Description

16 Barnstorming Bipes – Frank Fanelli – Bipes bring back the yesteryear of barnstorming
22 Junkers Ju-52/3m – Pavel Bosak – Stand-off scale multi-engine model for a single .40 2-stroke
26 Los Banos ’96 Slope Soar-in – Dave Garwood – “Long wings”, scale, and PSS slopers find a little bit of glider heaven
30 Slope Scale’s Zero – Dave Garwood – FM review: Pre-built or kit, this aileron RC slope plane is impressive
34 Indoor RC: the 51/50 – John Worth – CO2 power and a CETO radio help this RC ship take to the indoor skies
37 Kyosho’s Clipped Wing Cub – Frank Fanelli – FM review: This is an ARF Cub, with spunk and spirit but gentleness too
40 Futaba’s PA-1 – Bob Aberle – FM review: It’s almost an autopilot; great for the beginning flyer.
46 Indoor RC – John Worth and Ernest Harwood – Two views of a newly developing area of RC
50 Aluminum Can Gliders – Bob Harold – The best way for a modeler to recycle aluminum and have a blast as well
54 Flyin’ Things for Fledglings – Earl VanGorder – More news from the gang
Columns
60 RC Pattern – Dean Pappas – What RC car shocks and a rudder have in common
62 RC Soaring – Herk Stokely – Just how accurate is that airfoil
64 Fan Facts – Ivan Munninghoff – A peek at the Denver Jet Rally, fuel tubing woes, more Ackermann tips
66 Electric Flight – Larry Sribnick – Props: balance them, and then the eternal question—to fold or not to fold
68 Small Talk – Randy Randolph – A bit of everything from giant scale (gasp!) to control line.
70 Old Timer Topics – Jim Alaback – Meet another modeling immortal: Henry Struck – Part II
72 FF Sport – Larry Kruse – A formula for light, and decals from the copier
76 CL Combat – Phil Cartier – Ready… aim… cut!
78 CL Stunt – Bob Hunt – A promise kept: talk of small ships, engines, and pipes
On the Cover: Dave Garwood’s Slope Scale Zero bores in over the rolling hills of California’s Los Banos reservoir during the slope scale fly-in. Dave is on duty twice this month to tell us about Los Banos, and the kit of the Zero you see: Photo composed by Jason Nemec.