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

Two up from Xfly • XFly-Model’s latest models are a neat, smaller version of an existing semi-scale twin and a stylish twin EDF flying wing. Kevin Crozier takes a closer look

Twister BO-105 • Starved of his usual flying fix due to windy weather the Editor enjoys taking the latest Twister micro helicopter for a spin

Counterpoint • A selection of new gadgets, kits and bits for you to buy

Ivan Pettigrew’s planes • Mike Roach pays homage to a master scale model designer

Long walk on white sheet • Chris Williams resumes his bungee launching experiments. But first he reports from June’s White Sheet scale fly-in

Modelling logistics • Danny Fenton kits out his new modelling van

Pocket rockets • Shaun Garrity recalls the heyday of small single channel models and offers up plans for a 20 inch span 1 – 3 channel mite for you to build

All Write • Have your say in RCM&E’s monthly chat room

Chilli Breeze EP • Mike Delacole brings his popular aerobatic design bang up to date with electric power and by fitting a 2.4 receiver and small servos

The insider • John Stennard kicks off a semi-regular feature dedicated to indoor model flying

Skewer your hinges! • Dick van Mourik shows how to make sure your control surface hinges stay put!

Gussets! • Dave Goodenough looks at the benefits of strengthening airframes with those little triangular pieces of balsa or ply

Dactyl Mk II • Dick van Mourik updates Dennis Bryant’s ‘Dactyl’, a flying wing with provenance

Going smaller • John Stennarfd sets himself a challenge to make some small, simple and light EDF models for flying indoors in spaces smaller than an average sport hall

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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