RADIO CONTROL MODELS AND ELECTRONICS
December 2019
ON THE COVER…
As 2019 comes to a close we thought we would warm you up with a picture taken on a hot summer's day of the VQ Models Piper Tri-Pacer, reviewed in this issue by Mike Austin. Turn to page 18 for more information on this lovely looking light aircraft.
REGULARS
SWITCH ON
Latest drone registration news, plus a round-up of other model flying affairs
COUNTERPOINT
A fresh selection of new gadgets, kits and bits for your consideration
ALL WRITE
Readers’ letters. Have your say in RCM&E’s monthly chat room
PILOTS' PICTORIAL
Send us a picture of your favourite model and you could win a prize courtesy of 4-Max Models
GOING PLACES
The indoor flying season is now under way. Find out what’s going on in your area
R/C MARKETPLACE
Shift those unwanted airframes and engines, and splash out on a few new ones
NEXT ISSUE
Big Ben strikes! Have a look at what's coming in the first issue of RCM&E for 2020
PARTING SHOT
As Jon Harper's Curtiss HS-2L seaplane takes a dive, Chuck Clark captures it 'on film', so to speak.
REVIEWS
PIPER PA-22 TRI-PACER
Mike Austin assembles VQ Models’ version of an attractive Piper trike
FEATURES
MODEL MAGIC
Avro 504, a warrior turned trainer. Alex Whittaker is left slack jawed by Steve Jackson’s gorgeous scale biplane
FIXING MOTOR DIRECTION
The humble servo tester is one of the most useful bits of kit you’ll own and, as David Ashby describes, it’ll do more than just test servos
SUNSET SCALE
Alex Whittaker rubs shoulders with the hard men of scale during the Free Flight Scale Nationals at Barkston Heath
LIPO DISCHARGER
Complete discharging of a defunct LiPo is an essential element of the disposal process. Ian Perry comes up with a DIY solution
SLOPE SOARING SABRE
Join the Power Slope Soaring Association's Mass Build of the N.A. F-86 Sabre, described by Martin Gay, who designed the model together with Gordon Studley
COLUMNS
JUST FOR FUN
David Ashby takes his glider dolly slope soaring and works hard to reduce the UK’s stock of acetate sheet by moulding his own canopy
AEROBATIC SCENE
Top competition pilot Keith Jackson sets about keeping us better informed of developments with pattern style model aircraft
POWER PLAY
Mark Wood joins RCM&E as our new engine columnist. In his first article he investigates the reduced numbers of internal combustion engines at the flying field
MAKE IT SCALE
Triumphant at the Control Line Scale Nats, Danny Fenton reports from a sun soaked Barkston Heath
JET THRUST
Bob Petrie gets some air under his Panther’s wings and surveys a jet powered 3D demon
RETRO RAMBLINGS
Shaun Garrity remembers Remcon, a British manufacturer of kit-built R/C sets, made available via electronic hobby magazines in the UK and Europe
WEEKENDERS
Alex Whittaker discusses the practical uses of the bench test kit and field support gear that he has collected over many years
ON SILENT WINGS
Simon Cocker brings us another gliding column, including a Staffs scale slope do and his monster size build of an RCM&E pull-out plan
FREE PRO-PLAN
HW-4 FLAMINGO
For his next 1/5-scale glider design, Chris Williams turns to a Brazilian sailplane dating from 1947
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