Catering for all aspects of R/C flying, Radio Control Models and Electronics first appeared in May 1960 and is the biggest and best selling monthly model flying magazine in the United Kingdom with a large overseas readership. RCM&E has brought benchmark levels of writing and photography to the hobby and each issue has extensive reviews, informative features and opinionated columns from a number of well-known contributors.
Welcome
Switch on • Our latest round up of model flying news and miscellany
SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK.IX • After flying XFly’s prototype desert schemed model Kevin Crozier puts a production kit under the spotlight
AVRO 707 • Mike Roach relates how a Keil Kraft favourite went from Jetex to EDF - in 66 years!
JPS-3 RACER • Kevin Crozier quickens his pulse by flying a 40-inch electric pylon racer
FITTING THE CANOPY • Chris Williams shows how to fit the canopy of a scale glider to its frame
PITTS SPECIAL S-2B • Stuart Mackay puts together Hangar 9’s 50 - 60 cc size kit of a British registered aerobatic biplane
Pilots’ Pictorial • Get your planes in print! Get in touch… kcrozier@mortons.co.uk
ST8US • Mike Freeman introduces his one-metre span EDF lying wing built entirely from foamboard and brown paper
Counterpoint • A selection of new gadgets, kits and bits for you to buy
HUMILITY & HUBRIS • Dave Goodenough stuns on the catwalk before embarking on another selection of workshop-based advice and guidance
DRAWING A PLAN PART 2 • Continuing from the last issue, Lindsay Todd describes the first steps in drawing a plan for a semi-scale aircraft
All Write • Have your say in RCM&E’s monthly chat room
HOVERING, BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT! • John Stennard is back with another diverse selection of inddor flying topics, starting with a tri-motor helicopter
MODELLING THE BARLING BEAST • Jon Harper details his research and scratch build of a 72” wingspan model of the six engine ‘Barling Bomber’
ANGELWING SOAS • Jeff Barringer reports from the other side of the world after building a rather quick slope soarer
Going Places • Diary dates for the coming season
Marketplace • Sell off your unwanted airframes and engines or maybe buy a few new ones
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