA - Engines & Parts for many brands including K&B, Fox and Cox 049 - Irwinedale, CA
• RCEXL - R/C gas engine accessories - ignition systems, spark plugs, Opto kill switches - Jinhua City, China - RCEXL does not sell direct - sold by several retailers in the US.
• Tower Hobbies - DLE, OS and Saito engines - a division of Horizon Hobby -  Champaign, IL & Ontario, CA
• Zenoah - Saitama, Japan - gas engines for giant scale - sold by several retailers in the US.

Bearings

• BOCA Bearings - Boynton Beach, FL
• RC Bearings - Castle Rock, CO
• Avid Racing Concepts - Denver, CO

Fuel & Smoke Pumps

• Mpi Fuel Pump - Hand pump for glow or gas - Columbus, OH
• Ohio Superstar - Dave Brown "Six Shooter" manual fuel pumps - New Waterford, OH
• Slimline Products - bought out by Desert Aircraft
• Sullivan SmokeWriter Smoke Pump - Pumps and Buna-N Nitrile tubing for smoke fluid
• RCEXL - Smoke Pumps - RCEXL is in Jinhua City, China and does not sell direct.  Search the Internet for "RCEXL Smoke Pump" to find a US retailer.

Fuel Tanks

• MECOA - Hayes Fuel Tanks & Engine Mounts
• DuBro - glow or gas with #400 Gasoline Conversion Stopper 
• Sullivan - flex tanks for glow, plastic tanks with Gasoline Conversion Kit
• Pre-plumbed Transparent Fuel Tanks are made in China and available on Amazon and eBay.

Fuel Dots - used to plug the fuel fill line on the airplane

• DU-BRO -  Wauconda, IL
• Horizon Hobby - Great Planes & Hangar 9 brands
• Also available on Amazon.com and eBay.com

2-Cycle Oil - mix into gas for gasoline engines

• AMSOIL Dominator Synthetic 2-Stroke Racing Oil - available in Cedar Falls at Blaine's Farm & Fleet and DR PowerSports
• Klotz R/C Modelube Gasburner
• Red Line Two-Stroke Racing Oil - available at Chief Aircraft and O'Reily Auto Parts

Stripped Glow Plug & Engine Repair - Lee Custom Engines

     no web site or email - see ad in "MA Marketplace" in Model Aviation magazine

       Lee Custom Engines

       10112 Woodward Ave.

       Sunland, CA 91040

       Phone: 818-352-3766

Bomb Release - RC bombs, not real bombs!

• Adam Bomb - by Dymond USA - similar to the original Vortac bombs - Monroe, NC
• Aero Accessories Bomb Release - bomb not included - Port Saint Lucie, FL
• E-flite Servoless Bomb Release - bomb not included - Champaign, IL & Ontario, CA
• Candy Dropper by HobbyKing 

Cowls & Wheel Pants

• Fiberglass Specialties - parts for kits & plans - Garfield, AR

Fasteners

• RTL Fasteners - owned by an RC pilot
• Micro Fasteners
• K&J Magnetics - Neodymium rare earth magnets

Hardware

• Du-Bro - a wide range of RC products
• Sullivan Products - Electric Starters, Fuel Tanks, Push Rods and more
• Robart - Fuel Systems, Control Horns and Wheels

Pilot Figures

• Aces of Iron - 1/8 to 1/3 unpainted Scale Pilot Figures
• Best Pilots - will custom make a pilot figure that looks like you! - Tucson, AZ
• Slimline Xtreme Pilots - painted 1/6 or 1/7 scale
• Warbird Pilots - 1/6 to 1/3 scale -- options for servo-controlled head - Cheshire, CT
• Williams Brothers - Unpainted Pilot Figures, Dummy Engines & Machine Guns

Retractable Landing Gear

• Robart - Air and Electric Retracts
• Schulman Aviation - Electric

Scale Parts

• ScaleRcParts.com - 3D printed decorative parts for scale aircraft

Spinners

• Tru-Turn - Aluminum Spinners, Prop Nuts & Hubs and Adapters
• Vortec Spinners - Dave Brown Products - 

Wheels, Floats & Snow Skies

• Ohio Superstar - Tail-wheel Assemblies & Tires
• Robart - Wheels and Struts
• Seaplane Supply - CNC cut foam floats
• Nitro Planes - foam and fiberglass floats
• Maiden Model Products - aluminum snow skies - Wayzata, MN