RCM&E February 2017 issue preview!

ON THE COVER

What does a world-class scale competitor do between those big thousand-hour projects? Well, if you're Richard Crapp then you build a Balsa USA Junkers D.1 kit…in just 6 weeks. Still don't think you've got enough time to build? Richard's fine model captures the character of this little-known WW1 machine and you can find out about it starting on page 112.

Photo: Alex Whittaker


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BABY BARNSTORMER

Shaun Garrity returns with a David Boddington classic that's ripe for a modern makeover

BABYBOLT

Peter Simpson reworks a diminuitive P-47 into a one-piece electric-powered bundle of fun that'll make a great PSSA slope fighter too!


COLUMNS

ON SILENT WINGS

Simon Cocker rounds up the 2016 soaring season with a painful reminder

BENCH BLOG

Tim Hooper finds an answer to…er…The Answer's fuselage challenges

WEEKENDERS

Metal cowl bashing the Whittaker way

WIZARD OF OZ

Brian Winch looks at top-grade fuel and four- stroke oil choice


REGULARS

SWITCH ON

The latest news from the R/C flying universe

COUNTERPOINT

Another selection of life's little (and not so little) essentials

ALL WRITE

Over to you…

GOING PLACES

Our latest events round-up

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NEXT ISSUE

Another classic plan, the latest design from Peter Miller and lots more!


FEATURES

RAGLEY HALL

Whittaker samples the delights at a brand new, yet familiar, UK show

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UNDERSTANDING FAILSAFE

Do you set your failsafe? Mike Freeman explains the importance of an often forgotten, yet important facility

GREAT DEBATES

Foam v wood!

THE KNOWLEDGE

Thinking of going petrol this year? You need our petrol primer

THE HARD WAY

Teaching yourself to fly? You'll need Richard Honeywell's hard won advice

CHOOSING FPV GOGGLES

Lee Schofield explains your options

SURVIVAL OF THE QUICKEST

A new form of R/C flying where you won't need to worry about the landing bit…

RAIDER

Ton Van Munsteren shows how easy it is to sculpt a bit of foam block and make your own combat wing

MODEL MAGIC

Richard Crapp's unusual WW1 fighter

PARTING SHOT

A reminder to buy some floats… 


REVIEWS

THEORY W

Blade's world championship winning FPV racing wing

HORUS X12S

Chris Bott weighs up FrSky's highly anticipated radio system to see if it's the mould-breaker Taranis was

MAGIC STAR 3D

Seagull's compact and very pretty new aerobat, but is it really a thoroughbred 3D'er?

HAWKER TYPHOON

You've got to love a firm that's brave enough to produce unusual subjects so hats off we say to FMS for their new warbird