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Powered by two 120-size gas turbines and weighing a healthy 97lb (44kg), Ted Allison’s huge English Electric Lightning is as impressive as the full size. It was one of the show-stoppers at Elvington 2015 and you can see our round-up of all the action starting on page 18. Photo: Alex Whittaker
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Shaun Garrity re-visits an easy-build, single-channel design from 1966 that’s perfect for an inexpensive, 3-channel electric power set-up
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Why not fly in the dark with Lindsay Todd’s distractively different sportster
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Simon Cocker steps out with a very affordable 4m span semi-scale offering from FlyFly
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Black Horse’s new 1. 7m (56”) span semi-scale sportster
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David Ashby holds on tight to Blade’s FPV racer
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Two indoor, park-fly aerobats go head to head, surely shock flyers are all the same aren’t they?
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Often confused for the aircraft Charles Lindberg made famous, Ryan’s Brougham mini airliner is another of those evocative Golden Age machines that model so well. This is Martin Fardell’s ne scratch-built example that flew at the 2015 National Model Flying Championships and worth close inspection on page 120
Photo: Alex Whittaker
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SONNY 1500
If your model flying awareness started in the 1960s then, chances are, you built and ew a Sonny - Graupner’s little free flight glider. Ton Van Munsteren certainly did and if you fancy returning to the simple pleasures then his enlarged, easily- built, 2-channel update is just
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Sometimes a scale model comes along that stops you in your tracks and Derrick Lane’s Fieseler Storch is one such. Saying the 93” span, Laser- powered facsimile is detailed would be to understate what Derrick has achieved. Just turn to page 106 and see for yourself. Photo: Alex Whittaker
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VECTOR
Fancy something a little different that’s inexpensive, easy to build and flies well? Pete Collins’ unorthodox sportster should turn a few heads and you’ll find the plan inside this month’s issue.
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Few sport bipes are as pretty as Chris Foss’ Wots Wot. First introduced as a kit in 1988, an ARTF version followed in 2014 and this new grab’n’go Foam-e is the latest incarnation.
Turn to page 54 and we’ll tell you how it flies.
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A Valach VM 120B2-4T twin petrol engine (120cc) purrs away hauling Gerd Reinsch’s 159” (4m) span Fokker E. 1 at last year’s Cosford show. This impressive model was built from the Paolo Severin kit and is the subject of this month’s Model Magic feature starting on page 120.
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CHARLATAN
Tim Hooper is back with a superb retro-style sport aerobat that flies as good as it looks!
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The Peter Miller design chosen for this year’s Mass Build and lots more!
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Another great selection of reader projects
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Another round up of events taking place around the UK this month
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Holed up in the workshop, Andy Ellison considers some of the latest developments in glider technology
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Brian Winch gets down and dirty with some return bends
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Whittaker’s winter hackery!
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Danny Fenton’s attention turns to painting and detailing his Chipmunk
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Bob Petrie takes his Dolphin to the Raydon fly-in and smuggles a new jet into the house
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Alex Whittaker pops along to the Ashbourne scale meet for a perfect day of flying and ethnic cuisine
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Seagull’s impressively large ARTF Lysander has just arrived in the UK so what better time than for us to bring you a nice scale instrument panel for it! Andy Sephton surveys the dials on page 47.
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BALLERINA
Peter Miller’s latest design, this evocative low-wing sportster offers a no-fuss building experience and ies great. There’s no better home for your four-stroke . 40!
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Tim Hooper shows how easy it is to replace a broken cowl while the Tiger Moth build gets underway
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Brian Winch turns his metal bending skills towards some practical applications
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Simon Cocker files his report after a busy summer of soaring
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SCALE FREE FLIGHT NATS
Alex Whittaker records thrills and plenty of spills as hardy souls negotiate an unyielding tarmac runway
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Ian Turney-White describes his monster Scheibe motor glider, 20 years in the making
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What’s a camera carrying multicopter without a good gimbal?
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Pete Fullard’s impressively modified Westland Wyvern (from the Black Horse ARTF) turns for finals at the National Model Flying Championships at Barkston Heath in August. Pete placed 3rd in the Standoff Scale section and our full report from the scale line begins on page 52 while a Nats round-up starts on page 14.
Picture: David Ashby
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CHAPTER ONE
We thought it was about time Chapter One flyers moved up to an aileron wing, so here it is!
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Richard Harris makes a welcome return with a new autogyro in the form of this fi ne looking, easy-build and easy fl ying machine. If you’ve always fancied a ‘gyro then this is the perfect starting point.
