Special Issue 2012

Hoorah, it's time for our super Autumn Special! The extra issue that we slip between our October and November issues. Subscribers receive it and it's in the shops 21st September.


REVIEWS
10 STOLP STARLET
Andy Ellison spends quality time with a long cherished model

36 GROB TUTOR
The RAF’s basic trainer receives the ARTF treatment

46 MXS-R
Seagull’s new pocket rocket

114 ALBATROS
Parkzone’s pretty RTF bipe


FREE PRO PLAN
60 HARVARD
It’s time for Tony Nijhuis to deliver another warbird masterpiece


MODEL MAGIC
86 LAVOCHKIN LA-7
Alex Whittaker gets up close and personal with Mick Burrell’s stunning warbird


FACTORY VISIT
111 TMMY SCALE
Simon Cocker visits a Thai factory and highlights a fine range of hand-made composite scale ARTFs.


R/C TUTORIALS
16 UP AND AWAY
Fed up with those dodgy take offs? You’re in luck as we present the ultimate guide to leaving the ground behind

29 QUESTION OF BALANCE
A badly balanced prop isn’t good, good job Dr Winch has a cure

41 LI-PO REFURB’
There life beyond a dead cell as Nigel Hawes explains

52 SONG OF THE FOUR-STROKE
Alex Whittaker takes a practical look at the four-stroke glow engine

70 SERVO CHATTER
Ever wondered what makes a servo tick and which to choose? Shahid Banglawala has the answers

79 EP WHAT?
Struggling to tell EPO from EPS? Fear not! Foam clarity is at hand – types, glues, paints – it’s all here

89 FLYING START
Dave Royds looks at what you’ll need to operate a bungee catapult launch system

99 BIPLANE BLUES
Don’t let perceived complexity stand in your way of multi-winged ownership – Tim Hooper shows how

105 GETTING BACK
Re-joining the hobby after a break? Lee Smalley makes sense of the many changes you’ll encounter


AIRCRAFT DESCRIBED
96 BLOOD RELATIVES
Dave Roberts charts the Harvard’s extensive lineage


COMPETITION TIME!
27 BANDIT
Roll up, we’ve a Precision Aerobatics Bandit and power system worth £280 to give away to a very lucky reader!


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Readers in North America should look for this cover >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>