RCM&E June 2011 This issue
Includes:: COLUMNS WEEKENDERSAlex Whittaker bends his TT40 & scouts around for a replacement FLY ELECTRICEver busy, Nigel Hawes puts his EDF Panther through its paces & embarks on a trio of new projects ROTORSPORTHeli maiden coming up? Martin Stonestreet provides a checklist REVIEWS MINIMOARob Stenhouse chills with Art-Tech’s vintage gull-winger YAK MASTER EPPJamara’s resilient outdoor shocky becomes the perfect 3D practice tool for Colin Fretwell COCKPIT SXAdded bling & a fi stful of extra features make Multiplex’ updated entry level radio diffi cult to ignore POWAWALKER CARGOLong way to the patch? Then you’ll be needing one of these!RYAN NAVIONCivil aircraft fans are guaranteed to adore Seagull’s appealing sport-scale low-winger P-51 MUSTANGCan you really have too many Mustangs? David Ashby casts an eye over E-fl ite’s new ‘B’ REGULARS SWITCH ONLatest news & events from the world of R/C fl ying COUNTERPOINTEleven indispensable items for your delight & delectation GOING PLACESGet out & get amongst it, there’s plenty happening this spring!ALL WRITEMore letters, more opinions, more feedback – readers’ have their say R/C MARKETPLACECheck out our FREE readers’ ads & bag yourself a springtime bargain NEXT ISSUEWe’ve stacks in store for July. Can you afford to miss it? FEATURES MODEL MAGICPaul Metcalf’s scratch-built Tempest II has it all, even a Moki radial!SUBSCRIBE…… And be the proud owner of a FREE Sky Wizard, three-channel, gyro equipped R/C heli!SPRING SYMPOSIUMWe visit the LMA’s season starter to see what’s been happening in some of the larger sheds across the land MAKE IT SCALETony Nijhuis tackles the thorny question of canopy retention in his latest teach-in WHAT GOES UPThink you know what’s happening when a model turns? David Burton looks beyond the obvious TEN ESSENTIAL SKILLS…… Every model fl yer should develop THE WAY WE WEREMemories, what memories, from nineteen hundred & sixty-nine POWAWALKER COMPA golden opportunity to win £250 worth of comfort & convenience PARTING SHOTR/C through the lens WORKSHOP DB SE5 Step inside the editor’s workshop for an update on his 1/4-scale SE5 build PRO-PLANS DH MOSQUITOSample some classic warbird action with Rob Caso’s gorgeous version of de Havilland’s wooden wonder SOPWITH PUPNeed a home for that Park Zone ultra micro R/C gear?