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It’s on every model builder’s construction bucket list so we thought it’s about time you had an incentive. This Mosquito not only looks good but flies really well too and you can read all about it starting on page 50.
Photo: David Ashby
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DE HAVILLAND DH. 98 MOSQUITO - Tony’s ninth-scale wonder might just be our biggest free plan - so big, in fact, that the two pull-out plan sheets continue into the main magazine.
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Don Billingham's immense HP W-10 airliner was built to 1/4-scale, spans 15ft (4. 6m) and uses two Laser 360V twins for power. Seen at a notably bigger and better Cosford show in July, it was one of many models that left a lasting impression and RCM&E was there to capture all the action.
Read the full story starting on page 14.
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One of the most beautiful sea planes ever designed? Supermarine's S6B must surely occupy the top spot and Paul Rice's superb model certainly oozed class when Alex Whittaker popped along to capture the water trials and test flight. Made for an anonymous client, you can read the full story on page 78.
Picture: Alex Whittaker
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Few models leave a lasting impression quite like Matt Jones’ Sea Vixen seen here performing during a PSSA fly-in at the Great Orme, North Wales. It’s a glider but with a museum quality finish that any turbine modeller would be proud of. Simon Cocker has all the details in his latest soaring round-up starting on page 48. Picture: Rez Manzoori
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Foam it may be, yet there's no denying that, Rockstar, the latest release from Multiplex, is an exceedingly pretty drop of aerobatic biplane. Last month we visited the factory and chatted with the designers and this month we send their latest effort skyward.
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A round up of the latest R/C news including a peek at the new Flash 8 radio from Hitec
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A bumper, wallet-busting round-up including another Multiplex release and a revised foam-e WOT
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Sand bags to the rescue, Tx woes and the spirit of Reg!
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The show and fly-in season is gathering pace; make the most of the good weather!
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Lindsay Todd presents his latest retro design, the successor to Dawn Flyer and a pull-out plan you won't want to miss
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WIGGO
Designs say "build me" for a host of different reasons and this new wedge-style sportster is no exception. Make no mistake, heads will turn when Wiggo takes to the air
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No castor-gummed engine is beyond redemption as Brian Winch demonstrates in this photo-step guide
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Cheap ESCs can be a false economy as Nigel Hawes discovers to his horror
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Danny Fenton fettles the Chipmunk for a blemish-free finish
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A mystery engine update and a personal take on RCM&E's outgoing editor
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Pete Lowe's final column charts the goings-on in a balsa-strewn workshop
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Tim Hooper builds a distinctive pod and boom bipe from the vintage era
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The Durine Turbulent has been a favourite amongst aeromodellers for decades and, when you look at Dave Lowe's gorgeous example (this month's Model Magic), it's not difficult to see why.
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All the latest news including FPV Racing circuits and a very clever cowl!
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A Zagi successor and a neat variable pitch prop are among this month’s selection of new kits and bits
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Spring’s here, get out and fly!
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SIPA 200
Steven Jones shares the fun of Sipa’s pocket vampire. Sipa 200 is an easy-build sport jet that flies a treat. Catch his build blog in the forum
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Errant props are downright dangerous, Brian Winch exercises restraint
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Simon Cocker surveys the retail landscape
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Bob Petrie clears his long list of maintenance tasks and manages to avoid buying another jet
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Nigel Hawes mounts a salvage operation
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Whittaker takes a look at the superb results of Peter Iliffe’s winter shed time in the form of the unique Me 334
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Strong icy winds bring out the camaraderie at Wrexham’s 2015 Scale Day
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Who can resist a scale helicopter, especially when it has a bubble for a canopy and a lattice tail? Aye, Ken Winton's crisply detailed Bell 47G is a truly fine example of the scale modeller's art and a gorgeous flyer.
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All the latest headlines from the model flying world, including cross-country details and news of an ARTF tilt-wing
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Eleven more suggestions for this month's course of retail therapy
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Tales of woe, Taranis terrors, and club chat, all topics of conversation in our bumper readers letters section
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The show season cometh so now's the time to start planning your season
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WAGTAIL
Cyril Carr unlocks the potential in Westland's short-lived single-seater with a cute 41" span foamie for a 3s Li-Po
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If at first you don't succeed. . .
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Flying from water is great fun and something all should try. A swathe of ARTF models and floats means it’s easy to find a model to get you started, as Alex Whittaker discovered when he popped along to the inaugural Wet Wings Float Fly. Check out his full report this month.
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News of the new Chris Foss designed ARTF releases for 2015, another reader poll, a sneak preview of the latest Tony Nijhuis design, and lots more!
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