Kits

This new competition fun flyer and club sportster from Ripmax will soon be on sale in the UK.  A full ARTF spanning 51" and designed for a .32 – .39 two-stroke engines, it's for four channel R/C. Designed by Ripmax's Alan Wood, it features a thinner wing than the fun fly norm to improve penetration…

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If Gavin Barden's standard Fusion fun fly aerobat (a machine that does well every year at the Nats) isn’t quite big enough for you then you’re in luck. Spanning 76” there’s a lot of the new Mega Fusion but it’s extremely agile too when paired with an 8S Li-Po, 1800 watt electric set-up or a…

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There's just one new release from Multiplex this year in the form of Razzor, a pint-sized, Edge 540 V3 inspired racer that's just gone on sale. Spanning just 24" (620mm), it's moulded using EPO and is available in just Ready-to-Run (RR) form complete with a pre-fitted 2316-1400 size motor, 15 Amp ESC, 7×6 prop, four sub-micro…

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Arriving very shortly, this 114” (2.9m) span motor thermal soarer must be one of the largest models E-flite has produced, it’s certainly an attractive machine, an ARTF boasting a fibre-glass fuselage and built-up S3012 profile two-piece wing, stabiliser and rudder. It's a kit for which you'll need to find your own power system and radio…

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  Two new ultra micro models from E-flite and Parkzone are about to arrive in the UK – An Sbach 342 3D and this Mk.9 Spitfire.  First up, Parkzone's long awaited ultra micro Spitfire. The pretty 16" span machine reveals a number of scale touches not least that four-blade prop. The release adopts the brand's…

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So this is how R/C aeromodelling is panning out these days is it? Plug and play? Bind and Fly? ARTF in the truest meaning of the acronym. It suits me. ‘Daniel-son’ and I had the Radian Pro up in the air an hour after opening the box and that includes the 30 minute drive to…

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  First unveiled at Nuremburg over two years ago, Ripmax have released details of their new ARTF Bullet that's due to go on sale around the end of September. Regarded as an all-time classic sportster, this new ARTF version is some 10% larger than the classic original to accomodate today's crop of powerful i.c. engines. The…

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  The recent demise of the Galaxy Models business has been received with a some sadness but, there's now a little good news. The company's enduringly popular kit range will continue to be available from MyHobbyStore retail who, of course, run RCM&E's plans service. They'll be appearing on the MHS retail site within the next…

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Reviewed here in 2006 under the Air Loisirs brand, this kit is now available under the VQ label. Throughout my aeromodelling ‘career’ I’ve only owned and flown a handful of warbirds, and as a patriotic soul these were all Spitfires. The reputation of the North American P-51 Mustang, however, has grown on me over time…

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The first of Seagull's larger models for 2012 have just arrived in the UK in the form of the Grob Tutor (opposite), Shoestring racer, Sport Cruiser and Piper Comanche. They're attractive, semi-scale, club-size sport models designed for either electric or i.c. power and made using laser-cut balsa/ply and covered in Oracover. Continuing Seagull's trend to…

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