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FEATURES
BMFA Electric Lift Challenge
Bruce Corfe reports from the annual contest between universities and school students
Electrickery
Robin Fowler describes how to design your own electric flight power train
Sharpie – FEATURE PLAN
Construct this simple, quick build electric glider, designed by Bill Bowne
Build A Simple Fuselage Jig
George Stringwell shows how to build a quick and easy workshop aid
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Plug In
Editorial plus news, views and comment
Marketplace
The latest electric flight and gliding products
Watts Under The Roof
John Stennard does more exhibition flying and tests a 3-blade scale heli
Scale Soaring
Chris Williams reports from the summer scale gliding events
The Light Fantastic
Chris Golds selects more readers’ models
Diary Dates
The start of the winter indoor events
Small Thrust
John Stennard tests a Saab Gripen
Down Under
A selection of models built by Australian readers, selected by Peter Pine
Over Here
Dereck Woodward describes a unique low-winger from the US of A
REVIEWS
Pitts S-1S
Flight testing Hype RC’s quick to assemble version of the Special biplane
Amigo IV
Neville Hill tries out slope soaring for the first time with the classic Graupner glider
Vanquish 2M
Jon Tappin concludes his review of Extreme Flight’s F3A plane with some useful trimming tips
Maxa 4E
Mike Proctor converts a moulded F3J 4-metre glider into an electric soarer
UMX – The Next Generation
We test some new additions to Horizon’s small scale micro range, a MiG-15 ducted fan and the Carbon Cub SS
Blade 450 X
The editor flies his first flybarless helicopter