RCM&E

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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