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24 Different Stroke – Dick Sarpolus – An unusual forward-swept wing sailplane design
30 Hobby Lobby’s Discus – Ray Juschkus – FM Product Review: A large and highly prefabricated sailplane
34 Cessna CR-2 – Dave Rees – Try this unique “fat” racer for FAC mass launch events
40 Kyosho’s Electric Robin – Bob Aberle – FM Product Review: A schoolyard scale ARF electric
44 Challenger – Dick Sarpolus – A CL stunt profile design with modern aesthetics
48 Free Flight at the ’87 Nats – C.A. Shaw – Lightly constructed models lose to the “Lincoln Wind”
52 Paint for Performance – Bob Noll – Trim design can affect the performance of your model
56 Minimag – Steve Boucher – FM Product Review: A new magneto conversion unit from England
58 Flyin’ Things for Fledglings – Earl Van Gorder – More news from the gang
64 RC Giant Scale – Frank Costello – More on the power plants for Giant Scale
66 RC Sport Scale – George Leu – A visit to an air museum
68 RC Pattern – Dean Pappas – A personal view of the World Pattern Champs
70 RC Sport – Dick Sarpolus – The ubiquitous field box
71 RC Soaring – Herk Stokely – The 1987 World Soaring Championships
73 Fan Facts – Mike Kulczyk – Design and build that ”dream bird”
74 FF Sport – Larry Kruse – Newsletters of note
75 CL Combat – Rich Lopez – Thoughts on the way to a team trials
76 CL Stunt – Bob Hunt – Casale. Walker, and Baron triumph at team trials
RC Model Boating
80 Texson’s Multimeters and Timers – Bob Aberle – FM Product Review: Great new electronic accessories
84 RC Sport Boats – Don Bilsky – A primer on Prather’s pitch gauge operation
86 RC Scale Boats – Eric Goldschrate – Ninth Annual Huntington Nautical Festival
On the Cover: Silver Seven guidance brings the Hobby Lobby – Graupner Discus right to the spot for maximum points LSF’er Ray Juschkus reviews the behemoth sailplane in this month’s issue. Photo:Ray Juschkus