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REVIEWS
PARROT BEBOP
In the first of a two-part review we present an overview of the new Parrot Bebop quadcopter, which sports an all-seeing eye in the form of a 180 degree fisheye lens, as well as being controlled by a monster size R/C style flight controller
BALSA USA STUDENT TRAINER
Neville Hill and the Editor share flying duties as the BUSA ‘wood building trainer’ takes to the air after a very long wait for suitable weather conditions
MACWET GLOVES
We continue our seasonal quest for the perfect R/C flying gloves with a look at some high grip gloves that are favoured by enthusiasts who are involved in a wide variety of outdoor pursuits
MONOLOG 70
The Editor seeks to advance his precision aerobatic skills by assembling a super sleek pattern model from BJ Craft. It’s safe to say that he was impressed!
REGULARS
PRE FLIGHT
Introducing this issue
TAKE OFF
Latest R/C model flying news
SHOP WINDOW
A look at the latest R/C products
LIGHT FLIGHT
This month John Stennard dedicates his small model column to explore the flight potential of a micro four-engined B-17 bomber, both indoors and out, and he also constructs an F-16 with vectored thrust from a sheet foam kit
GADGETS & GEAR
Our high tech new products column relocates to Germany to catch up on the latest R/C developments on show at the Nuremberg Toy Fair, including radios, engines, a few more planes and, the rising stars of the show, the drones!
SOARERS’ SLOT
Mike Proctor recommends a good publication to read if you have concerns over the use of Lithium Polymer battery packs in your gliders, and he builds a Reichard Magic Special for 2 metre eSoaring
ON WITH THE SHOW
We welcome the UK’s favourite model show commentator, Dave Bishop, to the RC Model World team to relate some of the many stories that he has collected from his involvement in aeromodelling across the years
DIARY DATES
Two packed pages of summer model flying events
THE SPORT CHANNEL
Gray writes on another selection of sport model topics
FEATURES
BLACK GOLD
As the indoor flying season comes near to its end, Donatas Pauzuolis introduces the amazing carbon F3P models made by Alexey Lantsov, who describes his favourite building material as ‘black gold’
NOVICE E
Sometimes one of our free pullout plans gets lots more attention than is normal, and we have high hopes that this will be the case for Sid King’s simple electric powered sports model – especially as we are developing a laser cut wood kit for it! It should do well as its IC powered sibling was a top selling Cotswold Kit
SPITFIRE FOAM WINGS
Chris Freeman has developed a well proven method for fabricating tapered foam cores, which can then be used to produce balsa skinned versions of those famous elliptical wings
MULTI ROTOR OPERATION
When fl ying drones for commercial use you need to get qualifications. Chris Bowler outlines some of the requirements when flying multicopters in a professional capacity
P-39 AIRACOBRA
Do you remember Keil Kraft’s Flying Scale Series of small rubber powered models? And how the shapely fuselages were built up using stringers? Colin Baxter sought to emulate this lightweight construction when building his 41 inch wingspan scale model of the famous mid-engined Bell fighter
ARE YOU UNHINGED?
Hinging control surfaces is one of those jobs that is often rushed and poorly executed, and which is the cause of all too many crashes. Loris Goring shows how to fi t hinges securely so that your control surfaces stay firmly attached
WARBIRDS AT 12 O’CLOCK HIGH!
Barry Vaught reports from Frank Tiano’s ‘Classics & Warbirds’ event, held in late season sunshine at Lakeland, Florida
HORIZON INSIGHT DAY
We take up an invitation to watch one of the UK’s leading distributors at work as Horizon Hobby promote their latest products to a wide selection of model retailers
AN ITCH TO SCRATCH
For part three of his short series on scratch built models, Bill Bowne starts working up a plan by starting with a simple side view of the fuselage
