Contents...
REGULARS
PRE FLIGHT
Introducing this issue
TAKE OFF
Latest R/C model flying news
SHOP WINDOW
A look at the latest R/C products
SILENT SCALE
Scale model gliders, with Chris Williams. Chris starts building a Bergfalke IV and shows how to strengthen the wings of a popular ARTF K8
ON THE SLOPE
Ian Mason looks back at notable slope soaring events of 2014 and shows how to install wing servos in moulded gliders
ON WITH THE SHOW
Dave Bishop joins the RCMW crew with stories past and present from his model show commentary box
ROTARY WINGS
Richard Morris shakes the box and out drops the Blade 180 CFX pre-built helicopter ready for action
DIARY DATES
Our monthly event calendar starts to fill up with spring and summer flying dates
THE SPORT CHANNEL
Gray posts in another selection of sport model topics
REVIEWS
ROC-HOBBY F2G SUPER CORSAIR
Bright red and racy! Brian Cooper is in his element when flighttesting a foam warbird tweaked for top speed
BALSA USA STUDENT TRAINER
Balsa USA have put a new spin on the word ‘trainer’ by providing a kit that teaches you how to make a built up R/C model from balsa and plywood. Neville Hill clears his building board
GYRO-CUT AND EASY ROUNDEL KIT
Bill Bowne tests Crafty Products’ pen-style tool for clean and easy cutting of heatshrink and stick on covering films, as well as the associated roundel cutting kit
HITEC FLASH 7
Andrew James takes a close look at the latest 7-channel 2.4 GHz radio control system from Hitec, supplied with an Optima seven-channel receiver and ready for telemetry
FEATURES
GRUMPY SKYLARK
Peter Miller finds a new home for a pair of .12 cu in glow engines within the nacelles of his Grumman inspired sports twin
TALKING TO YOU…
Adding telemetry sensors to an R/C aircraft is a popular development and now you can even hear your model’s flight data. John Stennard listens in as his Spektrum set talks back
OOPS! I DID IT AGAIN
If you’ve been model flying for any length of time chances are that you accidentally removed an undercarriage set or two. Chris Bowler shows how he put the wheels back on a favourite aerobatic model
ROLLS-ROYCE CHRISTMAS FLY-IN
Neil Hutchinson braved the snowy conditions in late December to visit Grantham DMAS’ Christmas Fly-In, which had relocated from Barkston Heath to a chilly runway at Rolls-Royce Hucknall
SUNFISH
Splash! Bill Bowne’s first attempt at designing an R/C floatplane to the task like a duck to, well… water! So much so that we persuaded him to draw up a CAD plan of his pretty 31.25” wingspan electric puddle jumper
NUREMBERG TOY FAIR
It’s that time of year again as we pay a visit to the R/C hobby trade’s premier trade show to see what’s new and hot at the annual Spielwarenmesse Nürnberg
F3P TRANSPORT BOX
Donatas Pauzuolis describes how he makes boxes from foam sheet and plywood in which to transport his lightweight indoor aeroplanes
LUFTWAFFE SIAMESE TWINS
Franco Bugada digs into the history of Heinkel’s conjoined glider tug, the Zwilling, which was fabricated from two He 111 bombers. Franco finishes his article by describing Angelo Montagna’s amazing five-engine replica of this eye-catching aeroplane
VIRGINIA AVIATION MUSEUM
The latest stopover on Bill and Micki Bowne’s road trip to visit some of the USA’s lesser-known aviation museum was at VAM, East of Richmond, Virginia, where they found plenty of possible subjects for R/C scale amongst the museum’s collection of rare and unusual airframes
AN ITCH TO SCRATCH
In part two of his short series on own design models Bill Bowne passes on wing, fuselage and tail proportions averaged out from a large number of popular R/C monoplane designs
