ON THE COVER
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.
FREE PRO-PLAN
Tim Hooper is back with a superb retro-style sport aerobat that flies as good as it looks!
REGULARS
SWITCH ON
The Peter Miller design chosen for this year’s Mass Build and lots more!
PILOT’S PICTORIAL
Another great selection of reader projects
COUNTERPOINT
Essential kits and bits
ALL WRITE
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GOING PLACES
Another round up of events taking place around the UK this month
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We’ll have a nice semi-scale park flyer plan for you and lots more!
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COLUMNS
ON THE EDGE
Holed up in the workshop, Andy Ellison considers some of the latest developments in glider technology
WIZARD OF OZ
Brian Winch gets down and dirty with some return bends
WEEKENDERS
Whittaker’s winter hackery!
MAKE IT SCALE
Danny Fenton’s attention turns to painting and detailing his Chipmunk
JET THRUST
Bob Petrie takes his Dolphin to the Raydon fly-in and smuggles a new jet into the house
FEATURES
FULL SPAN
The big picture
AUTUMN GLORY
Alex Whittaker pops along to the Ashbourne scale meet for a perfect day of flying and ethnic cuisine
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ZERO TO HERO
New multi-rotor for Christmas? You need our flight-training course
FPV TO GO PT.3
It’s time to consider ground station equipment choices
WET WINGS
Lindsay Todd joins the float-shod crowd at Car Mill
KEY POINTS PT.6 – STALLS!
Read this and you’ll never need fear the dreaded stall!
CLASSIC COCKPITS – MIRAGE
Andy Sephton pops across la Manche to survey a classic delta
PARA-RC
Control line flying of an entirely different nature
THE KNOWLEDGE
Your guide to i.c. engine mounting
MODEL MAGIC
Gerd Reinsch’s monster Eindekker!
PARTING SHOT
The latest pylon-racing trend comes to Essex
REVIEWS
18SZ
Futaba’s new 18-channel touchscreen radio system
L-13 BLANIK
Mike Freeman flies Hacker’s EPP semi-scale glider
SPIDEX 3D
A little aerobatic quad for the office or home
SUPER EZ
If you’re just starting out then this new trainer from FMS should be on your shortlist
BEARCAT
Liam Swarbrick returns to a popular trad’ kit that heralded the electric flight era
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