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  John Buxton (photo courtesy of rcspeeds.com) Spencer Lisenby's Dynamic Soaring world record has just been broken by John Buxton. Flying in the California hills over the last weekend, John pushed the record to 445mph using a 100" span Kinetic glider. John and Spencer have been steadily breaking records records over the last year and with…

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We brought news of Tony Nijhus’ massive Boeing B-50, one of the largest electric powered models in the world, last year and we’ll have Tony’s full account of the project in the next (June 2010) issue of RCM&E. Popping down to see him and photograph the model last week, we were joined by a freelance national news…

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The sad news has reached us that David Boddington passed away on 10th April after a long illness. He was 77.  The former RAF pilot, model designer, kit manufacturer, writer and magazine editor leaves a lasting legacy and will be greatly missed.   There’s little that Boddo, as he was affectionately known, hadn’t achieved throughout a prolific…

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Bert with the Sprinter prior to its unplanned journey. A Kent based model flyer is celebrating the return of a model for which he’d long since given up hope. Bert Prail last saw his 1.75m span Reichard Sprinter disappearing into the blue yonder last summer – a consequence he attributed to flying too high and…

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We reckon that Silverlit’s PicooZ heli’ is the best selling R/C model of all time, resplendent in its smart 2010 body, and remaining an infra-red vehicle, we also think a 2.4GHz version is long overdue.  EDF continues to see a huge amount of development and is now knocking on the (small) turbine door, so to speak. These beautiful…

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The free plan in the Feb 2010 issue of RCM&E is this sweet little park-fly Bristol Fighter from Cyril Carr. Cyril has kindly sent in some build photos that we’ve uploaded to an album that should serve to assist builders. 

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2/2/10 – the results are in! Click here to see them. The established wisdom is that mode 2 flyers exceed the number of mode 1 flyers by a substantial margin but does that still hold true? Are geographical variations apparent? Is there a North/South divide? Are there any mode 3 or 4 flyers out there? We asked everyone to…

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The unusual yet attractive Colomban Luciole, the November issue free plan, is another great design from Peter Miller’s drawing board.  The 60″ span machine is for .18-.21 two-stroke engines and features flaps along with the usual controls. Peter has kindly downloaded some build photos and you can chat to Peter and other Luciole builders in…

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First Person View (FPV) flying has just passed a milestone with the formation of the British First Person View Model Flying Association. The BFPVMFA lists its goals as: 1. To promote the safe enjoyment of First Person View model flying. 2. To represent FPV model flyers in discussions with other bodies, specifically the CAA and…

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The All Things That Fly podcast is a weekly R/C flying ‘radio’ show from the USA that’s free to download or listen to from the ATTF website or itunes.  

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