RCM&E March 2011 Volume 54 Issue 3 Included in this months RCM&E: COLUMNSTOTALLY TRADITIONALWith the passing of his P-47 build, Pete Lowe looks to the next chapter FLY ELECTRICNigel Hawes has traditional building fi rmly in his sights WEEKENDERSRumbled by the committee, out manoeuvred by the chairman & abandoned by Parry, Whittaker lives his worst nightmare WIZARD OF OZBrian Winch lights the spark ignition fi re before settling down with a pair of knitting needles REGULARSSWITCH ONLatest news & views, including the results of our 2010 Hobby Awards!COUNTERPOINTYet more indispensable items for your delight & delectation ALL WRITEHave your say in Britain’s best-selling R/C fl ying magazine GOING PLACESPlaces to go, people to meet, models to see
- it’s all here!R/C MARKETPLACECheck out our FREE readers’ ads & bag a bargain NEXT ISSUEOur annual visit to Nuremberg beckons & we’ll be returning with a large disk full of images. See what’s coming our way in 2011WORKSHOPDB SE5 Graham Ashby’s been hard at it & returns with a progress update REVIEWS HARVARD 120 Colin Fretwell gets familiar with the Black Horse Texan TOPSKY 2 VIPERAndy Ellison returns to the DLG fray & takes a top sportster out for a spin CARBON-Z YAK 54 David Ashby lifts the lid on E-fl ite’s latest foam aerobat DIAMOND 1800 Given the success of the Diamond 2500, Art Tech’s R&D team would’ve been mad not to follow it up NEMESIS NXTSeagull’s pretty, 56” span racer FEATURESIN THE BLEAK MIDWINTERAlex Whittaker samples the lifeaffi rming qualities of Barkston’s Xmas meet WHAT GOES UPDavid Burton zooms in on the strange shapes occurring at the wing tip SUBSCRIBE……and bag yourself a FREE transmitter case!AIRCRAFT DESCRIBEDMore than 70 years on, the Harvard is still training fi ghter pilots. Dave Roberts explains why...SPOTLIGHT ON A SOPWITHChris Poyser’s superb high-hours Pup gets the paparazzo treatment TEN THINGS……every club instructor should know BETTER BY DESIGNDave Royds concludes his do-ityourself design tutorial THE WAY WE WERESpring is in the air as Kevin Crozier peeks into an issue from the swinging sixties PARTING SHOTR/C through the lens PRO-PLAN MELODYPeter Miller’s latest design introduces a tempting biplane to his growing family of angels