October 2016 RCM&E issue preview!

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ON THE COVER

Arguably the Fairey Fantome certainly matched the Hawker Fury when it came to sleek lines, yet it was never to see mass production. Owned and flown by Jamie Cuff and designed and built by Alan Brown's to 1/6-scale, you can find out about this evocative model starting on page 110


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GHOST RIDER 38

Shaun Garrity is back to revive a fine flying Boddo classic. Perfect for three- channel R/C, why not do something a bit different and fit a 2.4GHz Galloping Ghost set-up?

HANGAR MONKEY

Mike Bell designed and flew this pretty retro-style sportster some ten years ago so, thoroughly tested, we thought it was time you had the plan


COLUMNS

WIZARD OF OZ

Brian Winch finds out why Walbro carbs have been so successful

ON SILENT WINGS

Finding time to re-maiden his B-52, Simon Cocker takes issue with some errant carbon

WEEKENDERS

Whittaker examines a classic engine, new trad’ kits and solves the meaning of life

BENCH BLOG

Tim Hooper resurrects a neglected motor glider, builds a Tiger tank and sorts the Citabria's struts

ON THE EDGE

With a huge sigh of relief, Andy Ellison finally gets some air under the mighty DG-600's wings


REGULARS

SWITCH ON

A new fun flyer from Ripmax, M&R at 21 and a ‘heads up’ for the World F4 Champs

COUNTERPOINT

More of life's ‘essentials’

ALL WRITE

Over to you…

GOING PLACES

Time to make the most of what's left of the Summer season

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NEXT ISSUE

RCM&E's annual Special Issue will be packed full of tutorials and a rather fine Mitsubishi Zero plan


FEATURES

PILOTS’ PICTORIAL

Highlighting your projects

NATS SCALE LITE

Alex Whittaker captures all the action at the National Scale Championships

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A SPIT WITH A DIFFERENCE

Rich’ Harris assembles and flies the product of a 3D printing machine

GPS V2

FrSky's very versatile telemetry sensor

RUNNING A GLOW ENGINE

Got that engine running? Steve Hargreaves has advice to make sure it keeps going

SLOPE OF THE MONTH

The big rock

SEALAND

Proving that a broken model should never be discarded, Jeff Barringer's first flying boat rises from the wreckage of a Carbon-Z Cub

MODEL MAGIC

Jamie Cuff's fine Fairey bipe

CRIMP AND SAVE

As Tim Kearsley explains making bespoke servo leads is easier than you think

PARTING SHOT

Time for a singalong


REVIEWS

PROCTOR

Looking to get into larger EDF jets? Black Horse have the very thing…

GEMINI

Brian Winch fires up a classic four-stroke twin from O.S.

TIMBER

A float-equipped go-anywhere model sees David Ashby dropping in at the local pond

ACROWOT XL

Rob Stenhouse goes large with the classic Foss aerobat


It's an issue you won't want to miss so be sure to pop along to your newsagent or model shop and pick up your copy for just £4.99. Better still, why not save yourself some money over the long run, grab a gift and get your copy before anyone else by subscribing? Don't forget the Subscriber Extras too!

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