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  Multiplex have just released details of a new model due to go on sale early Summer 2011.   DogFighter is an attractive, 34" (882mm) span, EPO foam, cartoon scale warbird that's not too far removed from later marks of Spitfire.   It's designed to have good slow speed handling yet to move quickly with neutral handling…

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    We've just added some video taken while test flying the Seagull's 63" span PC-9. The model is reviewed in the upcoming December 2010 issue of RCM&E.  Click here to go to the video section.                

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  Area 51 are now sole UK distributors for the SebArt range the latest addition to which is this Sebach 342 30e reviewed in the July 2010 issue of RCM&E.     I popped along to Area 51 at the weekend. They're the UK distributors for a number of popular brands including SebArt, Hacker, FunTech and Xoar among…

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Zulu ET plan builders should be aware of an error in the plan published with the October issue of RCM&E. The model, a sport/trainer has two formers that were incorrect.   That's the bad news but the good news is that designer Lindsay Todd is running a step-by-step, photo build blog (link below) and here you'll find…

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I'm not sure why we do this to ourselves. It's easy to start a photo competition but choosing a winner is a near impossible task to the extent that it's taken us nearly a month to arrive at a conclusion. The standard has been amazingly high which means we've been kicking the entires around, debating…

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Bertie Barnstormer certainly polarised opinion during his 6 year reign in RCM&E. Here’s a typical offering from 2004. MONDAY Now is not the time to be complacent. The reactionary forces of political correctness are coming soon to a flying field near you. Do not think for one minute that the effete and out-of-touch British Establishment…

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  Once in a while a product comes onto the market that endeavours to turn model flying on its head and challenge the thoughts of those who believe aeromodelling has nothing more to offer. I say this after coming back from the first flight of my Graupner Funky Chicken which, in model flying terms, provided…

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Alan Wood's venerable Waveguide, a throwback to a typical single-channel model. It’s a funny thing, but people will often spend hundreds of pounds on a model, yet begrudge £2.50 at a Swapmeet for a sheaf of excellent balsa. Us modellers have funny values; we’ll happily blow a fortune on a fancy new engine, whilst keeping…

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We post many thousand of copies of RCM&E around the world every month yet, with the best will in the world, sometimes a few magazines don't reach their intended destination. Below you'll find the contact information required if seeking assistance, be it for a magazine or a subscriber gift that hasn't arrived.   SUBSCRIBER QUERIES (Magazine and subscription…

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