ON THE COVER
To coincide with the UK debut of the Arrows Hobby foamie warbird range, Graham Ashby gives the Grumman F8F Bearcat a run for its money and concludes that it's not half bad. Spanning 1100mm and suitable for the benchmark 3S 2200mAh LiPo, it's a warbird with practicality and performance written all over it. Read our full review, undertaken all weathers and all conditions, on page 12 and see if you don't fancy one yourself. Photo: David Ashby
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STARSTREAM 2
Originally designed in the late 1960s, Ray Malmström's unorthodox free-flight ducted fan design has been given a modern R/C makeover. Shaun Garrity talks us through the build
PIPER PAWNEE
From the designer of November's Snap Dragon and the massively popular Panther autogyro comes Piper's classic workaday crop sprayer and general-purpose aerial tractor. Rich Harris is on a roll!
regulars
SWITCH ON – Special Feature
StickMover is an R/C flying aid that claims to be able teach you aerobatic manoeuvres by developing ‘muscle memory’. Dave Roberts digs deeper
COUNTERPOINT
Kits, blingy bits, gadgets and gimmicks, lock up yer lolly or risk losing it on impulse
ALL WRITE
Readers’ letters. Have your say in RCM&E's gentlemanly equivalent of Speakers’ Corner
GOING PLACES
Indoors is where it's at. Check out the latest and greatest undercover events, right here
R/C MARKETPLACE
Shift those unwanted airframes and splash out on a few new ones, you're worth it
NEXT ISSUE
No less than 3 FREE plans, our mid-range radio round-up, photography tips, columns, kit reviews, news, views and oodles more
reviews
F8F BEARCAT
Graham Ashby adopts another cat and discovers an airframe and LiPo match that's made in heaven
RADIOLINK AT9S
Simon Cocker finds the relative complexity of a four servo glider wing comprehensively absorbed by RadioLink's budget-busting 10-channel club radio
PA-18 SUPER CUB
Multi-purpose bush-style sportsters have been hugely popular over the last few of years, David Ashby gets all ‘Bear Grills’ with the latest from FMS
SPOT ON 120R
Lindsay Todd sharpens up his aerobatic act with World Models’ very capable F3A machine
features
10 TOP TIPS…
For getting out and flying in the cold, damp winter weather
THE POWER & THE GLORY
Alex Whittaker hot-foots it to Langar to witness a refreshingly youthful 2018 UK Freestyle Masters competition
PILOTS’ PICTORIAL
Send us a photo of your latest and greatest and we'll show the world
IN PROFILE
John Stennard gets acquainted with a brace of easy build, inexpensive, profile micro models
JET THRUST
Say's Bob Petrie: “This year I need to stop buying stuff and fly all the lovely things I own.” Can he possibly do it?
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REBORN RAZORBACK
For those with an eye on creating a one-off scale model, ARTF kits are not to be sniffed at. Alex Whittaker examines a case in point
RADIO ROUND-UP
In the first of a three-part mini series David Ashby looks at entry-level transmitters and surveys the popular options
SINBAD THE SAILOR
Roy Thompson takes a trip back in time with a sedate golden era, stick and tissue glider that's ripe for radio
PARTING SHOT
R/C through the lens
columns
JUST-F-FUN
Determined to drag us kicking and screaming back to the halcyon days of the Keil Kraft era, David Ashby uses single-channel to rein in a classic free-flighter
WIZARD OF OZ
Let it be known that a wrecked intake manifold doesn't necessarily mean ‘curtains’ for your favourite engine. Brian Winch picks up the pieces and gets gluing
BENCH BLOG
Out of his electric comfort zone, Tim Hooper completes his current squeeze and joins the brethren of the oily rag
ON SILENT WINGS
Simon Cocker examines a way of refreshing your sailplane's appearance, ponders decades of detritus, prep's his fleet and anticipates a record breaking foamie
RETRO RAMBLINGS
Shaun Garrity delivers a potted history of a pioneering model aviator before opening his mailbox
WEEKENDERS
After years of charging his batteries with a makeshift collection single output devices, Alex Whittaker finally ‘gets rid’ and finds the right tool for the job
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