Quiet & Electric Flight International May 2012

Contents:

FEATURES

WRAM 2012
Bill and Micki Bowne take a tour of the popular US model show

Let’s Sand
Bill Bowne makes up some handy sanding tools

Topaze – Part 1
Chris Williams describes the build of his sleek Scheibe-Loravia scale sailplane

Align 700E
Leading 3-D heli pilot, Stuart Mott shows us aroundhis favourite helicopter

One Person’s View
John Stennard gets ready to fly a model using First Person View




REGULARS

Editorial
News, views and comment

Marketplace
New electric flight and gliding products

Watts Under the Roof
John Stennard looks at new UMX micros and a mini F3P model

Scale Soaring
Chris Williams describes how to take model pictures to be proud of

Diary Dates
Our listing of comps and flying shows starts to fill up

Current Affairs
Stephen Mettam offers advice on preparing batteries for summer flying

Over Here
Dereck Woodward reports from E Fest at the University of Illinois

The Light Fantastic
Chris Golds looks at another batch of readers’ models

Small Thrust
All the latest electric jet news from John Stennard

Down Under
It’s not just the UK that gets windy flying weather. Australia suffers too, as Peter Pine finds out




REVIEWS

OSMAF Ballerina
Roger Traynor builds a laser cut kit of a Vic Smeed classic

AS3X Triple Review
We fl y the Beast 3D, Gee Bee R2 and mQX quadcopter

SkyZone Explorer 1500
Kevin Crozier goes thermalling with a quick assembly glider

Multiplex Easy Star II
Frank Skilbeck tests an updated version of the curved wing favourite

MVM Vulture
Mike Proctor reports on a moulded 3.5 m glider for eSoaring and F5J